July 2010

Shawn Jackson: Brand New Old Me

by Justin July 28, 2010 Music Reviews

“I know you feeling that shit / not the weed, you feeling Jack’s shit!” Shawn Jackson hit the scene two years with this proclamation in his single “Feelin’ Jack” and it couldn’t be truer.  The Los Angeles emcee caught many listeners’ attention with his debut First Of All but that wouldn’t be the last they [...]

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Kanye West Performs At The Facebook Headquarters

by Carsten July 28, 2010 Around The Net

I have no clue what has been the occasion, but Kanye West recently performed 3 verses of new tracks at the Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto. Above are portions of “Lost In This World” and “Chain Heavy,” after the jump “Mama’s Boyfriend” and another clip. Lucky to be a Facebook employee, huh?

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DJ JS-1 & DJ Skizz: Re-Cycled – Strictly Remixes

by J. Rizzle July 28, 2010 DJ Wednesdays

It’s DJ Wednesday and today we present a mix by DJ JS-1 & DJ Skizz. Many of these remixes are rare and uncommon. They missed some gems so be on the look out for volume two. Everything after the cut.

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DJ Green Lantern: Blaze

by J. Rizzle July 28, 2010 DJ Wednesdays

Here’s another classic by DJ Green Lantern that I spotted over at OHHU. Hit the cut for the tracklist and link. Enjoy!

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Ohini Jonez: Letter To The Doubters

by Kevin July 28, 2010 Singles

Ohini Jonez is unleashing three new tracks over the course of the next three days spanned across three different blogs. Did you catch all that? The first new track, “Letter To The Doubters” is available right here, right now on KN.com. Tomorrow and Friday, make sure you check into MissLS.net and HailMegatron.net to grab the [...]

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Artist Spotlight: Trek Life

by Kevin July 27, 2010 Artist Spotlight

Hailing from West Covina, CA, a suburb of Los Angeles, Trek Life is well known for his aggressive delivery, thought provoking lyrics, energetic shows, and ill DJ sets. His skills have given him the opportunity to work with talented producers and emcees such as Oddisee, Kev Brown and Khalil and more. Trek Life’s debut album [...]

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Wise Intelligent: Water Walker (Music Video)

by Justin July 27, 2010 Music Videos
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DJEZUZ DJONEZ Water Walker from INTELLIGENT MEDIA GROUP on Vimeo. Where the Poor Righteous Teachers fans at? The great Wise Intelligent is back and this time with a new alter-ego, Djesuz Djonez. “Water Walker” is the first single & video off the PRT emcee’s upcoming 3rd album Wise Intelligent Iz….The UnConKable Djesuz Djonez.

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Willie The Kid: Tarred & Feathered

by Justin July 27, 2010 Singles

DGB hit us with another track off their upcoming mixtape, Willie The Kid’s “Tarred & Feathered.” Willie’s new EP with producer Lee Bannon, Never A Dull Moment, is available now on iTunes.

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Marky: Journey To Markyland, USA – Rest Stop 3

by Kevin July 27, 2010 Hot Download

A couple of months ago, we brought you the second chapter of Marky’s Journey to Markyland series. Now he’s back with volume 3, presented by GoWhereHipHop.com & illvibes-dmv.com. This project continues to illustrate Marky’s versatile flows, lyrics, and style over a unique mix of production that remixes songs from La Roux’s “Bulletproof” to Donnis’ “Gone” and even samples [...]

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Kooley High: Eastern Standard Time

by Justin July 27, 2010 Hot Download

DJBooth.net brings to you Kooley High’s new album Eastern Standard Time. The North Carolina crew gives you 15 fresh joints with appearances by Justus League’s Median and HaLo. Tracklist & link after the jump.

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Trek Life: As The World Turns [prod by Oddisee]

by Kevin July 27, 2010 Singles

In correlation with the digital release of his new album Everything Changed Nothing, Trek Life is back to hit us with his second single from the album “As The World Turns”. The Oddisee produced track features the emcee proclaiming his intentions for the rap game with a sharp tongue over the DMV producer’s futuristic beat, [...]

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Aleon Craft: Brand New Day (feat Young Scolla & Mikkey Halsted)

by Justin July 27, 2010 Singles

Young Scolla dropped “Brand New Day” earlier this year so I guess you could call this a remix of sorts. Aleon Craft & Mikkey Halsted jump on the new version of the song which will appear on Craft’s The Stargazing Soundtrack hosted by Mick Boogie & Terry Urban.

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The ARE & Brokn.English: ARE x B.E.

by Kevin July 27, 2010 Hot Download

Totally forgot this was dropping today… pleasant surprise! If you’re familiar with The ARE and Brokn.English, you’re sure to dig this…

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Super Chron Flight Brothers: B More (Music Video)

by Justin July 27, 2010 Music Videos
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xGHNYcNcns Super Chron Flight Brothers drop the visuals for their latest single “B More” featuring Zesto. Billy Woodz & Priviledge’s new album Cape Verde is in stores now [purchase].

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Freddie Gibbs: Serve or Get Served [prod by Statik Selektah]

by Kevin July 27, 2010 Singles

Statik Selektah just unleashed a new track that he produced for Freddie Gibbs, “Serve or Get Served”. This will be on the Str8KillaNoFilla mixtape dropping this Thursday. As I said in a previous post, if you’re in South Florida, you can catch Freddie perform live this Friday night along with QuESt, Reks and Numonics at [...]

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K-Hill: Grand Scheme Of Things x U C Me

by Justin July 27, 2010 Singles

Carolina’s K-Hill drops two new singles from the soundtrack of the short film Hooped. “Grand Scheme Of Things” and “U C Me” are both produced by Mike Blayz of Valley Boy Music.

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Kyle Rapps: Drive Slow (feat Donny Goines)

by Kevin July 27, 2010 Singles

Kyle Rapps (formerly Black Skeptik) is back on the scene with a dope freestyle featuring a cameo from Donny Goines over Mr. West’s “Drive Slow” instrumental. Stay tuned for more leaks & exclusives as Kyle gets set to drop his forthcoming mixtape produced entirely by Kev Brown.

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QuESt: Untitled(LovedU)3

by Kevin July 27, 2010 Singles

Miami emcee QuESt goes in over Blu’s “Untitled(LovedU)2″ and makes the track his own. QuESt’s next project, The Reason: A Defense Mechanism, is scheduled to drop in October and he’ll be relaunching www.yesiamquest.com on August 9th. If you’re in South Florida, you can catch QuESt perform live this Friday night along with Freddie Gibbs, Reks [...]

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Exile: Radio Bonus Cuts

by Thomas July 27, 2010 Downloads

Exile is gearing up for the release of his up and coming album, AM/FM on August 31 (Plug Research).  AM/FM is a remix album of his 2009 instrumental CD Radio, which features numerous producers, emcees, and singers.  This free joint contains tracks left on the cutting room floor. Hit the cut for the tracklist and [...]

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FreshNerd: Cyndi Lauper Beat Tape

by Thomas July 27, 2010 Downloads

This has been in my inbox for almost a month waiting to be posted.  See what FreshNerd of 100 Akres productions had to say about the project. First up in the 100 Akres’ beat tape series is Cyndi Lauper. I went back to her best piece of work to date, ‘She’s So Unusual’ LP, and [...]

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