New England producer and “DJ” — the man who invented manipulating an MPC live like a turntablist — AraabMUZIK drops his free mixtape For Professional Use Only today. As can be expected from the Rhode Island prodigy, expect plenty of skull shattering dubstep laced with highly volatile rhythms, all live programmed of course. Also dig [...]

Diplo takes some time off of smoking weed and playing old records to lay down a solid two hour mix for his friends over at the BBC. The massive set features a litany of Diplo-endorsed players layered on top of a heaping roster of blog-beloved cutting edge artists: Danny Brown (get his mixtape HERE), Crookers, [...]

Noted New York rapper/esteemed loudmouth Azealia Banks finally drops her much anticipated Fantasea mixtape this morning, and the Twitterverse is alight! Marking in 19 track strong, Fantasea opens up strongly with a cover of Prodigy’s classic “Out Of Space”, just one of three covers on the mix, and also includes a slew of previously leaked [...]

Mash-ups are fun pretty much no matter what. This rap-punk mash-up is no exception. Mixing the messages of rap — and the parties — with the parties — and message — of Punk, Max Tannone releases his newest genre animorphing, Mic Check 1234. Tannone, formerly known as Minty Fresh Beats, really understands the mash-up. “I chop up [...]

One of rap’s all time lyrical greats, Mobb Deep’s articulate Queensbridge assassin Prodigy, returns with a free mixtape today courtesy of Complex. After dropping the original H.N.I.C. back in 2000, P did his time in the clink thanks to some gun charges. A lot has changed in over a decade (including a brief stint on [...]

This video for Cinnamon Chasers “Luv Delux” was directed by Saman Keshavarz. It borrows quite heavily from the epic Jonas Åkerlund-directed Prodigy video for “Smack My Bitch Up” (aka the greatest video of all time), but really who can blame him. Is that the Sydney monorail in this? They really got around… Cinnamon Chasers – [...]

words by Aldo Davalos // photos by Ellei Johndro (Shadow Scene) On December 31st 1996, Los Angeles hosted one of the largest massive raves that the city had ever seen. Entitled Seventh Heaven, over 10,000 people from across the southland descended upon the Grand Olympic Auditorium to usher in the New Year. I remember this [...]

The Prodigy are coming, The Prodigy are coming. And if this teaser is justice to things to come it looks like we’re all in for some debauchery. Word has it they’ll be playing a string of dates at, and around, WMC and SXSW. Here’s a teaser from a recent show from across the pond…Get ready [...]