Phesto Dee "Champ Swagger" video (2012)

Phesto Dee finally released his solo album "Background Check."  I saw Souls of Mischief at Double Door in Chicago in 2011, and Phesto rocked a few joints from the project.  Hiero ya'll! 

http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/phesto-dee-background-check/CL1058CD/

1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology)- "Make it Out Alive" featuring Freddie Gibbs & Crooked I (2012)

 1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) are releasing their album 2012 on May 22...

 

Doppelgangaz "Schemes" video (2012)

These dudes are super-slept on so I would like to take this time to recognize...

The Dopplegangaz are like a hybrid of The Gravediggaz and The Beatnuts.  Their album "Lone Sharks" was one of the best of 2011.  I knew that whatever they would come out with next would be worth checking out...I was right.

Keenan Cunnin "Known Cracker" EP (Free Download) (2012)

Keenan Cunnin "Known Cracker" EP
**Download Free Below**


First, I wanted to throw 30 short tracks together and call it "30 Rock." Then, I decided to cut it down to 20 tracks and call it "20/20." Here is the third-and final-form that my most recent project has taken:

Keenan Cunnin "Known Cracker" EP tracklist:

1. 8 Rap Commandments

2. I'm Not A Jerk

3. On Anotha Level

4. Mistakes

5. Beefin' Again?

6. Known Cracker

7. Jersey Shore

8. I Need U So

9. Searchin' For Your Love

10. Aldies

11. Nobody's Stoppin' Me

12. Fuck U and Billy Too

13. Never Murda (Bonus)

Download my "Known Cracker" EP for Free Here:

Kool Keith "New York" video (2012)

Kool Keith says he's retiring from rap after his next album "Love & Danger." He has also claimed several times that he is an alien and he likes to rap about peeing on people...

Here's the video for his new single, "New York":

Sean Price "Ruben Blades" Video Teaser (2012)

Sean P!!!!!!! Here is a teaser video for his upcoming project, "Mic Tyson." This will be an automatic cop for sure...

Other projects I have already bought in my mind:

 Appollo Brown & O.C. "Trophies,"

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib "MadGibbs," and the new Madvillain...

Stik Figa "From the Top" (2010)

This dude Stik Figa is releasing an album on April 17, called "As Himself."  You can listen to a preview of the album here:

http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/stik-figa-as-himself/MMG027CD/

Roc Marciano "Emeralds" video (2012)

Yet another Roc Marciano gem, called "Emeralds." Word is that Q-Tip will be involved in his next project...

Slum Village "Dirty Slums" Free Mixtape (2012)

The Slum Saga continues with T3, Young RJ, and Illa J (Dilla's brother):

Slum Village "Dirty Slums" Mixtape Tracklist:

1. Mick Boogie & nVMe Intro *
2. Slum Village: God Sent (f/ Rapper Big Pooh & Vice)
3. Slum Village: Just The Past (f/ Big Sean & Black Milk) *
4. Slum Village: Music (f/ Focus…)
5. Slum Talks About The Evolution
6. Slum Village: Hunger (f/ Vice & Focus…)
7. Slum Village: Church (f/ Focus…)
8. Slum Village: Fresh (f/ Rapper Big Pooh & Vice)
9. Slum Village: Turnin’ Me Off (f/ De La Soul)
10. Slum Talks About Native Tongues
11. Slum Village: Beats and Breaks
12. Slum Village: Special (f/ Phonte)
13. Slum Village: They Say Remix (f/ Rapper Big Pooh & Phife) #
14. Slum Village: The Hard Way (f/ Focus… & Joe Scudda) #
15. Slum Talks About The Legacy
16. Slum Village: They Don’t Know (f/ Vice & J Ivy)
17. Slum Village: Mortal Kombat (f/ Vice & DJ Bonics)
18. Slum Talks About The Future
19. Slum Village: Da Essence (f/ Vice)
20. Slum Village: Reppin’


Slum Village "Dirty Slums" Mixtape
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Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Yasiin Bey "Black Radio" video (2012)

I noticed that recent posts have been extra gully, so I must seek a balance. I look to Mos Def, who now goes by Yasiin Bey, for some guidance...here is the title track from the Robert Glasper Experiment "Black Radio" LP, featuring Yasiin Bey:

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib "Thuggin" video (2012)

Ever since I heard Freddie Gibbs' "Murda On My Mind," I've been a fan. I was even lucky enough to be at Gibbs' show in Chicago last year, when Young Jeezy surprised the crowd to announce he was signing Gibbs to his label. Now, Freddie G-I-BB-S is linking up with my favorite producer, Madlib for the "MadGibbs" project!...Textbook case of game being recognized!

E-40 "Fast Lane" (2012)

E-40 has undeniable game...This is a song from his new 3-album release "The Block Brochure: Welcome To the Soil (pts. 1, 2, & 3)." That sure is a whole lotta game at once!...

Dj Premier & Bumply Knuckles drop "Kolexxxion" (2012)

Bumpy Knuckles and Premier make good music together.  Above is a track from their new project, "The Kolexxxion." 

Look for Bumpy Knuckles' appearance in the R.A. the Rugged Man and Psalm One video "Open Relationship."

Quake Strikes March 27!

This Quakers album is gonna be crazy! Lots of Detroit cats on this project (I think Dilla has alot to do with that).

From Stones Throw's website:

Disillusioned with much of the hip-hop around them, the like-minded producers set out to create the type of rap record they’d want to listen to. That meant gathering one of the most varied arrays of talent ever seen on a hip-hop record. Rather than just sending beats to the hottest names of the moment, the producers sought out genuine collaborators, regardless of whether they were legendary or simply stumbled upon around the world wide web. Invitations were sent out to golden era legends such as Prince Po and The Pharcyde’s Booty Brown, indie rap titans such as Dead Prez and Phat Kat, and of course some of StonesThrow’s finest: Aloe Blacc, Guilty Simpson, MED and newest signings Jonwayne and Dave Dub all make memorable contributions. There are also some lesser known talents present: band-favorite Coin Locker Kid, Lyric Jones, Estee Nack & more hold it down with their more celebrated peers.




Quakers - Fitta Happier by Stones Throw Records

Detroit's Finest: Elzhi "Elmatic" (2011)

Elzhi "Elmatic" This is what Detroit can do...

01 The Genesis

02 Detroit State of Mind (Houseshoes Shout)
03 Halftime | Video
04 Memory Lane
05 The World Is Yours
06 Represent
07 Life’s A !! f. Royce Da 5’9″ & Stokley Williams (of Mint Condition)
08 One Love
09 It Ain’t Hard To Tell (Pete Rock Shout)
10 Pete Rock Shout

Download Elzhi's "Elmatic" here
http://www.mediafire.com/?7n9gyjmj1pla7cn

Action Bronson & Riff Raff "Bird On A Wire" Video (2012)

Action Bronson (big Albanian dude with two joints hanging from his mouth) & Riff Raff (from MTV's "G's to Gents") spit over one of the illest beats (Harry Fraud) I've ever heard.

 

Curren$y "Covert Coup" (Free Album) (2011)

Curren$y & Alchemist "Covert Coup"
1. BBS
2. The Type f. Prodigy
3. Blood Sweat and Gears f. Fiend
4. Ventilation
5. Life Instructions f. Smoke DZA
6. Smoke Break
7. Double 0 7
8. Scottie Pippen f. Freddie Gibbs
9. Full Metal
10. Coming Up
All Tracks produced by The Alchemist

Download the Illest Mixtape from 2011 (Free)!
http://www.datpiff.com/Curreny-Covert-Coup-mixtape.221604.html

Big K.R.I.T. 4evaNaDay (Free Album) (2012)

THIS IS THE THIRD FREE ALBUM BIG K.R.I.T. HAS RELEASED PEOPLE...AND IT'S DOPE! IT'S ONLY RIGHT TO PURCHASE "LIVE FROM THE UNDERGROUND" WHEN IT COMES OUT...HE'S GONNA COLLABORATE WITH BB KING...

Free Download
http://www.datpiff.com/Big-KRIT-4eva-N-A-Day-mixtape.313128.html

Jonwayne "This is False" (A Rap Mixtape) Free Download (2012)

This is some real shit. Perfectly low budget, ill Hip Hop mixtape couresy of Stones Throw Records' new artist Jonwayne. "played out" "whatarewegonnacallit" and "stacking corpses" (video beow) are special.


TRACK LIST
Part One: Live on Zeroh's Couch
Play Deader (feat. Zeroh)
JWSB Bootleg #1
JWSB Bootleg #2
Played Out
Sunkids (feat. Zeroh)
Lotus Bootleg
Ramble
whatarewegonnacallit (feat. Zeroh)
Part Two: Bedroom
Thoughtless
Leaving Home
Accounted To, Then For
Stacking Corpses
Friendship
Magician
Hungry
Mythology
I'm a Poor Man (But Rich in the Mind)
So Delirious (feat. Avi)

Free Download
JONWAYNE RAP MIXTAPE

Large Professor & Gensu Dean "Forever" Video (2012)

 To start, something inspirational...Gensu Dean & Large Professor "Forever"