[New Mixtape] Lil B – I Forgive You

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[New Mixtape] Young L – As I Float (The Great John Nash)

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I didn’t get to listen to this yet. It apparently samples all Imogen Heap tracks though. Not sure the why’s and how’s of that concept?? Pack/Young L fans: how is it?

[MP3] DTMD – You from the Makin’ Dollas album

Dropping 9/20. I actually got put up on this video over a year ago by my peoples at The Couch Sessions, but I guess it’s been re-serviced now that the album is finally scheduled for release. HIGHLY recommended if you come from the perspective that Dilla, Slum Village and Pete Rock & CL Smooth constitute the pinnacle of hip-hop creativity. Hey, that’s not a terrible perspective to have, frankly. You can pre-order the Makin’ Dollas album on itunes HERE.

[MP3/Video] Rich Kidd – Represent feat. King Reign, Shaun Boothe & Richie Sosa from The New North

From the homie, Arcee and the rest of The Real Frequency crew. Background for those not knowing:

“The Real Frequency crew first joined forces on radio, featuring up and coming local Toronto talent and eventually becoming the premier hip-hop show on Canada’s first urban radio station. Since, the collective has moved on to new, exciting endeavors with the center piece being their debut album, The New North, a project that continues the tradition the guys started on the airwaves, featuring over 30 artists that best represent Toronto’s new era of hip-hop. The other week saw the release of the album’s first single, Shad’s Frank Dukes-produced “Flawless,” and now, rapper/producer Rich Kidd is helming the album’s second single, “Represent,” bringing MC’s King Reign, Shaun Boothe, and Richie Sosa along as the four budding lyricists put on for their city.

In addition to laying a verse, Rich Kidd’s name appears again on the song’s credits, having also lent his production efforts, and it’s his beat – a mix of soulful string- and vocal-driven chops with a bouncing bass line and effected vocal sample on the hook – that drives the track forward, as the rappers show their hometown pride with lines like, “I can’t leave /so if I ever blow this where I’m shining.” “‘Represent’ is song where dudes from each end of our city get to lay down some fatal bars,” explains Rich Kidd. “It ain’t us trying to out rap each other; we’re all spitting our own styles, letting you know where we got it from.”

Stream the entire New North album below:

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Kanye West and Jay-Z Open a Pop-Up Store for Watch the Throne in Soho, New York City

Amazingly,they didn’t at least shoot a proper preview/trailer for this pop-up store. In 2011: really??! Watch the ‘Otis’ video below though. I love it, personally. It actually makes me like the song more which, even though it’s kind of their ultimate purpose, is kind of rare for a video to achieve nowadays. At least for me, that is.

Related:

– ‘Watch the Profits’: Kanye and Jay-Z Open Pop-Up Shop in New York City [Time]

– Two Titans Share the Seat of Power. Jon Caramanica on Jay-Z & Kanye West’s Watch the Throne album. [NY Times]