Wednesday 30 December 2009

Skillz - 2009 Rap Up


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Charles Hamilton - Normalcy


01. New Music From Charles Hamilton
02. Enter The Scope
03. WorkinInTheLab
04. Coodies
05. August Rush
06. Air Agains
07. Loserville
08. She's Purrty
09. Laptop Therapy (Jackie Blue)
10. Suicides
11. Baby Says I Want
12. See & Say
13. 20Hamil10
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Thursday 17 December 2009

Apple Juice Kid - Beautiful Warriors 2.:Louis Armstrong Remixed


01 Hello Dolly (intro)
02. Wonderful World
03. Dream A Little Dream
04. Fantastic, That’s You
05. A Kiss To Build A Dream On
06. There Must Be A Way
07. When You’re Smiling
08. Sunshine of Love
09. There Must Be A Way (dance mix)
10. Sunshine of Love (funk mix)
11. Hello Dolly (outro)
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Jay Electronica – Exhibit C (prod. Just Blaze)


mad late with this but in case you missed it......
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Raekwon – Pyrex Vision

Tuesday 15 December 2009

Slum Village – Villa Manifesto EP


1. Starter
2. Nitro featuring Young RJ
3. Day Night
4. Money Right
5. Dope Man
6. Cloud 9 featuring Marsha Ambrosius

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DJ Premier - On Tha Road Again


01. DJ Premier - On Tha Road Again Intro
02. NYGz - Ready?
03. M.O.P. - Brownsvillian
04. Dynasty - Femcee
05. Buckshot & KRS-One - Runnin' Away (Feat. Immortal Technique)
06. L.E.G.A.C.Y. - TKO (Feat. Chaundon, Phonte & Sean Price)
07. Royce da 5'9" - October 20th
08. Clipse - I'm Good (Feat. Pharell)
09. Raekwon - Bagging Crack
10. Smitty - Run Nigga Runnn! (Feat. Last Poets)
11. Young Maylay - Who's Young Maylay?
12. Marco Polo & Torae - Danger
13. Shawn Jackson - Talk To Me
14. Bekay - Brooklyn Bridge (Feat. Masta Ace)
15. Keith Murray & Canibus - No Brainer
16. Lil Vic - When The Walls Crash
17. Royce da 5'9" - Hood Love (Feat. Bun B & Joell Ortiz)
18. Blaq Poet - Rap Addiction (Feat. Lil Fame & Shabeeno)
19. Warren G - Let's Get High (Feat. Black Nicc & Travis Barker)

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Sunday 13 December 2009

DJ Vinroc - Beat Freaks: Vinstrumentals


01 Intro (Reflection)
02 Reborn
03 Minemuzik
04 Worldwasmine
05 In My Own World
06 Rara
07 Concrete Winter
08 Believe
09 Snowman Walking
10 The Druid
11 Mini Funk Analyzer
12 Tribute
13 The Lounge
14 Beat Freak
15 Listen
16 Two
17 Do You
18 Lost & Found
19 Down It Break
20 The Music
21 Drey's Theme
22 Herbangie
23 Into the Fall
24 Believe Version 1.0
25 Handl'n
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A Day In The Life Of Neil Armstrong

Wednesday 9 December 2009

Ras Kass – Quarterly


01.Mike Jack
02. Amazin
03.A Game
04.Pop Life
05.Started Sumthin
06.If This World Was Mine
07.Thank You
08.Armored Truck
09.Milli Vanilli
10.The Reconciliation
11.L.A. Is My Lady
12.Silver Surfer Swagger
13.Since U Been Gone
14.Almost Famous
15.Gotten By On My Own
16.Take That Off
17.How Many Shots (Acapella)
18.Silver Surfer Swagger

Guest Appearances By:
Killah Priest, Mista F.A.B., 40 Glocc, Krondon and others
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Mos Def – Supermagic

Monday 7 December 2009

2009!




What's good CRDS readers?



I was just going through all of the releases that I really enjoyed from this year and I have to say that it was a pretty dope year for underground Hip Hop, these are my top 5 albums that stayed on heavy rotation through out 2009.



Really great album from Diamond District that I went (and go back) to time and time again, the production was really ill (Oddisee is one the greats as far as I am concerned) and Yu, Oddisee and X.O. were ill on the mic devices, the whole album is very consistent and has a truly great sound, my favourite album of 2009 with "Streets Won't Let Me Chill" being the highlight cut for me, that cut reminds of me some golden era DITC type beats.



Oh man Exile's beats on this were so dope and Fashawn has a great voice and flow, there wasn't a weak track on this and I can't tell you how many times I had "When She Calls" on repeat this year, which was actually my favourite track of 2009, the production on that gave me chills down my spine...and don't forget to check out the bonus cuts.



I was really pleased that Doom took some time off
, because we got this dope album after his absence, I loved it and I mean all of it...Doom was in top form and the production was nuts, the only gripe I had was a credited Kurious guest appearance that was well... nothing, Doom/Zev has been one of my favourites for over 20 years now.




This fat album just came out of nowhere for me, and what an album it was, solid production and great rhymes, I had heard some other Aarophat tracks before, but I think it was Illastrate's diverse and dope production that really made me pay attention, a great album that should have been released as a physical product, really dope Midwest Hip Hop from those Midwest Kids.



Yep more Diamond District dopeness, there was just something about this free album from D.D. member Yu that just became addictive to me, again, great and diverse production (Kev Brown, Slimkat 78, Oddisee, Yu and others) dope rhymes and a consistent album
that was enjoyable from front to back.

and the rest...

Raekwon-Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2
DJ Spinna-Sonic Smash
Big Tone-The Art Of Ink
Cyne-Water For Mars
Abstract Rude-Rejuvination

Atmosphere-Leak At Will
BK One-Radio Do Canibal
Blame One-
Days Chasing Days
Blaq Poet-
Tha Blaqprint
Blockhead-The Music Scene
Brother Ali-Us
De La Soul-Are You In?

DJ Mistu The Beats-A Word To The Wise
Finale-A Pipe Dream and A Promise
J-Dilla-Jay Stay Paid
Macro Polo & Torae-Double Barrel
Felt (Slug & MURS)-Felt 3
Jazz Liberatorz-Fruit Of The Past
J-Rawls and John Robinson-Jay Are
Mos Def-The Ecstatic
Odissee-Mental Liberation
Peanut Butter Wolf-Straight To Tape
Mr Lif-I Heard It Today
Qwel & Maker-So Be It
Sene and Blu-Day Late and A Dollar Short
Thaione Davis-Still Hear
Paten Locke-Super Ramen Rocketship

Del & Tame One-Parellell Uni-Verses
Diego Bernal-For Corners
PUTS-Carried Away
Jason The Argonaut-Casting Couch
J.R. & PH7-The Standard
Qwel & Jackson Jones-Jump The Gun
Sojourn-Sojournalism
Souls of Mischief-Montezuma's Revenge
Superstar Quam-Allah-Invisible Man
Trek & Oddisee-New Money-The Remixes
Substatntial & Burns-Substantial/Burns
Muamin Collective-World B Free
Emskee-Hardly Seen, Rarely Heard
Freestyle Professors-Gryme Tyme

Greenhouse-Electric Purgatory EP
J-Period/Q-Tip-The Abstract Best

Cormega-Born and Raised
Dres-From The Black Pool Of Genius EP
Kev Brown-Presents Random Joints
The Black Sunn-The Sun Is Black EP
Large Professor-The LP (Finally!)

what were your top albums and EPs of 2009?


The Cool Kids - Action Figures

R.A. The Rugged Man Feat. Hell Razah, Jojo Pellegrino, Remedy & Blaq Poet – Posse Cut

Wednesday 2 December 2009

Off The Wall Sessions Ep. 6 - Exile

Sareem Poems Feat. Pigeon John & Akil - Lower The Boom Skadaddle Cartoon Mix (Prod. By Nick Tha 1da)


The chameleon of hip-hop, Sareem Poems is back once again, with the release of the "Lower the Boom" Skadaddle Cartoon Mix featuring Pigeon John and Akil, from the newly released Black and Read All Over Deluxe Edition. The heavy bass beats, gospel fueled hook and unmistakable lyrical flow of the Long Beach native combine to serve a fresh new angle on the album's centerpiece track. "The main inspiration behind this track was, "to give the essence of hip-hop back to the listener, in an era of auto tune and overly synthesized beats."
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D.Black - Yesterday

DJ Roa$t Feat. Teef, Nemesis & Triggs Vega- Cuttin' It Fine


Title track from my boys album coming Jan 2010. UK at its finest!!
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Buff1 - It's A 1derful Life Hosted by DJ Rhettmatic



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Dres of Black Sheep - Doin' It Wrong


Dres of Black Sheep does it once again with the release of his second single "Doin' It Wrong" from his EP From The Black Pool Of Genius: The Prelude, which is officially available today.
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Raekwon - Surgical Gloves