New Music: Wiz Khalifa – Stunt’n

Maybe I’m not as up on my Wiz Khalifa music as I need to be but why is he making a Young Jeezy knock-off-style record?

Music Video: Young Chris – Philly Sh-t

Still one of the most unheralded (and possibly who Jay-Z ‘stole’ his signature peak mid-career flow from). He dropped two mixtapes last year that were straight bananas! Love this track and video – real Black punk rock, hip hop sh-t. Extra props for the 3XDope Philly reference.

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Music Video: Vado – Polo (Remix) feat. Young Dro

Yo, Ralph! Cut the check! Seriously….

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Video: Art of Fresh Live at Arlene’s Grocery for CMJ 2010

Via Arcade 44 TV:

“We caught Art of Fresh at Arlene’s Grocery, during their CMJ showcase in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Hailing from Canada, this crew from the north was anything but cold! The crowd was dancing, the jams were live, and their energy was completely infectious. Art of Fresh’s latest album, Back to the Earth* is in stores now.”

Seriously, Art of Fresh’s When The Night Comes In album (* note: Back to the Earth is not their latest album!) is one of my favorites of this year. They brought hip-house back but kept it funky and soulful, not some corny electro, hipster sh-t. Please believe it! Here’s one track from it:

And hit the jump for some tracks from their previous album, Back to Earth. (more…)

New Mixtape: Sinotra – Tip Of The Iceberg

Here’s the plug on this from Ro’shine:

“Sinotra is well known for his freestyle prowess, but on his new mixtape Tip Of The Iceberg he proves that he can make dope music. With features from all your favourite Toronto rappers, and production by Rich Kidd, Noah “40″ Shebib, and Boi-1da.”

I’ma have ti co-sign the freestyle prowess thing. I saw him and Blake Carrington make up songs with arrangement and hooks on the spot at the finals of the Sound Battle Royale. Amazing stuff. But more seriously son, get a f-cking bandcamp page! Do you know how long it’s gonna take before I actually, download this, unzip it, upload to my itunes and sync it to my ipod when i could be listening to a stream of this like, right now??! *Smdh….*

Check the back cover for the tracklist and the download link after the jump. (more…)