From the category archives:
As we await the release of Joell Ortiz’s Free Agent album, Royce’s Bar Exam 3, Joe Budden’s MM4 and/or Great Escape, and whatever project Crooked I is releasing; these freestyle/songs should hold fans over until the full course meals come.
Set doesn’t include much of Joey as we’ve post some of his loose tracks previously [here, here & here]. Some of the Royce tracks were released late last year. Just in case someone says….
Props to NMC sites for the tracks.
We just hit you with a solo track from ST 2 Lettaz, now ST back with his G-Side rhyming partner Clova as they spit over some smooth Block Beataz production for “Dreamz” featuring PH. The track will be also featured on the DGK & Ballers Eve mixtape which is coming soon.
DJ Soul let go of “Resurrection” last night on twitter, which will be featured on a Big Pun Tribute mixtape dropping next Sunday.
I’ll update when the proper MP3 drops. Link spotted at Nah Right.
Download after the cut.
RAtheMC goes in over Keyshia Cole’s “I Changed My Mind,” which was produced by Kanye. Hit the cut for the link.
Chevy P aka Smoke of Field Mob posted a new track on his Twitter page. “All Black” will be featured on his upcoming solo mixtape D.O.S.S. (Death of Saying Swag) which is coming soon.
Mally is an independent artist from Minneapolis, Mn and he just dropped a pretty dope track off for a music submission. Let me know what you all think?
Link after the cut.
Justin’s top10 emcee of 2009 is on fire to start 2010. Bun B has three projects (mixtape and album) coming out this year; Trill OG (March), No Mixtape, and The Naked Soul of Sweet James Jones. I have no clue what The Naked Soul…..is about, but Bun is shouting it out at the end of all of the freestyles he’s released.
Some of the following tracks will probably end up on No Mixtape, but again I’m not sure. Hit the cut for the zip of the tracks he’s released so far. I’ll add others when they drop.
Most gathered from 2DB.
EDIT: 1/23. New song added for separate d/l. Shout Mr. X
EDIT: 1/26. Added two new songs.
EDIT: 1/27. Added another song.
From the uplifting and soulful “Love Is All” through the funky horn stabs of “Broken Windows,” The Art of Broken Glass is a much more traditional hip-hop release from Mr. J. Medeiros, formerly of the Procussions. As he said himself, it’s a gritty, dusty, and unpolished collection of tracks. But don’t get it twisted – this is anything but your typical hip-hop EP. Instead, it builds on Medeiros’s style as it injects progression into the genre’s boom-bap roots. He also continues to flex his storytelling skills, which continue to expand and impress, on “The Measure.”
The Art of Broken Glass is solely produced by Boonie Mayfield, who laces the EP with jazzy, head-nodding beats. The EP features the gorgeous vocals of Tara Ellis on “Love Is All” while Jonathan Korsyzk’ adds somber tones to the hook of “The Measure.” Also featured is DJ Inka One, who cuts up the chorus for “Broken Windows.”
Hit the cut for the link, which includes digital booklet and album cover.
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The artist is known as The Raid. The album is called Primordial and is available for free download at www.raiddeva.com/. The Raid is a new conscious hip hop artist out of DC. His style which is deeply philosophical and analytical is said to be a blend between Common and DMX. The Raid wrote, produced and recorded the entire album himself. By sharing in his blog how he did it (www.raiddeva.com/blog), he hopes to inspire other artists to be true to their music.
Hit the cut for the link to the album. The link will send you to The Raid’s website where you can listen to the tracks and/or download the entire project. Enjoy!
There is a ton of music that drops on a daily basis and at times it is hard to keep up. What we’ve become accustomed to doing is collecting these loose tracks and compiling them into one zip file for the listening pleasure or our readers. Sometimes Kev hooks up a dope cover to go along with the file or I’ll just put it out there for you all.
After the cut you’ll find a link to all of the “collected” post we’ve done this year with a link to the original post (if you want the track list) and a link to download the file if that’s all you want.
Pic from here and all protected links are good money. Enjoy!
EDIT: Added the Sha Stimuli collected joint and BIG SHOUT to Carsten as he contributes to these joints as well.
Another heat rock coming out of Detroit! DJ House Shoes and Mar Von release The Way of the Won for Free.99 yesterday (I believe). I’ll call this eleven tracks of dopeness. BTW “Alex Foley” and “The Way It Goes” are serious. Everything after the jump!
Spotted at FWMJ. Added better quality rip an alternative link just in case.
E.D.G.E. drops his new mixtape Superiority Complex, his 6th solo tape and 9th total. I’ll let the man himself tell you more about the project: “The writing process took longer than it usually does, due to the fact that I didn’t have any deadlines to meet, and I wanted this project to sound cohesive as opposed to a collection of random recordings. Enjoy.” Full cover, tracklist & link after the jump.
In honor of Freestyle Friday, I just had to post this crazy youtube video that I found of Eminem and Proof killing the freestyle with ease. The “freestyle” is starting to go the way of dinosaur. By saying this I mean that a lot of folks will write a flow down memorize it and kick it like it is fresh off the dome. Now indeed it can be dope, but it is the not the art of “freestyle” in its truest form. Sadly, several premier artists have admitted to being guilty of writing their verses before going in the booth and supposedly freestyling. I have to take time out to salute the folks that still value the art of freestylin’ and also the memory of the late great Proof from the D.
