On October the 25th 2010, Gregory Isaacs passed away at the young age of 59 in his South London home after a long battle with lung cancer. The man was a reggae legend, made music with all of Jamaica’s top producers & released albums through a period of 30 years. Below is one of my favourite Isaacs’ tracks. Gregory Isaacs R.I.P.
This is Kanye’s new 35 minute artistic expression featuring 9 tracks off his upcoming album. ’Runaway’ is full of beautifully filmed dream-like sequences (not surprising considering it was written by Hype Williams), and interesting narration by Nicki Minaj, yet the new beats are undoubtedly the highlight. Kanye’s back, and at his best.
Here’s a video of J. Period & Black Thought performing live on September 26th at the Manifesto Festival in Toronto. The mixtape features Black Thought performing some Roots tracks, rhyming over some classic Dead Prez, Pharoahe Monch & Biggie classics & even doing some insane emcee impersonation. Listen to the live mixtape on the widget below & click here to download the whole thing. Big up to Hypetrak for putting this up!
This brand new mixtape from J.Period blends MJ classics, rare demo versions, remixes, and behind-the-scenes interview clips. This 80 minute mix, in association with Spike Lee & 40 Acres, is a fantastic tribute to the king of pop in celebration of the 2nd Annual ‘Brooklyn loves MJ’ event which was held yesterday.
Download: J.Period – MJ Tribute: Man or the Music
Here’s the newest leak off Lupe Fiasco’s upcoming album ‘Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album’. Thought provoking lyrics by Lupe accompanied by great production from 1500 or Nothin’.
Download: Lupe Fiasco – Go To Sleep
New track from Raekwon before the release of OB4CL 2 deluxe edition next week. This is The Chef at his best over quality production by DK.
Download: Raekwon - Travel Places
This collection of tracks by Dutch producer Bluntspeakers was just put up on the Bluntsports website, it includes remixes & edits of tracks by Drake, Madonna, Dam Funk & more.
Download: Bluntspeakers – Remixes & Edits
Here’s a little freebie from the new Exile album which is set to drop at the end of the month. This is Exile production at its finest, perfectly complimented by lyrics from the best that ever did it on an Exile beat, Blu.
Download: Exile – Love Line feat Blu
This beat tape dropped nearly a week before the new, also Oddisee produced, Trek Life album did. It’s a great listen, full of West Coast funk influenced Oddisee classics. Listen to/download the beat tape on the widget below. Some of the instrumentals are from the newly released Trek Life album, so check that out too.
Brand new mellow Madlib produced MED track featuring Kweli, possibly off the upcoming MED album.
Download: MED feat Kweli – Classic
