June 2010

On-Point: Roy Ayers Mix & Interview

by J. Rizzle June 20, 2010 Soulful Sundays

Here’s a mixtape I found over on Bama Love Soul, which features the artists Roy Ayers.  It is a 30-minute walk through Roy’s discography and mind.  Roy discusses the music business, Silvia Striplin, his label (Uno Melodic), views on the sneaker culture, his wife, among other topics.  Everything after the cut.

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Nobody Famous: I Got You (2010 Summer Remix feat C. Rich & D2G)

by Kevin June 20, 2010 Singles

Last summer, HiPNOTT Records released its first official album: Order Up! Volume 3 from Nobody Famous. The album was in constant rotation over here all summer long and one of my favorite cuts off the disc was “I Got You” featuring Justin Figueroa. Fast forward a year later, Nobody Famous gives the track an update [...]

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Andre Askew: Jill Scott Tribute Mix

by J. Rizzle June 20, 2010 Soulful Sundays

Here’s a Jill Scott tribute mix by Andre Askew.  No tracklist and single mp3.  Enjoy!

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Happy Father’s Day!

by Kevin June 20, 2010 Around The Net
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DJ Rahdu: Gypsy Eyes (Unfinished)

by J. Rizzle June 20, 2010 Soulful Sundays

Today is Soulful Sunday and Father’s Day and today we present to you this mix from DJ Rahdu of Bama Love Soul.  Peep what he had to say about the project [here].  Hit the cut for the tracklist and link.

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Chaundon: Yall Don’t Want It (feat Carlitta Durand) [prod by M-Phazes]

by Kevin June 19, 2010 Singles

In preparation of his upcoming album, No Excuses (Hall Of Justus) releasing summer 2010, Chaundon unleashed the official first single “Yall Don’t Want It” (feat Carlitta Durand). This track is produced by M-Phazes and is simply fire! Check it after the cut…

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Lupe Fiasco: Nothin’ On You (feat. Bruno Mars) [Original]

by Carsten June 19, 2010 Downloads

Confused? Yup, so am I. So before “Nothin’ On You” became B.o.B‘s hit single, the track started as a Bruno Mars song and got passed to Lupe Fiasco. Props to NahRight. Hit the jump to download the track.

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The Roots: The Day (feat Blu & Phonte)

by Kevin June 18, 2010 Singles

Ah, one of my most anticipated tracks from one of my most anticipated albums… lol… can you hear the saliva in my mouth? Leak already… dammit! Can’t wait til Tuesday!!!

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Tunji: Towards The Future (feat Deacon the Villain) [prod by Cook Classics]

by Kevin June 18, 2010 Singles

I was a little premature in posting this track this morning. Apparently the joint Tunji let me hear wasn’t finished. But here’s the real deal, featuring Deacon the Villain and produced by Cook Classics. A really dope song off Tunji’s forthcoming Still Rising EP…. Happy Birthday Tunji!

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Kato: T.I.M.E. Volume 2 [Mixtape]

by Justin June 18, 2010 Hot Download

ATL representative Kato’s new mixtape T.I.M.E. Volume 2 has arrived! The emcee/producer gives you 16 tracks with appearances by artists such as The Canz, Jarren Benton, Vox Merger & Roscoe Dash. Tracklist & link after the jump.

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KN.com Named Top Hip Hop Site By Suite101.com

by Justin June 18, 2010 Around The Net

We here at KevinNottingham.com were recently honored in Suite101.com’s “Hip Hop Websites: The Rap Community Online” article along with sites such as AllHipHop.com, DatPiff.com & SOHH.com as one of the top Hip Hop sites on the net! We were named as “The Token Blog Site” by Hannah O’Conner who says KN is “arguably one of [...]

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The Niceguys: Not At All (Music Video)

by Justin June 18, 2010 Music Videos
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The Niceguys Feat. Jack Freeman “Not At All” from Evesborough Films on Vimeo. The Niceguys [read our artist spotlight] drop the music video for their single “Not At All” featuring Jack Freeman. The video for the second single off The Green Room EP [Download id not defined] is directed by Danny Ocean.

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Jawz Of Life: Said Somethin [prod by Drew Correa]

by Justin June 18, 2010 Singles

Dungeon Family member Jawz Of Life is back with a new track entitled “Said Somethin.” The track is produced by Drew Correa, best known as the producer of Lil’ Wayne & Jay-Z’s “Mr. Carter.”

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Producer Spotlight: Apollo Brown

by Kevin June 18, 2010 Interviews

Rising Detroit producer, Apollo Brown first graced the national scene as the winner of the Midwestern leg of the Red Bull Big Tune producer beat battle. His recently released official debut project, The Reset, is the first of three albums scheduled for release from Apollo this year.  The album features guest appearances from Rapper Big [...]

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Freestyle Friday: Black Thought vs. Eminem

by Kevin June 18, 2010 Freestyle Friday

With this Tuesday’s releases of The Roots’ How I Got Over and Eminem’s Recovery, I decided to put these two emcees up for the challenge of our Freestyle Friday. Both have been victims in this series before, but never against each other. Could be interesting… The idea behind Freestyle Friday is to battle one another with [...]

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The Roots: How I Got Over [Preview]

by Kevin June 17, 2010 First Listen

The Roots’ highly anticipated album, How I Got Over, will be released this Tuesday and surprisingly it has yet to spring a leak. Thanks to Def Jam, we now have the opportunity to preview the album for the first time. Hit the jump to check it out and preorder the album while you’re at it!

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Donnis: Outta Here (feat Tony Williams)

by Kevin June 17, 2010 Around The Net
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Funny, I was just listening to Diary of an ATL Brave today. Looks like Donnis has a new joint dropping this Tuesday called Fashionably Late. One of the very few hipsters that I dig… I’ll be checking for this. Found @ 2DB.

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Reality: Look @ California (feat Bishop Lamont + Mistah FAB + Crooked I)

by Kevin June 17, 2010 Singles

New joint produced by Reality off of his upcoming Future History LLC compilation being presented by 2dopeboyz.com and futurehistoryllc.com, called “Look @ California,” featt. Bishop Lamont, Crooked I, and Mistah Fab. The project also features Prodigy, Emilio Rojas, Donny Goines, J The S, Skyzoo, Torae and many others. Cut this one after the cut…

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Killah Priest: Fire Reign (feat Copywrite & Jakki Da Motomouth)

by Justin June 17, 2010 Singles

Here’s a new leak from Killah Priest called “Fire Reign” featuring Copywrite & Jakki Da Motomouth. The song is off the Sunz Of Man member’s upcoming project The 3 Day Theory which drops on July 6th.

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Punchline + 50 Cent + Noreaga + Consequence: Freestyle Cypher [1997]

by Kevin June 17, 2010 Thursday Throwback

For Throwback Thursday, check out this cypher that the homie Punchline (of eMC) sent over earlier this week. This was done during the recording of N.O.R.E. Could you imagine if these cats ended up comprising G-Unit instead of Yayo, Buck and Banks?

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