Today was a big day for new music. It ends with new Jeezy featuring Jay Z. Their first collab since 2008′s “My President Is Black (Remix)”.

We’re only two weeks away from the release of Crooked I’s Apex Predator album. As you know, the supreme lyricist and one quarter of the Slaughterhouse gang will be releasing his latest solo offering both digitally and physically on July 30th, 2013.

The LA Leakers tell us: “We connected with our brother, Cardo, to bring you a brand new project, ‘Mental $tates’. We’re dropping all exclusives for you in late August, here’s the first leak off the project featuring Uncle Snoop! Produced by Cardo, of course.”

Minneapolis born, Dallas dwelling producer Cardo is the peerlessly funky young beatmaker who has provided smoked out soundbeds for a literal Who’s Who of hip-hop’s new generation. After helping craft Wiz Khalifa’s sound on the beloved Kush & OJ and Taylor Allderdice mixtapes, and lacing everyone from Freddie Gibbs to Mac Miller with his signature grooves, Cardo reaches new musical heights on his debut EP, Everything I$ Gold, out today on Fool’s Gold Records.

The eight-track release is equal parts gangsta soul music, futuristic synthesizer trips, and unstoppable 808 bump, an awesomely region-less hybrid inspired by DJ Quik and Pimp C classics but rightfully belonging to one dude alone… Cardo on the beat! As Fool’s Gold co-founder Nick Catchdubs explains, “When you say ‘instrumental hip hop’ to people, they immediately think dusty loops and half-baked beats that rappers passed on. But Cardo is creating all his solo tracks in very unique, very wavy new territory. These songs are a world of their own, and A-Trak and I are proud to have Cardo’s sound under the Fool’s Gold umbrella!” Listen to the whole thing below and purchase on Itunes if you dig it.