Pete Rock – “Boiler Room NYC” Mix

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Check out this nice 60 minute mix by Pete Rock made for Boiler Room NYC back on April 25th.  In addition to listening below, you can watch a video of the man performing it live here if you are so inclined.  Nothing groundbreaking here, but a great listen and a nice peak inside the musical [...]

Noah Vinson – “Y.G.A.”

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Noah Vinson is an up-and-coming emcee out of the Bronx who has released the track Y.G.A., which will appear on his upcoming “Young & Proud” mixtape due out later this year.  The song features a great 1970′s-sounding soul sample which matches up perfectly with Vinson’s smooth flow.  Y.G.A. stands for Young, Gifted & Authentic – [...]

Ohmega Watts – “Labor of Love Vol. 5 @ 45 RPM’s”

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The criminally underrated MC and producer Ohmega Watts brings us the 5th installment of his “Labor of Love” series with this 45-only mix chock full of soul, funk and R&B, but also with plenty of sweet surprises.  Spread the love… [spotted at OkayPlayer]

“The Best of Talib Kweli (Mixed By Mick)”

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Now this is what I’m talking about – an hour-long-plus mix by Mick (formerly Mick Boogie) highlighting some of the best tracks from Talib Kweli’s career so far.  All your favorites are here, plus a handful of singles from his new record Prisoner of Conscious which is due out May 7th (pre-order here).  Unfortunately at [...]

Kool A.D. – “63″ & “19″ Mixtapes

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LISTEN:  Kool A.D. – Question Jam Answer (feat. Busdriver & Beans) Kool A.D. is keeping up with his former Das Racist bandmate Heems in releasing stellar mixtapes for the world to enjoy.  And not only is he releasing one tape, but he has decided to drop two on us lucky listeners – which is almost [...]

Curren$y – “New Jet City”

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LISTEN:  Curren$y – Choosin (feat. Wiz Khalifa and Rick Ross) It didn’t take Curren$y long to get out his first mixtape of 2013, and “New Jet City” shows us that the New Orleans emcee is still very much on the top of his game.  This one is no toss-off, as it features top guests such [...]

The Underachievers – “Indigoism”

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LISTEN:  The Underachievers – Land Of Lords The Underachievers are a hip-hop duo (Ak & Issa Dash) out of New York who hit the jackpot last summer and signed to Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label.  They have just released their first project with the label, the “Indigoism“ mixtape, and it doesn’t disappoint.  The project features great [...]

“D’Angelo Live”

LISTEN:  D’Angelo – Devil’s Pie (Live) “D’Angelo Live” is an amazing mixtape put together by Sam Champ for Okayplayer.  It came out over a year ago, but I just got turned on to it (props to Pipomixes) and thank goodness because any new(ish) D’Angelo is better than nothing and this project recreates a live experience [...]