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Via Generation Tapedeck und Supercity zwei Oldschool-Schmankerl. Zunächst einmal ein noch nicht völlig veraltetes Interview mit den Stieber Twins, in dem Sie unter anderem eine neue Instrumental-LP noch für dieses Jahr ankündigen. Und dann das Boombox Project von Lyle Owerko, mit geilen Zeichnungen alter “Ghetto Blaster” Klassiker. Go check it out!

Well this didn’t work out like planned huh? Dah well, I blame being caught up in great times this weekend (which I’ll be making a post about once I get back from Subway). Until then hit the jump and enjoy lots of music. Side A | Side B | Side C just incase you missed them. Side D contains a few more A Millie freestyles (Curren$y, JD Era, SeDrew Price) *sigh. Kid CuDi speaks on the lovely London Girls (what up Semtex!), Charles Hamilton drops yet another track, Jim Jones is on that good shit (not in my opinion), Evidence (Dilated Peoples) jumps on a few guest spots, Big Pooh is just a regular nigga, Young Buck is flossin with his crew, Young Chris can’t let you. Hmm what else? Cassidy & Gillie Da Kid get on the same track. Musiq wants his radio turned up. Dem Franchize Boyz have a new song haha. Illmind produces a banger for Above Ave. Again, Styles P gutter’ness and more. Every tapedeck! Hit the jump…

• KiD CuDi – London Girls
  Mr. CuDi explains his love for the London Girls. I’m with ya KiD, I’m with ya. Shouts to DJ Semtex for getting the record to my inbox.
• Curren$y & JD Era – A Millie Freestyle
  I said I wouldn’t highlight any more A Millie freestyles until I come across a Kanye, etc version. I still stand by that, but I figured there are enough Curren$y fans out there to warrant atleast a post in the Tapedeck. Oh yea, this is a world premier. Ha @ me putting it out there before AHH (which is what it was done for). Get em!
• SeDrew Price – A Millie Freestyle
  Speaking of this damn beat, my dude SeDrew Price (Vegas what!?) jumped on as well. Despite my warnings. Dude goes in atleast.
• Jim Jones – Good Shit
  The clean version of this dropped quite awhile ago and I was waiting on the explicit. Then when I got it, I forgot to post haha. For the goons out there.
• Musiq – Radio
  Musiq Soulchild makes his return with this joint. I’ve given it a few listens after I swooped it from Splash’s spot and I’m undecided on what I think so far. You?
• Spree Wilson – Word! (prod. No ID)
  I meant to post this when both my people Andrew & SmallEyez dropped me a link. Hailing from ATL, Spree is creating a buzz off Pharcyde like style. According to ‘drew the beat was originally made for Lupe but NoID dropped it to Spree instead. Interesting.
• Big Twins – To the Top f. Evidence & Alchemist
  Ev, Alc and Twins take it to the top. I’m in need of another Evidence solo album (or a Dilated joint). Either or would be great right now.
• Tassho Pearce – Return to the Basics f. Evidence (Scatches by DJ Babu)
  Up next is another Ev guest spot. This time for Hawaii’s Tassho Pearce. They both get down over Ev’s production with DJ Babu handling the cut. This is what I needed. Some throwback Dilated shit! Shouts to KNOWxONE for the linkage.
• K-Hill – No Regrets pt.1 f. L.E.G.A.C.Y. & Lunatic Messiah
  It’s been awhile since I heard some shit from Hall of Justus fam L.E.G.A.C.Y. so this is refreshing to say the least. Off The Return Of Monroe Hutchins which is available this month.
• Jon Hope – The Rush
  Pretty hot track from Jon Hope, over some (what I think to be) some Statik Selektah production.
• Meek Mills – In My Bag (rmx) f. Gillie Da Kid & Cassidy
  I know the meaning of this song is pretty big as Meek Mills got both Cassidy & Gillie on the same track but it means nothing to me when the song is garbagio. I’m posting just because. And hey, maybe some dopeboyz and dopegirlz will enjoy it. I can’t recall who sent this to me. Maybe it was Sermon?
• Foul Mouth Jerk – Day One f. Grandmaster Caz & Topr
  FMJ grabs a legend for a new cut off his latest project. Exciting shit.
• Mistah FAB – Umm Hmm (prod. Traxamillion)
  It saddens me that people take a royal shit on FAB when dude is actually bonkers off the top and can spit some extremely hot shit. Unfortunately we get a lot of this that hits the masses more.
• Young Buck – Flossin f. Allstar & Cowboy
  So Young Buck says Fuck G-Unit? Not surprising. Here’s a recent cut from the Cashville emcee.
• Militia – Danger Gang
  Cory Gunz & Young Hash get together as their newly rehashed group to unleash danger. Sorry, couldn’t think of any clever wording here. I’m hungry (aka I added this towards the end of the post).
• Nana Kwabena – Freedom f. Dot, Legion & Kristan Sock
  DJ R to Da IZZA, a DJ/Producer from Philly shot me this cut he produced which features the same sample that was used in Wayne’s Dr. Carter.
• Charles Hamilton – Fine
  This dude just dropped two mixtapes (granted both had a few tracks overlap, but still) and he’s on some more shit. I’m really feeling this track.
• Umar Bin Hassan – Free f. Styles P
  Starting the Styles P posting off, we got this dope track from Umar Bin Hassan (of the Last Poets). Remember Common’s The Corner? Yea that was this dude who went off.
• Styles P, Snyplife, St. Laz & Hostile – Kiss the Corpse (prod. Ronnie C)
  I was gonna hold off on posting this until I drop an upcoming (2)Dope post with St. Laz but fuck it. This track is too hard to ignore for now.
• Styles P – Goin Thru It
  Big Mike & DJ Thoro always tends to have some exclusive shit from The Ghost. And with their new mixtape, it’s no different. Shouts to Splash for the hook up.
• Styles P – Bitch Nigga Run
  I’m lazy, see above.
• Dem Franchize Boyz – Turn Heads f. Lloyd
  DFB attempt to turn heads with their new hit. Grabbing The Inc’s rat for a guest spot.
• Prawphit – Instant Classic f. Copywrite
  It’s good to see Copy still banging out hard hitting rhymes. This time hopping on as a guest for Prawphit’s latest.
• Bosko – In This Club f. Bloodraw
  Bosko and CTE’s Bloodraw assassinate Usher’s hit single. Ouch, this was a tast to make it through (the first 45 seconds). Everyone aside from T-Pain and Kanye need to step the fuuuuuuuck away from the vocoder shit. Wow.
• Bash Bros. – Open 40 Bottle f. Pumpkinhead
  Cali’s Bash Bros drop another track featuring the dope dope Pumpkinhead. I really dig dude’s voice, flow. Yep.
• Ab-Soul – A Regular Nigga f. Big Pooh
  Little Brother’s Big Pooh joins Ab-Soul in an ode to the regular dude. I fuck with it. Shake is an average cup.
• A.Pinks – Jumpstreet Family
  NY’s A.Pinks continues his grind with this new one.
• Above Ave. – Root of All Evil (prod. Illmind)
  Illmind produces something of a slick canvas for Above Ave. Wake up!
• Young Chris – Can’t Let You
  It seems like I always end these Tapedeck’s with a Young Chris joint. Just proves how hard dude is working. Young gunna!

*And I still got tracks to upload! Sheeeeeit.

Took a little longer to upload these than I expected. But here it is as promised. Side B of What’s in the Tapedeck v.18. Two more to come after this! In case you missed it, Side A. Now onto the show. This time around we got a triple shot from both Grafh and Ransom, some Robin Thicke magic, T-Pain’s new single, another new Young Chris joint, a few NR remixes of a Nicolay & Kay joint along with a Buckshot classic. A Cory Gunz freestyle, some indie love for Celph Titled, Tame One, Del the Funky Homosapian, Rise, Wordsworth, etc. Papoose lives and learns, Travis Barker has expensive taste and more! Hit the jump already…

• Expensive Taste – Pop One of These f. Too $hort & The Federation
  The group of Paul Wall, Travis Barker & Skinhead Rob drop another joint, this time featuring Too $hort and The Federation. It’s definitely hit or miss with people. But I can see some dopeboyz and dopegirlz out there digging it.
• Alfamega – Uuuh Huh f. T.I. (prod. Nitti)
  T.I. joins his Grand Hustle fam for a Nitti produced track that should definitely settle the appetites of the fans out there.
• Buff1 – Classic Rap [right click + save as...]
  Another banger from Michigan’s Buff1 off his upcoming album, There’s Only One, dropping August 12th.
• The League – Sean Bell Tribute
  Pretty self explanitory here. I don’t even know anything about these dudes. Just a random submission I thought I would throw up. Yep!
• Papoose – Live & Learn
  Pap’s flow has always been an issue with me. He gets all Touch It hype on tracks he shouldn’t be doing. Thankfully it’s calmed down for this joint. I can fuck with it.
• Ne-Yo – Closer (rmx) f. SunNY
  I’m really feeling this Ne-Yo record. SunNY comes out of his MIA status to drop a verse for an unofficial remix.
• T-Pain – Silver & Gold
  T-Pizzle’s new single which I admit I enjoy haha. That’s the thing with T-Pain… as corny as his music gets the man can make a hit. This will do great in the clubs. Easy.
• Celph Titled – Mad As Fuck
  I’m a huge Celph Titled fan. Shit, I enjoy the whole Demigodz fam. After Celph dropped that awesome 4disc set I hadn’t heard much from him. Good to see new music, even if this was recorded a little while ago. Celph is dope with the punchlines, respect that.
• Rise – Make Room (rmx) f. Wordsworth, Born Talent & BK Cyph
  Keeping it in the Demigodz fam. The criminally slept on Rise drops a new cut with a pretty hot line-up. Wordsworth, Born Talent & BK Cyph. Indeed!
• Buckshot – How Many MCs (NR Remix)
  My man DJ Slimm’s little brother got beats! Check out this remix to Buckshot’s classic cut! Shouts to Slimm for the mix as well.
• Nicolay & Kay – Tight Eyez (NR Remix)
  Again, same as above… except NR remixes a track off Nicolay & Kay’s latest album.
• Ransom – I Choose You
  Duffle Bag Ran takes his shot over UGK/Outkast’s International Player’s Anthem
• Ransom – You Know What We Bout
  Another freestyle from Ransom. This is another artist that people seem to either really dig or mark him off as nothing. Whose side are you on?
• Arlis Michaels – Man on These Streets f. Ransom, Moe Chips & Weez
  One more Ransom related track for the tape. this time he gets on a track with Arlis Michaels, Moe Chips & Weez. Shouts to St. Laz for sending this through. Brooklyn x Jerzey connection!
• Grafh – Tryna Get
  The latest from the Blackhand Gang representer. Shouts to X for sending this through. This is a bit different for Grafh but I can see where he’s going with it.
• Grafh – Head Shots f. Nat
  Ahh, now this is what I’m talking about. Some real street shit from the homie featuring Nat.
• Grafh – Make It Happen
  Wrapping up the triple threat of Grafh. Make it Happen is what you’d expect from the NY emcee.
• Young Chris – Old School
  Young Chris is on his grind! Every week there’s a few more tracks to enjoy from the Young Gunna. I likes!
• Maino – Put On
  Maino takes his turn on Jeezy’s single. After Kanye did his thing, no one can fuck with this imo. I put oooooon.
• Cory Gunz – Girl U Know
  I’m sick and tired of this sample but Cory does his thing as per usual. Shouts to Sermon.
• Ca$his – Money 2 Long Freestyle (prod. Rikanatti)
  I’m no fan of this dude. He showed some promise on that posse cut for the Re Up, but after that? Naaah homie. Despite my thoughts, others feel this dude. And Shake is for the people.
• Tame One – Catch Me f. Del the Funky Homosapian (prod. Parallel Thought)
  New single off Tame One’s upcoming album, Da Ol’ Jersey Bastard, dropping July 29th on Amalgam Digital.
• Robin Thicke – Magic
  Let’s finish Side B off with a fantastic joint from Robin Thicke. Enough said.

*You’ll have to wait for the full download link. Be on the lookout for Side’s C & D coming tomorrow (Wednesday).

Ouch, it’s been a whole month since I last dropped a What’s in the Tapedeck on ya’ll. It’s definitely not because there isn’t material out there as I have about 100 tracks I wanna upload (mind you some have been on the internets already but I didn’t wanna leave them out). That’s why v.18 will be dropped in 4 sides. Most likely all done today (if not by tomorrow for sure). Side A consists of some heaters from 88-Keys, Immortal Technique, Donny Goines & Red Cafe. Some Ja Rule tracks, a few Black ELement joints, a new joint by Dru Hill, Jae Millz first drop since signing with Young Money, Cam’ron resurfaces, an instrumental off Tha Carter III by Kanye West, an unrelease Gemstones & Lupe Fiasco cut. What else? Kurupt rips Nas’ Made U Look apart, John Legend teams up with Andre 3000, the Hot boys reunite (without Turk). Vegas’ own SeDrew Price drops another banger. Steve-O & Kool G Rap? And much more, so hit the jump and enjoy!

• Kanye West – Let the Beat Build [Instrumental]
  This production if on fire and I don’t mind the track itself but I feel that Wayne could’ve come a lot harder. Maybe another emcee will take a crack at it and show him how it’s done *cough* HOV *cough*
• John Legend – f. Andre 3000 [Snippet]
  I know I might have tricked a few people with the mention of this above but I never got around to posting this. I really really really want the full version to this. Damn!
• Black ELement – Ama Tell It Like It Is (prod. Rami Afuni)
  While the single to his upcoming album is taking a little longer to get done than expected Black ELement dropped me this older track to hold the fans over. Make sure you check amajorminority.com!
• Black ELement – Folks Don’t Cost A Thing f. NAV (prod. Rami Afuni)
  Read above suckas!
• Dru Hill – Get Loose
  Sisqo, Jazz, Nokio and new member Tao are back with a new joint that really has that 90’s R&B feel reminiscent of their previous efforts. But come on, nothing is touching Enter the Dru.
• SeDrew Price – Hercules
  I made an intro post to SeDrew last week and got a few emails requesting more music. So here you go! If you’re in the Vegas area this upcoming weekend. Drew will be on stage alongside Joe Budden and Blu at the Beauty Bar!
• ESSO – It Ain’t Hard to Tell (BlendMix) f. Nas
  ESSO is back ready to piss the world off again haha. Anti-Backpack had idiots complaining. The same thing has already started with this joint. Yes, a classic Nas verse is laid over a Jeezy beat. When I dropped this on DX I saw alot of hate for that reason, saying it’s ruining hip hop. But why? Doing stuff like this at times can be helpful. The generation now might not fuck with the dope Premo, Large Pro, Pete Rock beats. But they are in love with Jeezy, Weezy and T-Peezy so why not mix them both. Educate the youth who enjoy the synth beats and let them hear what real lyrics sound like. Go ESSO go!
• KNONAM – I’m Back f. Royce Da 5′9″
  I’ve been fuckin with KNONAM (pronounced “no” “name”) for quite some time. He’s done tracks with a lot of my favorite artists, from Brother Ali to Eyedea. Repping MPLS, he’s dropping a new album on June16th. Check for it! And how can a Royce verse hurt anything? Ha!
• Gemstones – G4 f. Lupe Fiasco [Unreleased]
  The homie Andrew dropped this awhile back and I am stupified on how I missed posting. Regardless, it’s always dope to hear unreleased gems from artists that I enjoy today. Especially Lupe who had a completely different sound back when. Good shit!
• Cam’ron – My Aura [Radio Rip]
  I held off posting this as it was only a radio rip and I expected a CDQ to hit the net soon enough. Well it’s been a week dammit. So you can check this or don’t. I’ll post the better version when it drops of course.
• Sophia Fresh – Super Bad f. T-Pain & Cee-Lo
  I’m not gonna lie, the ONLY reason I downloaded this song in the first place was for the Cee-Lo feature. No clue who Sophia Fresh is but after checkin their MySpace I might have to watch a little closer. I could see this song doing well on the radio and in the club. We’ll see.
• Steve-O – Poke the Puss f. Kool G Rap
  Yes, it’s the Steve-O from Jackass. Yes, it’s the KGR. And yes, they are on a track together. I have no clue why. Steve-O also has a mixtape out now. Yikes.
• SugaRush Beat Company – L.O.V.E.
  My man William shot this over to me awhile back and it’s very refreshing! Don’t sleep on this whatever you do. Especially if you’re getting tired of hip hop and need a break. He’s got another cut over at his DX blog.
• Jae Millz – That Cash
  Mr. X shot me this track this morning. The first released record from Millz’ after his signing with Lil Wayne’s Young Money. I can dig it.
• Immortal Technique – Reverse Pimpology f. Mojo
  Another track off Technique’s upcoming project with Green Lantern (which I might add is pretty dope). Can’t post nothing though. What you want me to do? I’m sorry!
• Kurupt – Made U Look Freestyle
  The DPG emcee gets down over Nas’ classic. Enough said wow. Shouts to Daniel for sending this through!
• Lyriciss – Blog Talk
  It’s no secret that I’m a self centered prick. Ok, I’m not. But it’s dope to hear your name/website dropped in a song. Be on the lookout for more music from this DMV emcee on 2DB soon! Shouts to Amanda as well, now give me some sugar (cookies).
• Ja Rule – Love Me No More (rmx) f. D-Lyfe
  This track’s been out for a minute but I forgot to post so here you go. Stuart Little hopping on Jenny Jones’ Love Me No More.
• Ja Rule – Press On f. Mary J Blige
  Same as above about not posting. This is the full version that features an extra Rule verse though.
• Nikal Fieldz – Be a Racist
  Nikal records his own rendition of Nas’ latest. Ya’ll saw the video right?
• Add-2 – Add’s Deconstruction Freestyle
  I really should be making this a seperate post (I still might). Chicago’s Add-2 goes to work over The Roots’ 75 Bars (Black’s Deconstruction). Wow!
• 88-Keys – True Feelings
  Another gem off 88-Keys mysterious new album that’s executive produced by Kanye West. Damn I want this project now!
• Crew54 – Ghetto is Our Home f. Donny Goines
  Not too familiar with Crew54 but they got Donny Goines for a guest spot so of course it’s getting a feature on 2DB. Yessir!
• Red Cafe – Millionaire
  Another track that’s been out there for awhile, but whatever. Obie Jr. is very hit or miss with me.
• Ayah – Problem Woman
  This Canadian songstress can sing. I posted a track she did with Skyzoo and here’s another. Both are off her new mixtape, available now!
• B.G. – Ya Heard Me f. Lil Wayne, Juvenile & Trey Songz [Radio Rip]
  Another radio rip I was refusing to post since I figured a CDQ would drop soon. Nope, but this is the closest fans are gonna get to a Hot Boys reunion until they actually record the album (which I don’t expect to happen for awhile, if ever).
• Al Be Back – Rest In Peace Pun
  I didn’t mean to leave this for the end, but it’s a great way to wrap up Side A of What’s in the Tapedeck v.18. Al Be Back pays homage to one of the best lyricists to ever pick up the m-i-c.

*If you want this in one file you’ll have to wait until tomorrow. Enjoy for now and be on the lookout for Side B soon enough!

Fresh off our best day, view wise. I felt it’s only right I drop a What’s in the Tapedeck. We got new music from Styles P, J-Hood, Ca$his and Cory Gunz. Some Hot Rod f. Akon & Freeway, The Dream f. Fabolous, a few tracks off GTA IV from Maino, Tru Life & Red Cafe. We got some new west music from the Strong Arm Steady Gang, LL Cool J gets over Rider pt.2. Nelly stomps right out of his AF1’s into some J’z and more.

• Gillie Da Kid, Bump J, Meek Mill & Nitti – A Millie Freestyle
  Gillie, Bump J and some other dudes get over Wayne’s A Millie for a Philly edition.
• Trama – Supa Delegates
  Trama sent this to me for his Supa-Tuesday run (I’m late I know). He’s dropping his new mixtape, Barack-O-Trama, next week. This joint has Tram and his boys Katana, N.I.G. and Ike Treeze over For Da Fam. You know, the Amil joint featuring Hov, Bleek & Sigel that shouldn’t of had Amil on it.
• LL Cool J – Rider pt.2 Freestyle
  Cool James was on Kay Slay a few days ago and gives a preview to Exit 13. Does LL still rock the bells? What do you guys think he’ll do on his new album?
• J-Hood – Bye Bye
  Brand new joint from the ex-D-Block member. I actually think it’s sad that he apologized. Because we all know it’s because he woke up one day and realized that Sheek is the size of an army tank and he’s the size of Gumbi.
• Nelly – J’z f. Jermaine Dupri & Ciara
  Nelly is trying to make his comeback and I’m not sure if this is the way to do it. Stompin’ in your Air Force 1’s was fine, but hoping on the J train? I don’t know Derty. I just don’t know.
• Hot Rod – Hustleman f. Akon & Freeway
  Another new track off Hot Rod’s upcoming Knight Rider mixtape. Dropping this month.
• Santogold – Your Voice
  There’s nothing like starting your morning off with some fresh unreleased music from the Philly-raised / Brooklyn resident Santogold.
• The Dream – I Luv Your Girl (rmx) f. Fabolous
  Loso sure does love to hop on the hottest r&b songs on the radio. I’m waiting for him to get on Love in This Club or something. Shouts to Splash, the New Music Cartel up in this bitch.
• Yung Berg – First Time f. Fabolous
  See what I mean? I want another More Street Dreams Fab. Grab Budden and Cain and do NIGGAZ pt.2 now! Sidebar: Yung Berg is horrible.
• Strong Arm Steady – Drugs & Money f. Spliff Starr
  Something isn’t right, when you grab the weed carrier of the millennium for a guest spot. I’ma have to hit Dizzle up and see what was going on. Even so, new music from the Strong Arm Steady gang is good to me.
• Tru Life – Wet Em Up
  New track off Green Lantern’s Grand Theft Auto IV radio station. Shouts to Mr. X (again, New Music Cartel strikes).
• Cory Gunz – Drug Rap
  Peter Gunz other half gave birth to a fuckin beast. Cory is on a serious fire blazing trail as of late. Can’t wait for more.
• Styles P – What’s the Problem
  Even more goodness off GL’s GTA IV radio station. This time the Ghost goes in.
• Jody Breeze – Watch me Now
  I remember when Boyz N Da Hood first came out, I was always like fuck Jeezy, Breeze is the hottest in the group. I just enjoy his flow for the most part. *shrugs.
• Takia – Ghetto Girl (prod. Double-O)
  According to the numerous fuckin emails, Takia is the Hottest from Harlem. Umm, naah. But I couldn’t overlook the Double-O production. You coppin The In Crowd? It’s out this Tuesday!
• Red Cafe – Stick Em
  Even more shit off Green Lantern’s GTA IV. Shouts to Mr. X.
• Maino – Getaway Driver
  See above.
• Pharoahe Monch – The Healer Freestyle
  At a recent show, Monch gets down over Erykah Badu’s The Healer. What I wouldn’t do for a studio recording of this.
• Ca$his – Why Not (prod. Rikanatti)
  How did this dude get signed by Em? I will never understand that move. Regardless, I know there are some fans of Ca$his so he is a new cut courtesy of DJ Ian.
• Chozen Few – Murda Rapz f. Uncle Murda & Billz
  Some more hardcore New Yaawwk rap for ya’ll.
• 2 Pistols – She Got It (rmx) f. Twista, Lil Kim & T-Pain
  Twista and Kimmy joint 2 Pistols for the remix to his radio friendly single. I’ll leave it at that.

• DOWNLOAD: What’s in the Tapedeck v.17 [one link]

*Last.fm Presents: Video interviews with musical acts, starting with Moby, Santogold, Spoon and Joshua Radin.

*Tap Tap Revolution: It’s like DDR for your iPhone. [neural]

*PopMatters collects pro-Barack Obama songs from around the world. Take that, Will.i.Am.

*The Zappa family is putting out Wazoo, a 2-disc concert album. [getty images]

*You can buy a 12-foot guitar for $6500 on eBay. [boingboing]

*Clear Channel’s revenues were up 4% in Q1 over least year. (Billboards up, radio down.) [paid content]

*TapeDeck App: An audio recorder for Mac OS X Leopard. Also: it looks like a cassette tape deck. [daring fireball]

*Will Apple tackle a gaming console next? (Seems like a stretch.) [crave]

*Will Pownce come out with a music player next? It would take a lot to get me to try using Pownce again.

*Holy mp3 player! Check out the crucifix-shaped Keo MP-301. [crave]

*If you haven’t done it in a while, I recommend checking out the “Stronger Sightings” section of Kanye’s blog.

*I think this would be a good day to tell you again how much I can’t stand 1-800-Flowers. OK, goodbye.

Man that Adam Sandler/Baron Davis NBA commercial is hilarious. A drlrlrlream. I have a bunch of random singles laying around that I haven’t gotten to post or just was holding off for the next installment of What’s in the Tapedeck. Check after the jump for new music from Ransom, Fam-Lay, dead prez and Akrobatik. Bow Wow-ain’s new single, another D12 joint, Roccett’s single with Akon, a few Joell Ortiz features, a Lil Wayne feature. Some MF DOOM! Cory Gunz, Ras Kass, Reks and even some new Lily Allen!

• Reks – Stereo Types
  I know there are a few Reks fans that frequent the site so this one’s for you. Reks gets down over some dope Statik Selektah production. His sophomore album, Gray Hairs, is coming this Summer!
• Fam-Lay – War Music
  It’s been awhile since we heard from the StarTrak emcee from VA. Looks like he has a new project on the horizon, entitled Dirtyway.
• Lily Allen – I Gotta Say
  Say what you want, this chick is dope! I dig the fuck outta her last album and actually can’t wait for her new one. The accent is killer.
• TiRon – Throwing My Money
  I’ve been up on TiRon for a few now and he’s extremely dope. You might of heard his on Pacific Division’s latest cut, Paper. Keep an eye out on this kid for sure! Fisticuffs on the beat.
• MB, Ransom & Sparkdawg – Duffle Bag Boys
  MB, Ransom (the original Duffle Bag Boy) & Sparkdawg (Desert Storm) get down over some Develop production.
• Cory Gunz – Hot Summer Freestyle
  After murderin Lil Wayne on his own shit, Gunz is back and promises a heated Summer time.
• Man-u-iLL – Go Crazy
  New track from CT rep Man-u-iLL. I post new tracks from him from time to time. He hasn’t disappointed me yet. Production from J. Dot and my fam The Faculty.
• Akrobatik – Soul Glo
  I know too many people who sleep on AK. And for no good reason. Dude is dope. Reppin Boston proudly. Ak gets wild over some Da Beatminerz production.
• D-Boyz – It’s Your Money f. Lil Wayne
  Former Cash Money affiliates, who recently denied the ongoing accusations of Gillie Da Kid writing for Lil Wayne are back with a new joint featuring Weasel.
• K-Salaam & Beatnick Present dead prez – Fallen Soldiers
  Man man Hallway Jay is pushing this new project from K-Salaam & Beatnick hardcore (I have 809152 text messages/emails/phone calls to prove it). Regardless, the song is hot and I look forward to what they bring to the table.
• Ras Kass – I’m All That
  Rassy is back on his grind trying to regain the status he had as a real West Coast lyricist. This guy has been sooo hit or miss through out his whole career for me.
• D12 – U Never Know
  Another track off D12’s upcoming mixtape. Again, this track is missing any Proof or Em verses so I held from making a solo post on it. If these guys wanna build any kind of buzz for this project they NEED either of those two on a track that leaks, etc. We’ll see.
• Returners – Do You f. El Da Sensai, Skyzoo & King Magnetic
  My man J. Master shot me this track a few days ago. Skyzoo does Skyzoo. El Da Sensai is the man. King Mag comes through as well.
• Smoothe Da Hustler – Way Back Pioneer
  I snagged this track off eskay awhile back and just never got around to posting it. This guy has been doing it for a long time. It’s great to see.
• Heliocentrics – f. Percee P & MF DOOM
  Brand new track from Heliocentrics featuring DOOM and the legendary Percee P. It’s been too long of an absence from DOOM for my liking.
• Bow Wow – Pole in My Basement
  Bow Wow returns with a new single where he gets his T-Pain on. Who hasn’t done this now? Even Kanye has done it, shit.
• Wordsmith – The FunkBox f. The Nu Revolution Camp
  Another banger, produced by Capish. Off Wordsmith’s The Mid-Year Review Mixtape, blended by DJ Denox, presented by HipHopDX.
• Roccett – All I Know f. Akon
  Shouts to DJ Warrior for sending through Roccett’s first single off his upcoming project, featuring soon-to-be-Kelz-replacement hook singer.
• Shalone – Where I Belong f. Joell Ortiz
  Young Sav shot me this brand new Shalone track featuring the free-agent Joell Ortiz.
  
• Fokis – Pandemonium f. Joell Ortiz
  Fokis drops a new track also featuring Ortiz. Shouts to Opt for this cut.
• 2008 Coalmine Sampler
  I figured I would finish this What’s the in Tapedeck up with this mix of records from upcoming projects on Coalmine Records. Mick Boogie mixes new music from the likes of Bekay, Canibus, Skyzoo, Torae, RA the Rugged Man, CL Smooth, Marco Polo, Heltah Skeltah and more.

DOWNLOAD: VA – What’s in the Tapedeck v.16 (All-in-One)

What up ya’ll. Monday has arrived and I’m feeling good. Fresh from an incredible weekend in Cali (more on that later). Anyways, let’s get on with the show. This volume has new music from Curren$y, Rick Ross, The Game (well…sorta), the Youngbloodz, new Jim Jones / Juelz Santana tracks, Foul Mouth Jerk f. MURS, some great upcoming So Cal artists, Jeezy over Buck beats, a Styles P guest spot, the explicit version of Wale’s Nike Boots (rmx) with Lil Wayne and more!

• Wale – Nike Boots (rmx) f. Lil Wayne [Dirty/NoDJ]
  Last time I checked, this never really leaked. Everyone had the track, but it was clean. I noticed a few people asked for this in comments as well. So here you go, the explicit version!
• Ambassador Rick – I’m Like That f. Rick Ross
  Check Rick x2 on this new cut. It’s Ricky and Ricky. Yea, it’s like that.
• Trick Trick – Fuck the Police
  Here’s a new track from Detroit’s Trick Trick, produced by the homie DJ Denox!
• Jim Jones – Splash f. Juelz Santana
  New cut from Capo featuring the recently emerged Juelz and some other dude. Video coming soon. Splaaasshin!
• Juelz Santana – Stack Money f. Jim Jones & Rab
  Names reversed on this Juelz track featuring Jenny Jones and artist Rab.
• Curren$y – Game Recognize Game
  Some new shit from the young spitta. This isn’t featured on the latest mixtape, Higher Than 30,000 Feet so be sure to cop it.
• Bloodsport – Stay Back f. Styles P
  My man YM shot me this a few days ago. It’s cool for what it is. The Ghost does his thing, produced by The Runners.
• Youngbloodz – Ridin Thru Atlanta
  Remeber these Damnn!! guys? This isn’t no 85 or U Way, but it’s straight.
• DJ Green Lantern – I’m So Fly f. Fabolous, Akon & Fat Joe
  First single off GL’s upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV OST, shouts to Young Sav!
• DJ Green Lantern – We Need Barack f. Mavado
  Continuing on with GL. Movado revisits On The Rock for the upcoming mixtape with GL, Russell Simmons & Obama, Yes We Can.
• Custom Made – Murderous Speech
  Brand new Frank Dukes produced heater off CM’s upcoming Original Dynasty (May 27th!).
• Esoteric – God Less America
  First joint to come off 7L & Eso’s upcoming Esoteric vs. Japan (Pterodactyl Takes Tokyo!) project, which is dropping May 5th!
• Mahagani – DJ (Stand Over There) (rmx) f. The Game
  The Game hops on the 3 chick R&B group’s latest track.
• The Game – Nigga Wit A Attitude
  This leaked on the net and a lot of folks posted it as a new track, some ever said it was LAX material. Nah… the lyrics are 2005′ish. Still “new” to people though.
• Trama – Why You Ain’t Signed?
  Dope track from my man Trama out of Queens/Minn. He’s got a new mixtape on the way, Barack-Otrama, dropping May 5th. Be sure to grab that!
• Pugs Atomz – You & Me
  Pugs addresses the school shootings that have been going on in Chicago public schools in 2008. 23 students have been murdered since April 8th! Shouts to Andrew for posting this track. People need to get on board and stop this madness.
• St. Laz – Hero
  One of Brooklyn’s hardest working emcees drops a pretty hot track. Check Laz on MySpace.
• TiRon. – Never Happy
  Some of you might remember TiRon. from the recent Lever 2008 mixtape I posted. My buddy Tunji put me onto dudes music and he’s on line to be a DXnext artist. Don’t sleep on this dude. I swear, Los Angeles has some great’ness.
• Man-u-iLL – Go Crazy
  I’ve posted a few of Man-u-iLL tracks and they all get a great response. Fresh out, after a 3.5 year bid, a new cut off his upcoming mixtape. Produced by J. Dot and my people The Faculty. Reppin’ CT to the fullest.
• Truth Universal – What’s It About f. stic.man (of dead prez)
  So Matt, one of the hardest working PR’s in the biz, dropped this in my inbox last week and I promised it would get posted. This track will be featured on Truth’s Self Determination project. Produced by Bass Heavy.
• Nyce – Target Practice f. Kool G Rap
  I’m not personally a fan of dude (Nyce, not KGR) but I know Meka loves him haha. No clue how this came about but it’s off Nyce’s upcoming 38 in the Head mixtape, hosted by DJ Whoo Kid.

*Kanye West rolled a bunch of accompanying video at the big launch party for his album Graduation last summer. Now, he’s running them for the public. Watch: Good Morning 2001. Stronger.

*In today’s New York Times, Billy Bragg says that social networks like Bebo and MySpace should pay musicians for the rights to play their music.

*[New to me.] A gorgeous site for the cassette tape enthusiast: Tapedeck.org. Now all they need is a YouTube channel that features each of these tapes playing (preferably blank ones). [cocaine blunts]

*Rock Band has sold 6 million song downloads since its November release. It is a video game. [hypebot]

*Local: Tay Zonday’s Chocolate Rain named as one of YouTube’s best. [ypulse]

*Stereogum continues with the Bon Iver love fest, posting video of fanny pack fan Mr. Vernon wailing and singing at SXSW.

*Brainiacs: If you would like to know how music is processed. [murketing]

Neon Genesis: quite possibly the best cartoon ever, addressing human isolation and interconnection alongside a religiously oriented apocalypse so beautifully. It’s a really powerful work. Pics courtesy of RentonArg. He has some sick wallpapers to check out if you like anime. Tip: view the images in a seperate window for the full sizes.

First let me point out a new addition to the site: right on the left hand side there’s now a “Post Music” button that you can follow if you want to throw up some of your music or events. It’s all about you, and I’d love the interaction/discussion… I plan on adding a “Chicago Icons” tab as well, featuring links to artists/venues/promoters that will help navigate this crazy city. Stay tuned.

Now on to the music. More Neon Coyote on the way here, this time a clever little edit of the Radioclit remix of Bonde Do Role’s “Gasolina” as well as a Sid & Nancy/Symbol One/MIA cut- gotta love it. Their vocal work continuously bangs, balanced and forthright, these guys are so tight. Wanna hear what they pound like live? Check out the Cakeshop Disco mixtape. Versatile. I could probably do without the PDiddy (I’m just a hater. lol)- but God! That Kelis remix is hot. And just wait until I get the greenlight to post some of Chico Love’s gangster mixes, he’s another Epic Banger that chills with the ‘Coyote. I’m sitting on a tape that’s burning a hole through my jeans. Patience is a virtue I suppose.

Bonde Do Role – Gasolina (Radioclit Remix Neon Coyote Edit)

Neon Coyote Live @ The Cakeshop Disco

True enough to my word, I was able to score another Redial track. I gave the Sydney group an intro last week, and here is a follow up track called “Close Them”, and close them it does. Very much an anthem-electro tune, it starts out with a Twilight Zone feel and progresses into a full-on fist pumping onslaught.I’m sure it resonates twice as well live as it does on your headphones. I’ll be looking forward to hearing more of their stuff.

Redial – Close Them

A little bit late to the topic, I’ve been banging out Stereoheroes in my car ritually. What else is a loud stereo system for, eh? “Fing Fang Foom” reminds me of the SebastiAn “Motor” track that winds up and up and up and up. It’s like muscles contracting until they snap in half. Or an engine pushing and pushing until it finally explodes. Anyone ever seen “Neon Genesis“- right at the ending when everyone is blowing up.. (not gonna ruin the ending)? It’s like that. Someone reading this has seen it. No doubt. Screw it, I’m featuring all that artwork today.

Stereoheroes – Fing Fang Foom

Stereoheroes – Boom Slang

After checking out You Can Call Me Peslki, another great blog that kicked off at the start of the year (though he’s on a hiatus for a little bit as of now), I found an overlooked Klaxons remix that took me for a ride. The track has been around for over a year and a half, but for some reason was posted on relatively few music blogs despite being a great take on the Klaxons staple. And for some icing, here’s another Crookers track that I found at Pelski as well. Killer bounce, wicked drum rolls.. A pocket ace for any DJ trying to get a crowd movin’.

Klaxons – Atlantis To Interzone (Ayia Napa To Interzone Tapedeck Remix)

Crookers – My Penny

This one isn’t a Neon Genesis pic, it’s a Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya image. Not quite sure what that is, but the pic is pretty sweet. So whateva.

I thought that I was done posting the Yelle “Ce Jeu” remixes, but they just keep popping up on my radar and I can’t quite shake my adoration for the original, so here we are: “Ce Jeu” straight merked by The Videoband. I’m not sure how you spell ‘merk’, but in Chicago, my buddies say that in place of kill, as in “my landlord is such an asshole, someday he’s gonna come over and I’m gonna straight merk him and throw his body in the dumpster.” This aches of a Sesame Street episode (btw it’s Mr. Rogers’ 80th BDay) but the term was new to me when I moved back here and I thought I would share it with you.. Anyways, The Videoband is an outift out of Rotterdam that I stumbled upon after my last Kills remix post by NiteCells over at Tuftsmania (always always great music). They have a few killer (and i mean fucking killer) remixes that are worth taking a look at, and they’re one of the few groups that rock so hard and yet have little attention thus far. I’m sure that will change very rapidly. I’ll try to get more of their stuff, but for now this is what I have to offer you.

The Kills – Cheap and Cheerfull (The Videoband Re-Distortion)

Yelle – Ce Jeu (Slaughtered By The Videoband)

Sugababes – About You Now (About The Videoband Remix)

die alte Schule. Mensch, da werden Erinnerungen wach. Ein Double Tapedeck war mal das Höchste der Gefühle. Aber wer braucht sowas heute noch ???

Ray.

Let’s start the month of March off with a bang shall we? If you somehow missed it; peep the new Jay-Z & Mary J Blige non-tagged track and the new full Rick Ross & Jay-Z track. Now onto this edition of What’s in the Tapedeck. After the jump you’ll get some new Young Chris, Young Buck, Naledge (Kidz in the Hall), Flo Rida f. Lil Wayne, Fat Joe & DJ Premier, Re-Up Gang, Rock (Heltah Skeltah), Termanology, The Cool Kids, etc. If you come across some names you don’t recognize, don’t sleep! I wouldn’t post them up for no reason. Shake has a great taste in music, ya’ll should know that!

Fat Joe – Thank God For That White (prod. DJ Premier)
Dope track off the Fat Elephant. Yea I said it. A dope track from Fat Joe. Sorry for the radio rip. I’ll drop the CDQ on you soon enough.

The Cool Kids – Action Figures
This track has been out for awhile, I know a lot of people had a rough quality version. Here is a CDQ for your listening pleasure.

Young Buck – The Strip Club (prod. JA)
Semi-new joint off an upcoming Young Buck mixtape. Who needs the Unit? Not Buck, that’s for sure.

Re-Up Gang – You Ain’t a Killer 2008
Big shout out to Peter Rosenberg for this one as he had the Clipse , Ab-Liva & Sandman on the radio and chose a beat for them to rip to shreds.

Reks – Remember (prod. 1914)
I know there are a few Reks fans that lerk on the site. Dude has been putting out a lot of heat lately. Be on the lookout for his upcoming project.

Naledge (Kidz in the Hall) – Apollo Freestyle
Naledge rips over the classic Ghostface track. If you haven’t checked their new mixtape (Geniuses Need Love Too) that we world premiered, ya’ll sleepin!

The Camp – Little Story f. Slaine
The Boston crew drops another heater featuring Slaine (of Special Teamz fame). Check their myspace for more tracks.

Muja Messiah – Amy Winehouse
Muja is a dope up and coming emcee out of Minneapolis. I first heard him on Atmosphere’s Crewed Up. You know I got that white, that Amy Winehouse!

Muja Messia – True Lies (prod. Big Head)
Another banger from the Twin City representer. Off the MPLS Massacre, dropping March 18th.

Flo Rida – American Gangsta f. Lil Wayne
Mixtape track from Chuck T. Mr. Elevator meets Mr. Lean. Interesting.

J.R. Writer – I’ma Do Me
New track from Cam Jr. Writer. Off that upcoming Politics N Bullshit (Back to the Streets).

Young Chris – One More Day
I swear, Chris is grindin more than 90% of the artists out there. New solo albu on it’s way, yessir!

Plies – Bust It Baby (Part 2) f. Ne-Yo
According to the email blast this is the first ever double-single. Oh boy, let’s go grab some party favors and celebrate! …. or not. I’m posting for the Ne-Yo guest spot only.

Rock (of Heltah Skeltah) – Attempted Murder
Rock was recently hit with some charges. Can you guess what? Off the upcoming Shell Shock mixtape.

Astonish – Life Ain’t Sweet f. Termanology
The Molemen emcee Astonish teams up with Termanology for this dope cut off the From Now Until Forever EP.

Amil – Who I Am (prod. Jonathan Hay & Sky Michaels)
Yes, THAT Amil. Who is she? Jay … any words? “Fuckin with me, you gotta drop A(mil)/ Cause if you gonna cop somethin you gotta cop f’real”. Word.

Ace Gutta – Cashflow f. Rick Ross, T-Pain & DJ Khaled
Gotta put something for the mainstream hippies out there. Ricky Ross album in stores March 11th. Can’t say the same for Ace Gutta.

Termanology, Snuk & Hectic (ST. Da Squad) – Where You Are f. Nigel Hall
Another new joint off that upcoming ST. Da Squad mixtape. I MIGHT drop it on ya’ll tomorrow. If anything, it will be on DX for stream this weekend. Green Tank Productions on the beat.

Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s about that time (again). The beloved What’s in the Tapedeck series is back. I gotta show love to my lady for uploading all these joints. You should too! This time we got new joints from Krondon (of Strong Arm Steady), CNN, Charli Baltimore, Termanology, Kool G Rap, Ballerina P and more. Enjoy!

Big Lou – She’s Just 16 Years Old
Lou always brings these deep real life tracks and I love it! The title should give the basis of the song away. listen and enjoy.

Bizarre - Groupie Love f. Stat Quo
Typical Bizarre shit, can’t go wrong with new Stat Quo though. When are we gonna get that album!?!?!

DJ Brasco – Go Hard f. Black Milk & Nametag
New heat from some great artists. That’ is all that needs to be said.

J-Love & Meyhem – Major League f. Kool G Rap
This is off the upcoming (maybe it’s out, not sure) mixtape with J-Love and Meyhem. Features one of the best in the game KGR. Don’t sleep!

Killah Priest – What’s Happenin’ f. Marvin Gaye
Priest gets down on this track. Speaks on some real shit. Off the upcoming Behind the Stained Glass project. Produced by Kount Fif.

Krondon – My Big Homie (Gossip Freestyle)
The Strong Arm Steady emcee opens up about his situation with ex-crew member Xzibit. It’s NOT a diss song, just a real song. I was just on the phone with him last night and there’s GREAT news. A new SAS mixtape with DJ Warrior is on deck, new mixtape with DJ Skee coming, new solo album and more!

Add-2 – Lights Out
REALLY dope emcee out of Chicago. This is off his upcoming mixtape (which Shake did the artwork for).

Icadon – Robotic f. Rockwilder
Rockwilder produces an off the wall track for Redman’s artist. 

Capone-N-Noreaga – Hollywood
Pretty hot record from CNN. Word to the great System of a Down’s Lost in Hollywood sample. Off their upcoming album Reporting The War.

Termanology – Hot97 Freestyle
Shout out to Pete Rosenberg for bringing a great verse out of Term.

Prodigy – Livin Tha Life
More l-m-n-o-P for ya’ll to vibe with. It’s off his upcoming H.N.I.C. 2. Record is actually pretty dope. Good shit from the living punching bag.

Charli Baltimore – Lose It
New shit from Charli Baltimore. Never thought I’d say that again. Damn what’s it been, 980 years? Produced by Scott Storch.

Lloyd – Devil in a Dress f. Ja Rule & Harry-O
New shit from Murder The Inc.’s crooner rat featuring Stuart Little and some other person.

See ya’ll next post!

Wer kennt sie nicht die guten alten Kompaktkassetten. Was man mit diesem Format noch alles anstellen kann, außer Musik (real oldschool) oder sogar Daten (absolutly oldschool) darauf aufzuzeichnen, zeigt cassette tape culture.

I’ve got a bunch of tracks and instead of just dropping single posts for each, I’ll just group them in the viewer favorite “What’s in the Tapedeck” series. This volume has new shit from Kardinal Offishall, Rick Ross, Royce Da 5′9″, Young Buck, Apathy, Kanye, Estelle … a DMX and Ashanti diss from Stuart Little, some unreleased Ne-Yo and more. Enjoy!

Big Gov – Deleted f. Royce Da 5′9″ and Press Box
Royce takes this with ease, but the cat at the end isn’t half bad. Decent joint all around.

Estelle – American Boy f. Kanye West
DX premiered this joint a while back. More female talent from the UK. They are gonna take over!

Ja Rule – Judas (DMX & Ashanti Diss)
Stuart takes shots at X and Ashanti. Umm, yea just listen.

Kardinal Offishall – They Know (rmx) f. Akon
T-Dot represent! Shout out to Lowkey for this Konvict remix!

Black Ty (aka Tyrese) and Kurupt – Westside
The rapper/singer/actor teams up with Kurupt for a new westcoast jam.

Fat Joe – 300
Off the greatly titled Elephant in the Room album coming soon.

Sonny Chulo – My Life f. Mysonne, J.R. Writer & J-Hood
No clue who Sonny Chulo is but he has my dude Mysonne on it, so he gets points.

Rick Ross – Speedin (rmx)
Featuring

Billy Danze (of M.O.P.) – Gangsta
I hate the fact that they are doing solo albums, no point. Some artists DEMAND a counter and these two define that reasoning. Oh well, can’t judge til I hear the albums.

Bash Bros – Rock the Spot f. Sean P & Big Pooh (of Little Brother)
Oakland in the building! Little Brother in the building! BCC in the building! Enough said.

Ne-Yo – Dream
Some unreleased Ne-Yo for ya’ll. I gotta support the only talent out of Las Vegas haha.

Wiz Khalifa – Say Yeah
I love the sample haha. I use to bang this shit back in the day (only this song though).

Motive and Apathy – Motive and A.P.
Dope cut from the Demigodz. A bit short for my liking, but Ap kills it.

Big Hawk – Another Trill Nigga Gone (Pimp C Tribute)
Nothing much to say here. R.I.P. Chad Butler!

Rick Ross – Boss f. T-Pain
New single off his upcoming album, Trilla.

It’s been slow (and for good reason). You know … the whole Santa Claus thing and whatever. So why not drop another installment of “What’s in the Tapedeck?” This volume I’m dropping some great shit. We got some new Fabolous, Amy Winehouse, a 9th Wonder remix to Jay/Nas – Success, some new Twista, new Show & A.G., Stimuli, etc. Enjoy bidges!

Download links after the jump…

Amy Winehouse – Love is a Losing Game (Truth & Soul Remix)
Nice little remix to Amy’s already dope single. Fuck her “real” life, her music is awesome!

Sha Stimuli – Stand the Rain (prod. J. Cardim)
More heat from Sha. This dude has an insane amount of talent. Be on the look out for the Stimuli, Torae & Skyzoo mixtape I’m putting together with them and HipHopDX!

Karinal Offishall – Swag f. Pusha T & Lil Wayne
Kardi gets Pusha and Wayne to put aside their differences and get on a track together, not bad, not bad. Radio rip off DJ Semtex 1xtra radio show.

Fabolous – Roc Boys pt.2 f. Red Cafe
Fabolous and Red Cafe remix Jay’s single. Street Fi-di-di-di-damnn!

AZ & Starkim – Sirius Radio Freestyle
AZ brings up and coming artist Starkim Allah who just dismantles this. Dude goes off.

Young Chris – Gossip Freestyle
The Young Gunna addresses the comparisons he’s getting to Hov and Lil Wayne. Take note Chris, if you don’t want the comparisons STOP rapping over their beats! (c) Lowkey.

Show & A.G. – Land of the Free f. OC
Did you know Show & A.G. were dropping a new album? I had knowledge of it but did NOT expect it in the mailbox last week. This track really brings it back. Pick up Live Hard when it drops.

ICC – G.A.M.E. f. Ghostface, Napoleon & Shing02
ICC Production, this track features a really varied line-up of emcees (as you can see).

Strong Arm Steady – This Nigga’s a Problem f. Planet Asia (as Medallions)
West coast stand up! SAS and PA, nothing ever goes wrong when these guys collab, I swear.

Chamillionaire – Won’t Let You Down (rmx) f. Slim Thug, Lil Keke, Mike Jones, Trae, Paul Wall, Bun B, Lil Flip, Z-Ro, Scarface & Pimp C
Lil Flip and Scarface join the already stacked line-up. This is a set up to the 15 minute Texas Takeover remix, dropping Decemeber 31st.

Termanology – The Music Industry (prod. Fizzy Womack)
Term speaks on the current state of hip hop. DJ’s, club music, hip hop is dead?

F.Stokes – Go
New artist from Chi-Town, he had hit me with this joint and I’m really feeling it.

Jay-Z – Success f. Nas (9th Wonder Remix)
What can I say? 9th remixes the second Jay-Z/Nas collab. Let that shit breathe!

Jay-Z – Party Life (Green Lantern Remix)
GL mixes another Jay track. This time putting the Party Life a cappella over Snoop’s Sexual Seduction single.

Twista – Ain’t on Shit (prod. Alchemist)
New single from Twista and Alchemist. Not bad, Twist is spitting.

BONUS: 2dopeboyz.com – What’s in the Tapedeck v3 [all songs in one zip]

It’s a slooow day in hip hop. So instead of not posting I decided to drop the second installment of “What’s in the Tapedeck”. That’s right we got tracks from Cunninlynguists (f. Devin the Dude), Gym Class Heroes (f. Ghostface … yes, Ghostface Killah!), Murs, Skillz, Dilla, and more. Enjoy!

Download links after the jump…

Skillz – Noupie
A ‘nigga groupie’ haha. This is too much.

Gym Class Heroes – Clothes Off! (Stress Remix) f. Reef the Lost Cauze & Ghostface Killah
Odd mix, but works out great. Ghost kills this joint.

Murs – Ups & Downs f. Supreme
This joint is produced by a good “friend” of mine, Embassy the Hitmaker (who happens to be Murs cousin, go figure)

David Banner – I Want You

Zo! – Take On Me f. Phonte (of Little Brother) & Carlitta Durand
Such a great song. Does wonders to the original. Zo! and Tigallo Love the 80’s dropping next year (hopefully)

Skyzoo – From the Inside Out f. Copywrite & Pacewon

88-Keys – Cuddle Bums f. Tanya Morgan
People need to check Donwill’s (of Tanya Morgan) blog over at HipHopDX.

Big Lou – Stop Hitting Me f. Wendy
Really deep track. I am really feeling Big Lou right now

J. Dilla – The $ (Madlibs Remix)

Murs – 1st Love (prod. Terrace Martin)

Cunninlynguists – Wonderful f. Devin the Dude
KNO is a BEAST! This is one of my favorite joints off Dirty Acres.

Jay Electronica – A Prayer for Michael Vick & T.I.
With a huge co-sign from Just Blaze, this dude is a problem.

Tangled Thoughts – Don’t Come Outside f. Jayo Felony & Baby Down

BONUS: 2dopeboyz.com – What’s in the Tapedeck v2 [all songs in one zip]

This is gonna be a series that we drop on occasion (we’re not gonna set dates or intervals on this shit; they’ll come when they come). It’s gonna be a list of links for some shit that we got got on rotation. They’ll always be single tracks so the people dying for full albums can hit their local Best Buy.

Disclaimer: We wanna say this now and get it out there. These lists are gonna vary like crazy … you just might see a new Lil Wayne track followed by some new Tom Yorke stuff. Just what we think is dope (there will also be the times we drop some exclusives for people that we don’t personally like but know others do). Feel free to suggest artists and songs at any time through comments or emails (ContactUs).

And with that said … let’s get the ball rolling.

88-Keys – The Friend Zone

Kanye West – A Million and One Questions (Full Version)
This was originally recorded around the time of the Black Album. Such a cheap way for Dame Dash to make money off Jay-Z’s name.

Wu-Tang Clan – The Heart Gently Wheeps f. Erykah Badu [Clean/CDQ]

Naledge (of Kidz in the Hall) – I Gotcha Freestyle

DJ Drama – 5,000 Ones f. T.I, Nelly, Diddy, Yung Joc, Willie the Kid, Young Jeezy & Twista

Outlawz – Driving Down the Freeway f. Young Buck & Dion
If only more songs from the G-Unit camp sounded like this Hi-Tek-produced heat rock!

Braille – The IV (prod. by Marco Polo)

Von Pea – Computers*
Yoked from Donwill’s VPND Radio. Yep, not even podcasts are safe!
*We don’t really know the name of the song, so fuck it Computers it is.

Edgar Allen Floe – The Torch (Flame Thrower Remix) (prod. by 9th Wonder)

And there you have it folks. Enjoy and keep that 2dopeboyz bookmark. See you next post…

Im Jahre 2007 ist dank CD, MP3, DRM, DSDS, polyphoner Klingeltöne(…) warscheinlich vielen Menschen nicht mehr bekannt was eine Audiokassette ist, und was für einen Spaß es machen kann Stundenlang vor seinem Kassettenrecorder zu sitzen und Mixkassetten zusammenzustellen oder eine mühevoll zusammengestellte und hübsch gestaltete ebensolche geschenkt zu bekommen.
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