Music Video: Crooks And Castles Presents: Young Rook – Zone Out

Not familiar with this kid, Young Rook but I digs…

[via Animal Steele]

New Mixtape: Yours Tru.ly & Cinematic Music Group pres. Big K.R.I.T. – Before There “Wuz Here”

The latest from Def Jam’s newest signing:

“What sets Big K.R.I.T. apart from every other emcee breathing on a beat? Maybe it’s his voice: slow and low, drenched in drawl, refreshing as a glass of sweet tea. Maybe it’s his honesty; the kind that lets him write about his grandma, his contradictions, faith, relationships and fears without a filter. Maybe it’s those home-cooked canvases– born in his bedroom in Meridian, Mississippi– brimming with soulful samples, live instrumentation, and patience beyond his 23 years. Really, it’s all three.

It’s not often that an artist is responsible for every aspect of an album, but “Wuz Here” is 100% Big K.R.I.T. Knowing how rare a gift that was made me wonder how he got from inspiration to execution; from sketch to song; scribble to verse, and single to album. So I asked him to go back to source, to the wax, to those original grooves that he made into something new for his debut. “Before There Wuz Here (The Excavation)” is a product of that exploration, and a pre-cursor to K.R.I.T.’s next project, coming soon to an internets near you, “The Return of Forever.””

Download Big K.R.I.T. – Before There “Wuz Here” [mediafire link]

[via Yourstru.ly / GFCNY]

Doxside Music Group pres. Dare Iz A Doxside (Mixtape)

Dare Iz A Doxside is the latest mixtape by the Doxside Music Group in conjunction with Bloggerhouse.net featuring the entire Doxside roster as well as other guest artists including Kinetic 9 of Killarmy, Frukwan of Grave Diggaz, Supastition, Akrobatik, and production by Oddisee and IMAKEMADBEATS. This is good, quality underground hip hop (and super-extra props for the Redman homage) – check it:

Sidebar: is that kid J Freedome from Toronto? Thought I heard a reference to the “T dot O” in his track (“It Ain’t You”)

Three Tracks from KiD CuDi’s Man on the Moon II including Scott Mescudi vs. The World feat. Cee-Lo Green

Hit the jump for “Marijuana” and “Ashin’ Kusher”: (more…)

The Hipster Blogosphere Jumps on Yet Another Bandwagon: Odd Future [NSFW Artwork]

From LA Weekly:

“As recently as July, Odd Future wasn’t sure what the future held. They had sent their music out to some hip-hop blogs, but it wasn’t getting much love. Their sound was too weird, too slow, too fucked up. Odd Future thought they probably would have to go back to school after summer. Then a writer for U.K. music magazine The Wire stumbled across them. He wrote a feature for the magazine’s September issue and pimped Odd Future to everyone he knew.

Fader blogged about them at the end of August: “If the rappers in Odd Future were indicative of California’s social climate, the West Coast would be currently experiencing a miniature apocalypse, complete with grocery store looting and armed survivalist militias, plus tons of drugs and skateboarding.” Other bloggers started getting onboard, and buzz started to spread. Then MTV name-checked Odd Future in their list of 10 most anticipated albums. Even Snoop didn’t make that cut.”

Not that these guys are that terrible but sometimes I just have to shake my head. One of the Top 10 Most Anticipated Albums??! GTFOH!!!! Check out all the hype for yourself with this track, “Sandwitches” by Mssrs. (Wolf) Haley & (Hodgy) Beats from their Soundcloud page, which has a whopping 53 plays and counting. That’s anticipated alright….

[via Grandgood]