yU - "If U Down"

yU is a dope emcee from the DMV and also a member of Diamond District. He is about to drop a new project that I'm buying without the need to listen. I've heard enough to know dude can flow and over great production. Check it.

yU released the first single from The EARN titled "If U Down" The track debuted this afternoon on Al Lindstrom with an Interview discussing yU's musical progression and the business of making records. The EARN hits stores everywhere December 13th. Enjoy the song!

 

Read the Interview w/ yU @ Al Lindstrom

http://allindstrom.com/2011/11/interview-mellomusicgroup-yuthe78er-discuss-the-earn/

Pre-Order The EARN

yU - The EARN

http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/the-earn/id476747412

 

yU - The Earn (Limited Edition Money Green Vinyl)

http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/yu-the-earn/MMG021LP/

 

yU - The Earn (deluxe 6 panel digipak cd)

http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/yu-the-earn/MMG021CD/

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What I'm Watching: The Roots "Sleep"

It's Tuesday, again. And The Roots are back, again. They deliver up the Aaron Livingston featured Sleep to conclude their four-part video series. Man, December 6th can't come soon enough for Undun. In the meantime, enjoy another set of stunning visuals from The Legendary Roots Crew, as we come full circle with Redford Stephen. Enjoy.

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Otis Clapp "Lose My Mind" feat. YC The Cynic & Scienze

Damn this joint is smoooooooooooooooooooooth. Otis Clapp teams up with two dope emcees out of NYC (and regulars on these pages), ScienZe and YC The Cynic on the Miles produced cut off of his upcoming Stay Off My Lawn EP due out early 2012. Definitely a solid track. Hit play and enjoy this banger, as I hit repeat for the fourth time. Chea!



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Audible Doctor Presents: Blacastan "Blac Magic (Audible Doctor Remix)"

The Audible Doctor serves up another dope remix from his 2011: Year Of The Audible Doctor Remix project due out December 20th for free download featuring remixes from The Brown Bag AllStars, Von Pea, Homeboy Sandman, YC The Cynic, Blacastan, Boog Brown, Trek Life, Magestik Legend and more. On this cut The Audible Doctor provides the remix for Blacastan's Blac Magaic. Solid cut. Can't wait to hear the full project. In the meantime enjoy. Chea!



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Dom O Briggs feat. ScienZe "Urkel Musik" (Extended Version)

New York rapper Dom O Briggs is gearing up for the re-release of The Sound of Music, his second project that dropped a year ago on December 3. To celebrate, he drops off Urkel Musik (extended), the first look from that re-release featuring Brooklyn's ScienZe. The project will include a few more cuts. In the meantime enjoy.



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KingHellBastard "Commercial Free" Feat. Joell Ortiz

Those KingHellBastard boys are bad. Bad meaning good. Ha! With Joell Ortiz on the feature and White Shadow on production, the Milwaukee collective deliver up Commercial Free from their new LP The WarRoom due out in December on Uni.Fi Records. Solid track and as Common says in the sampled hook, this is real hip-hop music from the soul ya'll. Enjoy. Chea!

  Commercial Free ft Joell Ortiz by unifi*records

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ThisisRnB Presents: Rhythm & Blues - Elle Varner

ThisisRnB Presents: Rhythm & Blues - Elle Varner "Only Wanna Give It To You" from ThisIsRnB on Vimeo.



Cool behind the scenes look at Elle Varner's process for creating the J. Cole featured Only Wanna Give It To You. As part of the new series Rhythm & Blues over at ThisisRnB.com. Enjoy her thoughts about the initial thoughts behind the production and writing for the track.

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Homeboy Sandman "Not Pop" (Jinesis Remix)

The homie Jinesis takes on Homeboy Sandman's "Not Pop" and gives it a new spin. Fresh. I dig it.  Hit play and enjoy.

When first hearing Homeboy Sandman's  "Not Pop" song there were lines that stuck out to me. One of the lines was "*they tell me dumb it down, I tell them smarten up*". At first I was going to take that part and flip it on some chop & screw vibe, but that didn't happen. I decided to turn this flip into a remix and I came up with this. We the Spartans, son. Pardon us. -Jinesis

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Boog Brown "UPS" (Dunc of DTMD Redux)

Boog Brown is gearing up for The Brown Study Remixes due out December 20th on cd and digitally via Mello Music Group. The project will include remixes from producers Georgia Anne Muldrow, 14KT, as well as some new music from Apollo Brown. With the first single, she teams up with Maryland beat maker Dunc of DTMD. This is definitely a solid joint. Hit play and enjoy! Chea.


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What I'm Watching: Action Bronson & Statik Selektah "Not Enough Words"

I'm hyped for this Action Bronson and Statik Selektah project due out November 22nd. In the meantime, enjoy the visuals for their latest single Not Enough Words. Chea!

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Hip-Hop Breakfast Ep 93

It's the Monday before Thanksgiving, so it's a celebration bitches. Ha! From TMB to you, enjoy the holiday. As per usual a little Hip-Hop for you on this Monday morning. Enjoy. Chea!

01. Black & Brown - Loosie
02. OnCue feat. manicanparty - Cigarettes and Perfume
03. Kenton Dunson - Beautiful Fight
04. Rapper Big Pooh feat. Rick Thousand - The Clock
05. MaG - True Story
06. Chuuwee - Global Warming
07. Nitty Scott MC - Tell Somebody
08. Chiddy Bang - Ray Charles



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Download ... DJ Cable & rockthedub.com present Big Tyme: A Tribute To Heavy D

Shoutout to homie Khal at RockTheDub.com for getting this mix out. Just like he said, there's plenty of folks putting together mixes for the late, great, and legendary Heavy D., and this is just a different version from across the seas. So hit play and reminisce on the greatness that was the Overweight Lover Heavy D. He will forever be missed. R.I.P. Heavy D.

As we all know, the Hip-Hop community and the world at large lost one of the true greats within the game, Heavy D. In going through his catalog, I realized that we needed a proper tribute to the man. Yes, I know Mister Cee, DJ Premier, Marley Marl and DJ Wonder (among others) cooked up mixes for their respective radio shows, and they are all ill, but I had the thought early (maybe the night he passed) for my boy DJ Cable, who is a talented, award-winning DJ from the UK as well as a lover of that '90s Hip-Hop and R&B, to cook up a tribute mix for rockthedub. He hit me back with 52 minutes of funk, with a number of classics and hits right alongside features and remixes he was a part of, spanning pretty much all parts of Heavy's career. It's a dope mix in the end, and something I'm glad to help present. Let's celebrate the life of Heavy D with this one.

Big Tyme - A Tribute To Heavy D by djcable

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