Heh, this would have never happened 20 years ago.

Thurz has been drumming up some buzz with this project, with phrases like “indie album of the year” being thrown around. DJBooth.Net teamed up with Thurz to release the previously Itunes-only LP for free. 1. Molotov Cocktail 2. Rodney King 3. F**k The Police 4. Colors f. Strong Arm Steady 5. Hell’s Angel f. BJ [cont.]

From Amp’s You Are Not Human: The Love EP, which you can download for free, here.

DMV representatives, DTMD (Dunc & Toine) has officially released their debut album, “Makin’ Dollas” on iTunes today. The official CD release is next week, September 27th, and the album features various neighborhood heroes including Kev Brown, Oddisee, yU, Quartermaine and others. The one MC / one Producer combo is reminiscent of legendary groups such as [cont.]

Karmaloop interviews G.O.O.D. recording artist CyHi The Prynce. Kanye’s protege talks about the freshest member of the G.O.O.D. music camp, how Nas influenced his lyricism, his upcoming album The Hard Way Musical, and more.

As part of Coalmine Records five-year anniversary campaign, the Brooklyn indie label is pleased to release a remix of their sophomore vinyl 12-inch “Altitude”, featuring reknown freestyle king Supernatural. The remix is produced by the burgeoning French producer, GMJ. Be sure to check out the o.g. version, produced by Marco Polo.

Customers that pre-order J-Live’s S.P.T.A. (Said Person Of That Ability) CD directly from J-Live (hitting Sept 27th), will not only receive an autographed copy, but also the Undivided Attention EP on CD. Not a bad deal….. TRACKLIST: 1 As I Start 2 From Scratch 3 The Authentic 4 Watch Sun Watch (feat. YC The Cynic) [cont.]

Below you can hear this white rap posse cut in it’s entirety. Also, check out yet another piece of the Cats & Dogs puzzle above, as Ev speaks on “James Hendrix (Stepbrothers)”.

From StonesThrow.Com: This was Mehdi’s homage to J Dilla, created back in 2006, pressed up on about 200 CDs by Ed Banger Records for friends. Busy P posted it this morning for even more friends. DJ Mehdi rest in peace. Loukoums: non-produced and un-mixed by DJ Mehdi. “Based on the DONUTS album concept, these are [cont.]

DD172/BluRoc label head Damon Dash appears alongside his roster – Tabi Bonney, McKenzie Eddy, Ski Beatz, Da$h and Sean O’Connell – in the fifth installment of the exclusive behind-the-scenes peek at the making of Love & Rockets Vol. 1: The Transformation, Murs’ new album dropping October 11. The Hip Hop & Love Tour kicks off [cont.]

The latest chapter in the Inside Cats & Dogs series. Album in stores Sept. 27th.

While on the subject of Quannum/Solesides, Lateef (1/2 of Latyrx) will return with his debut solo LP on November 8th with Firewire. Check out the cover art, tracklist, and single. Nice line up here. TRACKLIST: 1. Let’s Get Up (prod. by Chief Xcel) 2. Firewire interlude 3. Oakland (feat. Del the Funky Homosapien) 4. Only [cont.]

Solesides (Just Ignore) The Fall 2011 Mixtape by Solesides on Mixcloud Just in time before the release of the new albums by DJ Shadow and Lateef The Truthspeaker, we finished putting together a new mixtape for y’all. And we call it: “SOLESIDES.COM (Just Ignore) The Fall 2011 Mixtape.” It features (rare) music by Blackalicious, Headnodic, [cont.]

A pair of joints from The Away Team’s upcoming Duck Down release, Scars & Stripes, hitting October 11th.

From Yelawolf’s upcoming Shady Records debut Radioactive.

New video from Brown Bag Season Volume One.

It’s pretty simple. You either get Das Racist, or you don’t. Whether or not you like their music is a whole other topic entirely, but songs like “Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell”, or more recently, “Michael Jackson”, either grow on your hypnotically, or grate on your nerves endlessly. Truth is, they’re meant to do [cont.]

This video was recorded in March but with the release of Tragedy Khadafi’s Thug Matrix 3 tomorrow I thought it was justified. Can you believe it’s been 21 years since The Intelligent Hoodlum dropped the timeless “Arrest the President”? Man… “Each One, Teach One” produced by the Audible Doctor.

Another preview off of Charity Starts At Home, dropping the same day as The Wonder Years, September 27th. LISTEN: Phonte – “The Good Fight” (prod. 9th Wonder)