Some of us had Santa this past week, the rest of us had Wale’s much promised and talked about Christmas Eve mixtape Folarin. The EP is hosted by DJ Clark Kent with appearances by Rick Ross, Scarface, Nipsey Hussle, 2 Chainz, Chrisette Michele, French Montana, Jhene Aiko, Travis Porter, Hit-Boy, Trinidad James and a seemingly […]
2
Jan
Rick Ross, Scarface, Nipsey Hussle, 2 Chainz, Hit-Boy & more
24
Jul
From dissing Barbies at Arby's to girls who work at Forever 21
Everyone’s most polarizing white girl rapper is back with the second track off her upcoming debut album Somethin’ About Kreay. On “Go Hard (La La La)” Kreayshawn goes from dissing pseudo-Barbies who work at Arby’s to girls who work at Forever 21 — consider her the broke chick’s Rappin’ 4-Tay. Kreay stormed the gates with last […]
23
Apr
80 minutes of hits, rare demos, remixes, outtakes & more
To celebrate the Beastie Boys induction into the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame last week, New York DJ Mick Boogie has created this 80-minute tribute to the legendary rap band. Titled Grand Royal — after the Beastie’s label and former magazine — the tape is a solid recap of the band’s long and fruitful […]
14
Feb
Download the hour-long homage packed with her classic hits
Have you gotten your fill of Whitney yet, or are you still mourning? If you still haven’t gotten enough of Ms Houston’s music to salve your grieving soul, you need to download New York radio station Hot 97 DJ Mister Cee’s Throwback at Noon set from yesterday, which was an hour-long homage to Whitney Houston […]
3
Nov
New York City filtered prog/big beat/neo-'70s street funk
New York DJ/producer T.H. White releases this eclectic mix of tracks inspired by a set he spun this past spring for Asti Spumante. The Life Full Mixxtape runs through several genres sampling Matthew Dear, Toro y Moi, Yuksek, Com Truise and many more in the hour+ mix, wandering everywhere from 303 squelching house to prog rock […]
14
Sep
Indie hip hop music video 4-pack to get Wednesday cooking
UPDATE: Seeing as Asher Roth’s brand new video for “Last Man Standing” — the first video from his upcoming album — dropped today as well, and it totally fits the theme, we’re gonna add it on to our Wednesday video 4-Pack. Today’s music video 3-pack 4-pack throws together 3 indie hip-hop acts all in different […]
10
May
One of Boston's greatest return after a quarter century
It’s been 24 long years for fans of The Cars, one of America’s most important New Wave bands of the 80s. Today, May 10th, The Cars release their brand new album, Move Like This, on Hear Music/Concord Music Group. Produced by Garret “Jacknife” Lee (Bloc Party, U2, REM, The Hives, Weezer) and The Cars, the […]
29
Apr
The composer of "Children" has something to prove
The oft-maligned Robert Miles has a giant monkey on his back. He composed one of the most timeless, seminal and poignantly beautiful electronic tracks of the 90s, “Children“, which went on to sell an unfathomable 14 million copies worldwide. Even though the track was played (plowed) into the ground 20 feet deep, and there were […]
