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theKidDevo is the latest young whippersnapper to make a big...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:25:45 -0400

theKidDevo is the latest young whippersnapper to make a big impression despite his (ridiculously) tender age, with the St Louis native young gun giving us the video for the track ‘Strings’ featuring Roh-Bee.

Download his brand new EP Talk Boy at DafPiff or below.

Onoe Caponoehas dropped the video for ‘House Ov...

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:25:00 -0400

Onoe Caponoehas dropped the video for ‘House Ov Funk/Flower Power’ from last years spacey Willows Midnight Gallery.

The video comes with the the news that Caponoe is current working on some unspecified collaborative material with a new album also in the pipeline for an end of year release.

Grab WMG here.

Earl Sweatshirt draws ever closer to releasing his debut...

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:21:12 -0400

Earl Sweatshirt draws ever closer to releasing his debut LP, Doris, the O.F. messiah returns with the Tyler featuring (and produced) ‘Whoa.’

It’s maybe a step back from what ‘Chum’ brought to the table, but surely this will only be a nostalgic blimp in what will hopefully be one of the albums of 2013.

Jack Jetson spits over this Illinformed beat, taken from the...

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:02:00 -0500

Jack Jetson spits over this Illinformed beat, taken from the producer’s January beat-tape Weed Money.

Download Illinformed’s instrumental mixtape here. Watch to Jetson spitting over a Dilla beat below.

Ever the generous man, Danny Brown dropped a brand new track, ‘#HottestMC’ earlier...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:25:18 -0500

Ever the generous man, Danny Brown dropped a brand new track, ‘#HottestMC’ earlier today just for the hell of it. It’s what he does!

No word on whether this will appear on his upcoming LP or whether it’s just a track he’s made public for the hell of it, either way it’s damn good. Harry Fraud delivers the beat.

’Forlorn’ mixes the excitable beat from British producer Lopalux with the breakneck...

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:32:38 -0500

’Forlorn’ mixes the excitable beat from British producer Lopalux with the breakneck rapping of Busdriver for the rather impressive free download from the young Brit.

The track is an exclusive promo for the upcoming Lopalux album, Nostalchic, which will be released in March via Brainfeeder.

Listen to album cut ‘Guuurl’ below.

We’re on Vol. 4 of the Soulful Chemistry Beat Tape anthology already, with the Northern...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:05:04 -0500

We’re on Vol. 4 of the Soulful Chemistry Beat Tape anthology already, with the Northern beatsmith collective still churning out solid mixes.

Grab the full collection on the Soulful Chemistry Bandcamp page.

With the likes of The Underachievers, Flatbush Zombie and the rest of the Beast Coast making such a...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:44:00 -0500

With the likes of The Underachievers, Flatbush Zombie and the rest of the Beast Coast making such a racket its hard to keep up with all these amazing up and comers dominating the underground in the States. Blink and you could miss anything. Fortunately Joey Bada$$’ new track ‘Wendy ‘n’ Becky’ featuring Chance the Rapper and Thelonious Martin didn’t slip our radar and as always Bada$$ is providing quality hip hop as always.

Jon Phonics’ Rugers tape has been doing the rounds since...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:09:24 -0500

Jon Phonics’ Rugers tape has been doing the rounds since it was released in January and since then its gotten a pretty good buzz going for it. On the wave of this success he’s just released the vid for ‘Fx With The Life’, his collab with It’sNate.

You can get Rugers and more from Phonics’ Bandcamp.

‘Anthem,’ featuring Frank N Dank, comes from a soon...

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:07:00 -0500

‘Anthem,’ featuring Frank N Dank, comes from a soon to be released LP from the late great Jay Dee that the hip hop legend was working on in 2001 - 02.

The record was supposed to feature Dilla flexing his rapping talents over beats from Madlib, Pete Rock, Nottz, House Shoes and Karriem Riggins, with this track featuring Dilla doing what he did best: producing dope beats. The record, The Diary, will be getting posthumously released later this year.

‘Anthem’ and ‘Trucks’ (another production jam) are available now at Rappcats.

If you haven’t already seen it, you can check out the BeatDigga’s very own Dilla mix here.

North London based rapper Pride will release a new EP this...

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:12:00 -0500

North London based rapper Pride will release a new EP this Monday (Feb 25) via Saving Grace Records.

You can listen to ‘The Right Idea’ featuring the vocal talents of Stac and production by Savvy above. Click here for the full track-listing.

Black the Ripper and Harry Love link up on one of the stand out...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:51:00 -0500

Black the Ripper and Harry Love link up on one of the stand out tracks from Ripper’s ode to Mary Jane, Married to Marijuana, with ‘The Remedy’.

MtM is out on iTunes now.

In Dark Denim is the newest release from the latest bright new...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:48:29 -0500

In Dark Denim is the newest release from the latest bright new thing on the West Coast rap radar, Bay Area native Antwon.

Having signed to Heem’s Greenhead label for his new release, we can hopefully see him around quite frequently from now on. Cities Aviv shows up on two tracks to lend a hand with production duties too. Bonus!

Download it here and check out the video for ‘3rd World Gril’ below.

Sinoptic International has returned with the second instalment...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:35:38 -0500

Sinoptic International has returned with the second instalment of the Pure Dopeness mixtape, another ambitious effort where producers and MCs from each corner of the globe are brought together for one sitting.

From Bulgaria to Brazil, the whole thing is free. You can download it here and get vol. 1 here.

Kool A.D. has just released a shit ton of new music today, so if...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 07:55:00 -0500

Kool A.D. has just released a shit ton of new music today, so if you have two hours to spare then 19 and 63 should do the job nicely.

With skywlkr, Mayhem Lauren, Lakutis and even Ad-Rock and ‘Kanye West’ hopping in board and more shout-outs to Justin Bieber than you know what to do with then things are never going to be too uninteresting.

Check out the video for ‘Erotika’ below.

Well this kind of came out of nowhere, but it looks like our...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:08:38 -0500

Well this kind of came out of nowhere, but it looks like our firsts big feud of 2013 is between Lil B and Joey Bada$$!

The Based God called out Bada$$ with the track ‘I’m The Bada$$’ to which Joey retaliated with ‘Don’t Quit Your Day Job’. Both tracks are off the hook, but it’s the Pink Flame artwork that really walks away as the victor here. Just look at it!

Hashfinger has dropped an exclusive mix for RadioEject sessions...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:51:36 -0500

Hashfinger has dropped an exclusive mix for RadioEject sessions and its all free!

The exclusive mix is available (free) now at www.ejectos.com

Skyzoo has hooked up with none other than Madlib for his newest...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:41:41 -0500

Skyzoo has hooked up with none other than Madlib for his newest jam, ‘Phone Calls’, which will be released on his upcoming LP Band Practice pt. 1.

You can download the track below.

Kool A.D. will be following up last years seminal...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:38:19 -0500

Kool A.D. will be following up last years seminal 51 mixtape with a double album-like compilation of tracks that didn’t quite make the cut on last years release, titled 19 and 63 respectively.

As well as SKYWLKR and Trackademicks the tape also features a track called ‘NPR’ that was produced by none other than Beastie Boy Ad-Rock.

Above, you can check out the video for ‘Erotika.’ The two new mixes will be released a week today (Feb 7)

Hip hop saviour Danny Brown hooks up with a UK talent again for...

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:36:10 -0500

Hip hop saviour Danny Brown hooks up with a UK talent again for a new track, this time hoping on a production from The Purist.

The Biggie-sampling ‘Jealousy’ will appear on Purist’s upcoming EP ‘Tr-ill.’

If you haven’t already seen Danny and Mike Skinner discuss their views on the world, and on stage handjobs, you can fulfil your lives with this: