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[Mixtape] PG – The Elements of PG

By Ian ⋅ May 31, 2011 ⋅ 223 comments

Full mixtape from this young T.dot spitter. Previously on the Kitchen: PG – Tune In .

[Mixtape] Sep – Allergy Pills and Alcohol (Who Is Sep)

By Ian ⋅ May 31, 2011 ⋅ 434 comments

Posted this Toronto MC’s debut (?) mixtape ‘cos the “Dot City” video above feat. Brotha J was cool. Here’s the plug:

“Sep (or SepTo; the T.o. is for Toronto) has been a looming presence in T Dot’s music scene for quite some time. Honing his craft since childhood, guided and influenced by some of Toronto’s most significant contributors to Hip-Hop. Known for his aggressive lyrical style and subject matter, Sep has become a well-respected entity within Toronto’s urban scene.

Allergy Pills and Alcohol (also referred to as Who Is Sep) functions as Sep’s highly anticipated [ed note: really??!] first impression to the masses. Intended for release on May 29/11, Allergy Pills and Alcohol will feature artists like Sadat X, Rich Kidd, Grimace Love, Slakah the Beatchild, Black Cat and Korry Deez [of IRS], Wio-K and more. Features aside, following its release, Allergy Pills and Alcohol (Who Is Sep) will undoubtedly speak for itself.”

Download: Sep – Allergy Pills and Alcohol (Who Is Sep) [zshare]

[DJ Mix] DJ M-Rock – The Best of A Tribe Called Quest

By Ian ⋅ May 26, 2011 ⋅ 9 comments

From the T.dot-based dude who brought you the great Best of Kanye DJ mix (and a Nate Dogg one too!):

“I’m the biggest Tribe fan so it brings me a lot of pleasure to drop this mix. I haven’t followed their solo acts much, but I watched them like a hawk growing up. In fact, the first piece of music I personally got my own hands on was their first album from the public library. I can talk all day about this group, its emotional for me in fact, because my fav. genre is hip-hop and after midnight marauders, hip-hop split into underground and pop, and I found both styles were trying too hard. Slum Village for example were so gangsta lyrically that it wasn’t believable, and on the other hand, Jay-Z was the same thing. Plus, hustling and bitches are not interesting (Tribe talk about women instead). Both Slum and Jay were hot but as for vibe and lyricism, I’m a lower-middle class kid and other than musical skill, I didn’t relate deeply to any of this shit. However, I did relate to Tribe. Tribe’s music is honest, it doesn’t have commercial appeal and it succeeded because these brothers were close and very gifted, far from the average. They got paid as a group and didn’t fight over cheques. When they started falling off, the beats got mathematical and sample-free, they went soft as they brought J-Dilla in, who’s ironically one of the rawest producers ever. I can even hear Tip mentioning his friends during Phife’s verse in “1nce again”, an ignorant thing on his part, a lack of chemistry that was all over the last 2 albums. I relate to all of this because I fell off as a tablist, wasn’t a team player myself towards the end of that phase in my career. With that in mind, this mix is none of those wacker moments, it’s the straight rawness of Tribe, the group that wrote classic verses on the bus (buggin’ out) or kept verses from their childhood (Tip wrote Bonita at 14). Go watch the movie, by the way, it’s incredible. This mixtape took 3 weeks which is why M-Rock Mondays have been nothing, and now that it’s done, I hope you all really enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.”

Sh-t’s INCREDIBLE!!! Check it out….

<a href="http://soundowl.com/track/x1y/dj-m-rock-the-best-of-a-tribe-called-quest-mixed-by-dj-m-rock">Download DJ M-Rock The Best of A Tribe Called Quest Mixed By DJ M-Rock</a>
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Hit the jump for the track list and more details.

[via DJ M-Rock]

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