True School Collective or TSC our a group of artists that have a passion & belief in making conscious Hip Hop much like Native Tongues of the late 80′s/early 90′s. With a list of producers as long as your arm & a few like minded rappers for good measure this collective is sure to be around for a long time to come. Enjoy…
DJ Hedspin and Sharks & Hammers teamed up to release this mixtape project, which is a dedication to one of the most respected emcees in Hip Hop history, Rakim. This mix is bigger than BIG! With plenty of raw material plus tons of originals from the soul artists, Eric B and others sampled for Rakim.
Love this!!!
Tony Touch starts the new year with a compilation of his favourite freestyle sessions from the Shade 45 weekly show. Here is the entire list of artists, appearing on the mixtape:
Capadonna, Torae, Uncle Murda, French Montana and The Coke Boyz, Casey Veggies, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q, Black Thought, Big Sean, Yelawolf, Evidence, Apathy, Smoke DZA, STS, Open, D12, Rapsody, Skyzoo, Boaz, Danny Brown, Tech N9ne, Machine Gun Kelly, Square Off, Vado, Phil Ade, Kendrick Lamar, Black Milk, Sean Price, Killer Mike, Action Bronson, Reks, Guilty Simpson, and Young Chris.
One of the best mixtapes for original samples put out last year is this one by DJ Hudson, who compiled a collection of records sampled or covered by Massive Attack from their first three LPs and the singles from 1988 -1998. I had to post this one!!
Only a few days late! But hey… It’s got some brand new bangers up that you need to hear, not the type of fellas to let us down on the mixtape front; it’s ‘The Throwout’ by DJ Illas & DJ Heritage. Featuring tracks by Apathy, Common, Slick Rick & Premo, Lunar C, The Roots, Mr. West, Mobb Deep & more. With it being absolutely free, there’s no excuse you shouldn’t be bumping this in your car right now!
This is one side of a mix tape that was sold in Manchester’s Funky Banana record shop in 1992. Scruff says he only did 20 copies, so it is about time that more people heard this mix!
DJ Patience drops a mix of original soul, funk and jazz vinyl that has been sampled by major Hip Hop artists with a few doubles, scratches and samples. Includes Diamond D telling it how it is! …
Lupe Fiasco has finally dropped his long awaited mixtape entitled Friend Of The People. The mixtape was first announced as a free give away in december 2009, but was cancelled when Fiasco decided to train in climbing.
Here it is!…
The long awaited free mixtape, which calls the return of UK Hip Hop legend; Yungun aka Essa, mixed by DJ Mr. Thing. Featuring collaborations with Guru (Gangstarr/Jazzmatazz), Waajeed (PPP/Platinum Pied Pipers), I.G. Culture, The Nextmen, Resin Dogs, Doc Brown, Tony D, Aaron Jerome and more.
DJ ReMike has teamed up with Kevin Nottingham and The Diggers Union to bring his fans his latest mixtape, A Tribute To Tribe. This refreshing mix includes Tribe classics, album cuts, unreleased joints, and exclusive tribute freestyles from the likes of K. Sparks, Sha Stimuli, Naledge (of Kidz In The Hall), and Dyme Def.
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