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Archive for November 2009

Here's The Kid Daytona's video for "Contact!"  The track features Kardinal Offishall and was produced by 6th Sense.  Big shout out to Noah Christopher, Society Original Products, and everyone in Boston who helped make this video!
Freddie Gibb's upcoming project, The Labels Tryin To Kill Me, drops tomorrow, and this infomercial promoting the tape is hilarious!  I can't wait to dive into the 80 track mixtape hosted by DJ Skee.
Lupe Fiasco helped us celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday by dropping the Enemy of the State: A Love Story, which he had announced a few days prior via Twitter. The mixtape has Lupe going in over borrowed beats from the usual list of hip hop artists; Lil Wayne, Jay-z, Diddy, etc.  He also mixes it up by rapping over Radiohead's "The National Anthem," and Travis Porter's smash single, "Turnt Up." Despite having only twelve tracks, three of which are skits, the well thought out lyrics reveal more with each listen. Originally released in cassette style (one large MP3), Lupe's camp quickly re-released the mixtape with separated tracks, ...
Murphy Lee is now free from his horrible record deal and looking to give the world more music. I'm looking forward to hearing the upcoming album.  In the meantime, download his latest mixtape, "I'm Free."
Chip Tha Ripper, Big Sean, and Curren$y spit over a Chuck Inglish beat in "Fat Raps."  I'm looking forward to Big Sean's debut album, dude can spit.  Download via NahRight.