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AOK Collective’s P.So & 8thW1 have just dropped Suicide By Jellyfish. Go cop that below. After the break, that is. Read more…

DMV buzzmaker (and freestyle series contributor) KingPen Slim has joined forces with DJBooth.net to bring fans his latest street album, the sequel to last summer’s The Beam Up..

The Beam Up 2: So Cinematic features 12 new joints from the D.C. native, as well as two bonus cuts. Included on the project are reader-approved leaks “The Win,” “My Life Is a Movie,” “21 Gun Salute” and “The Way You Move.”

Joining KingPen Slim throughout Beam Up 2 are Jim Jones, Kevin Ross, Wale, STS, Phil Adé and more. Beats come courtesy of such producers as JButtah, Mark Henry and Best Kept Secret.

Hit the jump for the back cover, and download link. Read more…

The 20th anniversary L.L. Cool J Remix album is finally out. Check out how many of today’s up and coming hip hop artists re imagine the classic LP from the 90′s. The album features some of our homies such as RAVAGE The Mecca Godzilla, Jun Classic & Monsta X, James John, Praverb The Wyze, Senor Kaos and many more. Check the tracklisting & peep the stream below. Read more…

Last Friday the 13th, marks the release of Tragic Allies-member Purpose‘s new mixtape, Better Than Your Album, which does exactly what it says on the tin. Hosted by Statik Selektah and presented by OneThree Music, this project truly showcases the raw Hip-Hop that emanates from Purpose’s pen, and his board. Features include Singapore Kane, Ghetto Lion, both Code Nine + Estee Nack of the Tragic Allies, multiple-tracks featuring cuts from DJ Slipwax, and production from cats like KOS, Abstrakt, Archimedes, Bug, White Lotus and Purpose himself. It’s an all-around proper slice of rugged and raw Hip-Hop that should set your weekend off properly.
01. Intro: Better Than Your Album (prod. by Purpose)
02. City of Sin (prod. by Crucial the Guillotine)
03. Bad Dem Up [feat. Singapore Kane & Ghetto Lion] (prod. by Archimedes)
04. I Gave You Power (freestyle)
05. All Is Good (prod. by Kelakovski)
06. Rising Sun (prod. by Abstrakt)
07. Murda Paragraphs [feat. Estee Nack of tragic Allies] (prod. by Bug)
08. Illuminati (freestyle)
09. Where The Body Was Buried (prod. by Wizard)
10. No Explanations [feat. Code Nine of Tragic Allies]
11. Fuck You Pay Me (prod. by Archimedes)**
12. Watchin’ For The Jake [feat. Estee Nack of Tragic Allies] (prod. by Extremidiz)
13. Hypnotize [snippet] (prod. by White Lotus)
14. Be Safe (prod. by Purpose)
15. Howl At The Moon (prod. by KOS)
16. JFK to LAX (freestyle)
17. Where’s The Love At (prod. by Wizard)
18. God Bless [feat. Code Nine of Tragic Allies] (prod. by Purpose)
19. Return of the Dopest (prod. by DJ Woool)

For more info check out tragicallies.com | onethreemusic.com

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Illuminessence (aka Ness of A-Alikes) embarks on his solo project EYE2025*Chapter1 thru GuerillaART. Blurring the lines between genres, the album twists and turns through sounds, creating a musical psychedelic fusion like no other. While sonically it is a new direction, experimenting with – and pushing the lines of – genres and sounds, the project is still just as critical of the powers that be and the system we live in as A-Alikes has always, and continues to be.  A-Alike‘s prior single, “Sirens in the Distance” featuring Mos Def will be available September 21st on iTunes thru SoFlo Entertainment/Guerilla Nation.

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