Kendrick Lamar - Backseat Freestyle (Official Video)

No posts for a while...but what better way to kick off 2013 than with a fresh video from K dot. One of the biggest tracks from Kendrick Lamar's 'G.o.o.d Kid Mad City' album has been given the video treatment..catch it below; 

TNGHT X Kanye West (LIVE!!)

No the title isn't some sort of sick prank to get you to look at this post. Kanye actually came out during a TNGHT performance in New York this week. Hudmo and Lunice dropped a version of 'Cold/Theraflu' with Yeezy making a surprise appearance spitting over the top. It's not the first time that the G.O.O.D music honcho has worked with Hudson Mohawke - and I don't see it being the last. 

Kendrick Lamar Freestyles over TNGHT

Kendrick recently stopped by the BBC Radio 6 studios to talk to DJ Giles Peterson. During their chat the Radio host showed the Compton rapper one of the tracks of the year to come out of the UK; TNGHT's 'Higher Ground'....his short Freestyle isn't particularly jaw dropping by the TDE rapper's standards but I don't think i'm the only one who thinks that the thought of a Kendrick Lamar collaboration with certainly TNGHT is; 

Action Bronson X Statik Selektah - Rare Chandelliers

After quite a lot of waiting, Bronsolinio has finally dropped his latest project 'Rare Chandeliers' with beatsmith Statik Selektah. If you missed his hilarious video for 'The Symbol' - then do yourself a favour and prepare for the tape by watching Action Bronson act out the life of a 60's Gangster;

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Whole Latta Ice - Icee (aka SpaceGhostPurrp)

It seems that SpaceGhostPurrp a.k.a 'Icee' is going to be leaking quite a few tracks before he drops his next mixtape 'Sex, Money, Drugs'. Listen to/download the latest instalment 'whole latta ice' below;

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The Zone - The Weeknd X Drake (Official Video)

The self-directetd video for The Weeknd's OVOXO collaboration with Drake finally came out this week;  

Mean - Harry Fraud X French Montana X Action Bronson

Yes it's a late post...but with a collaboration this strong did you ever expect this track to not find it's way on here? 

It's a hard life when you can call on rappers like French and Bronsolinio to head up your latest track, but Harry Fraud has tailor made this beat with his usual hard hitting drums and a subtle organ in there somewhere too...As for the two New York MC's, the description of the track on Scion A/V's site (the collective releasing 'Mean') is 'Lavish living, envious haters, and parasitic women are reoccurring themes throughout the track..' If it wasn't enough; the Surf School producer dropped the instrumental for free along with the track too; 

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W8 WTF - Zebra Katz (Official Remixes)

1,000,000 views on a track that was uploaded 5 years ago, signing with Diplo's Mad Decent and having his track chosen to front the Rick Owens Fashion Show...it's been a big year for New Yorker Zebra Katz. With the remix package for his 'Winter Titty' EP already being strong - Zebra Katz has some how managed to up the tempo with more inclusions. 

The remixes are headed up by a sinister 90's Memphis inspired remix from up & coming producer Jepordise. Channelling his inner Three 6; the producer chopped up the vogue esque track into a rework that you wouldn't be surprised to hear the likes of Bun B over. Relatively unknown producer ARRWS remixes the track into a rock inspired melody while $1 Bin maintains the level of deep and darkness of Boyfriends original production. To cap the remix package off - Trap producer(s?) LolGurlz kept the minimalism like the other artists on the EP while adding a spiritual edge to their version; 

Hip Hop Re-Cap

It's been a good few weeks for the Hip Hop world. Just in case you missed any of the Rap goodness that's come out recently, here's a little re-cap to keep you up to date; 

Meek Mill - Dreams & Nightmares - Stream / iTunes Link

Sean Price - Mic Tyson - Stream / iTunes Link

Curren$y - Priest Andretti - Download Link

Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid M.a.a.d City - Stream / iTunes Link

Wiz Khalifa - Cabin Fever 2 - Download Link

Kendrick Lamar - The Jig Is Up/Dump'n

Juicy J Ft Wiz Khalifa - Know Betta

Action Bronson - The Symbol

Fat Joe Ft A$AP, French Montana & Lil Wayne - Yellow Tape - Download / iTunes Link

Kendrick Lamar Ft Dr Dre - The Recipe (Top Dawg Ent/Black Hippy Remix) 

Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Top Dawg Ent/Black Hippy Remix) 

SpaceGhostPurrp/ Icee - Swervin'

 

Icee (SpaceGhostPurrp) - Swervin'

Catching up on all this post Halloween stuff right now, and where better to start than a fresh track from SpaceGhostPurrp's new alias Icee. Leading up to the release of his 'Sex Money Drugs' tape, the Miami native will be dropping tracks on his youtube page. Stay tuned for more, but download and listen to SGP's Phonky track below for now; 

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Joey Bada$$ - Fromdatomb$ (Official Video)

17 year old Joey Bada$$ has to be one of my favourite rappers to emerge this year. When he dropped his mixtape 1999 people started to realise how good the Pro Era MC is, check out the visuals to his latest track 'Fromdatomb$' below;