I’m used to Alan Wilkis sending me disco burners, but I like the way he’s slowed it down and shown he can do an evil fucking hip hop beat.  I’m a big fan of RJD2 anyway, so I was also excited that he decided took take on this track, my favorite off the new record….Phonte [...]

I enjoy going out on Wednesday nights…I should do it more often…I’ll tell you what…If I lived in NYC…or anywhere within an hour or so’s travel time, I’d get myself over to those dudes (Pretty) Girls & Lasers party tomorrow night at Arlo and Esme…I’m fairly confident that they’ll probably drop this new Lupe Fiasco [...]

Got some music from NYC-based band, mamarazzi, who bring us their new single “Gangster”…It’s some straight ass-shaking, fat-wiggling, heel-breaking, sweaty-faced, dirty funk music….And if you enjoy repeatedly moving your ass in a rhythmic fashion and live in the greater New York area, then boogie over to the Grasslands in Brooklyn on March 5th for their [...]

It feels really good to type something after being snowed in for four days with no internet.  Sometimes I find it liberating to be unplugged from this shit, but when I have really good music to comment on…well…then it becomes a bit torturous.  Berlin’s, RQM dropped this EP my way right before the double-whammy-Baltimore-snow-fuck began, [...]

New York-based DJ/Rupture and Matt Shadetek joined forces to form the Dutty Artz collective last year.  The two dropped their new mixtape “Solar Life Raft” earlier this month, and I’ve got to say that its one of the best mixes I’ve heard this year;  a wild journey…visions of ambient, dub, bassline molded together to create [...]

I just realized that the “whoomp whoomp” dubstep bassline is much easier to digest when its mixed with some evil guitar work.  Thankfully that’s exactly what The Young Punx have done with the new track “Like Dat” — I like where this sound is going, and I really wouldn’t expect anything less from a band [...]

The L.A. based Hip Hop group, The Cool Catz have been very busy these last few weeks — playing shows, working on new material, dropping tracks and videos all over the place. No doubt, it looks like all the hard work put in by Bradley Keys and Pow Shadowz is paying some serious dividends, [...]

If you’ve never heard of The Hood Internet you really should get yourself familiar.  The Chicago team of STV SLV and ABX consistently pump out some of today’s hottest remixes and mashups.  These are not your average bullshit Ableton mashes; no, their much more layered than that, often grabbing exclusive verses from MC’s and adding [...]

The good people over at Grandcrew sent over their latest video of the entire De La Soul show at Grande Halle de la Villette, in Paris.  You can check out one of the songs here…then head over there to peep the full show.  Check out their site it has tons of videos of shows [...]

I was going through my inbox today and somehow this one got lost in the mix.  The good thing is that I found it, and can share it with you good people, although considering how slow I am on this one, chances are that you already have it.  It’s another wild one from Starks and [...]

Boston MC, Father Abraham has gone 36 tracks deep on his song per week project and we have the newest joint for your today.  This one is entitled “Parking Spot” and it takes a much harder approach then the last one he dropped on us.  Its a floor shaker, and will no doubt set the [...]

Speech Debelle just won the Mercury Prize.  We posted on her a few months back, and you could tell that there was something special with that record.  So in the spirit of all things awesome, here is brand spankin new track from Pete Lawrie featuring Speech Debelle….(This is like mastered today new)  Lawrie drops an [...]

This one comes from Portland’s Yacht, with a little help from New Jersey MC, Kosha Dillz.  Its got a funky indie electronic beat with a nice little bounce to it, definitely a fun end to the summer track.  Pretty familiar with Yacht, but this is the first time that I’ve come across anything from Kosha [...]

In response to the new album, DJ Ayers from over at The Rub has put together an excellent mix of early Jay-Z cuts, proving that Jay has indeed lost his edge on the last couple of albums.  This is a great reminder on how good he is/was…and how good Ayers is at programming a mixtape.
D.O.J. [...]

Some new tracks off the new EGADZ! record hit my inbox this morning.  It’s psychedelic Techno at a Hip Hop pace, something to be expected from an artist who cut his teeth working with a number of eclectic MC’s — Aesop Rock and Kool Keith to name a few.  “Going Home” has a nice back [...]

Remember when people used to make beats on the old MPC.  I wonder if music shops sell many of those things anymore.  I was always too cheap to buy one…Instead, I went for the Boss 880 drum machine.  (big mistake…actually….I’d love to have an MPC laying around the basement….instead of an 880 with no power [...]

On September 5th, the L.A. based Hip Hop group, The Cool Catz will release their much anticipated debut album “Cat Nip”.  They have been kind enough to send over an exclusive track that will only be available on the street version of the record (as opposed to the iTunes version).  It’s a nice little rehash [...]

Just got this one in the inbox today. It’s from Boston-based Father Abraham. This MC has a very nice delivery and excellent beats. Had my head nodding the entire time. Check out the link here, for a project that he’s working on where he releases a new track every week. [...]

Speech Debelle hails from South London and has just been nominated for this years Mercury Prize. That’s not too surprising once you sit down and take a listen to some of this girls music. Very refreshing stuff coming over from across the Atlantic. You can pick up the full release on August [...]

If you missed My Crew Be Unruly this past weekend than I really don’t know what to tell you. I’m not mad at you. There’s a flurry of reasons why you stayed up in your bed, instead of venturing out to the Paradox for the wildest up-till-the-break-of-mutha-fuckin-dawn-party. Maybe you were sick. Maybe [...]

Today I feel like listening to some local Hip Hop, so I think it appropriate to drop a couple tracks from one of my favorite DC/Bmore based MC’s. Articulate sent these tracks to me on different days over the last couple weeks, and I’m really into what he’s doing. Hopefully you’ll feel the same [...]