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TweetShare This post is a “QuickPick”. QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome!), out into the dubya dots, picked quickly. Less for you to read, more for you to hear. Artist: Vico [...]

TweetShare Brooklyn native Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire released this as a free download a couple of days ago, and proved that he is rising in the ever competitive New York Hip-Hop scene. His energy and intensity are only matched by the conviction he possesses when recording a verse.  Even during his most mediocre and unremarkable lines, you can [...]

TweetShare Houston MC Killa Kyleon released this on the first of the month, and if you like gimmick free hip-hop then this is for you. This  mixtape includes twenty-one tracks and features guest verses from the likes of Mac Miller, Pimp C, Bun B, and Big K.R.I.T.  Check  out the songs that I liked best below, [...]

TweetShare The last time we did this we gave away every single free MP3 that we posted during the month of July….and even though it was hundreds of megabytes in size, there were over 1,000 downloads of it, but this month, or for last month’s mix, we’re just going to give you the tracks that [...]

TweetShare After word got out that The-Dream’s long awaited fourth installment in his “Love” series would be delayed until late 2011, Mr. Nash knew it wouldn’t be appropriate to have his fans wait that long to hear some new material from him. The-Dream was one step ahead of executives and lawyers attempting to remove the album’s [...]

TweetShare So far 2011 has featured a couple of instances where record labels and MC’s haven’t seen eye to eye. Everybody from Lupe Fiasco to 50 Cent seems to be having problems with pop music-obsessed executives. LA resident and rapper Blu, who is supposedly getting trouble from Warner Brothers, treated his hometown fans to copies of his [...]

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TweetShare El-P recently signed with Fat Possum Records which is good for us because now it’s getting him motivated to finally release a new (and long overdue) album. This is one of the very few songs he’s put out since “I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead” and it proves without a doubt that he’s still got [...]

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TweetShare Just when I think I’ve given up on Hip-Hop in general someone fresh shows up and reminds me that there are still creative artists out there who actually care about rap as music rather than an outlet to try and push an ideal about themselves that is neither realistic nor about anything that comes [...]

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TweetShare “I don’t really feel like I have fans at this point. You don’t really have fans until you have people willing to pay for your product. My plan right now is just to get as many people as I can possibly get to hear the music.”  – Danny Brown C’mon! What other rappers out [...]

TweetShare Main Attrakionz is a rap group hailing from Oakland, California and they recently released a lengthy 15 track project only a few months after coming out with “Blackberry Ku$h“, an EP released conveniently on 4/20. This hip hop collective consists of Squadda B and MondreM.A.N, who have both found success when the time came to [...]

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TweetShare I feel I should preface this review by admitting that I’ve been a Kanye West fan ever since I heard “Jesus Walks”, and while I don’t admire Jay-Z‘s musical prowess quite as much as that of his protege, I have mad respect for him as a rap legend. Both of them brought their A-game to the table [...]