Rick Ross returns to the street mix game with his latest offering of free music, The Black Bar Mitzvah mixtape. I guess he’s trying to say that like every Jewish 13-year-old boy Ross is finally becoming a man, which is an important step. The 18 track-long mixtape sees Ricky Rozay rap alongside a number of […]

Maestro of bass, original dubstep provocateur, friend of LIAS, political rabblerouser and all around supernatural EDM talent Bassnectar blesses the world with a brand new mixtape today, simply titled the Freestyle mixtape. Mr. Lorin Ashton’s chest-rattling 40-minute set offers remixes, collaborations and guest appearances by the likes of Hudson Mohawke, Ming & FS, Zion I, Mimi […]

The pride of Gary, Indiana — Mr. Freddie Gibbs — just dropped his Baby Face Killa mixtape, the highly anticipated followup to his breakthrough Str8 Killa No Filla Mixtape. Hosted by the ubiquitous DJ Drama, the Baby Face Killa street album features guest vocals from the likes of Curren$y, Kirko Bangz, Young Jeezy, Jadakiss, Spaceghostpurrp, Z-Ro […]

After GZA’s watershed Liquid Swords (which already received the ultimate boxset treatment here), Raekwon the Chef”s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is widely considered the best solo Wu Tang record of the 90s. And just like Liquid Swords, it’s Get On Down that gives Only Built 4 Cuban Linx the deluxe treatment. Known in uderground […]

Ninja Tune producer and head designer DJ Food, who we featured this spring for his album The Search Engine, has just unveiled a project very close to our hearts: a tribute album to the 1989 classic Paul’s Boutique, the Beastie Boys best album and one of the Top 10 Albums Of All Time (yup, no […]

Lil Wayne made his name in the mixtape game, rising from Juvenile’s sidekick in Hot Boyz to establishing himself as the Best Rapper Alive by delivering a withering assault of free mixtapes that matched the epic prolificness only with the cleverness of his wordplay. Now after nearly half a decade since the last iteration, Lil […]

Even by Swag Rap standards, the latest by 2 Chainz raises the absurdity to retarded new levels. With a great verse by a threesome-pushing Yeezy, the Andreas Nilsson directed video for “Birthday Song” brings midgets spraying 40 ozs, dancing Pakistanis, booty cakes, clown beatdowns and of course copious strippers to the best party to hit College […]

Remember the bass filled, heavily screwed head-thumping EP we previewed of TNGHT just a few weeks back? A week before the self-titled release, duo Hudson Mohawke and Lunice put together their Mission Statement Mix which aired on BBC, but now you can listen to it in its entirety, uncensored by the British man. “This mix […]