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Plain Ole Bill, Jimmy 2 Times, Last Word & Fundo - Get Cryphy (2012 Soundset Mix)

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Sat, 26 May 2012 19:42:00 +0000

The 5 year anny' of Soundset is upon you fans of dope, midwest, underground, Indie rap...Whatchu gonna do?

You're gonna go out to Canterbury Park in Shakopee, MN and support damnit... that's what.. but before you do you're going to study up with this new mix comprised of all the artists that are gonna be there...

From Rhymesayers staples like Atmosphere, Brother Ali, Evidence and I-Self Divine to Chief Kamachi, Chuuwee, Lupe Fiasco, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Bambu, Action Bronson and Big K.R.I.T., this mix covers it all and in impressive fashion..

The fun at Soundset begins tomorrow.. if you still ain't seen the full lineup, grabbed ya tickets or copped ya official merch, head to the official site here.

Single: Rakaa ft. Prevail (Of Swollen Members) - Frequent Flyers (prod. by DJ Babu)

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Sat, 26 May 2012 19:29:00 +0000

Brand new dopeness from two thirds of probably what will go down as my favorite group of all-time from out west...

Rakaa links with Swollen Members' (another great group, imported from Canada) Prevail and DJ Babu for a complete banger.. You'll dig this, or ya just don't like that real.. Babu hasn't lost his flair for beats that make you wanna run through walls and Prevail adds a nice touch of his own as well...

Rakaa ft. Prevail (Of Swollen Members) - Frequent Flyers (prod. by DJ Babu)

Single: Has-Lo & & Fade Money - Rap For Dummies (Produced by Johnny Madwreck)

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Sat, 26 May 2012 19:19:00 +0000

You already know how this man Has-Lo AKA one of the better new beatmakers in the game and outta Philly do... Here he and Fade Money connect for inventive rhymes over a bouncy guitar riff and an intermittent violin...

Video: Clear Soul Forces - Stick Em'

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Sat, 26 May 2012 19:11:00 +0000

These cats keep on puttin out good product...

Get on up and get on down with Clear Soul Forces as they unleash their Dead Presidents-inspired video for "Stick Em'".

Video Interview: Houseshoes - From Detroit To L.A.

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Sat, 26 May 2012 19:06:00 +0000

Back to back Houseshoes posts man... I got a feeling that these new projects he's dropping are gonna be pretty timeless..

In this video, you get to hang with Houseshoes for a bit at his rest in L.A., where he speaks on Detroit not caring about it's own artists and runs through a couple old records and beats..

Single: House Shoes ft. Danny Brown - Sweet

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:15:00 +0000

Man...this is a monster of a cut.. and more and more Danny Brown's name is being attached to when I say things like that... Man has started perfecting how to use that emotion in his voice to beat down a track..

House Shoes lets go of another single for his upcoming "Let It Go" and off his new EP "The Time" which is available now and serves as a warm-up for the full-length LP..

House Shoes ft. Danny Brown - Sweet

Single: Dominique Larue ft. M-Dot & Boycott Blues - Circulate Remix (prod. by D/Will)

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:57:00 +0000

You better keep ya eye on Larue and M-Dot.. Both of these two new artists garner my utmost respect for proudly purveying their music and hustle, as well as just outright being dope..

Dominique is one of thee strongest new femcees in the game this side of Boog Brown and she's prepping her latest release "Diem" , the follow-up to her "Carpe" EP from 2010 with D/Will....

In the meantime, she's linked with the buzziest cat outta Beantown in M-Dot and Boycott Blues for a remix of her "Circulate" joint that'll get ya head snappin'..

Dominique Larue ft. M-Dot & Boycott Blues - Circulate Remix (prod. by D/Will)

&amp;amp;lt;a href="http://laruewill.com/track/circulate-remix-featuring-m-dot-boycott-blues"&amp;amp;gt;Circulate (Remix) featuring M-Dot &amp;amp;amp;amp; Boycott Blues by D/Will &amp;amp;amp;amp; Dominique Larue&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;

Born Day: Heavy D

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:45:00 +0000

I still really can't fully grasp that this man is gone...

All we can do is celebrate the brilliant life that was Heavy D... man woulda been somethin like 45 years old today..

Pic: Freeway & Action Bronson “The Beards In The Building"

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Wed, 23 May 2012 22:46:00 +0000

Ha! The beards mos definitely is in the building, flicking it up for the camera and hopefully layin some work down in a booth...

Single: LikNuts - Grumpy Crocodile

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Wed, 23 May 2012 22:41:00 +0000

Man.. We all been waitin on this.. whispers of it started last Summer long ago and longtime fans of both the Beatnuts and The Liks began contemplating what a collaborative project between the two groups would sound like.

You have your first fuckin taste... LikNuts has arrived...

Fly Moon Royalty - Dimensions

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:59:00 +0000

New and FreEP from Sea-Town Electric-Soul duo Fly Moon Royalty people!

Songstress Adra Boo and emcee/producer Action Jackson (originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan) drop their promised free Extended play for all their fans...Really great look here in this 5 track offering. Tons of folks want this formula for their music.. tons... Adra and Action pull it off pretty effortlessly..

&amp;amp;lt;a href="http://flymoonroyalty.bandcamp.com/album/dimensions-e-p"&amp;amp;gt;Dimensions (E.P.) by Fly Moon Royalty&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;

Single: Raashan Ahmad x Plukk.Inn - No Pain

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:23:00 +0000

Big helping of soul on this one.. I can dig so much man..

German producer Plukk.Inn links with Oakland by way of NJ emcee and frequent PHH highlight, Raashan Ahmad for "No Pain", a track that could make a rabid dog settle down and just have a friggin' drink..

Nice work...

&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://plukk-inn.bandcamp.com/track/raashan-ahmad-no-pain-prod-plukk-inn"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Raashan Ahmad - No Pain (prod. plukk.inn) by Raashan Ahmad x plukk.inn&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;

Video: M-Dot & Mayhem - Taggant

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:14:00 +0000

Good old raw boom bappage!!

I never tire of shit like this.... Boston's best new emcee M-Dot teams up with Mayhem and the EMS crew for some new video footage... have yourself a slice of it.. and be sure to be on the lookout for M-Dot (if you're in Europe) on his Layer Cake Tour.

Single: Edgar Allen Floe & J Wheels - I Don't Know Why (What's Goin On Remix)

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:04:00 +0000

One of my favorite emcees outta North Carolina in recent memory, Edgar Allen Floe (a former Justus League consort) returns with a new remix facilitated by J Wheels that basically will force you to do some of the things that most Hip-Hop nowadays won't---that's think.

It's a simple question man, "What's Goin On?"

"Floetry In Motion" drops on June 19th..

Single: Blu ft. Mela Machinko - Kiss The Sky (prod. by M-Phazes)

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Wed, 23 May 2012 05:25:00 +0000

Ahhh man, the best producer from Down Unda links with one of the most buzz-worthy underground emcees on the west coast...

Blu + M-Phazes = pure Coalmine Records gold.. This is just that deal right now man.. Has kind of an inspiring feel to it as well..

Video Interview: Nas For Vice Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:19:00 +0000

The first two minutes of this daily update from Vice Daily is a story from none other than Nas about a run-in he had with none other than Grace Jones and Wesley Snipes in an NYC night club, as told by Nasir himself..

Yo, man, I have no words... "You a rapper or a scientist?"

Single: Lupe Fiasco - Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:07:00 +0000

Sorry kids, I know that the news on this new single has been bubblin' since yesterday, it's just that uncle D.O. has things to do....

Okay, so the thing about this new single from Lupe, off his upcoming follow-up to "Food & Liquor", is that it uses the same sample (Tom Scott And The California Dreamers' "Today" track [ at the 1:38 mark]) that Pete Rock's magnanimous, legendary, genre-defining classic "T.R.O.Y." did, and Pete wasn't no typa fan of that. The GOAT producer quickly took to twitter to air out his negative feelings on that:

No disrespect to lupe fiasco and i like him alot but TROY should be left alone. Feel so violated,the beat is next to my heart and was made. Outta anguish and pain. When it’s like that it should not be touched by no one! It’s so hard for folks to make original music, I possess that, but these dudes are scared of that and this is supposed to be HIP HOP? Man I’m a lupe fan and everything but TROY was my homie man. I think about him and Hev every fucking day!!!! Smh

Who ever Re-created that didn’t do a good job @ all. #nohate.This business can be so lame, sometimes I make beats blindfolded with one hand tied behind my back and still these cats can’t be original to. So untalented and unoriginal. Makes me feel like I’m truly the best that ever did it. Yo hev and t-Roy I love and miss da shit outta y’all. U guys have been violated with no Vaseline. So fucked up this business smmfh!!! And I don’t care who got something to say about it, kiss my.. I’m not flattered @ all. Dat shit is wack, and the producer should be ashamed of his fuckin self. Smh That record is dear to me yo fuck deez niggas!!!! I’m still Dat nigga out here believe it or don’t. Ur ignorance not mine, lame duck bullshit. I think lupe is a great artist, I’m that angry with him but it’s a major label idea. I can feel it. And y’all need to stop the childish games, I’m a fan of lupe and he is a great artist and a great person.

Yikes! Pissing off a legend after you defile one of his classics is no bueno, but I urge folks to consider a few things before they go and just assassinate Lupe further.

Okay, no. 1, and this is clearly the most important thing, Yo, Don't nobody own no samples.. for years Pete Rock railed against artists of yesteryear who had beef with him and other Hip-Hop producers lifting their music off records and re-working it, now he wants to call foul when he's in somewhat the same position? Kinda hypocritical of the Chocolate Boy Wonder. His version is easily better, but he's gotta deal with the fact that the sample ain't his, no sample is exclusive to any producer in this game.

No. 2, why isn't anyone actually talking about the subject matter within Lupe's song? Lupe was kicking some real ass talk to folks about some real ass issues, but somehow that ain't the story, this is.

and lastly, Yo! A lot of us older 90s heads have a terrible reputation with the new kids coming up in rap now. They feel like we as a whole are a bunch of snobs and don't feel like they've paid their dues. I can admit sometimes playing that role is really fun, but I can't deny that it's destructive. We, collectively, should be a lil' happier that these new jacks have discovered that old, magical sample that the great Tom Scott and the California Dreamers laid down so many years ago and are keeping it alive. If anything "Around My Way" is the gateway by which those young minds will find "T.R.O.Y.".

Lupe Fiasco - Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)

Cover Art: The Alchemist - Russian Roulette

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Tue, 22 May 2012 03:06:00 +0000

Man, I'm always excited for Alchemist projects, but I'm real excited for this shit...

"Russian Roulette" will find our boy Al along with 30 tracks, and plenty of great guest spots..

One of the best producers, The Alchemist has announced a new studio album Russian Roulette due out July 17. The album consists of as many as 30 tracks and features guest appearances by Danny Brown, Schoolboy Q, Action Bronson, Evidence, Roc Marciano, Fashawn, Guilty Simpson and more. Check the tracklist below.

Video: Oddisee - The Gold Is Mine

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Tue, 22 May 2012 02:05:00 +0000

Oddisee's latest project "Odd Renditions" is out now, and the good man is lacing some visuals for one of it's standout cuts...

You like what you hear, scroll down and grab the whole "Odd Renditions" EP...

Single: Kendrick Lamar - War Is My Love

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:47:00 +0000

Where my PHH video game heads at? Ya'll out there? LOL, at all? Welp, even though I have zero idea how many of you are gamers frequent the site, I've decided to throw you thee proverbial bone..

Kendrick Lamar has just about the most buzz of any new west coast artist, so it figures that the good folks that manufacture Ghost Recon for Tom Clancy whom I gotta assume is uber rich by now, tapped him to get them a track for the upcoming Ghost Recon: Future Soldier...

Dig in, pretty solid stuff, not what I was expecting at all, but then again I was thinking something in the vein of Kendrick rhyming over a beat that samples Contra or something..

Kendrick Lamar - War Is My Love

Singles: The Day Laborers - On The Side (prod. by Rain)

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:37:00 +0000

One of my favorite named underground groups out there, The Day Laborers return with a new single, that absolutely will make ya neck work...

Their upcoming "Deep Space Soul" drops soon and if you hit up their site and provide an email address, when it drops they'll send it to you for free..

Single: Booda French x Von Pea - Full Time (Mecca:83 Remix)

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:17:00 +0000

"I remember I was broke / repairin' all the tears up in my clothes / got an interview up at Mackey D's, the manager a joke"

Some real chilled out, buttery stuff to vibe with here, courtesy of a rapper's who's English accent doesn't sound OD wack to me, Booda French..

Booda's music has graced PHH before, get up on that search button for all that, meanwhile he's linking with Tanya Morgan repper Von Pea on a remix supplied by Mecca:83...

Booda's upcoming EP "Ventolin" comin soon..

Video: Stik Figa - Knawhatimsayin

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:04:00 +0000

It's Stik Figa Maaaaayne!

Latest vid, "Knawhatimsayin", from the gifted Kansas-bred emcee... Off his latest, "As Himself", out now..

Single: The Good People - How I Represent

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Tue, 22 May 2012 00:58:00 +0000

Joints like these just don't pop up all the time, so when they do, I show love.. period.

Utilizing that good ol' boom bap formula as the sound bed, Emskee and Saint dazzle with straight-to-the-point lyrics that harken back to another time all together..

From the forthcoming album "Gone For Good". This track will also be featured on the "Gone For Good" vinyl (8 tracks) to be released by Diggers With Gratitude in July.

Single: Oh No & DOOM - A Dollar

noreply@blogger.com (BIG D O) — Tue, 22 May 2012 00:52:00 +0000

Man, if you can't count on nuthin, you can count on this man Oh No to pull some mean ass, no nonsense beats out his cache and go rhyme for rhyme with the best talent in the game..

Here Oh lobs a new single off his upcoming "Ohnomite" album that's set to drop on June 5th..

The skinny for all that don't know: This man Oh made an album's worth of beats outta some old Dolemite samples (for all youngins that have no fucking idea who or what Dolemite is, I suggest Googling 'Blaxploitation' or Rudy Ray Moore) and collab's with some of the most sought after names in the game, including DOOM..