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All praises due to Black Spade for the hazy soulful “New U.”

Download: Black Spade – New U (produced by J*Davey)

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Danny Brown “Re-Up” Video from FWMJ on Vimeo.

Danny B rocking his typically half-gully/half-goofy style over a cold, creeping beat produced by Quelle of Crown Nation, who’s done work with Danny before.
Here’s another joint off Danny’s upcoming album, The Hybrid., “New Era”, produced by Nick Speed.

Download: Danny Brown – New Era

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Meyhem’s X-rated rhymes are wonderfully visual. He and Thirstin Howl III were messing around in the studio and beefed up the Slick Rick track.

Download: Thirstin Howl III, Meyhem Lauren – Treat Her Like A Prostitute

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You have to admire how DJ Premier still works with unknowns like Smiley The Ghetto Child. Off The Antidote Pt. 2, dropping in May.

Download: Smiley The Ghetto Child – I’m Legend (produced by DJ Premier)

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Scottish producer Hudson Mohawke provides a wonderfully spacey, 8-bit sounding beat that Al Mighty and Distant Starr of MAGr tear to pieces.

If I don’t make it in rap, there’s always river dancing and driving mack trucks

This is off Al’s upcoming solo debut, Agony of Deceit.

Download: MAGr (Al Mighty & Distant Starr) – MAG Who?

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I can’t find anything about Los Angeles-based producer Take, but the amalgam of hip-hop, electronic, and pop on “Space Particles” goes ham.

Download: Take – Space Particles

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Who needs Detox when Southern rappers are making top notch West Coast rap? The Dre-influence on this track is blatantly obvious, from the low-rider ready bassline to the staccato guitar which sounds exactly like “The Next Episode.”

This comes from Gorilla Zoe’s The Connect mixtape.

Download: Supplya, Gorilla Zoe, G Fella – Gangsta (produced by Cavi)

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Khaleel is one of the latest signees to DJ Premier’s Year Round Records. The Houston rapper’s album My M.C. Name Is… is due out this year.

What a flow. Premo sure can pick ’em.

Download: Khaleel – Rappin’ Exercise (ft. Panchi) (produced by Showbiz) (cuts by DJ Premier)

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The Crackers EP Vol. 1 is an EP of experimental instrumentals from The Audible Doctor of the New York rap collective Brown Bag AllStars. The soft rock samples and other oddities give it a original sound, but the way he flips his samples, even the most familiar (“I Just Died in Your Arms” on “The Afterlife”), is what really stands out. Also, The Crackers has a nice slow pace and doesn’t feel choppy like so many instrumental projects.

Be on the lookout for the other half-dozen projects the Brown Bag AllStars are working on.

Download: The Audible Doctor – The Crackers EP Vol. 1

Aziz Ansari AKA RAAAAAANDY was hard at work on a mixtape with Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio, but they will not meet the original release date. The reason? Bitch ass rappers aren’t sending in their verses. RAAAAAAAANDY names names in this scathing diss. Think “How To Rob” 2010, but with verses.

Download: RAAAAAAAANDY – AAAAAAAANGRY

Update: Here’s the final version of the song. The last version was a rough cut that Kanye leaked early.

Download: RAAAAAAAANDY – AAAAAAAANGRY

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