This week, golden lives stay live. Royce da 5′ 9″ just dropped a video for “Cocaine” off of his last effort, Book of Ryan (2018). Black Thought gives an intensive clinic about cutting through the murk. Ruby Ibarra’s “Taking Names” featuring Bambu and Nump is hype as fuck. Ka’s video for “Just” off of Honor Killed The Samurai (2016) is a short film. Reason’s “Colored Dreams” is about a convicted killer’s redemption. He’s running with TDE and raising his flag this …
Tag: Mixtape
Since Adult Swim is going ahead with The Boondocks season four minus the show’s creator, Aaron McGruder, mise well put out a mixtape right? “Ah hum (let me clear my throat).” After a four year hiatus, The Boondocks is back, sorta, and to celebrate it’s resurrection on April 21, they’re putting out a mixtape. Hosted by DJ Drama, Don Cannon, and Trendsetter Sense, The Boondocks Mixtape features Killer Mike, Alchemist, Smoke DZA, Chevy Woods, Roscoe Dash, Lil Herb, Two 9, Problem, Skeme, and more. It’s out April 16th. …
De La Soul finally dropped their free mixtape, Smell The D.A.I.S.Y. (Da Inner Soul of Yancy). Jay Dee’s real name is James Yancy. The beats were taken from his old demo tapes. With the blessing of Dilla’s moms, Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey, De La took the demos and reworked some of their classic material over the instrumentals. Their tape serves as an ode to Dilla and a reminder of his prolific production. It also serves as promotion for Ma Dukes’ J Dilla …
With the upcoming Season four of HBO’s Game of Thrones airing April 6th, the cable channel decided to add a Hip-Hop mixtape to their promotional material for the show. Catch The Throne: The Mixtape (not to be confused with Jay-Z & Kanye West’s Watch The Throne) features artists such as Big Boi, Magazeen, Bodega Bamz, Daddy Yankee, Dominik Omega, Dee Goodz, Snow tha Product, Common, and Wale. It’s mainly a Hip-Hop based project with some Reggaeton influence courtesy of Daddy Yankee, and Dancehall courtesy of Magazeen. Each artist gives their take …
Sharing the same birthday as J Dilla today February 7th, is Japanese producer/DJ Nujabes. He too has passed on, from a tragic car accident in Tokyo, Japan on February 26, 2010. Nujabes’ sound is melodic, mellow, nostalgic and atmospheric. Nujabes also collaborated with many American Hip-Hop artists such CYNE, Cise Starr, Apani B, Five Deez, Substantial, CL Smooth, Fat Jon, Terry Callier as well as British rapper Funky DL. He was also part of the production duo Urbanforest with Nao T. Nujabes and fellow Japanese rapper/producer Shing02 collaborated on a popluar series …
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