Thursday 2 January 2014

Brown Bag AllStars - 2013: A Year In Review (Compilation)

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2013 was a big year for the Brown Bag AllStars. Not necessarily a household name (yet), the crew put in some serious work last year. There are too many EPs, production credits and features to list here, so it's lucky that they decided to put together a compilation of a selection of their work from 2013.

Expect to hear more projects in 2014 from Audible Doctor, Koncept, Soul Khan, DJ E-Holla, J57 and Deejay Element.

Either stream or download the compilation for free below.


Legion - Phalanx (Video)

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Manchester based and Mothership Connection emcee, Legion, drops a stunning new video for his track "Phalanx". With an awesome backdrop of production from The Natural Curriculum's Aver, Legion showcases his unorthodox and unique delivery. Looking forward to hearing more.

Check the video below.

Del The Funky Homosapien - Iller Than Most (Free Album)

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To start off the new year, Hieroglyphics crew member Del The Funky Homosapien has decided to give his fans a free album.

Del had this to say about the surprise project:

"This is a new FREE LP that is futuristic and fun- but still on some Hiphop shit. Lyrically ill but fun to listen to, nothing super heavy. I did the production on it as well. Hope yall enjoy it, peace."

The stream and download is available below.

Wednesday 1 January 2014

Bishop Lamont - The Preformation (Mixtape)

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In anticipation of his upcoming album "The Reformation", Bishop Lamont releases prequel mixtape "The Preformation". Featured guests include Torae, Rapsody and Apathy to name a few.

Download and stream available below.

Tuesday 31 December 2013

N.O.R.E. - Manners feat. Busta Rhymes (Audio)

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Noreaga and Busta Rhymes hit us off with a single for the New Year. Stream and download "Manners" below.

Pro Era - Pro Cakes 2 (Video)

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Showing that there's more to their crew than just Joey Bada$$, Pro Era members Dirty Sanchez, Dyemond Lewis and Nyck Caution hop on Drake's "Pound Cake" beat for "Pro Cakes 2".


Friday 27 December 2013

The LOX Talk About Their New Trinity EP (Video)

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If you were unaware, The LOX released an new EP named "The Trinity" earlier this week without announcement. Seeing the success Beyonce had last week with her surprise album, Jadakiss, Skeek Louch and Styles P decided to drop some new music themselves.

The trio recently talked to Cipha Sounds and Ebro at Hot97 about the new EP, upcoming projects and who's to blame for the state of radio in NYC.

The EP is available on iTunes.



Madlib in the Radio France Record Library (Video)

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During a recent visit to Paris, Madlib was invited to have a look through the record collection of Radio France. While listening to a few records he picked out, he talked with Laura Leishman about some of his influences and the vinyl he chose from the archive.

Fabolous on The Mixdown (Video)

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On Christmas day, Fabolous dropped the third installment of his "S.O.U.L. Tape" series. Fuse TV's Esteban Serrano caught up with Fab to talk about the new mixtape and break down a few of the tracks on the latest episode of "The Mixdown".

Check the interview and then get the mixtape below the video.



Download here.

Sunday 22 December 2013

Run The Jewels - A Christmas F**king Miracle (Video)

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I was hoping they'd release this for the Christmas holidays! Here's the video to El-P and Killer Mike's "A Christmas F**king Miracle". Enjoy!

Saturday 21 December 2013

Kendrick Lamar - Sing About Me Part 1 (Video)

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K Dot drops the visual to his track "Sing About Me" from his Grammy nominated album "good kid, m.A.A.d. city". Be on the look out for part two released in January.

Rapsody - Dark Knights (Video)

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Given the title of the track, there was only going to be one theme for the video, wasn't there? Here we see Rapsody in her new video for "Dark Knights" dressed as the Batman's infamous nemesis.

The beat is produced by E. Smith and the track is featured on Rapsody's "She Got Game" mixtape. Search this blog to get that.

Dynasty - Street Music (Video)

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With DJ Premier on production and the cuts, his artist Dynasty drops the video to her single "Street Music". The track can be found on her album "A Star In Life's Clothing" available here.

Friday 20 December 2013

Mobb Deep Announce New Album & World Tour (Video)

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Earlier today Havoc and Prodigy of Mobb appeared on HuffPost Live to announce they have a new album on the way. After a pretty rocky year for the two, it seems they've put their differences to one side to concentrate on what will be the 20th anniversary of "The Infamous...". Along with the new album there will also be a worldwide tour.

Check the interview below to find out more details for the new project. Also, check the full interview over at Complex.



Thursday 19 December 2013

S.T.S. - White (Video)

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Sugar Tongue Slim drops a video for his track "White". A fairy tale where he's looking for 'the fairest of them all'. The video stars the superb vocalist Nikki Jean. She doesn't sing unfortunately but that doesn't really matter when you see her. ;)