Chicago Producer Grant Parks is dropping a new, free, album on January 20th, 2009, fittingly titled Thall Shall Not Hate: A Change Has Come (Part III), on Coalmine Music. All tracks are produced by Grant and feature a wide array of artists such as KRS-One, Sadat X, Pugs Atomz and more. The album also features…
Mixtape: DJ Concept – 2120 S. Michigan Ave: Legendary Blues Music
I figured some of you would have some serious interest in checking out this project. DJ Concept writes: With the release of the movie “Cadillac Records”, I felt it was time to pay tribute to one of the greatest Blues labels of all times, Chess Records. This is just a very small sampling of the…
Add 2 – “Beat Box Radio Freestyle”
Add 2 dropped by Beat Box radio recently and laced them with a quick freestyle for their Virgin Verses segment (V2). Be sure to check out Beat Box radio every Tuesday from 10p-12a. Listen Live @ radio.iit.edu Add 2 – “Beat Box Radio Freestyle”
Video: Yung Berg feat. Swaggy – “Get Money”
Paging Mr. Barber, rap video cliches on line one.
Illinois Politricks 101
Ruh-roh. Someone’s in BIG trouble. Waiting on that “perp walk” footage as we speak.
GLC – “Get the F*** Outta Dodge”
Taken from the Hype Club mixtape which is presented by Hypebeast, Hypetrak, Judah and Mick Boogie (sheesh, anyone else?). Now, I know the beat that GL rips here is widely recognized as the Kanye West & Mikkey Halsted collaboration “Ghetto Life” (a.k.a. the song that got Baby & Slim’s attention and the Cash Money deal), but…
Khallee feat. Big Wiz – “Skimmy’s”
Taken from Khallee’s Superbad mixtape, which just dropped and is available for download below. Khallee feat. Big Wiz – “Skimmy’s” Mixtape: Khallee – Superbad
Video: Common Rates His Album 11/10
5 stars in Rolling Stone, and a XXL in XXL. Thoughts? I think I’m ready for The Believer I kid, I kid – I dig the direction of UMC, although I’m sure a lot of you don’t.
Video: Que B.I.L.L.A.H. Promo
Que has a job interview with David Duke. Hilarity ensues.
Mikkey’s Unreleased Cash Money Album Covers
Well look what I was able to get my hands on. Last night I was chatting with Mikk about his days on Cash Money Records, and we laughing about some of their old music videos and then we moved along to the Pen & Pixel album covers that were utilized by No Limit and Cash…