Raise your hand if you’re generally pretty ok with how Curren$y’s career has progressed over the last few years, but still kinda wish he would drop another tape or two murdering a buttload of classic beats.
DOWNLOAD: Curren$y – CREAM Freestyle ft Willie The Kid
From whatever scarce info I could find, I get the feeling Killa Cal Wayne is something of a minor cult favorite in Texas (parts of it anyway). Very little of his material is available for dl via the usual internet channels, most of what I’ve heard I’ve found through youtube. Those clips show a capable hardcore mixtape rapper, not doing anything particularly new but running that lane well. He’s got the ability, the grit, the menacing attitude, he can actually write a song, and he sports an inspired beat selection without regional biases. He reminds me a bit of Freddie Gibbs around 2009ish, but more serious and more downbeat.
Headed To The Promise Land, released in late 2010, is the only mixtape of his I was able to get a hold of so far, and it’s a good showcase for all those qualities. ‘I’m On’ (the clip at the top) was the lead single from it, streams for a few other included tracks are below. Don’t sleep on ’48 Bars Of Power’ and ‘The Game’, those are my current favorites.
Killa Cal Wayne – The Game
Killa Cal Wayne – 48 Bars Of Power
Killa Cal Wayne – Part Of The Game
Killa Cal Wayne – Home
Killa Cal Wayne – My Testimony
Not sure where this came from, somebody enlighten me if you know. The always sharp @brytburken pointed me to this tweet that explains everything.
DOWNLOAD: ASAP Rocky – CEO Freestyle
found on Steadyleanin
Aside from the shitty audio quality, Antwon’s stock is definitely rising.
DOWNLOAD: Antwon – Polo Cologne (my westsisde horizon)
POLO COLOGNE (my westsisde horizon) by Antwon____
You may or may not remember this guy from Roc Marciano’s ‘Ridin Around’. Here he pitches his voice higher and more nasally, and absolutely rips shit over a No ID instrumental for a famous song I can’t remember the name of.
DOWNLOAD: Lisaan’Dro – Foam Cups and Foamposites
01 FOAMS CUPS & FOAMPOSITES by LISAAN’DRO
SGP going over some dubstep beat. It’s a little old I guess, but sounds very Halloween appropriate. I’m a little surprised at how well this works, SGP’s style meshes perfectly with the deep dark tone of the instrumental. Mind you, 9/10 times I strongly dislike dubstep; I mean that literally as I’ve heard about 10 songs total that genre and disliked all of them except this one. Maybe I haven’t been listening to the right things.
DOWNLOAD: SpaceGhostPurrp – Filth God
A couple of members of the A$AP crew and SPACEGHOSTPURRP freestyling at the Black Ink Gallery in Harlem
This freestyle is almost exactly 2 years old, but I’ve never heard it until 3 days ago. It’s funny as hell and a good example of Brown’s talents, as he’s one of the few among rap’s new school that’s actually good at freestyling (which isn’t really an indicator of anything, just a stray observation.) So anyway, I got the audio from this clip ripped to mp3, with the talking in the beginning removed. Huge thanks to the legendary Verge for the tech work.
DOWNLOAD: Danny Brown – DJ Quiz Freestyle on The B-Side MP3
Stuff like this will hold me over nicely till the Doobie Brothaz tape drops, hopefully sometime soon.
Nice little freestyle ripped to mp3 for your convienience.
DOWNLOAD: Danny Brown – Toca Tuesday Freestyle (MP3)
And as I was typing this up Danny dropped another new one on his twitter:
DOWNLOAD: Danny Brown – Blunt After Blunt
