Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment "Surf"

Chicago strikes with what may be the best work from any Chicago collective in recent memory.  Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment released their free album "Surf" the other day.  It's the Album of The Year and it's free on Itunes.  

Knxwledge "Hud Dreems"

This is knxwledge's debut album.  It's being released on Stones Throw.  I pre-ordered it, just received the link., and I'm am currently on track 17 of 26.  Sounds like he has simply piled a bunch of gems he's made over recent months (years?) and easily created the beat tape of the year.  

Your Old Droog "Kinison" EP

Can't wait to see this dude open for DJ Premier and Royce Da 5' 9 in Chicago at Reggie's Rock Club on Feb. 27.  

Fashawn X Alchemist- FASH-Ionably Late

Alchemist strikes again!

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Run The Jewels "Run The Jewels 2" Album

Best album of the year is free here: 

http://www.runthejewels.net/

Keenan Cunnin "The 'One Million Dollars!!!' BeatTape

Souls of Mischief & Adrian Younge "There is Only Now" Album Review

Once I heard Souls & Adrian Younge were teaming up for an LP, the tweaking began-very similar to the way I tweaked when I heard Dilla & Madlib, Madlib & Doom, and Madlib & Freddie Gibbs were teaming up (yes, Madlib is the dude).  These are the kinds of dream collaborations that sound too good to be true.  These are the kinds of dream collaborations which cause one to anticipate, yet pray that they don't turn out as a botched attempt at greatness.  However, in the same way that all of the aforementioned collabos satisfied beyond expectations, this new Souls album meets all of the conditions for dopeness and goes waaaaaay beyond. Thanks to ridiculously-dope production by Adrian Younge, an amazing return to form for all four members of SOM, and a few surprise features for good measure- Snoop?! Busta?! Ali Shaheed Muhammad?! (btw Scarub gets honorable mention for illest featured verse).  I could rattle on all day about this project, but I'm going to keep it short so I can go listen to it again...

1. Adrian Younge is the new savior of hip hop.
2. SOM & Adrian Younge have created what is arguably the best example of hip hop storytelling EVER.
3. I predict that this album will be the first ever to receive five Xs on HipHopDX.  If it doesn't...?
4. I also predict that we will find out down the road that Q-tip was somehow involved in the Your Old Droog EP, as well as this There is Only Now LP.   (This may be way off, but I remember hearing Q-tip rock with Del and Pep Love on "Undisputed Champs," and Del making an homage to ATCQ recently-so hiero and Tribe clearly have a history.  Regardless, this new project has Native Tongues written all over it.
5. If you don't buy this album-as I plan to-when it officially drops you will be a huge disappointment to me, yourself, and the rest of the world.  DROPS AUGUST 19TH!

p.s. Adrian Younge, please team up with Roc Marciano next to put the nail in the coffin.  One.