October 2011

Young Chris: Triple Threat (feat. Fred The Godson & Vado)

by Thomas October 29, 2011 Singles

Here’s the second leak from Young Chris’ The Revival dropping on Halloween. “Triple Threat” features three solid verse from the emcee’s with Vado stealing the show. Stream below with link underneath.

Ghostface Killah: Five Favorite Song’s From Ironman (15th anniversary)

by Thomas October 29, 2011 Anniversaries

Ghostface Killah‘s Ironman turns 15 today. To celebrate this milestone, I’ve put together my favorite five songs from the album. A little commentary and stream of each song after the jump. Also, don’t forget to tell us what your favorite tracks are from the album in the comments!

Retrospective: Ice Cube’s Death Certificate [20th Anniversary]

by Jeff Leon October 29, 2011 Anniversaries

“Oh yeah, it ain’t over muthafuckas.” South Central, 1991… In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, the name had gained national notoriety — the title synonymous with poverty and crime. Located just south of the dizzying heights of downtown Los Angeles and Hollywood, the area had long been plagued by unemployment, decay, gang violence, racial [...]

SJB: Brand New Day [Music Video]

by Carsten October 29, 2011 Music Videos

The Seattle based group SJB drops the video to their single “Brand New Day”, which was directed by Tha Razor & GUAD. Looking forward to more stuff from the duo.

Dumbfoundead: DFD [Artwork + Tracklist + Videos]

by Kevin October 28, 2011 Coming Soon

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Dumbfoundead is a walking bag of charisma. Equipped with a blunted grin, infectious attitude, and an arsenal of quick-witted rhymes, the burgeoning new generation Project Blowedian is poised to leave his mark in the minds of hip hop fans everywhere. Dumbfoundead has steadily built an organic buzz over the last 2 years, thriving on creative [...]

Meta4heads: Driftin’ (feat Jabrjaw)

by Kevin October 28, 2011 Music Videos

New video from Meta4heads featuring Jabrjaw of their upcoming 7″ vinyl record with Footwork4self Records.

Red Eye: Step Aside [prod by DJ Qvali]

by Kevin October 28, 2011 Music Videos

Red Eye (The Closers/Infinity Gauntlet) & DJ Qvali reconnect for the 2nd leak off the highly anticipated ” St. Fatrick’s Day ” mixtape dropping March 2012 . Video directed and edited by RUFF OUC FILMS.

Signif: Embracing Rejection

by Kevin October 28, 2011 Hot Download

Signif teams up with KevinNottingham.com, Hip Hop Is Cool Again and The Mad Bloggers to release her new project. Embracing Rejection is the new LP from Signif, the Milwaukee bred NYC resident follows up her springtime EP, “Significant Wizdom” with producer Gee Wiz. Embracing Rejection is a testament to Signif’s continued trails and tribulations as [...]

Phonte: Charity Starts At Home

by Uptown Bobby October 28, 2011 Music Reviews

In Hip Hop, groups with three or more members are often given expiration dates before the first album even drops. The public is constantly comparing each member to the other and suggesting who should go solo. Eventually, they break up and that ‘’favorite’’ artist does indeed go solo. It didn’t take a psychic to see [...]

Bun B: The Life [prod by 14KT]

by Justin October 28, 2011 Singles

The legendary Bun B of UGK linked up with production extraordinaire 14KT to create the dope cut “The Life.” Hopefully this will lead to more collaborations between the Underground King and the Athletic Mic League producer.

Bun B "The Life" [Prod. by 14KT] by 14KT

Nesby Phips: Changes [Music Video]

by Justin October 28, 2011 Music Videos

Nesby Phips kicks some knowledge on this smoooth cut “Changes” with an accompanying video. Look out for the New Orleans emcee/producer’s Phipstape: The Lock Out, drops November 14th

MENT Nelson: Like This [Music Video]

by Justin October 28, 2011 Music Videos

The folks at itstheBino.com went to MENT Nelson’s hometown of Varnville, South Carolina to shoot the video for his track “Like This.” If you haven’t already, make sure you download MENT’s group OxyMoron’s project My Well Smokes Good which dropped earlier this year.

Johnny Spanish: Never Be Still [prod by Ghost Beats]

by Justin October 28, 2011 Singles

Johnny Spanish’s latest track, “Never Be Still” produced by Ghost Beats, shows a different style than we usually see from him but, as he says, fits his mindset at the moment. The Kentucky emcee told us that his next project, which will be released very soon, will have a very similar feel to this song.

Killer Mike, THURZ & Aleon Craft: Bitches & Drugs [prod by Royal Flush]

by Justin October 28, 2011 Singles

During this year’s A3C Festival, Grooveshark linked up with the production teams of SMKA & Royal Flush to record some new material at the legendary Stankonia Studios. Killer Mike, THURZ & Aleon Craft link up for “Bitches & Drugs” as the latest leak off the Stankonia Sessions project, which drops November 16th.

Who Flipped It Better?: Jay Rock (All I Know Is) vs. Biz Markie (Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz)

by Morgan October 28, 2011 Who Flipped It Better?

Eighties icon Biz Markie and Watts spitter Jay Rock are polar opposites of the Hip Hop world. In terms of style, content, era, and basically everything else, their music is completely different from each other. However, one thing that they have shared is rhyming over a sample flip of Issac Hayes’ sensually charged “Ike’s Mood/You’ve [...]

A.Dd+: Genocide

by Justin October 28, 2011 Singles

As A.Dd+ puts the finishing touches on their new EP, the Dallas duo will be releasing a few “loosies” that won’t end up on the project. First up from Slim Gravy & Paris Pershun is the aggressive joint ”Genocide” produced by Brain Gang Blues.

PRGz: Reflections

by Justin October 28, 2011 Singles

With The Route recently winning Alabama independent label of the year and Mata winning Alabama mixtape of the year, the PRGz decided to unveil this previously unreleased cut “Reflections” from the vaults. The track won’t appear on the group’s new project Born 2 Ball, which drops on Halloween.

Pac Div: Useless (feat. Asher Roth)

by Andy Bustard October 28, 2011 Singles

Pac Div have built a solid fan base on minimal marketing and a tireless approach to touring. Prepping the release of their debut studio album, The Div, which drops November 8th, the West Coast trio hook up with Asher Roth for this latest preview from the LP: the spacey, atmospheric “Useless”.

Locksmith & Gangsta Boo On MTV’s Rap Fix

by Justin October 28, 2011 Around The Net

Here’s some footage of Locksmith & former Three 6 Mafia member Gangsta Boo dropping some verses after their recent appearance on MTV’s Rap Fix with Sway. Make sure you cop Locksmith’s upcoming album with Ski Beatz, Embedded, which will be released on November 15th.

What’s On the iPod? #27

by Jeff Leon October 28, 2011 What's On The iPod

Hey y’all, Jeff here, handling this edition of What’s on the iPod? (even though I don’t own an iPod, go figure). Finally Friday, right? Well, I keep a go-to playlist of chill tracks to bump after a long week, with smooth sounds perfect to put you in that right state of mind and get you [...]

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