Big K.R.I.T. stops by to drop a nice verse on Slim Thug's Coming From, a song about their hometown of Houston, Texas of Tha Thug Show. From what I've heard, Houston isn't the best place, but you gotta love where you come from, as the Thugga says. Also, maybe its just me but I think J-Dawg kinda looks like Mike Vick. In any case, I'm sure Vick could rap just as well as the Boss Hogg Outlaw member.

Blue Scholars- Cinemetropolis

If you read this blog, it is likely that you know Blue Scholars, and have caught some wind of their new album, Cinemetropolois. By asking for donations through a Kickstarter campaign, Geo and Sabzi got funding for the project directly from fans and rewarded them by sending the cd to homes today. For the rest of us, myself included, download it and wait to June 14th for the physical cd. The cd itself is actually pretty interesting, as every track is named after an influential figure, be it a political actor, a film maker, or a pothead. The weed song, called Tommy Chong, features fellow Seattleite (is that correct? I hope not) Macklemore spit about chronic through "wikipedia raps". Check it out here, as well as the title track, Cinemetropolis. You guys might get a album review on this one now that Pete and I have graduated and have a lot of time on our hands to live at home apply for jobs we are way overqualified for.

Graduation

Yep, Kevin and I just did the unthinkable and graduated from college last weekend.  This video pretty much sums up how I feel about it.

Dezi B "I'm A Big Boy" Music Video from G Films on Vimeo.

Elmatic!

I've been waiting for this one for years.... and the day has finally come. Yesterday, Elzhi let loose the free Elmatic, a reimagining of Nas' Illmatic, the best album ever. (No discussion). Elzhi, a member of the now-defunct Slum Village and a general http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifall-around badass, puts his indelible mark on the album. Produced entirely by Will Sessions, Royce da 5'9" and Pete Rock also make appearances. Simply stated, this is a must download. Check it here.

Freeness from Trek Life & Oddisee - Everything Changed Nothing

In an egregiously flawed business plan, Mello Music Group continues to promote their artists by providing free full album downloads (available for only one week).  This one, which only came out last year, features the rhymes of Trek Life over Oddisee on production.

The album definitely has a west coast slant from Trek Life as well as Oddisee, who assumes a west coast mindstate to give it a bit of funk (as his Traveling Man beat tape shows that he is capable of).  Although I've heard some criticism of Trek Life, I don't really hear it.  He flow nices over this Oddisee ish, and really brings the energy on tracks like "As the World Turns" and "So Supreme" (this track really bangs).  Definitely peep the aforementioned tracks along with the title track, and as always, download if it pleases you.

Freeness from SMKA - The 808 Experiment Vol. 3

The third installment of SMKA's freeboy wonder mixtape series.  I was a fan of the first volume, didn't recognize many names on the second and subsequently gave it few spins, and I still don't recognize too many names but I had to give it a shot.  Save track 5 ("My Girlfriend" is an awful song), this release is definitely worth checking out.  Most notable are "Live My Life", "Cloud of Endo", "Quite the Fiasco", and "So Cruel".

Peep the tracks below, and if you like, download this freebie.

Project Mooncircle going crazy (Freeness + more!)

So i just received the email newsletter from Project Mooncircle by downloading so many free things on bandcamp, and they had a long list of projects that had either come out or were coming out.  So after taking a brief listen, I downloaded this:

http://free.projectmooncircle.com/pmc079-joe_kickass-mind_joe_remixes.zip



and happened across this absolutely mesmerizing video.



The song is amazing, and the video completely captures the hectic sound clashes and the subdued pauses.  Watch the entire thing, and if you're not awestruck then please comment and tell me that I'm crazy (I might be for doing this so early).

The entire project can be purchased from bandcamp



or if you do a quick search then it might be available here

Freeness from Prince Aries - Clean Ass Whip

Seems like others are on that summer's almost here (i.e. spring) tip.  Here's a free mix of some funky ish including west coast classics, exclusives and some laid back jams mixed beautifully to give you 50 minutes of straight fun.

Clean Ass Whip (Full Mix) by SWTBRDS

 Tracklist:
1. Streiht Up Menace (Instrumental) – DJ Slip
2. Santa Rita Weekend – The Coup
3. Peace On Earth – Paul Hardcastle
4. Clean Ass Whip – DaVinci
5. Bridge Through Time – Lonnie Liston Smith
6. We Roll Deep – The Conscious Daughters
7. We Roll Deep (Remix) – The Conscious Daughters
8. Between The Sheets – The Isley Brothers
9. I’m A Player – Too $hort
10. I’m A Player (Remix) – Too $hort
11. What You Won’t Do For Love – Bobby Caldwell
12. Playa Hata – Luniz
13. Free – Deniece Williams
14. Eastside LB – Twinz
15. Ghetto Theme (Interlude) – Eboni Foster
16. Ghetto Theme – Mac Mall
17. Sliden – Cobra
18. The Show Is Over – Evelyn Champagne King
19. You Know How We Do It – Ice Cube
20. You Know How We Do It (Remix) – Ice Cube
21. For The Love Of You – The Isley Brothers
22. Bury Me A G – Thug Life
23. Curious – Midnight Star
24. This DJ – Warren G
25. This DJ – Warren G This DJ (Remix)
26. Tell Me How It Feels – 52nd Street
27. Keep It On The Real – 3X Krazy
28. Untold Story – Paul Hardccastle
29. And We Mobb In That… – Bambu
30. I Keep Forgettin’ – Michael McDonald
31. Regulate (Remix) – Warren G
32. Love Will Find A Way – Lionel Richie
33. I Don’t Like To Dream About Getting Paid – Tha Dogg Pound
34. Private Number – William Bell
35. Playaz Club – Rappin’ 4-Tay
36. Playaz Club (Remix) – Rappin’ 4-Tay
37. Playah’s Mode (Instrumental) – Khayree
38. Playah’s Mode – Young Lay
39. Playah’s Mode (Remix) – Young Lay
40. Don’t Be Lonely – Cameo
41. Distinguished Gentlemen (Don’t Be Lonely Blend) – Street Media
42. All About My Fetti (Instrumental) – Khayree
43. All About My Fetti – Young Lay
44. While I’m Alone – Maze
45. G-Funk – Nate Dogg
46. Sprinkle Me – E-40
47. Sprinkle Me (Remix) – E-40
48. Computer Love – Zapp
49. Scandalous – The Click
50. How Deep Is Your Love – Keith Sweat
51. It’s Goin’ Down – Celly Cel
52. It’s Goin’ Down (Remix) – Celly Cel

As spotted on My Mind Spray

Stream the fun right into your ears! Radio Show 4-31-11

Hey errybody.  This week was our last show at Macalester, so we went all out to bring you our favorite summertime jams.  Here is the recording of the show (somehow this got chopped up when I recorded it online), and some of the extras that we prepared but didn’t have time to play will be posted later.

eMC feat Phonte - Traffic

Slim Thug feat Devin the Dude – Caddy Music

Blue Scholars – Cruz

Sleepy Brown feat Pharrell and Big Boi – Margarita

People Under T he Stairs – Anotha (BBQ)

Short bus shawty

Atmosphere – Sunshine

Souls of Mischief – ’93 till Infinity

Brother Ali – Crown Jewel

*Rashaan Ahmad – Sunshine

*Notes to Self – Days Like These

*Kev Brown – Say Sumthin

*Somehow I can’t upload these as a separate file right now.  Will try later.

P.S.  Also be sure to recheck our Blogroll, it was recently updated to include more music sites to explore.