The Audacity of Dope

Awww yeah, it’s finally here.  With A Love Supreme dropping soon(er than you think), Thurzday and Y-O linked up with Mick Boogie, IllRoots, and 2DopeBoyz to whet your appetite with this insta-classic mixtape.  Beats from Dibia$e, Ro Blvd, 6th Sense, Jaguar Skills, Cook Classics, and more, plus guest spots by Shawn Jackson, Evidence, Big Pooh, Tunji, Black Milk, Fashawn, Buff1, and more?

Wow.

Download this immediately and look out for U-N-I’s latest Sound Session interview to be posted soon…

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Chyea.  The long awaited follow up to Inverse‘s first project, So Far, is finally here with the So True EP.  Featuring dope production from Kno (of the CunninLynguists), Cook Classics, Adam Berg, and Decap, alongside Tunji and Toby’s excellent rhymes, this is a must have.  Best release of ’09!

1. Rise and Shine [produced by Cook Classics]
2. So True feat. Deacon (of CunninLynguists) [produced by Decapbeats]
3. SunnyCalifornia Part 2 [produced by Adam Berg & Cook Classics]
4. Spark My Soul feat. Substantial [produced by Kno]
5. Beautiful City [produced by Cook Classics]
6. Goodnight Goodnight [produced by Kno]

Download here.

Seattle People: come see Inverse on January 17th at Chop Suey.  It’ll be a great night, trust me.

I recently mentioned that Shad was one of my favorite discoveries of the past year (watch this video to see why) and I should also add Fashawn to that list as well.  The MC from Fresno (what up Blake?) killed every appearance I heard from him this year and he’s dropped a new mixtape to help close out the year in style.  In conjunction with the homies at NahRight and OnSmash, check out Higher Learning:

1. Intro
2. Fortified Live (Remix)
3. Freedom
4. Let Me See Your ID (Skit)
5. Day ‘N’ Nite (Remix) (feat. KiD CuDi)
6. Sunday Morning (Remix) (feat. K-OS)
7. The Far Left (feat. Alchemist & Evidence)
8. Turf Rap (Remix)
9. Seize Power (Skit)
10. Politics (feat. Krondon)
11. Jimmy (Ratatat Remix)
12. Fake ID
13. Life Is Too Short
14. Buyers Guide
15. Cold Shoulder (Remix) (feat. Adele)
16. You Lookin At Me (Skit)
17. Something Special
18. Do You (Skit)
19. Still Gettin Mine “5-5-9″ (Remix) (feat. Rickochet)
20. Beautiful Day (Remix) (feat. Evidence, Big Pooh, Aloe Blacc, Mickey Factz, Theo & Kes Kaos)
21. Over When Its Done (Outro)

Download here.

Another day, another dope mixtape…this one from the homey Roosevelt Treasurechest, GLC, and the fine folks over at Ruby Hornet.  It featues a bunch of new tracks, unreleased joints, and live performances from GLC, which should get you ready for his upcoming G.O.O.D. Music project, Love, Life, and Loyalty, coming in 2009.  While you wait for that, bump this.

Download here.

I don’t normally enjoy today’s mixtapes, but when I saw that the homey Legend and the OnSmash team were involved, I knew I should check this out.  Sure enough, it’s dope as hell.  2 discs, packed full of great music from some of my favorite artists in the game today: Royce, Wale, B.o.B., Blu, Termanology, Fashawn, Emilio Rojas, Don Cerino, Kid Cudi, Theo, Skyzoo, and many more.  Definitely grab this:

DISC ONE

1. Emilio Rojas – Back 2 The Basics 2 (Intro)
2. Royce Da 5’9″ – Part Of Me (Produced by Carlos Broady)
3. Grafh – In Love With The Dealer
4. Johnny Polygon – I Been Runnin
5. Wale – Pot Of Gold (feat. Daniel Merriweather) (Produced by Mark Ronson)
6. B.o.B – We Drank (feat. Playboy Tre)
7. Ced Hughes – DragonBlood
8. BK Cyph – Rap 101
9. Cambatta – Voice Of God Freestyle (Produced by Scram Jones)
10. Styles P – Ride or Die (feat. Snyp Life & Bully)
11. Red Cafe – There He Go (feat. Fabolous & Paul Cain)
12. Don Cerino – Missing Element (feat. Royce Da 5′9″)
13. Hell Rell – I’m So Special
14. La The Darkman – Quiet Storm Freestyle (feat. Willie The Kid)
15. Kool G Rap – Thugs Love Story (Chapter IV)
16. Fortlive – The Come Up (Produced by Illmind)
17. Rain – Director’s Chair (Produced by RocWilder)
18. Big K.R.I.T. – Playaz Circle Freestyle
19. ESSO – New Day (Produced by Black Friday)
20. Donny Goines – The Look (Produced by Dame Grease)
21. ATM (Smoke DZA, Numbers & Cory Gunz) – Time Machine 1.0 (Produced by The Heatmakerz)
22. 1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) – Thugathon (feat. Lil Fame)
23. Almost September – 16, 17, 18 (feat. KRS-One & Al Be Back) (Produced by Jared Gosselin)
24. Blu & Sene – Mars
25. Rick Ross – Can It Be Freestyle

Download link – http://sharebee.com/c0561a6c

DISC TWO

1. Ced Hughes & Emilio Rojas- Kick In The Door (Produced by The Kickdrums)
2. Raekwon & Special Ed – Hood Story (Produced by Huu Banga)
3. Curren$y – Got It (Produced by Monsta Beatz)
4. KiD CuDi – Can I Be
5. Nipsey Hu$$le – HoodStar
6. GoDChilD – Toast 2 Life (Produced by Black Friday)
7. Sha Stimuli – Next Up (Produced by J.Cardim)
8. The Kid Daytona – Lately (Produced by Ill Bomb)
9. Theo – Roberta Flack Revisit (feat. Dolly) (Produced by Flying Lotus)
10. Killer Mike – Grinding
11. Nino Bless – Murdera
12. Kardinal Offishall – Set It Off (Remix) (feat. Dr. Dre & The Clipse) (Produced by Boi-1da)
13. Novel – Noise (Produced by Breeze The Beatmachine)
14. Chip The Ripper – Moses Freestyle
15. D-Black – Hold Up (Gangsta Sh*t) (Produced by Illmind)
16. Fashawn – Freedom (Produced by Exile)
17. Joell Ortiz – Say No
18. Mickey Factz – OnSMASH (feat. CurT@!N$)
19. The Insomniaks – Crashin Whips
20. Mikkey Halsted – Karma (Produced by No I.D.)
21. Skyzoo – Catch Up (Produced by Ski)
22. Billy Danze – Undescribable (feat. Busta Rhymes)
23. Wafleek – The Hollows
24. Harlem’s Cash – Modern Day Malcolm (feat. Santogold) (The Government Remix)
25. A.Pinks – In My Own World (Bonus)

Download link – http://sharebee.com/390cd2d4

If you checked out this week’s Sound Session, you heard us play a cut from the big homey 6th Sense that sampled Adele.  The track was taken from the new project from Mick Boogie, Adele: 1988, which just hit the net.  You already know it’s gonna be dope.  I’ll let Mick introduce it:

Mick Boogie and friends present to you their latest masterpiece, Adele: 1988.

Fresh off the success of the internationally-acclaimed Viva La Hova, the MB team have reunited to introduce rock star Adele (nominated for 4 Grammy awards) to a whole new audience.

Adele’s album 19 set trends and created influence in the pop, rock and international worlds. But what would happen if the vocals and instruments of 19 were combined with the hip-hop sensibilities of the late 1980s, considered by many hip-hop’s golden age?

The result is the new release from Mick Boogie… Adele: 1988.

More than a mashup, it’s a complete reinterpretation of Adele’s album as only Mick Boogie and friends can do.
1 ) Chasing 1988: The Intro (f/ 6th Sense)
2 ) Day Dreams (nVMe Remix)
3 ) Tired (6th Sense Remix)
4 ) First Love (Remot Remix f/ Naledge)
5 ) My Same (Garbs Infinite Remix)
6 ) Melt My Heart To Stone (Kickdrums Remix f/ Big Pooh)
7 ) Cold Shoulder (Garbs Infinite Remix)
8 ) Right As Rain (nVMe Remix)
9 ) Make You Feel My Love (Remot Remix)

Download here. (right click, save as)

I’ve been meaning to post this up since I went to Braille’s “Everybody Say Ho!!!” event last week here in Seattle (Portland people, yours is this Friday, details here).  It was a real dope show and I even got to catch up with some old friends from way back in the day.  Plus, the Frosty the Snowman vs. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer battle was classic.  You think I’m jokin’.

As an added bonus, everyone who attended received this ill mixtape from Braille’s Lightheaded brethren, Ohmega Watts.  If this doesn’t get you in the mood for Christmas, stop being such a Scrooge.  Download this and bump it while you hang your stockings with care.

Hooooooooooo!

1. RUN-D.M.C. “Christmas in Hollis”
2. Dana Dane “Dana Dane is Coming to Town
3. Beastie Boys “Sure Shot”
4. Sweet Tee “Let The Jingle Bells Rock”
5. Da’rel Jr. “This Christmas”
6. Braille “Blessed Man”
7. Sojourn “Definitely Special”
8. Flying Lotus “Roberta Flack Ft. Dolly”
9. Surreal “First Chapter”
10. Poems “Love”
11. Nicolay & Kay “Tight Eyes”
12. Choclit Kennedy “On & On”
13. J Dilla “Won’t Do”
14. Othello “Silhouette”
15. James Brown “Don’t Tell It”
16. Red Astaire Ft. Caretta Bell “You Dead Wrong”
17. Theory Hazit “Grizzly”
18. Grand Puba “Amazing”
19. Charles Brown “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (Ohmega Watts Remix)

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The homegirl DJ Heat has been putting in work in DC for a minute, and she just released the third volume of her Mumbo Sauce mixtape series.  For those unaware, mumbo sauce is what they put on fried chicken out there in the other Washington.  While I can’t say I’ve tried it, I have sampled Heat’s mixes before and I recommend y’all check this one out for some of the dopest talent in the DMV area.  It features appearances by people like Wale, RAtheMC, Raheem DeVaughn, Thad Reid, XO, and more. Peep the tracklisting and download link after the jump!

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Chyea.  Not only is Grynch the homey, but he’s one of the best artists we have here in the Pacific Northwest.  He recently linked up with the production crew of Two Good Men for this EP to tide y’all over until his next release.  If this is your first time hearing dude, download the EP featuring Tunji, Geologic (of Blue Scholars), and Thig Natural (of the Physics) at GetGrynch.com, and then go cop his last album, My Second Wind, either on his MySpace or at iTunes.  You won’t be disappointed.

I just spent last night chilling with the homies Evidence and Alchemist during the Seattle stop of the “Still High” tour with Method Man, Redman, and Termanology (what up Term & Dan!).  We recorded a dope interview where they both broke down all the various projects their working on, but it may take a minute for me to toss that up online.  In the meantime, peep the new video for “The Far Left” featuring Al and Fashawn from Ev’s Layover EP , dropping on Nov. 25th.  Ev said they’ll be releasing videos for 7 of the 9 tracks on there, and so far we’re on #2 (if you missed #1, peep “The Layover”).  Fashawn will also be dropping visuals for his “Our Way” joint with Ev verrrrrrrry soon too.

Also, to tide you over, check out The Layover Mixtape that Ev put together with DJ Skee.  Guests include Defari, Chace Infinite, Fashawn, U-N-I, Big Pooh, Aloe Blacc, Theo, Crooked I, Strong Arm Steady, Bishop Lamont, Casual, Alchemist, and more.

Tracklisting and download link after the jump.

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