T-Rock’s group Area 51 just dropped their new album Behind Enemy Lines (available here). Here’s a leak off the album “Nighttime” produced by J-Green. Props to Traps N Trunks for the link.
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Here’s another leak from Baltimore emcee 810, the Mydus produced “Issues.” The track will be on 810’s upcoming mixtape Glass Half Full which drops November 12th and is presented by illRoots, DJBooth & 2dopeboyz.
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You know we couldn’t give you a Method Man mixtape without giving you a Redman joint. Here’s anutha Mr. Cee mixtape classic… so hit it after the jump and get cha “Headbanger” on and continue to see “How High” you can get with the Funk Docta Spock !!!
Thanks to T.R.O.Y. for the hookup !!!
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Whut up fam, it’s Throwback Thursday, today we are gonna hit you off with this classic Method Man mixtape by DJ Mr. Cee. If you are a collector of mixtapes this joint is a must… So hit it after the jump and “Release Yo’ Delf” and see “How High” you can get with Johnny Blaze !!!
Thanx to T.R.O.Y. blog for the hookup !!!
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Inner Loop Records and One Viisiion link up for another video off J-Scrilla’s Culture of Honor [in stores now!]. This song features some DMV heavy hitters. The video was shot all around the DC area including a legal wall at the Rhode Island Metro (Artwork by DC’s own DOT COM Crew).
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Honest. Aggressive. Meaningful. These are all words that have been used to describe the music that JC Poppe makes. Honesty is the number 1 policy for the Milwaukee, Wisconsin native. For the past several years, hip hop music has been moving further and further away from what is real and legitimate and closer to a complete fantasy world. With his new album Sleep Therapy, Poppe calls out the lies and the liars very brazenly out of love and respect for the culture that he grew up in and around.
Sleep Therapy has a few guest features from Naledge (of Kidz In the Hall) and Guilty Simpson. Straight up, this album is just dope. Preview it after the cut and if you dig it, cop it… support real hip hop!
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L’Daialogue DiCaprio drops some new heat called “Da Shape of Ya” for your listening pleasure. Production is provided by none other than MIDIMarc and will be on L’s upcoming EP InDAIpendent. Download the zip file for both the clean & explicit versions after the jump.
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Skratch Bastid & Scratch do what they do best in their rehearsal for the upcoming November 14th show in Toronto. Skratch & Scratch go through everything from Spoonie Gee to Run DMC in this warm up.
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I know, I know… I heard the news latest night and couldn’t believe it. This album really is one of my most anticipated this year. I actually woke up yesterday thinking, “The Natural should be out tomorrow… yeah!” Unfortunately, due to some… ummm….. delays, we’re gonna have to wait a bit longer. Not sure how long yet. But from what I’ve heard from this album (yes I’ve heard more than you… lol) and the features behind it, it will definitely be worth the wait!
Hear Emilio break it down for us and give us a peep at the intro…
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Celebrating their recent release, the members of DMV’s luminary hip-hop trio Diamond District take fans back to their birth, re-introducing the track “Gully” off of emcee/producer Oddisee’s album Foot in the Door. This percussive, up-tempo track marks the first time that Oddissee, YU, and X.O. ever came together to create the signature sound that now defines this dynamic threesome. Oddissee’s grooving drum track and dragging, behind-the-beat melody underlie the three emcees as they take turns spitting their respective verses, creating the effortless chemistry that now is Diamond District. This track, released in 2006, was the beginning; the cornerstone to this group’s development. YU’s lyric says it all. “In a cocoon like a butterfly, before the wings, never thinking like a peasant, I was born a king.”
In addition to “Gully,” Diamond District recently recorded a video with all three showing their lyrical dexterity a cappella style, like true emcees do. XO and YU set off the cipher with strong deliveries and tongue twisting punch lines while Oddisee ends the session off with a scorcher, “I doubt they’ll ever cross over to the rap game so they rootin’ for me yellin’ cuz get a plaque mang, done and I don’t even want the rap fame, it’s a by-product when you always give a track flames, One.”
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Alright…. I told you all HiPNOTT Records is doing it up big this month and in the famous words of my man Diddy, “we won’t stop, cuz we can’t stop!” We have 10 full days until the first full length release from HiPNOTT’s First Lady, Dasha. The mixtape, mixed by DJ Mark-1, is called Back 2 The Future: Remakes & Remixes Vol 1 and is comprised of remakes of some of Dasha’s favorite hip hop songs.
Each day up until the release of the project, Dasha is going to give us a video blog counting down her favorite tracks. This will let you get to know a bit about Dasha and will let you preview a bit of the mixtape before it drops. So check it out!
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If you’re in NYC tonight, make sure you check out Shad, live at Pianos! Full details after the cut…
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S-Preme’s The Sicktape: Volume 2 has been pushed back a week due to some last-minute tweaks on a few songs. To hold you over, here’s a track from The Sicktape: Volume 2, “V.I.P.” feat. Roisan Murphy.
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Here is a joint from the new DXA mixtape that we are sponsoring right here at KevinNottingham.com. It’s called “Break It Down” and is actually on their album Progression, but it’s oh so dope… real hip hop stand up!
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DJ Premier hooked up with Christina Aguilera in 2006 for her Back to Basic double disc LP. I think the production from Premier was vintage Preem (i.e., “Intro (Back to Basics)” and “Back in the Day”), but some poppy’ish Premier as well (see “Ain’t No Other Man”).
Dope stuff nevertheless….hit the cut for the info and links (ALT included).
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