Coachella 2013

It's here - grab my brand new Coachella 2013 mix!

TRIBUTE (Panic City, The Les, Miles Medina)

Very dope new mixtape from the homies - DJ's Panic City, The Les, and Miles Medina. An amazing tribute to Diddy, Kanye and MJ.

TRIBUTE (Panic City, The Les, Miles Medina) by djpaniccity

Black & Gold

Wale is back this week with his new mixtape More About Nothing, and this banging track samples Sam Sparro's classic...
Wale's flow plus Sparro's vocals are definitely a dope combo.

Black & Gold

American G-Funk

Classic mixtape time... perfect Sunday afternoon material.

About 2 years ago, DJ Benzi and The Knocks released American G-Funk - a complete rework of HOV's American Gangster album. They dug deep in their crates and found some awesome soul, R&B, and pop samples. Below are my 2 favorite cuts. If you don't already have it, you'll definitely want to add this mixtape to your collection.

American G-Funk (The Knocks remix)

The Knock Boys (The Knocks remix)

DJ Jazzy Jeff + Mick Boogie "Summertime" mixtape

I went to an awesome summer bbq / pool party this past weekend. Really wish I had remembered to bring this with me...
The perfect summertime mixtape from Mick Boogie and the legendary DJ Jazzy Jeff.

Grab it.

Dirty South Dance 2

A-Trak has done it again, releasing Dirty South Dance 2.

Go grab it.

Theophilus London

I'm on music blogs constantly, and every time I think I've got a pretty good handle on that new heat out there, I always get thrown a curve ball. I'm almost a little embarrassed to not have been on the Theophilus London tip before now, and credit to the homie Tom Roche for keying me in.

Flat out, I haven't been this excited about an MC in a long time. London's flow is amazing, and his beats compete with the current masters of the hip hop world, flowing over everything from R&B to electro to indie. Check one of my favorite tracks of his as a sample...

Enjoy the Sun

And as I tried to pick one of the tracks off his new mixtape I Want You to post up, I realized that I'd be doing you all a huge disservice if I didn't have you go download the whole thing. Enjoy.

Download it on the Hypebeast here.

Mixtape Heat: DJ D-Sharp / DJ Morse Code

Two massive new mixtapes for your enjoyment.

The first from my homie DJ D-Sharp - Love is Love is Love - is full of dope hip hop and soul beats that will make you move year round, not just on Valentines Day.

Download here.


The second - Walking on the Moon - is the brand new indie dance mix from one of Deckstar's finest: DJ Morse Code. Some very choice cuts on here.

Download here.

Do What You Do

Choice cut from Drake's 2006 Room For Improvement mixtape. Doesn't really sound like Drake, but the flow and beat are tight.

Lights out.

Do What You Do

Where Brooklyn at???

If you are a fan of hip hop, you need this in your life.
Thank you Mike Nice.
Brooklyn Bullsh*t is chock full of crazy rare, unreleased and demo joints from the likes of Jay-Z, Big Daddy Kane & the Notorious B.I.G.
Look out for Biggie rhyming at the age of 12, Hov at the age of 17 and more! What??!!

Here's a taste...
Hova's demo from 1992...

Jay-Z - Pass the Roc

Grab the whole tape here.
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Thanks to 2dopeboyz.

Don Rimini

Straight outta Paris...my man Don Rimini. Dude is rapidly emerging as one of my favorite DJ's out there. (In case you missed it, he provided one of the Young MC remixes below.)

Here Mr. Rimini provides us with a very special Christmas mix he did exclusively for Playboy ...something I'll be spinning well into 2009 as well. Here's the rundown:

"Parisian DJ, remixer and producer Don Rimini is known for his ability to cross the jackhammer utility of electro-house and the funk and swagger of hip-hop. Think of it as crunk on speed. Or just credit Baltimore. Huh? That’s right: The hottest DJ in Paris is a devotee of the ghetto-tech Baltimore sound.

In addition to his sweat-inducing deejaying, Don Rimini’s own tracks have also caught on in the DJ world, becoming regulars in the sets of Digitalism, A-Trak, MSTRKRFT, 2 Many DJs, Diplo and Ed Banger label founder Busy P. (Check out Rimini’s recent Kick‘n’Run EP for a taste.) And no wonder. His stuff is ace. Just wait until you hear the way this mix segues from hipster electro of Guns’n’Bombs to the old-school chant-along of 2 Live Crew’s “We Want Some Pussy” and you’ll get the Don’s aesthetic.

“This mix tells a story,” Rimini says of the mix he put together for Playboy. “A love story, of course.” He’s not kidding; he really did have a narrative arc in mind as he spun this mix. The story begins as “a French-style pimp arrives at the club,” he explains, where he quickly realizes this is not just another night out. Soon enough he’s pulled a girl and they consummate their carnal attraction—again, French-style, he says, naturellement—as Shena’s “Electrosexual” throbs on the dance floor. The night is just beginning, however, as tracks like “Ecstasy (Take Your Shirts Off)” make clear. And there’s a happy ending, too. The girl will forever have fond memories of her crazy night with a “Sexy Boy.”

And by the way, though he says any resemblance of the characters in the above story to real people is purely coincidental, Don Rimini mixed this live in a studio where he had assembled a party of his own, complete with undulating, undressed women to set the proper mood. Draw your own conclusions. But one thing’s clear: This is the real deal—a surefire stocking stuffer, if you will."

Grab the mix now!
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BONUS:
Check the ridiculous new video for his latest single "Ohow?"...

DON RIMINI "OHOW?" from WIMM PRODUCTIONS on Vimeo.

Sky High

Mixtape master DJ Benzi and Kid Cudi's producer Plain Pat bring together an all-star lineup of remixers for this dope Kanye mixtape. As you can see by the tracklist, we're talking nothing but heavy hitters...
Personally, I've been wanting to get my hands on the A-Trak remix of "Get Em High" for quite some time.

1. Sky High Intro
2. Good Morning ft. Big Sean (The Kickdrums Remix)
3. Champion (Nick Catchdubs Remix)
4. Barry Bonds (Eli Escobar Remix)
5. Crack Musik (Cookin Soul Remix)
6. We Major (The Kickdrums Remix)
7. Get Em High (A-Trak Remix)
8. Throw Some (Cousin Cole Remix)
9. Electric Touch (Steve1der & Mighty Mi Remix)
10. Love Lockdown (Tom Wrecks Remix)
11. Flashing Lights (Diplo Remix)
12. Addiction (Kenny Dope & Terry Hunter Remix)
13. Stronger (A-Trak Remix)
14. Impatient Boy (Benzi Refix)
15. HomeComing (Discotech Remix)
16. I Wonder (Scottie B Remix)
17. good Life (Strech Armstrong Remix)
18. Can’t Tell Me Nothing (Dj Godfather Remix)

Grab this now. (alt link)



Thanks to EastofLA.

The Kickdrums

Um, why haven't I heard about The Kickdrums until now? Their new mixtape "Things Don't Change" is a big delicious pie of indie dance beats and hip hop vocals. It seems as though it's harder and harder these days to find a mixtape on which everything is good, but on here everything is.

Here's the standout track for me: Justice remixed MGMT's "Electric Feel" and then Steve1der added Kanye's "Touch The Sky" to it. One of the best mashups I've heard in a long time.

MGMT vs Justice vs Kanye West - Electric Feel (Steve1der mash)


Now grab the whole mixtape here and rock out. Also look out for the sick mashup of Black Kids with Lil Wayne...

The Kickdrums - Things Don't Change (Mixtape)