Archive for September, 2011

Thurz – L.A. Riot (Free Album)

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Thurz is offering up a free download of his L.A. Riot that was previously only available for purchase.

Track list and download link after the jump.

Previously: Thurz – The Riot Starts Here Part 1 (L.A. Riot LP Sampler)

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Scram Jones – BoomBap Jones

Monday, September 19th, 2011

New Scram off his upcoming street album, The Hat Trick, out next month.

Download: Link

Previously: Scram Jones – One September Day (Video)

Troy Ave & Chase N. Cashe – 501 Basic Blues

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Off Chase N. Cashe & Troy Ave’s upcoming collaborative EP.

Me & Chase teamed up for a record off my latest street album Bricks In My Backpack 2: Powder To The People on a track called “Dope Game”. The chemistry was so ill that we decided to drop an EP, here’s the 1st release.

Download: Link

#Powder. Produced by John Scino.

Previously: #MaddenBattle 2011: The Aftermath

Video: Locksmith – Breaking Point (Prod. by Ski Beatz)

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Ski Beatz produced the bonus track from Locksmith’s I Am Lock release from last week. Locksmith and Ski Beatz will be dropping a joint LP called Embedded together on Dame Dash’s DD172/BluRoc on Nov. 15th.

Download the deluxe edition of the mixtape, which now includes this track, here.

Locksmith’s team has also been boasting about his Shade 45 freestyle from last week, which you can check out after the jump.

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How To Make It In America: Season 2 (Mixtape)

Monday, September 19th, 2011

For Season 2, HBO and the show’s music supervisor Scott Vener link up with Mick Boogie for the official mixtape for the show.

Track list and download link after the jump.

Previously: HBO’s How To Make It In America – Season 02 (Trailer #2)

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Video: Curren$y – Raw Sessions #1

Monday, September 19th, 2011

RAW Papers (all day!) and The Smokers Club present Curren$y’s Raw Sessions Ep. 1. Spitta speaks on how some dude almost fucked a night up for everybody by trying to pass him some bullshit “Lavender Kush”.

Previoulsy: Curren$y – N.O. Shit

The Away Team ft. Talib Kweli & Rapsody – Set It Off + Take Air

Monday, September 19th, 2011

The Away Team’s new single on Duck Down Records featuring Talib & Rapsody along with the b-side “Take Air” from their new album Scars & Stripes, out October 11th.

The Away Team (Sean Boog & Khrysis) will be hitting the road with 9th Wonder and Phonte this fall, catch them at the dates below.

10/16 – Washington D.C. at The Black Cat
10/17 – NYC at BB Kings
10/18 – Baltimore, MD at Sonar
10/23 – Carrboro, NC at Cat’s Cradle

Video: The Making of Big Sean’s “A$$”

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Production team Da Internz consisting of Tuo and Kosine explain making “A$$” for Big Sean.

Props: LRG

KiD CuDi Covers Complex (October/November)

Monday, September 19th, 2011

A sober and clear-minded KiD CuDi speaks to Complex Editor In Chief Noah Callahan-Bever for their October/November issue. In the magazine’s third cover story with the rapper/actor in three years, he speaks about cleaning up his act, recent career moves such as his highly publicized separation from managers Pat & Emile, his relationship with women, fucking with other people musically (he still doesn’t, btw), making up with Wale, working on a rock album, being sober and the TV show.

So not a lot of features in your future?
I’m not interested in being someone’s look. And that’s what it is nowadays—a look. It’s hard for me to charge people, because I do my stuff for free. I do all my stuff with Jay and Kanye on the house, because it’s a brotherhood. Besides them, I can’t really hit nobody with a fee, because then that’s a dispute. What I want to charge, motherfuckers might not have a budget for!

On top of that, it’s a commitment when you do a song with somebody. Like, “We need a single, we need the video.” And then—like I said in the last interview, being that I don’t fuck with most people musically—it’s tough for me to want to bend and be a part of people’s projects.

Full story: Complex.

Behind the scenes from the cover shoot after the jump.

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Wale ft. Rick Ross & Kevin Cossom – Best Night Ever

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Ambition hits stores November 1st.

Download: Link

Flex tags for now.

Previously: Wale’s Detroit #NoDaysOff Vlog