Do you listen to Poetical Prophets, Brick City Kids, Original Flavor, Ricky D, Kid Wizard Rakim, Simply II Positive, or Darkman X? You probably do, but just don’t know it yet. A blog called Onetwann digs into the archives and unearths a treasure trove of lost pre-major label demos from the likes of Jay-Z, Slick [cont.]

Unearthed freestyle session from Common & Guru on Tim Westwood’s show some years back, where the two trade rhymes over Dr. Dre’s “The Next Episode”. Big up to Vinyl4Life for the discovery. LISTEN: Guru + Common – “Tim Westwood Freestyle” (MP3) Guru + Common – “Tim Westwood Freestyle” (MP3)

In some of the posthumous statements about Guru from DJ Premier, we heard him talk about “the original members of Gang Starr”. As legend has it, Gang Starr began in Boston back in 1985 by Keithy E. The Guru and DJ 1, 2 B-Down (aka Mike Dee). Before Preem came along, they had producers such [cont.]

We had to dig this one up. This disastrous freestyle session isn’t quite a battle, but goes crazily awry when an over-excited Freaky Tah “goes in” live on Tim Westwood’s show. It begins with Spigg Nice doing his thing, only to be over powered by his pal Tah (R.I.P.). Heltah Skeltah try to salvage the [cont.]

Here is the final CDQ version of the Rick Ross and Jay-Z “Maybach Music 2,” with the lost Jay-Z verse. Props to the NMC on this one. Rick Ross + Jay-Z – “Maybach Music 2 (Lost Jay-Z Verse CDQ)” (MP3)

There are versions of this freestyle session floating around the innanet, but we noticed most of them are a paltry five minutes long. UNACCEPTABLE! We dug into the cassette archives and released the full, uncut, 18 minute session, as each Jeru, Cappadonna, and Ghostface take over the Tim Westwood show in 1996. 45 megs of [cont.]

Sound familiar? According to lore, Boi 1nda produced this track for Maino, but the beat was sold to Eminem instead, for his new single “I’m Not Afraid”, released yesterday. Check how Maino would have flipped it…. Maino – “Survival Of The Fittest (Hustle Hard)” (MP3) [Source: YHTN]

This is not to be confused with the collabo Ross spoke about earlier today….The Evil Empire have let this deaded version of “Maybach Music Pt. 2″ loose, featuring a gorgeous verse from Jay-Z, and plenty of tags. Is that a 50 Cent shot cleverly woven in there? ” “Six deuce every time, I never had [cont.]

New, old Slum Village stuff surfaces, courtesy of Culture King, produced by J. Dilla, over a beat you might recognize from Jay Dee Instrumentals V.3 (“Garage Band”). No word on if this will see official release anytime soon. Slum Village + J. Dilla – “Lock It Down” (MP3)

Here we have a unreleased version of the Goapele track featuring Mos Def. This was to be the original album version but due to some behind the scenes issues, was changed and the album version featured Clyde Carson instead. This track was on Goapele’s 2005 release, Change It All. Currently Goapele is working on her [cont.]

Here is a unreleased track from Wayne that was originally recorded for his album Rebirth. No word why the track didn’t make the final cut, but it could have something to do with the title. Check it out below. LISTEN: Lil Wayne – “F*ck Me In The Mosh Pit”

Yeah, originally Mr. Hudson had planned to cover Alphaville for his U.K. Straight No Chaser LP, all by himself. Instead, he took it over to Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3, and now they share the #12 single on ITunes. Surely they have to be eyeing a U.S. release for this album by now? Listen: Mr. Hudson – [cont.]

Some things are better left on the studio floor. Case in point is Tip’s “Down Like That” featuring 1/2 of the Black Eyed Peas. This is apparently a leftover from the Paper Trail sessions. T.I. + Will.I.Am + Fergie – “Down Like That”

We dug up this gem off cassette today, which captures a rare moment in hip-hop – that being an era where Wallabee Clark, camouflage fatigue wearing rappers could take over a major radio station in a major metropolitan city and freestyle for 20 minutes. On this night, Ghostface Killah, U-God, Timbo King (Royal Fam) and [cont.]

Couple days ago L.E.G.A.C.Y. leaked one unreleased track from the Project Mayhem album and here is another with a few remixes included. “I’m A Star” (original) “I’m A Star” (9th Wonder Remix) +two more “I’m A Star” remixes Lord Walrus’ Blend of “I’m A Star”, over the instrumental for Beanie Sigel’s “Feel It In The [cont.]

Here we have a unreleased track from L.E.G.A.C.Y. originally off the album Project Mayhem. Check out the message below that accompanied the track. On May 17th, L.E.G.A.C.Y. will be celebrating the five-year anniversary of Project Mayhem, his debut album. In April, The Month Of Mayhem begins, which will bring forth tracks that should’ve/could’ve/would’ve been on [cont.]

Big Paul Rosenberg chimes in via his blog, with some kind words about his fallen friends Proof and J. Dilla, as well as an unreleased collaborative joint with J. Dilla. Says Paul: A lot of people don’t know how close Proof and J. Dilla were. Back in the early-to-mid-90′s these two Detroit favorites started working [cont.]

This freestyle kind of ages us, doesn’t? Way back one night in 1997, Madlib and The Lootpack came up to the #1 show in your area, KUNV’s Word Up, and blessed us with an exclusive freestyle, with your favorite hip-hop blogger on the 1 & 2. Ah, humble beginnings, huh? In other news, be sure [cont.]

Here we go with another unreleased track from Alchemist featuring Mobb Deep. This track also features scratching from Just Blaze. Mobb Deep + Alchemist + Just Blaze – “Whole Lotta Thug” (MP3)

Here we go with the B-Side, remix, whatever of Alchemist’s 2008 track, “Key To The City.” This one, “More Keys” features Havoc. The Alchemist + Havoc – “More Keys” (MP3)