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Flying Lotus, “Aunties Lock”

Posted in Audio, Downloads with tags Aunties Lock, Electronica, Flying Lotus, Hip-Hop, L.A. EP 3x3 on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 by Tim Althaus

I was over at Sound Verite, and needless to say I caught this gem over there. If you haven’t gotten up on Steven Ellison (Flying Lotus) yet, you are missing out on some fantastic music. If you were to toss Dilla, Madlib & Prefuse 73’s styles into one unique sound, that is what Fly Lo would sound like. It’s so hard to put a finger on what style his music is, you could easily call it Electronica, but on the other hand you could easily call it Hip-Hop as well. I’ll leave the judging to you. If you get the chance, get all of his work that he’s put out. Everything that this guy has done has been nothing short of exemplary. His L.A. EP 3×3 is now out on limited vinyl via Warp Records as well.

Download: Flying Lotus, “Aunties Lock”

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Jabari Interviews The Step Brothers

Posted in Media, Video with tags Alchemist, Chemical Warfare, Evidence, Jabari, Rock the Bells, Step Brothers on Monday, August 24, 2009 by Tim Althaus

Man, these guys are two of the dopest guys on the planet. Jabari was able to interview Evidence & Alchemist backstage at a recent Rock the Bells concert. I have to mention right away that I was laughing about 90% of the time because Alchemist is fucking hilarious. There are a lot of things touched on this interview and it gives you some great insight as to how busy both of them are. These guys have some of the best chemistry in the game, and it even shows in the interview how they feed off of each other.

EV talks about how he has been getting the respect that he set out to get, and how he is really happy at where he’s at even if the major media outlets don’t come his way. Alchemist speaks on how him and Evidence work so well together, and what it all comes down to, he also talks about his new album Chemical Warfare and how it’s going to have an elongated release. I don’t really think it’s necessary, but I’m going to say it anyways. I look forward to everything that these guys have to offer in the future.

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Raekwon, “House of Flying Daggers”(Featuring Inspectah Deck, Method Man & Ghostface) (Prod By J Dilla) (Video)

Posted in Media, Video with tags Ghostface, House of Flying Daggers, Inspectah Deck, J Dilla, Method Man, Raekwon, Wu-Tang on Monday, August 24, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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This video might seriously get my nod for video of the year. I posted the teaser trailer earlier, but this video decimates all expectations. The animation on this video are purely pristine, and it’s directed very well. This is definitely a video that you don’t want to miss. Is it just me or is Wu taking over the interhighway today?

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Raekwon, “10 Bricks” (Feat. Cappadonna & Ghostface Killah) (Prod. By J Dilla)

Posted in Audio, Downloads with tags 10 Bricks, Cappadonna, Champion Sound, Ghostface, J Dilla, Jaylib, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2, Raekwon, The Red on Monday, August 24, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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Yet another banger from J Dilla off of the Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 album, which I may remind you drops on September 8th. You may recall that the beat on this track was on the re-release of Jaylib, Champion Sound on the track “The Red”. I remember when I heard the beat initially (on the Jaylib album) and was kind of disappointed that Madlib had changed it. Either way you look at it, the beat does knock like crazy and these guys are dope as hell over it. Cappadonna’s verse is a little below average compared to Ghost Deini and The Chef, but it’s still a dope ass track.

Download: Raekwon, “10 Bricks” (Feat. Cappadonna & Ghostface) (Prod. By J Dilla)

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Cymarshall Law, “Kind of a Big Deal” (Freestyle)

Posted in Media, Video with tags Clipse, Cymarshall Law, Kind of a Big Deal, King With 4 Wives on Monday, August 24, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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Here is Cymar’s take on the Brothers Thornton track “Kind of a Big Deal”. To be honest, I like this version more than the one that Clipse put out. Cymar is one of the dopest fire spitters that I’ve heard in quite some time. If you sleep on this guy you should be ashamed of yourself. You can also go over to MTVU.com and vote for Cymar’s video “King With 4 Wives” for the Best Freshmen Contest.

Download: Cymarshall Law, “Kind of a Big Deal” (Freestyle)

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Raekwon, “House of Flying Daggers” (Teaser Video)

Posted in Media, Video with tags House of Flying Daggers, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2, Raekwon, Teaser Video on Monday, August 24, 2009 by Tim Althaus

This is what a teaser video should be. No fucking lie.

Spotted @ 2DopeBoyz

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Fashawn & Exile Perform “The Score”

Posted in Media, Video with tags Boy Meets World, Exile, Fashawn, Hip-Hop Official, The Score on Monday, August 24, 2009 by Tim Althaus

Gotta shout out 2DopeBoyz for this one. This is a video of Fashawn & Exile performing in the Hip Hop Official studios when they were the artist of the week. The track is called “The Score”, and of course you can expect it to be on Fash’s upcoming album Boy Meets World. Notice that Exile completely tears up the turntables and his beat in the background goes hard as hell. Boy Meets World is definitely an album that I am highly anticipating.

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Black Milk, “Set Go”

Posted in Audio, Downloads with tags Black Milk, Set Go on Friday, August 21, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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Just some more self-produced material from the sickest ~~producer~~ musician on the planet.

Download: Black Milk, “Set Go”

Shouts to 2DopeBoyz

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Rjd2 Will Be Doing BIG Things in 2009

Posted in Music News with tags Dead Ringer, RJ's Electrical Connections, Rjd2, Since We Last Spoke, The Horror EP, The Tin Foil Hat EP, Things Go Better (Instrumentals), Your Face or Your Kneecaps on Friday, August 21, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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Talk about great fucking news. Rjd2 is easily one of me top 5 producers, and I love everything that the guy has ever done. When it comes to production, damn near all of his work is pristine. Needless to say, I’ve been waiting on new Rjd2 material since The Third Hand, because like most people I was a tad disappointed in Third Hand and knew that Hip-Hop is where he truly shines.

2DopeBoyz had a really dope article on Rj and the things that he has coming up before the end of the year. It sounds like Rj started his own label (RJ’s Electrical Connections), and he will be re-releasing his first 3 releases (Dead Ringer, The Horror EP & Since We Last Spoke) in a box set that will come out on October 2oth. ALSO included in the box set will be a new EP called The Tin Foil Hat EP which will contain 7 unreleased Rj cuts. You can go cop Your Face or Your Kneecaps, In Rare Form & Things Go Better (Instrumentals) on iTunes now. To top it all off, we can expect Rj’s new album The Colossus to drop in early winter.

I’m pretty much ecstatic to hear this news. I can assure you that there is no doubt in my mind that I will be at the record store on October 20th to get my box set. Will you? If you’ve slept on Rj this long, I really don’t know if there is any hope left for you in the world.

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David Guetta Feat. Kid Cudi, “Memories”

Posted in Downloads, Media, Music News with tags David Guetta, electro, house, Kid Cudi, One Love on Friday, August 21, 2009 by Nolan Levenson

About a week ago my sister came back from Spain and introduced me to David Guetta, who apparently is all over the clubs in Europe. If you’re into some fun Electronic/House/etc, it’s pretty good. I can’t believe I’m gonna say this but the track with Akon is great (“Sexy Bitch”). Today on Okayplayer I saw a post with a download for the track “Memories” featuring Kid Cudi. On Tuesday, Guetta’s album One Love comes out in the US.

Download “Memories” (feat Kid Cudi)

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