Children of the Night-Where The Wild Things Are
Children of the Night (COTN) are a very dope 3 man group coming out of New York who just released their mixtape Where The Wild Things Are. Hit the jump for the video to Rumpus, a song off the tape. Download: Children of the Night-Where The Wild Things Are
Carlitta Durand & Vaughn Garcia-The Doug & Patty EP
Who wasn't a fan of Doug growing up? Anyways, Carlitta Durand (who you might recognize from her work with Little Brother) & producer Vaughn Garcia got together & created The Doug & Patty EP just in time for everyone's Christmas drive to go see their families/drink alone. Download: Carlitta Durand & Vaughn Garcia-The Doug & Patty EP
Thurzday & Dibia$e-Not Quite A Christmas Story
- Hot off the presses Twitter, Thurzday (of u-N-I) dropped off his collaboration with Dibia$e, Not Quite A Christmas Story. Download: Thurzday & Dibia$e-Not Quite A Christmas Story
J*Davey-Boudoir Synema: The Great Mistape
Don't you just love when artists keep their word about dropping projects? (I'm looking at you Lupe/Jay). Coming out of the very talented LA music scene, J*Davey is made up of producer Brook D'leau & the gorgeous MC/singer Miss Jack Davey. Here's their latest project, Boudoir Synema: The Great Mistape, featuring mostly new material. Download: J*Davey-Boudoir Synema: The Great Mistape
Apple Juice Kid-Beautiful Warriors 2
Apple Juice Kid is a very dope producer who made noise last year with his Miles Remixed project (flipping Miles Davis tracks into a dope beat tape) as well as his work with Ski/Camp Lo. Now he's back with Beautiful Warriors 2, his take on some tracks from the legendary Louis Armstrong. Tracklist & link after the jump. Apple Juice Kid →
Live: Raekwon x The Roots
Anytime a musical guest comes on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon I figure it's gonna be dope with The Roots backing them, even more when it's a rapper. This week Raekwon was on to perform his cut Catalina with Black Thought adding a very dope verse as well.
eLZhi-The Leftovers
MAN, this has to be an immediate download off top. eLZhi (Slum Village) is one of the dopest MCs out right now so any new music from him is a plus. The Leftovers (Unmixedtape) is a collection of unreleased/leftover tracks that he's worked on over the past few years. Hit the jump for the tracklist/link. eLZhi-The Leftovers (Unmixedtape)
Sade-Soldier Of Love (Remix) ft. Ghostface & Black Thought
I know Phalary already dropped the original joint over here but I figured with the names Ghostface & Black Thought added to a Sade track, this needed some love too. Make sure you swing by DJ Critical Hype's page to check out some of his other blends (that new Clipse tape is ill). Sade ft. Ghostface & Black Thought-Soldier Of Love →
Souls of Mischief-Proper Aim
Check out Souls of Mischief's video for their new single Proper Aim off of the recently released Montezuma's Revenge, completely produced by Prince Paul.
War 4 (Graffiti Documentary)
Seeing stuff like this always makes me wish I woulda picked up Graf when I was younger.
Ras Kass-Quarterly
Ras Kass has always been one of the most underrated/underperforming MCs around. Talent wise, this dude is off the charts; his songwriting ability & lyrical skill are matched by very few. But like most llyrics first MCs, he's never had the sonic soundbed that really made listeners want to stick around to hear what he's saying (aside from the dope →
Hawdwerk & Jansport J-High Power Moves EPK
If you haven't already downloaded Hawdwerk & Jansport J's new album High Power Moves you need to do yourself a favor & go handle that right quick. Go ahead, click right here. If you're like me, you like knowing what went into making the music you listen to; lucky for us Werk & J just put out the EPK for →
El Prez-Feature PREZentation
Coming out of Inglewood, California, El Prez is definitely a young MC to look out for. Featuring production from Jansport J, L.A.U.S.D., Dae One, & more, & features from LA's best MCs (Convinced, Shawn Jackson, Hawdwerk, TiRon, Shawn Chrystopher, Diz Gibran & more) Feature PREZentation is kind of like a catch up on everything he's done in the past few →
XO-F.R.N.O.
XO is a rapper coming out of the DC area who (as 1/3 of the group Diamond Distruct) released one of 2009s best albums In The Ruff. Check out for his solo project (featuring production from Oddisee, Best Kept Secret, & more) coming soon.
Wale & J.Cole Freestyle At Denny’s
Taking a break from opening for Jay on the Blueprint 3 tour, Wale & J.Cole decided that Denny's would be the perfect place to start a cypher. Obviously not their best material, but it's always dope to see MCs actually having fun rhyming.
Beat Battle This Thursday
This should be a pretty dope event. Hosted by the folks over at Plus Sign Vibes, this beat battle features some of the dopest up & coming producers from Sac. So Crates (Task1ne, Yukmouth), Styles 1001 (Tribe of Levi), Billy Hi-Life (The Neighborhood Watch), DJ Oasis & more. With Lee Bannon (U-N-I, Talib Kweli, Termanology) serving as guest judge (along →
Nardwuar vs. Too $hort
Nardwuar is one of the most unique interviewers around. Even when he seems a lil off, he always gets great answers & goes pretty in depth with the artists.
Raphael Saadiq-Stayin In Love
Here's the newest video off of Raphael Saadiq's 60s inspired The Way I See It which was released a little over a year ago. It's good for him that the album did pretty well sales wise, because it's allowed him to continue pushing this project instead of having to move on to the next one too soon.
Hawdwerk & Jansport J-High Power Moves
Presented by 2dopeboyz & Kevin Nottingham, High Power Moves is the first project from rapper Hawdwerk & producer Jansport J. Both artists hail from the 626 (The Cov) & have really elevated their games for this release. Werk sounds like a dope mix of Joe Budden's vocal tones with Pharoahe Monch's flow while Jansport moves away from strictly boom bap →
Little Dragon-Constant Surprises
This video is over a year old, as the song came off of Little Dragon's self-titled debut album, but for some reason I totally forgot about it. It's dope, she's beautiful, they're talented, nuff said. Their new album Machine Dreams is available now too.
David Banner & 9th Wonder In Studio
When I heard David Banner & 9th Wonder were working on a project, I got amped. I know most people don't think these two would mesh very well, but if you really know David Banner's music you'll know that the mainstream singles he has aren't really encompassing of his work. Their upcoming release Death of a Popstar is gonna be →
Young Dro ft. Yung LA-I Don’t Know Yall
How dope is this video? I've never seen anyone use this kind of cartoon effect, but it came out really well. I know some people wouldn't expect me to be a fan of Young Dro, but I think dude has a nice flow & uses a pretty unique vocab for talking about pretty basic topics. Make sure you go check →
The Clipse x Rick Ross-I’m Good (Remix)
Here's the video for the (dope) remix of The Clipse's single I'm Good with Pharrell, this time featuring Rick Ross as well. Til The Casket Drops coming soon.
C Plus Twitterviews Chuuwee
Here's a really dope interview Twitterview between C Plus & Chuuwee that went down last week. For those that don't know, Chuuwee is 1/18th of the T.U.S. (The Usual Suspects) crew as well as 1/2 of the group The Avengers with J.Good. He recently released his mixtape Mauve Monster & is prepping multiple projects for the next few months. PlusMoney RT →
