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The Meeting

DOWNLOAD: http://jakartarecords-label.bandcamp.com/album/the-warm-up-ep
Produced by: Blitz the Ambassador
Written by Blitz the Ambassador
Bass: Alexis Hountondji
Guitar & Bass: Raja Kassis
Additional Drum Prog: Chris 'Optiks' Jones
Recorded and Mixed by Jim Bertini @ Galaxy Smith Studios. Brooklyn, NY.

Royalty

King Asiatic Nobody’s Equal. It’s not every day we get to sit with a legend. Kane goes deep with his history, what he thinks about Mr. Cee, how he produced the majority of ‘Long Live The Kane’ with no credits, how Doug E Fresh taught him how to rock the crowd, how some cats from [...]

The Big Daddy Kane Episode

Consumerism is a track coming out on the eve of Ms. Hill's release. She wanted to get this music out while she was incarcerated, as it is a product of the space she was in while she was going through some of the challenges she has been faced with recently.

Available now on iTunes: http://bit.ly/MLH_C
Lyrics: http://mslaurynhill.tumblr.com/post/63565382195
 
"Consumerism is part of some material I was trying to finish before I had to come in. We did our best to eek out a mix via verbal and emailed direction, thanks to the crew of surrogate ears on the other side. Letters From Exile is material written from a certain space, in a certain place. I felt the need to discuss the underlying socio-political, cultural paradigm as I saw it. I haven't been able to watch the news too much recently, so I'm not hip on everything going on. But inspiration of this sort is a kind of news in and of itself, and often times contains an urgency that precedes what happens. I couldn't imagine it not being relevant. Messages like these I imagine find their audience, or their audience finds them, like water seeking it's level." 

- Ms. Lauryn Hill

Consumerism

Ms. Lauryn Hill - Consumerism

Zep's "Ramble On" and Biggies' "Hypnotize" Mash-up.

Jimmy Page - Ramblize

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Step Brothers - Step Masters

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Alfa & Emmavie - Fly Away

Produced by Ommas Keith & Michael Uzowuru

Mobb Deep - All A Dream Feat. The Lox

Another exclusive courtesy of mixmag.net

Alix Perez, the man behind the impeccable, widely-acclaimed '1984' and 'Chroma Chords' albums on Shogun Audio, is quite rightly regarded as one of the genre's most innovative producers.

Responsible for a very large catalogue of music on renowned labels such as Metalheadz, Soul:r and Noisia's Invisible Recordings, his expressive and unconventional approach pushes him to the forefront of game-changing d'n'b artists.

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Pre-order the 'U' EP: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/u-ep/id835905319

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Download: Alix Perez x DJ Rashad x DJ Spinn 'Don't This Ish'

Little Brother - I See Now

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Cadillactica

Mt. Olympus (Reprise)

Internets, this is such an honor.

It's been  few years of me trying to get the legendary Chuck D on The Combat Jack Show. It took current events, plus the Freddie Foxxx episode to make this happen (thank you Bumpy!). How do I even describe this 3 hour long discussion with Chuck D and Keith Shocklee? Def Jam, Hot 97, Dr. Dre, N.W.A., Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, Marley Marl, Flavor Flav, Eric B and Rakim, COINTELPRO, Run-DMC, the Bomb Squad, the dearth of diversity on rap radio... so much knowledge.

What I'm walking away with is how we have the power to control how we're perceived in this culture. And how we have to stop making excuses. Now. Ladies and gents, we present to you, the Episode Without A Pause.

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The Chuck D Episode Featuring Keith Shocklee

Nas - The Season [Prod. By J Dilla]

R.I.P. J.Dilla!
Nas and Jay Electronica over J.Dilla's "Donuts" Outro Instrumental.
Download here: http://t.co/G7Hrg4qKJc

Nas & Jay Electronica - The Season [Smu Mix] (Produced by J.Dilla)

2.24.15
D A R K S K Y P A R A D I S E 
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Prod: RobGotBeats

ME, MYSELF & I FREESTYLE

Produced by Young RJ and features the legendary Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest off our upcoming album titled "Yes"

Slum Village will release their new album, YES!, on 6-16-2015 and will also be headed out on tour (tour dates are listed below). 
 
Yes! features guest appearances and production from De La Soul, Jon Connor, Phife, Dilla, Black Milk, BJ The Chicago Kid, Bilal, Illa J & J Ivy. 

Official Tracklisting & Credits for Slum Village’s YES!:
 
1.) “Intro” (produced by Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla)
2.) “Fantastic/Love Is” f/ Bilal & Illa J (produced by Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla)
3.) “Tear It Down” f/ Jon Connor (produced by Jay Dee a.k.a.  J Dilla)
4.) “Expressive” f/ BJ The Chicago Kid & Illa J (produced by Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla and Young RJ)
5.) “Push It Along” f/ Phife Dawg (produced by Young RJ)
6.) “Windows” f/ J Ivy (produced by Jay Dee a.k.a J Dilla)
7.) “Yes Yes” (Remix) (produced by Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla & Young RJ)
8.)  “Right Back” f/ De La Soul (produced by Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla & Young RJ)
9.)  “We On The Go!!” f/ Black Milk & Frank Nitt (produced by Black Milk)
10.)  “Too Much” f/ Keely (produced by Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla & Young RJ)
11.) “Where We Come From” (produced by Young RJ)
12.) “What We Have” f/  Kam Corvet & Illa J (produced by Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla)

Tour Dates

July 3 Corsica France

July 4 Ericeira Portugal

July 5 Den Haag, The Netherlands 

August 8 Leicester, UK 

August 9 Croatia Soundwave festival 

August 10 London, UK

Push It Along Feat Phife Dawg

Aint Nuthin Ta Fuck Wit Freestyle

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07 Return Of The Savage (feat Raekwon And RZA)

PETE ROCK - "PETESTRUMENTALS 2" 
COMING JUNE 23rd on Mello Music Group
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/petestrumentals-2/id977868001

Pete Rock was raised in Mount Vernon, but his face belongs on Mount Rushmore. The Chocolate Boy Wonder perfected an art form, inspired millions, and soundtracked a generation. By contrast, Teddy Roosevelt seems like a chump. 

This is the man who Dilla told, “I wanted to be like you.” Kanye once called himself the “new Pete Rock.” But the original Pete Rock remains permanently vital. The evidence bangs in his latest opus, Petestrumentals 2, the sequel to the 2001 classic that helped define the hip-hop instrumental record. It marks the legend’s first album on Mello Music Group, a fitting union between the author of the boom-bap blueprint and the label that’s expanded upon his legacy. 

Describing Pete Rock’s productions do them little justice. They resonate in your gut, heart, and brain. The title of one of these beats says it all: “Makes Me Feel Like.” You fill in the blanks based on your personal experience and current mood. 

Petestrumentals 2 conjures memories of BBQ cookouts and 70s Blaxploitation scores, rattling summer jeep cruises and blunted Jamaican vacations. There’s a gorgeous requiem to Dilla (“Dilla Bounce (R.I.P),” where the originator pays tribute to the prodigy. You see the full range of Rock’s gifts on display: the meticulously chopped horns, unquantized drums, and air raid sirens. It contains the emotion of a thousand eulogies. 

No record can’t be resurrected. There’s no sub-genre or era that can’t be converted into Rock’s singular brand of soul. His music is the closest thing we’ll ever get to a time-traveling DeLorean, effortlessly shifting between past, present, and future. 

For the last 20 years, hip-hop heads have argued over the best Pete Rock original productions and remixes. Is it “They Reminisce Over You” or the “Shut ‘Em Down Remix?” Do you prefer Soul Survivor or the first Petestrumentals, his work with INI or the UN? His catalogue can’t be compressed into a bio; you need a book. 

This is the latest chapter—an even 20 slaps and rhythmic levitations. It’s Pete Rock at his best, accelerating and kicking cosmic slop, extending wishes, hope, love, gritty drums and eternal wonder.

Pete Rock - Heaven & Earth

Papoose will release his highly-anticipated sophomore album, You Can’t Stop Destiny, on 7-17-2015 via Honorable Records. 
 
You Can’t Stop Destiny finds Pap re-connecting with familiar faces, as he rekindles his undeniable chemistry with DJ Premier, Havoc, Ron Browz, Amadeus and his better half Remy Ma, while also linking up with some familiar faces to usher in an updated aesthetic, including Ty Dolla $ign, Troy Ave, Showbiz & A.G., Maino and Red Café.
 
Today, Complex premiered the lead-single, “Mobbing,” from Papoose’s You Can’t Stop Destiny and the track features Troy Ave and is produced by Havoc. 
 
Tracklisting for Papoose’s You Can’t Stop Destiny:
 
1.) “The Bank” (produced by Ron Browz)
2.) “You Ain't Built Like That” (produced by Amadeus)
3.) “Mobbing” f/ Troy Ave (produced by Havoc)
4.) “The Plug” (produced by DJ Premier)
5.) “Michael Jackson” f/ Remy Ma & Ty Dolla $ign (produced by Ron Browz)
6.) “Wish A Nigga Would” (produced by DJ Tip)
7.) “Everything To Gain” f/ A.G (produced by Showbiz)
8.) “Revenge” f/ Maino & Red Cafe (produced by GUN Productions)
9.) “Team US” (produced by DJ Tip)
10.) “You Draggin It” (produced by DJ Tip)
11.) “Global Warming Part 2” (produced by GUN Productions)
12.) “Illuminati” (produced by Gemcrates)
13.) “Obituary 2014” (produced by GUN Productions) *****Bonus Track
 
You can now pre-order Papoose’s You Can’t Stop Destiny at iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/you-cant-stop-destiny/id1001255402?ls=1
 
#YouCantStopDestiny
 
For More Information:
 
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https://twitter.com/troyave
https://instagram.com/papoosepapoose/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/PapoosePapoose

Papoose - Mobbing f/ Troy Ave (produced by Havoc)

'Lucky 7' out now. Purchase the album at iTunes - smarturl.it/lucky7album.

Lucky 7

Top Tier feat. Sean Price, Bun & Styles P

Top Tier Feat. Sean Price, Bun B & Styles P

From Gang Starr's Classic LP: "Step In The Arena"  Philly's Beardgang General Jakk Frost Spit A Raw Freestyle Over "Form Of Intellect" Instrumental.

I Pressed About 150 Copies Of The Instrumentals On Vinyl And They Have Leaked To The Streets So Frost Got A hold Of It With The Pops & Cracks...

Frost Rips This Beat WIth Lyrics And Flows That Make You Wanna Hit Repeat Over And Over to Catch It All.

Gotta Rock It Don't Stop...

Tha Jawn:  "Spoiler Alert" (freestyle) (Clean & Dirty Versions)

Tha Original:  "Form Of Intellect" from Gang Starr's "Step In The Arena" LP

Originally Produced By: DJ Premier (Circa 1991)

REST IN PEACE GURU...GANG STARR FOREVER...

Jakk Frost - Spoiler Alert (Form Of Intellect Freestyle)

An uzi's firing rate is precisely six hundred rounds per minute. Neither one of us are counting bars, but El Gant's presentation here over 42 Keez's canvas could very well be the closest representation of a lyrical uzi in 2015. "Raw", the lead single off his upcoming Spray Music EP, cosigns itself that Gant's emceeing abilities have been doing pushups since the acclaimed 2014 release of Beast Academy. With 42 Keez's Chicago-driven soundscape and a universally accepted and respectable rhyme display, the single attests to mainstream potentiality and sits well on the current, in listeners of 2015. In opposition, don't get the potential screwed up. Gant is always building with and in the lab with veteran emcees and true schoolers, alongside successful solo strives and his IV League posse (Ras Kass, Shabaam Sahdeeq, El Da Sensei and more). Get your pen or touch screen out and be prepared to mark your calender for the EP; trust is a must - enjoy.

 In a recent exchangement of dialogue with RESPECT. Magazine's Dread Solo he was asked about breath control. Gant responds, "I moved into an oxygen chamber three stories under the earth". This sums up the admirable aesthetics of "Raw".

El Gant - Raw - Prod by 42 Keez

The Away Team presents their latest audio leak, "Scars &amp; Stripes," the title-track off their upcoming album out October 11th through Jamla / It's A Wonderful World Music Group / Duck Down Music.  Fans can pre-order the album now on iTunes: http://bit.ly/p7CNLp 

The Away Team "Scars &amp; Stripes"

No Pretending featuring Raekwon &  Big Remo ( prod by 9th Wonder)

No Pretending feat Raekwon & Big Remo (prod 9th Wonder)

Rapsody-A Cold Winter ft. Freeway

This week’s pick comes from Ambassador Shipwreck.

"... because I always listen to this song on the way to work. AMP’s production makes it hard not to  bob your head, while Boog holds it down on the mic."

Jamla Army Pick of the Week(week 16): Gettin Mine - Sean Boog (Produced by AMP)

Dj Rashad, DJ Manny & Brenmar - Stick Up (RIP DJ RASHAD)

36 Jadakiss Feat. The Lox - Stretch Armstrong And Whoo Kid (Freestyle)

TRAINWRECK (ft DJ Rashad & RP Boo)

Jadakiss & Styles P -So Appalled Freestyle

This is a Remix Project i did of a few of "My Fav's" Hip Hop Greats...Enjoy!

05 Passin by Me

Celebrating the release of Adam Mansbach's acclaimed new novel, Rage Is Back, J.PERIOD recruits legendary Roots front man Black Thought for an exclusive new dub plate collaboration: "Rage Is Back (Freestyle)," the first single off J.PERIOD’s forthcoming “Rage Is Back” tape dropping later this month.  

Set against the backdrop of graffiti-era New York, Manbach’s Rage Is Back delivers a mind-bending journey through a subterranean world of epic heroes and villains, and is already being called “the great American graffiti novel”.  Rage is Back is currently Amazon.com’s “Book of the Month”:  http://www.amazon.com/Rage-Is-Back-A-Novel/dp/0670026123/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1357911580&sr=1-3

Also log onto Okayplayer.com for exclusive coverage of this release: http://www.okayplayer.com/news/j-period-black-thought-rage-is-back-freestyle-mp3.html

"Rage Is Back (Freestyle)" Feat. Black Thought [J.PERIOD EXCLUSIVE]

Tracklist: http://www.factmag.com/2013/05/27/fact-mix-384-rp-boo/

FACT mix 384 - RP Boo (May '13)

This song appeard on DMX's "It's Dark and Hell is Hot" bonus CD that came with the first few thousand purchased. That was the only "commercially" released place you could find this song.