May 2010

A.G: Why Am I Still Here?

by Justin May 18, 2010 Singles

A.G. leaked another joint via Twitter, this time called “Why Am I Still Here?” The song is off the Diggin In The Crates member’s new album Everything’s Berri with producer Ray West which drops in June on Fat Beats.

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Goines (of Suga City): Leader Of The New School

by Justin May 18, 2010 Singles

Suga City’s Goines contributes to the 170th entry in DJBooth.net’s Freestyle Series with his track “Leader Of The New School” over a Cool Kids instrumental. Tomorrow, Goines will be releasing his new street album Lead By Example: Leaders Are Real People 2 sponsored by DJBooth.net & we here at KevinNottingham.com.

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RADIx: Weight Of The World [prod by Statik Selektah]

by Justin May 18, 2010 Singles

RADIx drops “Weight Of The World”, the second leak off their upcoming album Say Yes produced entirely by Statik Selektah. Quite Nyce & SEEK recently released the music video for “The Return” so check it out if you missed it.

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Apollo Brown: Brainwash [Remix] (feat yU, Finale & Grap Luva)

by Justin May 18, 2010 Singles

Apollo Brown remixes yU’s collab with Finale & Grap Luva, “Brainwash” [hear the original] originally produced by Slimkat78. The song will appear on Apollo’s debut album The Reset which drops May 25th.

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9th Wonder Interviews Freebase 808 [Part 2]

by Justin May 18, 2010 Around The Net
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqCUYR6Gnwk Here’s part 2 of 9th Wonder’s sit down with Freebase 808, the duo of Camp Lo’s Geechie Suede & producer Apple Juice Kid. The duo’s debut album, Liquid Love Space Dust, drops this summer with a mixtape hosted by Mick Boogie & Mighty Mi coming before the LP.

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Donwill & Von Pea: The Sandwich Shop EP

by Justin May 18, 2010 Hot Download

Donwill & Von Pea, 2/3 of Tanya Morgan, put together a new side project called The Sandwich Shop. The Brooklynati emcees use the instrumentals from The Roots’ recent Dilla Joints release [Download id not defined]. Donwill’s album Don Cusack In High Fidelity is available now & Von’s solo album drops September 7th. Tracklist & link after the jump.

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Epsilon Project: America [prod by DJ Vadim]

by Justin May 18, 2010 Singles
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4_yvOZHN54 Epsilon Project leaks another joint off their Audacity EP, this time the DJ Vadim produced “America.” The new EP from the Cali collective drops on May 25th. Check out the promo video above & grab the track after the jump.

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Artist Spotlight: Nikki Lynette

by Kevin May 18, 2010 Artist Spotlight

Making her debut on KN.com just a little over a week ago, the beautiful and multi-talented Nikki Lynette is ready to drop her new mixtape, Roses N’ Guns. Hearing a few cuts off of the upcoming mixtape, I was instantly intrigued by the Chicago emcee; who is also a  singer, producer and songwriter. So I [...]

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Roc Marciano: Marcberg

by Justin May 18, 2010 Music Reviews

Roc Marciano may be a veteran but with such a small body of work, his name has flown under the radar for years. Roc gained much of his recognition as part of The U.N. (the Pete Rock affiliated crew, not the new group Cam’ron put together). Other than their 2004 album and a mixtape, Roc’s [...]

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Mellow Orange & Organology: A​.​M.

by Kevin May 18, 2010 Instrumentals

I know whenever I’m needing my instrumental fix, I head on over to Strictly Beats. That’s ALL they post over there and most of it is usually worth the download. This 7 track instrumental EP from Mellow Orange and Organology is no exception. If you dig jazzy soul/hip hop, then this tape is right up [...]

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C​-​Swag & Medium Present: Elektro Mind

by Kevin May 18, 2010 Instrumentals

J Rizzle is taking the day off today, so I had to come up with some instrumental posts quick! Thankfully Michael Medium had hit me up on twitter with his latest instrumental project. I checked it out and it’s actually pretty good!

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Jermiside & Danny Diggs: Middle Classic [Album Trailer]

by Kevin May 18, 2010 Coming Soon

With only a week left until release date, HiPNOTT Records recording artists Jermiside & Danny Diggs release a promo video for the upcoming album, Middle Classic, available May 25, 2010 on iTunes, Amazon and all digital retailers.

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Just Released Today [05/18]

by Kevin May 18, 2010 New Music Releases

Lots of great new music dropping today! Nas/Damian Marley, Reflection Eternal, Roc Marciano… need I say more? Hit the jump for the full list and let us know what you’re coppin!

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Ilacoin: Never Going Back (feat. Angela)

by Thomas May 18, 2010 Singles

Harlen emcee Ilacoin has some plans for 2010 as he will be dropping his first mixtape and hopefully additional music from his vault of unreleased material.  Hit the cut for his latest track, “Never Going Back” featuring Angela.  Ilacoin was recently interviewed by Why Blue Matters, so head on over there to peep with he [...]

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4-Ize: Off The Top Rope (Hosted By Don Cannon)

by Justin May 17, 2010 Hot Download

Revo Records & Upstairs presents Off The Top Rope, the brand new mixtape from ATL veteran 4-Ize hosted by Don Cannon. Building off the success of Illuminated Animals, 4-Ize returns with his latest project with production from Cannon, No I.D, Floyd The Locsmif, Sol Messiah, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Da Honorable C-Note & more. Guests include De [...]

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Bobby Creekwater: A Southern Story

by Justin May 17, 2010 Singles

With his new mixtape dropping next week, Bobby Creekwater presents the final leak “A Southern Story.” Bobby’s new tape Not Now But Right Now will be hosted by DJ Funky & The Coalition DJ’s.

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Tha Dogg Pound: My Coopdeville

by Justin May 17, 2010 Singles

Daz & Kurupt leak a new track called “My Coopdeville” off their upcoming mixtape Keep On Ridin. The new project will be released under the DPG moniker with a release date of May 25th. Tha Dogg Pound is currently working on new album 100 Wayz which will feature production from Daz, Pete Rock, Hi-Tek, Soopafly [...]

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Kyle Herman: A Strange Arrangement

by Kevin May 17, 2010 Music Videos
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From record digging, to sampling, to recording the final track, PA producer/artist Kyle “Killa Kake” Herman takes us on a journey through hip hop in this short film.

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Donwill & Von Pea: The Sandwich Shop [Teaser]

by Kevin May 17, 2010 Coming Soon
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Donwill and Von Pea, two-thirds of the celebrated rap group, Tanya Morgan, are excited to present a brand new side project, named The Sandwich Shop, to be released tomorrow, May 18th. Taking samples from The Roots’ Sandwiches EP instrumental release, Von Pea and Donwill include their own Tanya Morgan-twist, taking the instrumentals and adding their [...]

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AZAGE: The Bars Oubreak 1.5 [Roc Edition]

by Kevin May 17, 2010 Mixtapes

The homie AZAGE recently sent over his new mixtape, The Bars Outbreak 1.5, which has the Atlanta/Toronto emcee going in on some of the best instrumentals from the Roc-A-Fella era. Check it after the cut…

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