THE LOST AND FOUND

This, is how you sell out.

- Oren

Via HYPEBEAST.

- Oren

I’ll be honest and say most of what I’ve heard from Mos’ new album has been wack. He’s one of those dudes I will always check for as a result of the Blackstar/Black On Both Sides era. I’m not sure what company (Current?) he’s linked up with to present this but this is a million times better than the “official” video. If you’re bored and want to see him faded, talking a lot of shit, and spitting a fairly serious freestyle that’s HERE. That was the first “promo” I heard for the new album, and for awhile there I thought shit was on. Maybe it still is, we’ll see. You can check an album sampler for The Ecstatic HERE. It has dope album art, I’ll give it that.

- Oren

“Drake” is happening. The LAF is co-signing. If you tried fucking with him but couldn’t get into his music, it will grow on you. The hipsters like him (the hipsters I know), the girl I work with who hasn’t bought a CD since Tha Carter III loves him, and he does okay as far as Hip-Hop dinosaur purist types go. The cross-over appeal is serious. His humility, in my opinion, makes him hard to hate. Yes he was a child star, he’s Canadian and does not have a G pass and apparently that’s not Hip-Hop. But this dude has managed to create the biggest buzz I can remember in my nerd rap life. I’m young though so I guess that doesn’t count for much.

Point being this is your last chance, HERE’s his mixtape, HERE’s one of the best songs from said mixtape JSE was up on in December (the first time I heard Drake), HERE’s another, and above is an interview by Semtex in Hyde Park, London.

- Oren

I had to throw this up after JSE posted the Nate Dogg, especially since we don’t usually post that much West Coast. This is a RAR file of 30 or so separate tracks, too big to upload as one. Put together by Matthew Africa.

Download the full tape HERE.

DJ QUIK - GET AT ME

DJ QUIK - SMOKE II MUCH

DJ QUIK - PITCH IN ON A PARTY


- Oren

Some Grime for that ass. The intro is jokes to me… don’t really understand what’s going on in the rest of it but I’m with it.

MP3: TEMPA T - NEXT HYPE

- Oren

Off “Double Barrel” out now. Marco Polo produces some ill shit and he’s from Toronto.

BONUS:

MARCO POLO & TORAE FEAT. LIL’FAME & ROCK - SMOKE

- Oren

Here’s a fan made video for the single off the EP which is out June 12th. I like this project a lot… not really sure why (if nothing else all of the album artwork has been fresh). They play the Commodore June 24th with Diplo and Switch, tickets HERE.

BONUS:

MAJOR LAZER - HOLD THE LINE (DJ MARVEL & KUTCORNERS REMIX)

Album sampler after the jump.

CLICK TO VIEW FULL ENTRY…

31/5 EDIT: METHODMAN & REDMAN - DANGEROUS MCEES (COOKIN’ SOUL REMIX)

I was trying to rip the MP3 for this to upload (the video is just a blend) but I have to leave for work… so yes, here’s (another) Youtube to click play on but this joint is perfect for our weather right now. Cookin Soul are ill… very throwback vibe on this, I never really checked for Red & Meth outside of Dare Iz A Darkside, so to a rookie of their music I want to say this is amongst the best I’ve heard from them.

No one can stop me, like Rocky, du nu nuuu, nuu nuu nuuu.

- Oren

“After months of preparation it finally touches down. Freebass 808 and Battalion Armour along with illRoots.com and Android Homme bring to you a very unique MixFilm with a completely interactive player. The visuals are courtesy of Battalion Armour’s very own Tishaun Dawson along with a soundtrack provided by Suede (Camp Lo) and Apple Juice Kid comprised as Freebass 808.”

From what I understand Battalion Armour is a clothing company, and they collaborated with Freebass 808 to make this. It’s a video/mixtape that uses footage from 2001 A Space Odyssey and other space movies that I can’t begin to identify. The “interactive player” is frustrating but this is worth checking if you like space or Camp Lo. I’d recommend skipping to “Sky Ocean” or “Many Moons” (track 5/6) which gets pretty live about halfway through. For one of these Freebass samples “You Get What You Give” by the New Radicals which is a horrifying choice but I’m guessing it’s suppoesed to be appropriate given the visuals. That’s probably me being too nice but we always try to post innovative stuff, and this is definitely a more interesting approach than leaking a mixtape.

Watch the video HERE.

- Oren