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VIDEO: MIKE BAKER THE BIKE MAKER – LA LA LA

My nigga Mike Baker The pinche Bike Maker n schitt from the illustrious & praise worthy Honor Roll crew dropped this video last week & my ass been on one (sorry for the delay my nigz!) the video is dope no question… the song is doper! Produced by the other homie Vinroc of the mighty Triple Threat crew. The visuals for it are just perfect (SCHITT IS TITS!!) Directed & edited by Rob Critical (HA Critical). I love the lyrics in the vid too, kinda makes me wish there was a bouncing ball or bike for that matter to follow along hahaha. Anyways… peep the goods! & Jedi respecognition to the HNRL for always hittin us over the head with THAT SCHITT!!!

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HAZ SOLO – SHMAZ SHMOLO

Our partnah and homeslice Haz Solo just recently dropped this new beat tape at the fine folks of Yes Yes Y’all. Homie does not quit. I’m sure Milwaukee gives him plenty of free time to be a mad scientist.

Chocked full of beats and edits, ya dig.

Download Shmaz Shmolo here.

Haz Solo – Hollywood

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TYSON AMIR – YEAR IN THE LIFE OF TY

A few daze ago we dropped the visual for his single Meticulous Militant. Today we give you the song along with 13 other tracks! Yes. His mixtape Year In The Life Of Ty is HERE! Tyson Amir gives us 14 tracks of him going in on some familiar sounds. His flow & lyrics are so real, honest & raw. All MC’s should take heed. Peep my one of my faves…

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DOWNLOAD | TYSON AMIR – YEAR IN THE LIFE OF TY [BANDCAMP]

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DIAMOND DISTRICT LIVE THIS THURSDAY! [FOR FREEEEEEE!!]

The homies Kenny Fresh of Fresh Selects & Chase Freeman of NMDZ are proud to present the Portland debut of Washington, DC supergroup Diamond District. Compromised of rapper/producer, Oddisee, and his MC counterparts, yU and X.O. – Diamond District have been making a tidal wave of noise throughout the music world after the release of their debut album, In The Ruff, last fall.

Hailed by such hip-hop notables as DJ Premier, Posdnous (De La Soul), Phonte (Little Brother/The Foreign Exchange) - In The Ruff was widely accepted as one of the essential hip-hop albums of 2009. All three members have surely been no slouch in their solo careers either. Oddisee recently released the instrumental album, Travelin Man, and has produced tracks for everyone from DJ Jazzy Jeff to Freeway to Talib Kweli. yU officially released a retail version of his underground classic, Before Taxes, this month, which was selected as a XXL Editor’s Choice and licensed for Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Bubblers Fourcompilation when FRESHselects.net first released it last year. Lastly X.O. has been continuing his reign over the DMV-area mixtape scene through a slew of releases with the reputable Studio43 label, most recently One. One. Ten.

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DJ HEAD & PROOF W.E.G.O. MIXTAPE

So I finally stopped screwing around long enough to drop this gem that House Shoes let go on Twitter yesterday. Crazy dope 1996 mixtape from Proof with some serious gems on it  (can you say Notorious B.I.G. over J Dilla beats?). No artwork and no real tracklist, just 37 tracks of pure awesome. Download link below.

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DOWNLOAD: DJ Head & Proof – W.E.G.O. Mixtape (Usershare)

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VANDALYZM – VANDALYZM IS NOT THE FATHER

My dude Vandalyzm finally drops his highly-anticipated project, Vandalyzm Is Not The Father. You gotta LOL at that title! The project is 15 tracks worth of dope beats and even doper lyrics. I put money on Van shining harder in 2010! Check out one of my favorites, Untitled, that’s produced by Van himself. Partake!

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PETER HADAR INTERVIEW-TRACE MAGAZINE

Quick Trace interview on our boy Peter Hadar. If you haven’t peeped his spotlight or heard any of his music, take the time to get acquainted! His new project is on the way, and we’ll keep you posted.

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RAEKWON – VERBAL INTERCOURSE PT2 (FEAT. GHOSTFACE KILLAH AND NAS)

The joint even got deleted scenes! This is the first “Deleted Scene” from the beat cinematic “City of Gods Son”. As an homage to Raekwon’s “Only Built For Cuban Linx”, this track was created to fill the void of a Nas collaboration that was not on the latest release.  Link below, enjoy.

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RAEKWON – 10 BRICKS (F/ CAPPADONNA & GHOSTFACE KILLAH) + CATALINA (F/ LYFE JENNINGS)

New Raekwon leak from Only Built For Cuban Linx 2, featuring Cappadonna & Ghostface Killah, and produced by J Dilla. I’m glad that at least SOMEBODY with classics under their belt is still dropping heat….not like this shit! Oh well BP3 should still be good and so should OBFCL2 when it drops on the 8th. Partake!

Raekwon – 10 Bricks

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*EDIT* – Here’s another new joint from Raekwon, featuring Lyfe Jennings and produced by Dr. Dre, “Catalina“. Indulge after the jump!
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WALE – PRETTY GIRLS

Wale drops a new joint right after his Back To The Feature mixtape called Pretty Girls. Best Kept Secret goes in on the beat Go-Go style, and of course I love it to death. Partake!

Wale – Pretty Girls

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P.S. – CHICAGO! Succezz x Sprite Green will be bringing you Wale live on Friday, RSVP here for admission!

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