Eric Lau from the UK has released his 7-track EP titled The Mission. The project includes feature appearances by Guilty Simpson, Fatima, Olivier Daysoul, Alex Bonfanti Chris “Daddy” Dave and Damu The Fudgemunk. A smooth and laid back release – masterpiece!

You can buy the release at Eric Lau’s Bandcamp.

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NY State of Mind

Scott Melker und DJ JayCeeOh have compiled an ode about New York. Including the most notable rappers from Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island. Time to reminisce about the golden era!

From 2009… NYC DJ’s Scott Melker and JayCeeOh, in collaboration with EZ Clothing, bring you “NY STATE OF MIND,” a mix that takes you by train, borough to borough, through New York City. [...] “NY State of Mind” takes classic hip-hop enthusiasts on a trip down memory lane while serving as a history lesson for a new generation of hip-hop heads. (From: Scott Melker)

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NY State of Mind (by Scott Melker & DJ JayCeeOh)

Oakland veteran Del the Funky Homosapien is back on the scene with the first installment of his three part “West Coast Avengers” series. He loaded the first issue with nothing but straight Parliament-Funkadelic samples, which were flipped by Sir Dzl himself.

See below for an audio stream, the tracklist and a download link. If you’re a fan give it a listen and a download, you wont be sorry.

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01.BODY-CATCHIN
02.DECISIONS DECISIONS
03.DESERTED ISLE
04.GONE
05.IDLE THREAT
06.MAZE WORLD
07.MESSAGE TO THA HIPHOP SNOB
08.RUBIX’S CUBE
09.SLOW LANE
10.SUDDEN IMPACT
11.SWAT
12.THA BIG HURT
13.THA HORSE ON THA TRACK
14.WILLY-WONKA WANKSTAS

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West Coast Avengers (by Del The Funky Homosapien)

Okayplayer and Mick Boogie are presenting “illadelph/matic” – a mix of rarities and remixes featuring Nas and The Roots. The mix was put together to welcome Madden Bowl 2012, which is part of this year’s Superbowl events in Indianapolis.

Madden Bowl 2012 includes live performances by Micko Boogie, Nas and The Roots. Below you’ll find a short video teaser about the project and also the tracklist and download link of the mixtape.

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01. INTRO
02. NAS – NO IDEA’S ORIGINAL
03. THE ROOTS – DISTORTION TO STATIC (BLACK THOUGHT MIX)
04. NAS & QUESTLOVE – SECRET AGENT MAN
05. THE ROOTS – OBEY YOUR THIRST
06. NAS – DON-T HATE ME NOW (SHOWOFF REMIX)
07. THE ROOTS – LOCKDOWN
08. NAS & AZ – HOPE (THE ARE MICK BOOGIE REMIX)
09. THE ROOTS – THE PROFESSIONAL
10. NAS – I CAN (9TH WONDER REMIX)
11. THE ROOTS & ROY AYERS – PROCEED II
12. NAS – SILENT MURDER
13. NAS & THE ROOTS – IT AIN’T HARD TO TELL (LIVE)
14. THE ROOTS – YOU GOT ME (ME TIENES REMIX)
15. NAS – DOO RAGS
16. NAS & SLICK RICK – ME AND NAS
17. THE ROOTS – THE SHOW
18. NAS – UNDERSTANDING
19. THE ROOTS – SILENT TREATMENT (BEATMINERZ REMIX)
20. NAS – PURPLE
21. THE ROOTS – THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE DESOLATE
22. NAS & THE ROOTS – NAS IS LIKE (LIVE)
23. THE ROOTS – HARDWARE
24. NAS & CEE-LO – LESS THAN AN HOUR
25. THE ROOTS – Y’ALL KNOW WHO
26. NAS – WHERE Y’ALL AT
27. THE ROOTS – WEB
28. NAS – WHERE ARE THEY NOW
29. THE ROOTS – THOUGHT AT WORK (BEATLES MIX)
30. NAS & THE ROOTS – HIP HOP IS DEAD (LIVE)
31. NAS – THE WORLD IS YOURS (Q-TIP REMIX)
32. THE ROOTS – LISTEN TO THIS
33. NAS – TICK TOCK
34. THE ROOTS – SILENT TREATMENT (YOU & YOURS MIX)
35. NAS – TIME
36. THE ROOTS – BREAK YOU OFF (D’ANGELO VERSION)

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The Madden Sessions (compiled by Mick Boogie)

The 18 year old Cris Cab speaks to his generation with Echo Boom. His highly anticipated project is presented by Billionaire Boys Club and features Pharrell, Wyclef Jean, Melanie Fiona, Mavado and more. Audio stream, tracklist and download are listed below. Be sure to grap your copy, it’s worth the download.

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01. Echo Boom ft. Pharrell
02. Put In Work
03. Face to Face (Snippet)
04. Rihanna’s Gun ft. Mavado and Wyclef
05. Turn You On ft. Melanie Fiona and Shaggy
06. Cross Your Fingers
07. Angels and Demons
08. What Can’t We Do (Here We Go Again) ft. Daytona
09. Going Home ft. Marc Roberge of OAR
10. Gypsys On the Boulevard
11. One Thing
12. In My Dreams

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Echo Boom (by Cris Cab)

The B-Side of DJ exel. Pauly‘s wonderful “Zieht den Beats das Fell ab” Funk & Soul mixtape. The DJ of german rap group “Fettes Brot” has compiled nothing but straight classics again. Be sure to take a look at the A-Side of the mixtape, which is available here.

This is the second Side of my Samplepaulizei Mixtape. Original Samples. (DJ exel. Pauly)

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D’Angelo Live!

In collabo with Okayplayer, producer Sam Champ has compiled this great D’Angelo live mix. It contains live performances of 15 songs, such as “Chicken Grease”, “Feel Like Making Love” and many more.

D’Angelo’s album is still supposed to be dropped this year. Stay tuned for further information. In the meantime, go check DJ David Craig’s great D’Angelo Tribute Mix, which we posted some weeks ago.

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01. Fantastic Intro
02. Brown Sugar
03. Devil’s Pie
04. Crisco
05. Left & Right
06. Chicken Grease
07. Lady
08. Left & Right (Reprise)
09. Feel Like Making Love
10. Can’t Hide Love
11. Things You Do (Fall in Love)
12. One Mo’ Gin
13. Me and Those Dreaming Eyes of Mine
14. S.D.M.
15. Untitled (How Does It Feel)

Philly’s finest Small Professor producer links up with Guilty Simpson, Buff1, Blueprint, Von Pea, Reef the Lost Cauze, Has-Lo and more for his debut compilation “Gigantic v.1″. Audio Stream and Tracklist below. The album is available on Itunes.

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01. Small Pro Cometh
02. P(ea) Gets Off (feat. Von Pea)
03. Chambray (feat. Elucid)
04. Can’t Be Scared (feat. Buff1)
05. Pear Razor
06. Make Moves (feat. Blueprint & Curly Castro)
07. Attitude Problem (feat. Stik Figa)
08. Spare Razor (feat. Guilty Simpson & Reef The Lost Cauze)
09. Barefoot Gorilla Baboon Funk
10. When The Last Leaf Falls (feat. Has-Lo)
11. Play It By Ear (feat. Random)
12. Hare Razor (feat. Zilla Rocca & Curly Castro)
13. On The Count Of Three, Say…
14. Good Evening (feat. Al Mighty)

Maino’s mixtape before the album has been dropped. Feature appearances by PUSH! Montana, T.I., Ace Hood, DJ Khaled, Yo Gotti and many more. Audio stream, tracklist and the download link are listed below.

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I Am Who I Am (by Maino)

After several leaks and pre-releases, here we have the long anticipated third installment to Saigon‘s Warning Shots series. Including feature appearances by Joe Budden, Jovan Dais and others. Music production by Just Blaze, Shuko, Sire, Green Lantern and others. Stream, Tracklist and download link are listed below.

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01. One Foot In The Grave Intro Feat. Just Blaze (Produced by Saigon)
02. BBB (Real N*ggaz Never Die) (Produced by Sire)
03. I Am 4 Real (Produced by DJ Corbett)
04. Hungry (Produced by Sire)
05. Yeah Yeah (Produced by Shuko)
06. Bring Me Down Pt. 3 ½ Feat. Joe Budden (Produced by Just Blaze & DJ Corbett)
07. Say Yes Again (Produced by Quiet)
08. Come Again 2012 (Produced by EZ Elpee)
09. Women Are The New Dogs Feat. Jovan Dais (Produced by Red Spyda)
10. Kinky (Produced by Sire)
11. When Did You Get Hot (Produced by Brain)
12. Moscato Flow
13. CutDaBullshit, CutDaBullshit (Produced by Green Lantern)
14. Another Man Down Feat. Lil Fame (Produced by DJ Corbett)
15. WFKR Talk Radio Skit
16. War And Choas (Produced by Scram Jones & Just Blaze)
17. Where To Find Me
18. Learning As We Go Feat. Rough Of Good Guy Gang
19. Mr. Cool (That Aint Cool) (Produced by Scram Jones)

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Warning Shots 3 (by Saigon)