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, […]

The Bay Area’s resident babble rapper Lil B returns with his latest mixtape, an ode to the upcoming Halloween holiday. Titled the Holloween H20 mixtape, it’s unknown if Lil B purposely misspelled the title or if he’s got a really baked graphic designer. The mixtape features 20 tracks of Lil B rapping stream of consciousness […]

If you haven’t had a chance to listen to Kendrick Lamar’s debut good kid, m.A.A.d city, we cannot recommend the album any more highly. The Compton kid is a true lyricist and storyteller the likes we haven’t seen since maybe early Outkast. For many hip-hop fans, it will most likely be considered the album of […]

Wiz Khalifa drops his second free mix of the year, following last spring’s Taylor Allderdice mixtape. Hosted by DJ Holiday, Cabin Fever 2 is the second part of the Cabin Fever series which he started last year, and features 14 tracks pitting the high smoking Pittsburgh rapper sharing the mic with the likes of Menace, […]

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 […]

Wow, a pretty hard fucking mix from Trap Music champion Baauer to promote the upcoming HARD Day of the Dead music festival/rave on Nov. 3rd in Downtown Los Angeles. No tracklisting offered, but the quick-burst 17-minute mixtape is loaded with plenty of original tracks and remixes from the Jeffree’s/Mad Decent producer. A word of advice: […]

We’ve kept close tabs on the hyperly anticipated second album from The xx, and its time has (almost) finally arrived. While you’ll have to wait till next week to purchase Coexist via iTunes or Amazon, the fine and awesome folks at NPR have set up the entire album for streaming. Yaye! We’ve previewed as much […]

What is surely one of the more hyped mixtapes of 2012, A$AP Rocky’s crew A$AP Mob drop their Lord$ Never Worry mixtape today. Expect plenty of syrup-drenched productions courtesy of AraabMuzik, P On The Boards, VERYRVRE and Clams Casino, plus additional verses from the Chef Raekwon, Jim Jones, Danny Brown, Fat Trel and more. Stream the […]