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These two Game tracks leaked via this unofficial mixtape. Game and Ja Rule (remember that guy?) make a surprisingly strong combo, crappy Scott Storch beat and all. See also: “Sunset.”

Download: Game –  Jump Off (ft. Ja Rule) (produced by Scott Storch)

Download: Game – Get Wild

Starlito (aka All Star) and DJ Burn One’s Renaissance Gangter is the South’s answer to Prodigy and Alchemist’s Return of the Mac. Starlito divides his attention between exploring the gangster mythos and ruminating about weed (“Alright”). DJ Burn One supplies a cohesive backdrop of 70s samples that gives Alchemist’s blaxploitation motif on Return of the Mac a run for its money. The mixtape/street album is out now and is definitely worth a listen. You’re going to want to tell people you were up on Starlito early.

Download: Starlito – What I Was Thinking (produced by DJ Burn One)

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This video highlights the correlation between thuggitude are and how messed up your teeth are. Don’t forget to grab the mp3.

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Sup world? Anyone who knows me personally or musically knows I have the utmost reverence for the “old skoo”, so I thought I’d prove it by laying one of those throw back 80s/90s inspired joints…I hit up my nigga Playa Haze because I knew he could cook up one of those old skool joint with that classic boom bap feel..I came up on a variety of MCs, from Pimp C to Daddy Kane, Planet Asia to MC Lyte, they all inspired me to do what I do today, so enjoy the joint, and respect the Old School ya’ll, without the past there would be no present….R.I.P. Pimp C!!!……

I don’t hear the UGK influence, but “Dub Plate” sounds like like it was recorded at the height of the golden era. As did Co$$ and Playa Haze’s last collab.

Download: Co$$ – Dub Plate (produced by DJ Playa Haze)

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Raekwon gave heads the classic coke tales they were fiending for with Cuban Linx II. Also, he has adapted to today’s hip-hop market by leaking a new track every couple of weeks. It sounds like a Wu fan’s dream, but between Cuban, Wu-Massacre, and Rae’s stray leaks,  the Chef’s narcotic noir is getting played out.

Fortunately, Rae switched it up with “Lizz.” Rae raps to his lady with a vulgarity you would expect from Ghostface. His low voice is right at home over Les McCann’s warm, sweaty synth jazz. The song was inspired by the lewd conversations of Angela Yee’s Lip Service show.

This is much more interesting than the rehash of “Criminology” that just leaked.

Download: Raekwon – Lizz (produced by DJ Scratch)

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Other recent Raekwon joints:

Download: Raekwon – Wallys & Pringles (produced by Alchemist)

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Download: Raekwon – Pioneers (produced by Vin Tha Chin)

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Snoop Dogg collected a small contingent of West Coast artists for a relatively short mixtape that’s low on filler. Snoop using his international pop star status to support aspiring West Coast rappers is nothing new. Previously, he’s cosigned Terrace Martin and Crooked I. It’s a mutually beneficial arrangement: Snoop gives them a weighty cosign and they keep him relevant to the core hip-hop audience.

We Da West, Volume 1 features Kurupt, Daz, Bad Lucc, Problem, Tha Twinz, Nipsey Hussle, and The Hustle Boyz.

Watch the video for the tape’s opener after the jump.

Download: Snoop Dogg – We Da West, Volume 1

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I’ve been transfixed by this Gucci Mane song for the past few days. I don’t care where you’re from or what notions you have about “real hip-hop.” This beat bangs like Donkey Kong’s down+B in Smash Bros. And that’s coming from one of the most stalwart Gucci-haters.

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Hi-Tek’s slow and deliberate beat keeps Kweli from sounding too preachy on “In This World.” Judging by the impressive and vastly different production on “Just Begun,” “Back Again” and now “In This World,” I think Revolutions Per Minute might be the capstone of Hi-Tek’s career.

Download: Reflection Eternal – In This World

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Aleon Craft and SMKA collaborated on this whisper-y Atlanta-flavored remake of the OG Temptations hit “The Way You Do The Things You Do.” The Prologue Pt. 1 comes out March 15. Ain’t shit changed since ’64.

Download: Aleon Craft – The Way You Do The Things You Do (produced by SMKA)

I dug Raheem DeVaughn’s songs with Ghostface and I was actually really excited when I heard they might be doing an album together, but I’ve never seen DeVaughn as a viable solo artist. “The Greatness” may have just changed my mind. This is what a “song for the ladies” should sound like. Mature and funky. Check his mixtape from January.

Update: video here.