Metal Lungies

Performing Exodus Acapella off El Che. From UCLA’s Darfur Now Concert 5.29.08.  Thanks Ben.

Bonus Mp3 Download  (Mp3): Rhymefest- Exodus (Acapella) (Live)

I came across this ad on some site’s sidebar. Can you say trying waaaaay too hard?

A rare tape of Evil Dee of Black Moon/Da Beatminerz fame DJing on Hot 97 . The date is unknown, but it’s estimated to be ’95 or ’96. Enjoy a good hour-long mix of classic hip-hop.

Download: Evil Dee – Monday Nite Flava Mix

via The Meaning Of Dope

We like the OG & the Remix, so you already know we are down with Travis Barker reworking this as well.

It’s finally here. And in mega high quality (320 KBPS).

Jacked from 10Deep Via 2dopeboys.

Download (Zip): Wale The Mixtape About Nothing.

A few tracks in, awesome name drop so far: Oksana Baiul, figure skating stand up. Also, on The Remake of A Remake is the mixing a little weird for anyone else?

Bonus Download (Mp3): Wale-Eye Of The Tiger

With the release of The Confessional mixtape just two days away, I thought I’d offer a primer on my favourite rapper from the West Coast, Aftermath’s own Bishop Lamont. While we’re waiting for his debut to drop, everyone should listen to one of Bishop’s exemplary mixtapes for free. Dude has mastered the art of mixtapes, and basically fulfills all my criteria for a good mixtape.I’ve listed all of his mixtapes in chronological order with download links and tracklistings.

Who I Gotta Kill To Get A Record Deal, Vol.1

1. Bishop lamont – intro
2. Bishop lamont – excuse me bitch
3. Bishop lamont feat. turie – uptee wooptee
4. Bishop lamont – damn
5. Bishop lamont feat. bokie loc – sticky
6. Bishop lamont feat. trek life & mykestro – settle down
7. Bishop lamont feat. trek life, planet asia & spontaneous – crazy heat
8. Bishop lamont – alright ok
9. Bishop lamont feat. young dre, sixx john & black – true crime (remix)
10. Bishop lamont feat. guerrilla black – kill that noize
11. Bishop lamont feat. indef – 2 crazy niggaz
12. Bishop lamont feat. mike anthony – new style
13. Bishop lamont – hump hump hump
14. Bishop lamont feat. joe red – iz it a crime
15. Bishop lamont feat. joe red – this that shit
16. Bishop lamont feat. trek life & the odyssey – get socked
17. Bishop lamont – hair force ones
18. Bishop lamont – look at you
19. Bishop lamont feat. trek life & mykestro – wardoggz 4 life
20. Bishop lamont – ice cream freestyle
21. Bishop lamont – made u look
22. Bishop lamont feat. trek life – new kidz on the block
23. Bishop lamont feat. v’n & wendy – colors
24. Bishop lamont feat. trek life & mykestro – freestyle
25. Bishop lamont feat. trek life, diverse, joe red & mike a – throw ya hands up
26. Bishop lamont – ignition (remix)

N*gger Noize (untagged!)

01) Intro
02) Klansmen (Produced By Focus)
03) Don’t Kill Me (Produced By Jake One)
04) Translator (Produced By Thayod)
05) The Truth (Feat. Stacee Adams) (Produced By Scott Storch)
06) Let’s Go (Produced By King Karnov)
07) Footsteps In The Dark (Produced By Nottz)
08) Fukk Kramer Radio (Interlude) (Produced By Jake One)
09) Super Freak (Produced By DJ Khalil)
10) Bitches On MySpace (Produced By RJ)
11) Last Crusade (Produced By JR Rotem)
12) First They Love You (Produced By 9th Wonder)
13) KKK Hotline (Interlude)
14) N*gger (Produced By Diverse)
15) Hood Psalm (Produced By DJ Khalil)
16) So Cold (Produced By The System)
17) HiStory (Produced By Nottz)

The Caltroit Mixtape, mixed by DJ Warrior

1) Murda Hextro
2) CALTROiT (Feat. Indef & Chevy Jones)
3) I Need It (Feat. Tash & Ras Kass)
4) Bang That Sh*t Out (Feat. Diverse)
5) Mouth Music (Feat. Guilty Simpson & Busta Rhymes)

6) On Top Now (Feat. Stat Quo & Dr. Dre)
7) Juggernauts (Feat. Young Dre, Glasses Malone, & 40 Glock)
8) Goatit (Feat. Phat Kat, Elzhi) (Slum Village)
9) Spectacular (Feat. iLLa-J, Frank Nitty & Busta Rhymes)
10) 4 All My N-ggas (Feat. Planet Asia, Mista Fab & Ya Boy)
11) Bad Girl
12) Inconvenient Truth
13) Go Hard (Feat. Ras Kass & Royce Da 59)
14) If You Ready (Feat. T3 (Slum Village) Kardinal Offishall & iLLa-J)
15) Ret 2 Go (Feat. Ms. Jade, Lady Of Rage & Peeps)
16) Everything (Feat. Kardinal Offishall & Trek Life)
17) Movie Star (Feat. Focus)
18) Not The Way (Feat. Mike Ant)
19) Bishop Lamont Outro

Pope Mobile

1. Pope Mobile Intro/Heaven ft. Bilal & Rev. Keep It Crackin (Produced By Dr. Dre)
2. Personal Chauffeur ft. Vanessa Marquez (Produced By DJ Khalil)
3. Shittin On Fools ft. Dready Beats (Produced By Dready Beats)
4. It’s Funny ft. Indef (Produced by Teddy Riley)
5. Yeah Pimp ft. PCP & Angelo (Produced by Focus)
6. I Just Want the Money ft. Bokey (Produced by 9th Wonder)
7. Street Theology Produced by (Mark Batson)
8. So Sad ft. Chevy Jones (Produced by Danjha Hands)
9. All I Dream About ft. Pooh Bear (Produced by Scott Storch)
10. Sumthin’ (Produced by Scott Storch)
11. Rappers Wanna Sing (Produced by Nottz)
12. I Always Knew
13. Music Shit (Produced by Scott Storch)
14. Sometimez ft. Mike Ant & Chevy Jones (Produced by Scott Storch)
15. Anyway ft. Mike Ant & Focus (Produced by Focus)

I’ll admit I’ve been sleeping on Reks, but there’s no sleeping on a Premo joint. His album, Grey Hairs, is due on my birthday, July 22nd.

Download: Reks – Say Goodnight (prod. DJ Premier)

via 2dopeboyz

A few days late on this one, but no one on the internet cares about timeliness, right?  The original is my favorite song of the year.  Nas kills it on the remix, and Busta may have the greatest laugh of all time.   

Download: Busta Rhymes ft. Reek da Villain, Spliff Star, Lil’ Wayne, Nas, The Game, and Big Daddy Kane-Don’t Touch Me (Remix)

Download Original: Busta Rhymes-Don’t Touch Me (Throw Da Water On Em) 

Rock for a fee not for free/Maybe I’ll do it for charity

Greg Nice beatboxed for T La Rock in the 80s, rapped with Smooth Bee as Nice & Smooth and guested on dope records by the Beatnuts, Gang Starr & Masta Ace, among others. He’s been around forever and people are still paying him to shout reverbed nonsense on a track. Robbie made a similar observation two years ago, which really shows his longevity. Imitating cats may try for the position but accept no substitutes: Greg N. I. C. E. is the OG hook shouter. I direct your attention to some recent Greg guest spots:

O’Neal McKnight – Check Your Coat (ft.Greg Nice)

Greg did an awesome chorus for Time Machine‘s song, “The Unfortunate Twist”. There’s a great video for the song but it isn’t embeddable. Check it out here.

Download: Time Machine – The Unfortunate Twist (ft.Greg Nice)

D&D All-Stars [Big Daddy Kane, Sadat X, Guru] – Hot Shit (ft.Greg Nice)

The Beatnuts – No Escapin’ This (ft.Greg Nice)

Bonus beats: Fat Lace did a fascinating interview with the man a few months ago. Worth your time.

*In my personal opinion, of course. How would one empirically prove this?

Some of these videos actually predate the formal creation of the Hiero crew, when Del was associated more with his cousin Ice Cube. Del is probably the best known Hieroglyphics member outside of hip-hop circles , thanks to guest appearances on two genre-crossing Dan the Automator projects, Gorillaz & Handsome Boy Modelling School. I skipped interviews this time around, because of the sheer number of music videos Del has.

Direct link to the playlist here.