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ArtOfficial: Black Birds + Skunk Ape

by Ben the Intern July 10, 2009 The Show

Live footage of ArtOfficial playing 2 new songs. Up above is the song “Skunk Ape” which will be on the upcoming mixtape with illroots.com. And after the jump is Black Birds off of the new album.

Eternia: Nowhere No More (feat. Torae & Ms. Davis) [prod by 9th Wonder]

by Ben the Intern July 9, 2009 Around The Net

In Episode #5, Eternia addresses the growing requests for music in “Where’s the Leak?” & reveals how Marco Polo & Torae are directly linked to the creation of her album w/ MoSS, “AT LAST”. Torae & Eternia reminisce about the only time they performed their collab track together (“Nowhere No More” produced by 9th Wonder, from “Where I’m [...]

Sounds Like The 90′s Vol. 7

by Ben the Intern July 6, 2009 Mixtapes

T.R.O.Y. has made a real dope mixtape including great artists such as Wu-Tang Clan, Mos Def, Blaq Poet, Drake and many more! Hit the jump for the tracklist and download link.

Drake: Best I Ever Had

by Ben the Intern July 2, 2009 Music Videos

Drake‘s debut album, Thank Me Later will be in stores soon. No current release date is set, but the rumor is fourth quarter. This video is directed by Kanye West, which I am not sure is obvious or not. My favorite part is that Drake said the message is that win or lose, you can still be someone’s best! [...]

Monsters Ink: Epic [prod by Mike Beatz]

by Ben the Intern July 2, 2009 Singles

Monsters Ink consists of Dynas, Lex One, Mike Beatz and Streets Buchanan. The track “Epic” is produced by Mike Beatz and features the entire group lyrically. This song is featured on the upcoming mixtape “Ink Made Me A Monster” which is mixed by Mick Boogie and Terry Urban. “Ink Made Me A Monster” is presented by Akademiks, [...]

Thad Reid: Life Soldiers (feat K-Beta & Flip)

by Ben the Intern July 2, 2009 Singles

We got a new leak from Thad Reid’s Paid Time Off series. The Paid Time Off series, is Thad’s summer work which will feature the release of 5 singles between June and Aug. 2009 leading up to his EP. The EP will have the 5 songs as well as 3 new unreleased songs so keep [...]

D.Black: Keep on Coming (feat Vitamin D)

by Ben the Intern July 1, 2009 Singles

We have the first single from D.Black, signed to Myx Music Label (Keeley & Zaire). His album “Ali Yah” will be out in September via Myx Music Label/Sportn’ Life Records. Entirely produced by Jake One and Vitamin D, this is the first joint off the album to come out.

Eternia & MoSS: Road to Release Day [Episode 4 feat Jeru The Damaja]

by Ben the Intern July 1, 2009 Around The Net

Episode #4 features Eternia receiving an Encore @ the legendary Lyricist Lounge show in NYC, while performing unreleased tracks from the new album “AT LAST” for the first time. Jeru the Damaja hosts the event and speaks on Eternia’s skills, and Eternia leaves a fan from NJ at a loss for words. Over the next 6 months, [...]

Highlights From One Stop Shop Producer’s Conference ’09

by Ben the Intern June 30, 2009 Around The Net

Official promo video for the annual Hip Hop conference in Phoenix, AZ. Words with Sway, Statik Selektah, RZA, Q-Tip, Hi-Tek, and many more. Cool vid prepping you for this year’s conference.

ArtOfficial: Live from Tobacco Road

by Ben the Intern June 29, 2009 The Show

We got some new live footage of ArtOfficial live from Tobacco Road. First video below is titled “Architect” and will be from their upcoming album. And another video after the jump of “Word Bending” which has a real nice bass solo, both are great clips. And if you don’t have their Stranger EP already, make [...]

DJ Toolz: UndaGround O-Nine 3.1

by Ben the Intern June 29, 2009 Hot Download

Here we got a brand new mixtape from DJ Toolz to keep in rotation for a while. There is also word that DJ Toolz will be dropping a special edition of his mix series sometime in July so hurry up and get your listens of this in now. Hit the jump for the tracklist and [...]

Azage: Bars Outbreak [Week #1]

by Ben the Intern June 28, 2009 Singles

The “Bars Outbreak” (blog edition) is the latest release from Atlanta/Toronto emcee Azage. This is a weekly series of 10 freestyles in 10 weeks comprised of witty lyrics over some of the most infectious hip hop tracks to date. Hit the jump for the download link and make sure to keep up for the next 10 weeks [...]

Cymarshall Law: R.I.P. Michael Jackson Over Madcon’s Beggin

by Ben the Intern June 26, 2009 Singles

Cymarshall Law gives us his own tribute to Michael Jackson. This is a very emotional time across the entire Music world and MJ’s effect on the Hip Hop community is undeniable. Here is what Cy had to say about the track, “I started writing this yesterday a few minutes after the word became official I [...]

Big Boi Promises New Outkast Album!

by Ben the Intern June 25, 2009 Around The Net

“Yall gonna get three albums from me and Dre in the next two years,” the words of Big Boi in a recent interview! He spoke about Sir Lucious Leftfoot of Chico Dusty, claiming that there are 16 songs and will feature the likes of T.I., Too $hort, George Clinton, Andre 3000, Raekwon and Mary J. [...]

Bambu: Quit [prod by Illmind]

by Ben the Intern June 24, 2009 Music Videos

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Bambu is having one good month. He just won the Freshmen on MTVu where he gets his vid put into regular rotation. We got a real dope video of Bambu, raw and uncut after the NYC Filipino Freedom Parade.

Melanie Fiona: ?uestlove Remixes Give It To Me Right For New Mixtape

by Ben the Intern June 24, 2009 Coming Soon

Melanie Fiona will be dropping a mixtape with ?uestlove remixing and covering several records… The tape will be dropping this Friday (6/26), and preview clips will be dropping every day until then. Hit the jump for a little teaser of tape and stay tuned until Friday!

Black Skeptik: Rent (feat. KRS-One)

by Ben the Intern June 24, 2009 Music Videos

Black Skeptik joins the ranks of talented breakthrough artists to compete for the coveted slot on mtvU’s ‘The Freshmen’ video contest. Skeptic joins forces with the legendary KRS-One on “Rent”, which is a track that I’m sure most of us non-mortgage having rent payers can relate to, myself included. *Remember, YOUR votes determine which videos get into [...]