Nore took a page out of Cudi’s book with this one, but still sounds like good ol’ Nore. Off S.O.R.E. (Still On the Run Eating). Said Nore about the track in March, I like Kid Cudi. It was crazy, ’cause I kind of wanted to use him for a single...

Sareem Poems of Long Beach, California raps about his lady over Oddisee’s crackling, popping, soulful beat. The album, Black & Read All Over, is nothing but beautiful samples and dusty drums from top to bottom. Producers Oddisee and Theory Hazit knocked it out the park with this one. Download: Sareem..

Random Axe member Guilty Simpson and Madlib aka Otis Jackson are doing an album together under the name OJ Simpson. “Coroner’s Music” is the first leak off the album.  I think Guilty works best in small doses, but this album has a lot of potential. DOWNLOAD: OJ Simpson – Coroner’s..

Nothing I ever heard from Cafe before this really blew me out the water, but he sounds great over this Pete Rock banger. I’m always happy to hear newer NY cats over Pete’s treats – Pete even does adlibs like he used to do in the 90s! This is quality...

(image source) “Baby” is by far the best cut I’ve heard off Ghost’s new album Wizard of Poetry (due September 29). However, unnecessary Auto-Tune mars a perfectly good hook sung by Raheem DeVaughn. Download: Ghostface Killah – Baby (ft. Raheem DeVaughn) via 2dopeboyz Sphere: Related Content

Off Time Machine (Hood Politics VI), dropping September 22. Term’s new mixtape is a mix of old and new, “Nobody’s Smiling” being one of the new tracks. Tracklisting after the jump. Download: Termanology – Nobody’s Smiling (produced by Statik Selektah) (more…) Sphere: Related Content

For some reason, I never like Khalil tracks the first time I hear them, but I can’t stop listening to them after a week or two. So I’m going to give Khalil the benefit of the doubt today. I’m anxious to see if the Slaughterhouse supergroup (Joell Ortiz, Crooked I,..