Nas – “Film”

Posted in News with tags , , on Sunday, August 2, 2009 by Nolan Levenson

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On April 11 Red Bull Big Tune made the leap from bass pumping clubs to the living rooms of 340,000 music fans during its American television debut on the BET network. The 30-minute TV show chronicled the adventures of 16 up-and-coming music producers as they embark on the final battle to determine once and for all who has ‘the big tune’ and who will walk away with the coveted title of Red Bull Big Tune Champion and a chance to collaborate with a well-known recording artist in Red Bull Studios.
When the final battle ended the crowd determined that the producer with ‘the big tune’ and the ultimate winner of the competition was 17-year-old Charles ‘C-Sick’ Dumazer of Chicago, Ill. In the time immediately following the final battle, C-Sick had a lot to contemplate. Who would he select to work with in the studio? After some deliberation he selected Def Jam recording artist Nas, one of hip-hop’s most profound lyrical poets. Nas is well known for his 1994 debut album Illmatic, which many consider to be one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time. His upcoming tour and album with Damian Marley has many on the edge of their seats.

Nasty Nas recorded this track over Red Bull Big Tune winner C-Sick beat to make a pretty sweet track.

Download it here.

“Prizefight” teaser trailer

Posted in Media, Video with tags , , , on Friday, July 31, 2009 by Andy Bain

Here’s a look at the upcoming video for “Prizefight” off of the Hand Over Fist album from Mike Mictlan and Lazerbeak. Rumor has it there will be a free downloadable remix album that will coincide with the video’s full release in September.

Raekwon, Ghostface, Inspectah Deck & Method Man are in the “House of Flying Daggers”

Posted in Audio, Downloads with tags , , , , , on Friday, July 31, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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Is it just me, or does September 8th seem right around the corner? With joints like this one, you can’t blame me for being anctious. This ridiculously fire track comes via 2DopeBoyz, and it will also be on Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II. Raekwon brings along Ghostface, Inspectah Deck & Method Man to drop some mad Wu flavor on a Dilla treat. As you would expect all 4 emcees rip this shit apart (especially Ghost) on a ridiculous Dilla beat.

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

Brother Ali, “Us” (Download)

Posted in Audio, Downloads with tags , , on Friday, July 31, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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Brother Ali and the fine people at Rhymesayers Entertainment have leaked the track “Us” for free download. If you didn’t catch it, I posted the preview video of this track the other day. Above this post is the artwork for Ali’s new album Us. If you haven’t yet, make sure you pre-order the album here. Sounds like this album is shaping up to be yet another fine piece of work from Ali.

Download: Brother Ali, “Us” (from the forthcoming Us album)

Spotted @ Brother Ali’s Twitter

Ghostface Talks Briefly About His Top 5

Posted in Media, Video with tags , , on Thursday, July 30, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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This video has Tony Starks listing off his top 5 emcees (with the exception of another one). Ghostface is one of the most consistent and potent cats in the game, and it’s good to see him giving other emcees props.

Spotted @ 2DopeBoyz

Cymarshall Law “Runs This Town”

Posted in Audio, Downloads with tags , , , , , on Thursday, July 30, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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This is Cymarshall Law’s take on Jay-Z’s “Run This Town”, and boy does this shit go hard. If you haven’t listened to me talk about this guy before I don’t know if there is any hope left for you. He just leaves microphones destroyed and demolished everywhere in his path. Make sure you check this one out, I think you might even like it more than that Jay-Z version. I forgot to mention, the 2DopeBoyz article also confirmed that Cy has two projects (The Creator’s Kid EP & Everliven Sound) that are complete and will be coming out this fall. You know what that means people, more Cymarshall Law & Mr. Joeker.

Download: Cymarshall Law, Run This Town” (Freestyle)

Spotted @ Cymarshall Law’s Twitter

Royce Brings You “The Best Thing Yet” + Inside a Change (OST) Download

Posted in Audio, Downloads with tags , , , , , , , , on Thursday, July 30, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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This track comes to us via the Inside a Change original soundtrack. The movie is written and directed by Rik Cordero. The movie sounds like it is going to be a pretty deep emotional movie, and to be honest I really want to see it. The sountrack looks phenomenal, you can expect to hear from Royce Da 5’9″ (obviously), Joell Ortiz, Consequence, Saigon, Wale, The Kickdrums & More. Follow me after the jump for the Royce download as well as the download and tracklisting for the soundtrack. Continue reading

Elzhi & Black Milk on Splash! Mag

Posted in Media, Video with tags , , , , , on Thursday, July 30, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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Here is some more Splash!-Mag footage with Elzhi & Black Milk. If you remember, I posted the first part of this video a while back. In the second part, they talk about the history of Motown in pretty big detail. These guys are both very intelligent individuals who are very up-to-date on their musical knowledge. Black Milk also talks about all of the people that made tracks from his project Music From The Color Purple, not to mention how as a producer you can’t put any of your beats on the internet anymore. Black discusses that he is debating one whether or not to make a beat tape (thank you god), but he knows he has to beware if he does. Elzhi breaks down why Lord Finesse is one of his most influential emcees and how he fathered some people’s style.

Spotted @ 2DopeBoyz

Little Brother & Just Blaze Live in Chicago

Posted in Media, Video with tags , , , on Thursday, July 30, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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Here is some nice footage of Little Brother & Just Blaze rocking shit in Chicago at the recent Red Bull Big Tune Beat Battle. Little Brother is one of my favorite groups in Hip-Hop, and Just Blaze is one of the most fire producers in the game. You shouldn’t sleep on this one guys. I totally wish I could have been at this shit. Notice how Just Blaze gets everyone ready by playing some of his insane beats.

Spotted @ 2DopeBoyz

Skyzoo Shows You “The Beautiful Decay” (Video)

Posted in Media, Video with tags , , on Thursday, July 30, 2009 by Tim Althaus

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As you may remember, I posted the artwork & tracklisting for Skyzoo’s album, The Salvation, last week. This is the video for the first single off of the album. The track is beautifully produced by none other than 9th Wonder, and the video concept for this song is fresh as hell. Skyzoo spits each verse passionately from a different spot in Brooklyn. Being able to listen to tracks like this make me crave this album real bad.

Spotted @ 2DopeBoyz