Another current favorite, Marco Polo has been laying fresh production for a slew of talent, and his latest album with Torae is no exception.  If you haven’t checked out Double Barrel, it’s well worth a listen.

Hostage Media takes you behind-the-scenes of Skyzoo’s Fat Beats In-Store for his new album, THE SALVATION, in stores now. Watch interviews with 9th Wonder, Sean Price, Young Guru, Torae and more.

Marco Polo & Torae premier their second music video for their title track “DOUBLE BARREL” featuring DJ Revolution.

Its back! WYDU & Citizen present Godcast #6 – Indie Hip Hop Mix
WakeYourDaughterUp & Citizen present…The G.O.D. Hour: Godcast #6
Hip Hop & Audio Podcast featuring the latest & greatest in AUTHENTIC hip hop.
64 mins / Mixed by Citizen (The Understudies / WeedTRACKERmusic.com)
Featured Artist: Bay Area, CA emcee “A Brother Named George”

Download Link:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/6vwe4y

Tracklisting

1. DJ Fresh ft. Bicasso & The Grouch – The Town
2. U-God ft. Ghost face & Scotty Wotty – Train Trussle
3. Mr. Lif – The Sun (Cassetes Wont Listen Remix)
4. A Brother Named George ft. Donwill (of Tanya Morgan) & Jermiside – All My Life (Exclusive)
5. Nicolay – Nautilus Remix
6. Guilty Simpson & J Dilla – Stress
7. DJ Spinna ft. Torae – Lyrics is Back
8. A Brother Named George ft. Del The Funky Homespun & Trunks – Life In Thirds (Exclusive)
9. Random Axe – Monster Babies
10. Cee & Notion – Too Dope
12. 3MG, Company Flow & Mr. Lif – Low Key
13. A Brother Named George ft. Von Pea of Tanya Morgan – No Purchase Necessary (Exclusive)
14. Busdriver ft. Nocando – Least Favorite Rapper
15. Bored Stiff ft. The Grouch – Kingship
BONUS: Citizen’s conversation with A Brother Named George

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El Da Sensei is a hip hop artifact. He’s been spitting on wax since the early 90’s after plying his trade as a graffiti artist in Brick City, or Newark, New Jersey. Having teamed up with Tame One as one half of The Artifacts, the duo found an admirable amount of success in the mid 90’s. As is the case with may group acts, differences between the two emcees led to the cessation of The Artifacts shortly after their second album. Both emcees have remained busy in the underground scene, Tame One just cut a record with Del the Funky Homosapien which we touched on a few months ago. Not to be outdone, El has just digitally released this EP, and it’s pretty money.

Only 5 tracks deep, it’s a cute little EP. The title tracks are more than listenable, and in the end this EP does its job, it spurs you to look up El Da Sensei in the future, just like any good artifact.

El Da Sensei – Money (feat. Reef The Lost Cauze & Roc Marciano)

El Da Sensei – Money [Part 2] (feat. Beneficence, Kaze & Torae)

MPFREE: El Da Sensei – The Money EP

New HD Video from Mr. Mecca´s “The Cover Run” mixtape.

Seattle Hip-Hop group Blue Scholars has their hot summer single ‘Hi-808′ featured on the free mixtape ‘Download the Right Thing’ from Duck Down. The mixtape also features other heavyweight artists such as KRS-ONE & BUCKSHOT, DJ Revolution,  B-Real of Cypress Hill, Skyzoo and MANY more.

This past year Duck Down Records has remained active with a onslaught of quality releases from a growing roster of artists. Rather than force fans to scour the Internet looking for low quality MP3s on our product, we have taken it upon ourselves to provide you with a collection of music from various MCs on Duck Down through the DOWNLOAD THE RIGHT THING sampler mix cd.

Check out the back album cover and download link after the jump!

Download it HERE.

Source: Last Night’s Mixtape

New Music Tuesdays!

Big ups to 2Dopeboyz
consistently holding down any and everything necessary in good music.

Alternative DOWNLOAD HERE. featuring your favorite Hawaiian skratch DJ with a mini-cameo at the end.

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Duckdown records released this mixtape/compilation with most of the artist being on the Duckdown roster(Of Course)…Get the tracklist and linkage after the bump….

01. Go Around – Marco Polo ft. Buckshot

02. Start The Revolution – DJ Revolution ft. Boot Camp Clik

03. RuckDown – Sean Price

04. Interlude – Buckshot

05. Survival Skills – KRS-ONE & Buckshot ft. DJ Revolution

06. D.I.R.T. – Heltah Skeltah

07. Monster Babies – Random Axe

08. 6 Minutes – B Real

09. FreshFest – Skyzoo ft. Wale

10. Mixed Emotions – Team Facelift

11. Interlude – Kidz In The Hall

12. Back On The Map – Skyzoo ft. Maino

13. HI-808 – Blue Scholars

14. StarStruck – Naledge

15. Coo? – Blue Scholars

16. The Beautiful Decay – Skyzoo

17. New Love – Tek of Smif N Wessun

18. Smoke – Marco Polo & Torae ft. Rock & Lil Fame

19. Get Mines – Oh No ft. Bucksho

20. Interlude – Buckshot

21. Robot – KRS-ONE & Buckshot

22. Duck Down – Ruste Juxx

23. Critically Acclaimed – Statik Selecktah ft. Lil Fame, Saigon & Sean Price

24. Get It Done – Skyzoo & Torae ft. DJ Premier

25. The Matrix – Black Milk ft. Pharoahe Monch & Sean Price

26. Hold Up – Marco Polo & Torae ft. Masta Ace & Sean Price

27. Interlude – Naledge of Kidz In The Hall

28. No Love – Team Facelift

29. Toast To Bucktown – General Steele ft. Buckshot

30. Flickin – Kidz In The Hal

31. Duck Down (Bonus Track) – Sean Price ft. Torae & Skyzoo

“Download The Right Thing”

The boys up in L.A. doing big things, as usual.

Be on the lookout, fellow bloggers.

Last minute cuts on the track by yours truly.

I just hope this lights your grams’ panties on fire, for the heat will be broughten.

A “Trojan Horse” has come to mean any trick that causes a target to invite a foe into a securely protected bastion or place.

German production squad, Snowgoons, is set to release their 4th studio album, “The Trojan Horse” on October 27th. Following the tremendous success of their previous three projects, I’m pretty sure this won’t have the same effect that the Greeks had. The strength of the last 3 albums were manifested through the throwback beats and the artist selection. The roster for this album will not disappoint, in fact, it may be a flash point for so-called Indie rap. A moment where an extraordinary league of thought provoking MC’s squad up with an international champion sound of epic proportions.

Too much hype? You be the judge, peep the first track leak, “Hey Young World”. (below)

Oh yeah, the featured artists on this album include: the entire La Coka Nostra crew (Everlast, Danny Boy, ILL Bill & Slaine), Dilated Peoples, Defari, Termanology, Ruc (Heltah Skeltah), Torae, Skyzoo, Poison Pen, Outerspace, Krumb Snatcha, Buckshot (of Black Moon), Young De, Sabac Red (Non Phixion), Reef The Lost Cauze, Chief Kamachi, King Syze, Doap Nixon, El Da Sensai, Kaze, Block McCloud, Side Effect, Brainstorm, Virtuoso, Jaysaun, Edo G, Wise Intelligent, Tribecca, Nut Rageous, Viro The Virus, Savage Brothers, Lord Lhus….phew…. and more….

Snowgoons – “Hey Young World” ft La Coka Nostra & Heltah Skeltah

Damn, another Monday already???  I got an update from my session with Phys Edison on Friday.  We recorded 3 new tracks for our album, Paid Time Off and they are sounding really, really dope.  I’m super anxious to get this project completed and out there.  We have another session this coming Saturday to record a couple more joints.  Stay tuned for updates on PTO in the next several months.  Today I decided to an album that has been sitting on my computer for a while but I never gave it a listen.  I have heard a fair amount of good things about Torae and Marco Polo’s Double Barrel album, so in typical Mike Schpitz fashion, my listen comes a little late.  The album is really solid.  Torae is a very capable emcee who goes hard and keeps it fresh, rhyme after rhyme and Marco Polo provides really dope beats.  More importantly, the album sounds like an album.  It is cohesive and all the songs make sense on the album.   The guest appearances fit with the flow of the album too.  I think it is definitely a solid project that is slept-on but will definitely continue making it’s rounds the old fashion way, word of mouth.  My favorite joint is Wordplay.  I think this is where Torae is at his best with the most creative rhymes.  I definitely suggest listening to Double Barrel.  I’m not sure if anyone else feels it but real rap, real albums and real lyrics are coming back.  Shout out to both Torae and Marco Polo.  I look forward to hearing more material from both cats.  Check out Wordplay

Deuxième single extrait de l’album de Torae & Marco Polo, disponible dans les bacs avec des invités de marque (Sean Price, Guilty Simpson…)

Here’s a promo for the new Rockstar music game venture featuring the likes of Marco Polo x Torae x Pete Rock x Sean Price x Jay Electronica x Ski Beatz x Buckshot x Twista. Dope. It’s games like these that make me glad I copped a PSP all those years ago…

Above you can peep Tor & Sky performing the classic Red x Meth cut, Da Rockwilder and after the jump you can peep the two going in on Meth’s Bring The Pain right before doing some of their solo cuts…

Seriously, if you haven’t had the pleasure of checking out Torae & MP’s Double Barrel album, stick yourself quick.