December 2011

Raven Sorvino: Whisper’z (N.S.F.W) [Music Video]

by Kevin December 22, 2011 Music Videos

For those of you looking to see a little more skin from Raven Sorvino, Christmas comes early for you today… in the form of her new video, “Whisper’z (N.S.F.W.).” The song, produced by ChrEYEst-Allah, is the first official single from Raven’s long awaited upcoming debut album Paper Girl, which she will be releasing on her [...]

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STS: Let’s Capture This Moment [Music Video]

by Justin December 22, 2011 Music Videos

STS puts his twist on Big Sean’s “Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay” to create “Let’s Capture This Moment” for the second edition of his GOLD Rush series. Make sure you download Sugar Tongue Slim’s free album The Illustrious, which dropped earlier this year.

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GZA Takes A Tour Of MIT

by Justin December 22, 2011 Around The Net

After recently giving a lecture at Harvard, GZA makes a visit to yet another prestigious university in MIT and here’s some footage of the Wu-Tang emcee’s tour. Word is that The Genius was visiting MIT to get some inspiration for his new album due out on Babygrande next year (which will not be the sequel [...]

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RO BLVD: Great Going Good (feat Thurz) [Music Video]

by Justin December 22, 2011 Music Videos

Thurz links up with one his go-to producers since his U-N-I days, RO BLVD, to release some visuals for their collab “Great Going Good.” The song will appear on RO BLVD’s upcoming album Heart Pounding Panic, which is due out in early 2012.

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Common: The Believer x Ghetto Dreams (Alt. Version)

by Thomas December 22, 2011 Singles
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Here’s two alternative versions of Common‘s “Ghetto Dreams” (sans Nas) and “The Believer” from his recently released album, The Dreamer, The Believer. Streams below and links underneath. “The Believer” “Ghetto Dreams” Props to 2DB & FSD

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Forgotten Classic: New Kingdom – Paradise Don’t Come Cheap

by Jeff Leon December 22, 2011 Forgotten Classics
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Before we get into this edition of KN’s Forgotten Classics, I feel like I need to give you a bit of a heads up, because this record is a wild one. New Kingdom is the duo of Nosaj the Great and Sebastian; two New York musicians greatly inspired by Hip Hop, funk, rock and psychedelia, [...]

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Juvenile: Black Card Music (feat Skip of UTP)

by Justin December 22, 2011 Singles
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Juvenile reunites with his old UTP brethren Skip for the first time in a long time on this new joint called “Black Card Music.” The track is not expected to appear on Juve’s upcoming album Rejuvenation, which is scheduled to drop on January 17th. Props to DGB.

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DJ Roddy Rod: Free Transit (feat. Finale, Muhsinah & Bilal Salaam)

by Thomas December 22, 2011 Singles
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Low Budget Crew member, DJ Roddy Rod will re-release his instrumental project, Oakwood Grain in February 2012. The album will come packaged with the full-length follow up, Oakwood Grain II as well. To prepare for the release Roddy is releasing the first single from the project along with making digital copies of the album available [...]

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Willie Green: Four Seasons – Winter (Movement 4)

by Justin December 22, 2011 Hot Download
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Willie Green caps off a busy 2011 with the final edition of his Four Seasons series, Winter (Movement 4), as Brooklyn producer brings a darker feel on his latest instrumental project. If you missed the first three releases in the Four Seasons series, visit Green’s Bandcamp page. Link & stream are below.

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Statik Selektah: Believe in the S (feat Reks, JFK, Ea$y Money & Alias)

by Kevin December 22, 2011 Singles
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In honor of reaching 30,000 followers on Twitter, Statik Selektah unleashed this track for free the other day. Originally recorded as promo for Shade45/Showoff Radio, this track will make it onto the new Showoff Records compilation dropping sometime in 2012.

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Talib Kweli: Distractions [Music Video]

by Kevin December 22, 2011 Music Videos

Music from Talib Kweli’s upcoming album, Prisoner of Conscious, out in 2012 on Blacksmith / EMI. “Distractions” is produced by Oh No. The music video is directed by Darryl Phillips, of ICU Media. Download the MP3 of the song for free at http://www.facebook.com/talibkweli.

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Element: Christmas Time (feat BreAnna Love) [prod by Abstrakt Soundz]

by Kevin December 22, 2011 Singles
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While Element and Abstrakt Soundz finish up their upcoming new album due next year, they decided to spread a little Christmas cheer. Featuring BreAnne Love on the hook.

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Hood Samaritan: Honey Dijon EP

by Kevin December 22, 2011 Hot Download
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After releasing several Internet leaks, the emcee x dj/producer trifecta of Kyle Rapps, Y-Love and Diwon, collectively known as Hood Samaritan, are pleased to release their debut EP Honey Dijon to the masses. The four track extended play includes both original composition from the likes of Blockhead, along with remixes of “Colourless Colour” from La [...]

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Hollywood FLOSS: One Fan At A Time EPK

by Justin December 22, 2011 Around The Net

Here’s a new EPK from Hollywood FLOSS as he explains what he offers to the game with some concert footage mixed in. Don’t forget to check our recent interview with the Houston emcee as well as download his new album One Fan At A Time.

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Napoleon Da Legend: Phoenix [Music Video]

by Kevin December 22, 2011 Music Videos

“Phoenix” is the latest installment from Crazy Al Cayne’s Sugar Cayne Experiment EP series. DMV MC, Napleon Da Legend is the first subject of the experiment and he spits fresh thought provoking bars over a beat created by Sugar Cayne back in 1995. This combination of ingredients describes the “Phoenix”, a new beginning to a [...]

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Stand Out with J57

by Kevin December 22, 2011 Video Interviews

Brooklyn MC/Producer J57 of the Brown Bag AllStars takes us through his beat-making process, as well as discusses his group’s approach to releasing music. Shot & Cut by Jav Martinez for theREELness.

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BURNTmd: Medicine Ball (feat Planet Asia & Copywrite)

by Kevin December 22, 2011 Singles
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The Green Mountain State’s general (practitioner) BURNTmd is back with another leak off his upcoming mixtape, The Green Invasion. This time around, the good doctor serves his patients a medicine ball equipped with a verse from Planet Asia and a hook courtesy of ODOT’s Copywrite over hard hitting J. Glaze production.

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Locksmith Performs with Vado, Ski Beatz & Murs

by Kevin December 22, 2011 The Show

Catch a glimpse of Locksmith’s performances while on the East Coast leg of the Hip Hop & Love Tour with Murs, Ski Beatz And Vado.

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Dae One: Year In Review

by Kevin December 22, 2011 Hot Download
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Dae One, one of my new favorite producers, just released a compilation of all of the tracks he’s produced in 2011.  The 16-track LP included songs recorded by Ice Cube, Rapper Big Pooh, Snoop Dogg, Jay Rock, Raven Sorvino, his group Noni Spitz and many more. Look out for Dae One to make some major [...]

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Young Lyxx & Skyzoo: You Ain’t Heard [Video Trailer]

by Carsten December 22, 2011 Around The Net

In the above visuals, Young Lyxx reflects on his year 2011 and gives us a look into the recording process of “You Ain’t Heard,” a joint that he recently recorded with Skyzoo. The San Diego native will be dropping the track in January.

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