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Common Performs “Celebrate” on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

Posted in Media, Video with tags Chicago, Common, Hip-Hop, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, No I.D., The Dreamer/The Believer, The Roots on Friday, January 13, 2012 by Tim Althaus

Common recently dropped by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to perform his most recent single “Celebrate” off his latest album The Dreamer/The Believer; as usual, the Roots did an amazing job of bringing the instrumentals put forth by No I.D. to life. “Celebrate” is by far my favorite track off of The Dreamer/The Believer; to me, it’s the epitome of a feel-good song, and furthermore, it’s the type of track that makes me proud to be a fan of Hip-Hop.

Even though The Dreamer/The Believer was a late entry into the releases of 2011, it was arguably one of the best albums of the year, and I haven’t stopped listening to it since I got my hands on it; the album truly takes me back to the days of Like Water for Chocolate. The chemistry displayed between Common and No I.D. is unreal.

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Video: Classified (Feat. Joe Budden), “Unusual”

Posted in Media, Video with tags canada, Classified, Handshakes & Middle Fingers, Hip-Hop, Joe Budden, Unusual on Friday, January 13, 2012 by Tim Althaus

What a great thing to come home to after a long ass day at work. Classified released the visuals for his latest single “Unusual” which was on last year’s Handshakes & Middle Fingers; the cut features Jump-Off Joe Beezy and a brain bruising beat complete with a perfectly utilized sample. “Unusual” is one of my favorite cuts off one of my favorite albums of 2011. I’ve said it time and time again, but Classified is one of the most consistent guys in Hip-Hop over the last 5 years; everything this guy does is well above average, and I feel like he’s going to keep making noise for the Canadian scene. If you haven’t, I highly suggest you go out and cop Handshakes & Middlefingers… yesterday.

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Album Download: Strong Arm Steady, Arms & Hammers

Posted in Album Download, Media with tags Arms & Hammers, DJ Kahlil, Hip-Hop, Madlib, Nottz, Strong Arm Steady, Talib Kweli on Thursday, January 12, 2012 by Tim Althaus

Strong Arm Steady announced that they will be launching a new website, and to celebrate this, they are offering their latest album Arms & Hammers for free download. Arms & Hammers is a high quality West Coast Hip-Hop outing with incredible production and great guest appearances; production features include DJ Kahlil, Madlib, Nottz & Blaqthoven, and guest appearances include Talib Kweli, Chace Infinite, Planet Asia, KRS-One, The Game, Too $hort and Kurupt. If you are a fan of dope Hip-Hop, I surely wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to get a great album at the price of free99.

Download: Strong Arm Steady, Arms & Hammers

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Video: Gangrene (Alchemist & Oh No), “Vodka & Ayahuasca Will Blow Your Mind”

Posted in Media, Video with tags Alchemist, Gangrene, Gutter Water, Oh No, Vodka & Ayahuasca on Thursday, January 12, 2012 by Tim Althaus

Alan the Chemist and Oh No have teamed up to release a sophomore LP to follow up their 2010 debut Gutter Water. From the sounds of “Vodka & Ayahuasca Will Blow Your Mind”, things really haven’t changed a whole lot since Gutter Water; this album is going to be based around super dope beats and grimey ass lyrics. The video doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me, but in the grand scheme of things, it really doesn’t matter. You can jump over to Amazon to pre-order Vodka & Ayahuasca here.

Spotted @ 2DopeBoyz

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Big Gigantic Does it BIG with NOCTURNAL

Posted in Album Download, Audio, Media with tags Big Gigantic, Boulder, Electronica, NOCTURNAL on Thursday, January 12, 2012 by Eric Gilardi

The duo from Boulder, CO really has out done themselves with their new album NOCTURNAL; not only is it free but it’s also phenomenal. This is one of those albums that can literally melt your face while you are melting away into your couch. If you haven’t heard of this electronic duo I suggest you go to their website, and take full advantage of the free download.

Once you start listening be fully aware that you will need about 53 minutes of your day to complete the voyage into a futuristic space that is NOCTURNAL by Big Gigantic. The track “Beginning Of the End” blends melodic horns with an electro-funk sound in such a way that this is far from the Beginning Of the End for these two but rather the progression into the bright future.

After you download this album feel free to download the rest of their discography from their site. Now that they have hooked you up, return the favor and hook them up by attending one of their shows. If you like the music, you will love what you will see while in attendance. Trust your ears now and your eyes later.

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Statitk Selektah & Termanology, “Shining”

Posted in Audio, Downloads, Media with tags 1982, boston, Hip-Hop, Statik Selektah, Termanology on Thursday, January 12, 2012 by Tim Althaus

I was on the Smoking Section the other day, and to my surprise, Statik Selektah & Termanology dropped their debut single from their forthcoming sophomore LP 2012. Their debut album, 1982, was one of my favorite albums of 2010, and I still constantly give it spins; Statik’s beats are crazy, and Term’s rhymes are as potent as the dopest red bud out there. These guys are quickly becoming one of my favorite tandems, and “Shining” further solidifies that status; Stat uses a myriad of samples to concoct a beautiful beat, and Termanology does his thing and leaves the mic battered and bruised.

Download: Statik Selektah & Termanology (1982), “Shining”

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Video: Skyzoo, “Could’ve Struck the Lotto”

Posted in Media, Video with tags Hip-Hop, Lyricism, Skyzoo on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 by Tim Althaus

I was on Twitter yesterday when I noticed that Skyzoo was getting a lot of tweets about a new video; it turns out that everyone was buzzing about the visuals for the track “Could’ve Struck the Lotto” from his most recent outing The Great Debater. In my opinion, Skyzoo is one of the top three emcees in the game right now. The way he writes his material is incredible; I love having to go back and peruse through his albums so I can delve further and solidify my understanding of what’s being said. Do yourself a favor and check out this top tier lyricist.

Hip-Hop Quotable: “All that we In Search Of… is to Fly or Die/so to have you Seeing Sounds that’s inside the Sky/is Nothing I suppose/so if I was alone/them sounds that you seein’ is all that I really know”

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Fashawn, “Hard” (Freestyle)

Posted in Audio, Downloads with tags Fashawn, Hard, Rhianna, XXL Freshmen 2010 on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 by Tim Althaus

This kid is seriously the shit. I love everything that he comes out with, and I really look forward to following his career in the Hip-Hop game. Fashawn was recently chosen for this year’s XXL Freshmen 10 for 2010, and this is one of his cuts off of the XXL mixtape. This shit seriously does go hard, and I think it’s tenfold better than the original Rhianna track. You may remember that Royce completely nuked this track a while back with his brother Kid Vishis, and I think Fashawn does pretty close to the same thing.

Download: Fashawn, “Hard” (Freestyle)

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Video: Kam Moye, “Splitting Image”

Posted in Media, Video with tags Kam Moye, Splitting Image, Supastition on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 by Tim Althaus

This is another video that I’m very ecstatic about. I have to start off by saying that I criminally slept on Kam Moye’s album Splitting Image, and I definitely payed for it; I can honestly say that it’s one of my favorite albums right now. Many of you may be wondering who Kam Moye is… He is also known as Supastition. Kam Moye can spit his ass off, and his lyrics are truly something else. I’m pumped as hell that Kam came out with a video for the title track on the album. “Splitting Image” is one of the deepest and most personal songs I’ve heard in a long time, and the video is equally as good.

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Video: Reflection Eternal, “In This World”

Posted in Media, Video with tags Hi-Tek, In This World, Reflection Eternal, Revolutions Per Minute, Talib Kweli on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 by Tim Althaus

Yeah I know, I’ve been behind the curve this last week, but talk about amazing visuals for an amazing track. A little while back I posted Kweli & Hi-Tek’s first single, “In This World”, off of their new album Revolutions Per Minute, and this is the music video for the same track. The video is directed by Punit Deshi who also directed the video for The Soul Asssassins track “Classical”; Dehsi is one of the best music video directors I’ve seen in a long time. Man, I love every single aspect of this video; there isn’t one thing I don’t like. I am anxiously counting down the days until April 6th is finally here.

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