
With the end of Best of 2011 week upon us, it's time to start getting into the good shit. Each one of these beats held something special for me this year, whether they highlighted a completely different side of a rapper we all thought we knew, whether they knocked particularly hard, whether they put on a brand-new producer that the world hadn't heard before or whether they just proved that some beat-makers really never lose it. Though 2011 was dominated by knockoff Lex Luger beats, these 10 tracks all shined heavy. [...]

was digging his rush-inspired bumper sticker so he gave me some. Action Bronson & Statik Selektah "Not Enough Words"
Below is the latest edition of our weekly feature, Stuck On Repeat. The premise is simple, we've asked all our contributors to submit one track and a brief write-up. The track can be new or it can be old, just whatever we could not stop listening to this week. These are the songs we've had Stuck On Repeat. :: selected by: V :: LV - Murkish Delights I rely on FACT 's year-end roundup as my [...]

Jonah Bromwich remembers back in the day …And in the summer, in the evenings, we'd listen to this guy Action Bronson . He'd release tapes all year round, but I remember, they were most perfect in the summer evenings. Even if they came out in the cold weather, the sound just took you back to the hottest part of the year, just at the point when the day starts to cool off. He had this one called, Well-Done , I think it was with a guy named Statik Selectah, who, [...]