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Slum Village remains consistent even though two of the original members are dead. This song appears on the Villa Manifesto EP, which is out now.

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I’ve only recently started listening to Count Bass D, but he’s easily one of the more creative and MCs/producers around in terms of subject matter and beats.

“Everybody Knows Count” makes use of a Brandy sample and “T-Boz Tried To Talk To Me!” is about his having a chance encounter with T-Boz of TLC.

Update: The song is from an album called In Character, which drops 2010.

Download: Count Bass D – Everybody Knows Count

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Bonus: Count Bass D – T-Boz Tried To Talk To Me!

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Bonus: Count Bass D – Real Music Vs. Bu11$#!+

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Hey look, a Curren$y track off his producer Monsta Beatz’ new compilation. This is Curren$y’s sole appearance on the album, which is odd considering Mr. Beatz produced Curren$y’s debut album. Maybe he’s too busy hanging out with Jay Electronica and Mos Def.

“Famous” doesn’t stack up to their previous collaborations, but it’s a cool slow groove nonetheless.

Download: Curren$y – Famous (produced by Monsta Beatz)

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Here’s a new track off the re-release of Sareem Poems’ album Black & Read All Over. This is yet another crazy track on an already great album. The Oddisee-produced “She’s So So” is one of my favorite tracks of the year and trumps everything on the Diamond District album.

Download: Sareem Poems – Come Get It (ft. Theory Hazit)

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I like everything about this track except the overly repetitive cuts on the hook. Aside from that, Eternia rips the track and provides some female boom bappery. which has always been a scarcity.

This song will appear on Eternia’s mixtape Get Caught Up, dropping on the 15th.

Download: Eternia – Foul Child (produced by produced by Ant B.)

The third leak from Special Reserve (here are the first and second). Obie should have left Shady Records ages ago.

Download: Obie Trice – On & On (produced by MoSS)

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This is a nice comp of unreleased Elzhi tracks and collabos, some of which we’ve posted before. Beats by Jake One, Oh No, Black Milk and DJ Spinna, among others. No direct link on this one, go to Elzhi’s site to download the tape.

Download: Elzhi – The Leftovers UnMixedtape

Hit the jump for the track listing.

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There’s little point in comparing this to the original, but the title begs for comparison between Raekwon and Method Man. I’m going to hand it to Meth, who outdoes Rae in terms of flow, and originality.

Rap ain’t done shit for me lately.
It’s ass-backwards, this game tryna play me.
I bet this never happens to Jay-Z.

When I interviewed Method Man, I asked him a go-to hip-hop interview question: how do you restore hip-hop to its former glory? He answered, “what am I gon’ do now without looking like a disgruntled, sour grape ass rapper.”

But in those three lines, he succinctly summed up his frustrations with hip-hop in a dope rhyme without sounding like a “sour grape ass rapper.”

I presume this comes from the Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon collab album Wu Massacre which is scheduled to drop February 9. Considering those are three of the best rappers alive, I’m excited.

Download: Raekwon & Method Man – Meth Vs. Chef Part 2 (produced by Mathematics)

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The visual effect is kind of annoying, but I love a one-shot video. The Ecstatic belongs on every best of the year list.

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I can’t seem to figure out Bishop and Indef’s beef with Tom Cruise, but I’m not complaining.

Team America Fuck Yeah! is the street album from West Coasters Bishop Lamont and Indef dropping on Christmas. On the album, the two assume international redneck crime-fighting alter-egos.

The inspiration for the album is Team America: World Police.

Bishop spits the pop culture-infused madness that we used to love Eminem for. This track is just as ignorant and wild as the title track.

Download: Bishop Lamont & Indef – Money on My Head

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