SteadyBloggin.com’sBest New Rapper Tournament has begun. We’re using that term “new” loosely because when you think about it not many are new at rapping, just new to many of us, to the internet, the radio, the zines or your favorite blogs.
We avoided most major label artists. Sorry, you won’t be seeing the likes of Lupe Fiasco, Gucci Mane, Drake or even Charles Hamilton on here. We carefully handed out the 64 spots to rappers we felt would be complete this tournament.
It is true we are using some current internet favorites; but we hope you take the time in getting to know all of the contestants. We’ll be providing audio and video samples for each artist so carefully vote on your favorite. If you aren’t a member of Philaflava make sure you register to vote. Print out the brackets and get ready for a month full of voting but most importantly have fun. –Philaflava
The fourth installment in our Sounds Like Summer series. Somethin’ for your car, somethin’ for your hangout spot, or just somethin’ for you to chill to. Hella shouts to dirt_dog from TROY for the artwork. Download link, tracklist and links to the rest of the series after the jump.
This is good day for mixtapes, first Gibbs now this. You know SMS puts out quality product, and the O’Third crew has been on a particularly winning streak lately (see here). And you know releases from Huntsville are always family affairs, so there’s bound to be a cast of luminaries involved. So you know you gotta download this one.
thekeenone aka Mama Keen is talented chick and a friend of ours (salut!) This is the video for her single Legal Drug Addict, an ode to a subject my brain and nostrils recall with a mixture of nostalgia and self-disgust. It was directed with unnerving jumpy flair by Jon Buch.
Is it weird that I got flashes of the girls in the background whipping me with yoyo’s while wearing stiletto heeled thigh high boots?
You can buy the single on Itunes and Amazon. You can also visit http://www.keen.tv/ for more info about Keen and some merch (custom Chucks, tshirts, etc.) Some pics of the swag are below.
This one of the summer’s most anticipated releases, so I’m not even gonna say anything. Except that I’m psyched to see Block Beattaz production on this, Gibbs needs to go to Alabama more often. A Gibbs/G-Side collaboration would be nice.
Back cover with track list and details is below. Also, go to El-P’s Tumblr for more details about Camu’s upcoming solo album King of Hearts. Also, don’t sleep on El-P’s latest megamixxx when it comes out, it’s quite good.
You know, I’d almost forgotten what your eyes looked like. Still the same. Pissholes in the snow.
Please allow me a brief movie nerd moment. Here is one of the greatest score composers performing what is arguably his greatest creation – the theme from Get Carter. Which in itself is one of the top 3 greatest British crime thrillers of all time, featuring one of Michael Cain’s best performances. Obviously I’m a bit of a fan of all of this.
The city of Atlanta has a complex and long history with Hip Hop going back into the late 1970’s.
Much of this history pre-LaFace records, pre-Outkast and GooDie MoB isn’t known.
Headland & Delowe is a documentary series attempting to weave together the story lines of the artists, managers, promoters and journalists of Atlanta Hip Hop over the past three decades to get an understanding of where Atlanta Hip Hop has been and where it might be going.
Big thanks to Dominick Brady for putting this together, I’m looking forward to more episodes. Dominick’s direct download link is below, you can also stream this on his tumblr page here.
Over the past month Dam-Funk has been sharing a few previously unreleased tracks via his soundcloud page. You can stream them below. The individual pages for each song also give some additional info on where they came from and how they were made.
