The once great Slum Village return with The Dirty Slums mixtape, their first piece of original music since Village Manifesto in 2010. After losing the legendary Jay Dilla (aka Dilla, aka Jay Donuts, aka Jay Dee) to blood disease, and then later original member Baatin, the Detroit rap heroes return to the plate for another […]

Pittsburgh emcee Mac Miller teams up with ah host of headliners and fellow new schoolers alike on his latest mixtape released this weekend. Macadelic features verses not only from hip hop heavyhitters like Lil Wayne, Cam’ron and Juicy J, but also dudes like Casey Veggies, Kendrick Lamar and Cool Kids’ Sir Michael Rocks — plus productions […]

One half of Polish DJ/producer duo Pvre Gold and host of Wroclaw’s infamous Loud & Clear parties, Naphta is among the new school of artists like Clams Casino that blend hip hop flows over a variety of electronic/EDM stylings. In this G4UDI mixtape Naphta throws a bunch of flows — mostly courtesy of Lil Wayne — […]

DJ Hoff rarely disappoints. The man knows his music categorically, and always manages to assemble a well thought-out, intelligently sequenced and paced set that inevitably keeps your head nodding. This latest Cool -Ish mix, made exclusively for the W Hotel chain, is no different and features an as-yet-unheard acapella from Spank Rock sprinkled throughout. Put […]

Wiz Khalifa makes his much anticipated return to the underground mixtape game with Taylor Allderdice, a 17-track set clearly aimed at regaining some fans lost by his mainstream venturings. Expect many flows about weed, and guest verses from the suddenly ubiquitous Juicy J, as well as Rick Ross and a cameo from Wiz’ fiancee Amber […]

One half of the epic Optimo duo, JD Twitch, releases another brain nugget for the music heads worldwide. His White Light 54 mixtape takes inspiration from a most reviled genre, but instead of the cliched swells and hackneyed breakdowns Twitch takes aim at what he considers true “trance” music: ““I don’t drive but I spend […]

The Bay Area’s Lil B has been steadily making a name for himself with self-promoted tracks and self-produced videos, leading the charge of Social Media Rappers. His latest mixtape, God’s Father, drops today — 34 tracks of Lil B’s “Based god”-oriented raps and stream of consciousness flows. Give it a listen below, and if you […]

Boston producer Will C established himself first as a talented engineer, mastering hundreds of releases from hip hop artists such as MF DOOM, The Pharcyde and Madlib to jazz, soul and R&B greats like Tom Scott, George Benson and Patrick Adams. He now turns his attention to an often-times tragically slept on American band, The […]