Artist: illa j

Slum Village is back with a new video showcasing two of their new tracks God Sent and Hunger. I never really figured out of Illa J had become an official member of SV, but the

New Slum Village video "God Sent/Hunger" featuring Vice & Focus... off The Dirty Slums . Download: Slum Village & Mick Boogie – The Dirty Slums

Here's another track off Slum Village & Mick Boogie's Dirty Slums, titled "Hunger" featuring Focus... and produced by Young RJ. Download: Slum Village x Mick Boogie – Dirty Slums

Slum Village's mixtape with the king of mixtapes Mick Boogie dropped yesterday. Dirty Slums is almost entirely produced by Young RJ except for a few tracks from Focus... and nVMe. Check the tracklist below to

Here's another track off Slum Village & Mick Boogie's Dirty Slums , titled "Beats and Breaks". Download: Slum Village x Mick Boogie - Dirty Slums via BackPackBoogie

In 2010, Slum Village reunited and then broke up after the release of their Villa Manifesto album. T3, Illa J, and Young RJ just announced plans to continue without Elzhi in a recent interview with HipHopDX. Fantastic, Volume 3 is a sequel to the crew's 2000 debut album, Fantastic Volume 2 . If this forthcoming LP is anything like Volume 2 , we're in for a treat. Check out the rest here Props to HipHopDX

Jonti feat. The Stepkids & Illa J - The Days Have Turned by stonesthrow Via Stones Throw

Unmastered, straight from the lab. Listen, if you're on thanksgiving break right now like me, you should be blasting this as you walk around the house wearing whatever the fuck you want (a sweater and sweatpants). This is so outrageously chilled to the point where you shouldn't have a care in the world listening to this. Those patient enough to get to the 2:35 mark will be rewarded I promise. Follow me @OceanPdestrians . Jonti feat. The Stepkids & Illa J - The Days Have Turned by [...]

Jonti + The Stepkids + Illa J. "The Days Have Turned" Audio diary of the past few weeks in LA. Stepkids are all the vocals in the first half. J's vox happen at 1:20 via Stones Throw

It has been several years now since the passing of J Dilla, yet his legacy remains stronger than ever. As part of BBC Radio 1Xtra's Stories, a series of tributes to artists that have passed, Benji B sheds light on the late hip-hop innovator, J Dilla. To conclude the series, the station brought together tidbits from some of the great members of Dilla's close-knit community. I am talking artists like Common, Mos Def, and Dilla's mother, Ma Dukes. Mixing in his many musical contributions, we get a great insight into the life of James Yancey. Head over to [...]

CLICK PICTURE TO VIEW SOULSTYCE 2011 PROMO VIDEO The second annual 2011 SoulStyce Music & Art Festival will be in town in a couple of weeks. This event is pretty much an all-out block party which will be held in Pico Rivera for two days! Brought to you by the BCS ( Bridge City Sounds ) Crew, this event will not only boast about artists that most of us havent seen perform live in a while (ex: Redman , Fat Joe [mind you, he's D.I.T.C. reppin']), BUT [...]

Ciph Boogie | Never Waste Your Time | Behind The Scenes | Edited by Mark Carranceja | Filmed by Malik Honor & Rosina Murphy | Music: "DFTF (Instrumental)" by Illa J off The Yancey Boys Instrumental LP courtesy of Delicious Vinyl iTunes: Sometime In New York City, Vol. 1 - EP - Ciph Boogie iTunes: Never Waste Your Time Featuring Phil Geston - Single - Ciph Boogie

Whether you have plans or not, the 4th of July weekend starts tomorrow. Lets set it off right with some dope iLLA music produced by Clinton Sparks x DJ Snake. Time to put the kids to sleep and make sure you have the babysitter booked for Friday and Saturday. That is, of course, you have kids. If not, do whatever you like! Download: iLLA - "Yow Yow" / Alt Link

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On the 31st of May, West Coast artists Sub Ren & Rey Resurreccion came together to do what they know best, which is to "Shut It Down". The two powerhouses have been making moves for years in their own respective lanes for quite some time & have even shared the same bill together on numerous occasions. Sub Ren & Rey Resurreccion will also be releasing an EP soon that will be produced entirely by The Bangerz own Square Weezy. Until then enjoy "Shut It Down" by Sub Ren featuring Rey Resurreccion & please feel free to share with everyone you [...]

T3 of Slum Village leaked a new track "Motor Freaks" featuring Illa J & produced by Young RJ, taken off his upcoming EP 3iLLA dropping June 21st 2011. via BackPackBoogie

Download: This Is PRTLND Vol. 1.5 (w/ Freeway, Mayer Hawthorne & more) Al-One feat. Freeway & DJ Wicked – Can't Stop 1. Stewart Villain – Pac Man's Demise 2. TxE – The Intro (prod. TROX) 3. iLLAJ – AIRplane (DaveNotti Remix) 4. Al-One feat. Freeway & DJ Wicked – Can't Stop (prod. Chase Moore) 5. Vinnie DeWayne – St. John's Bridge (prod. PaperChase) 6. Hi-Res – Waffle Fries 7. Tope feat. Cool Nutz & Illmaculate – Yours 8. Mat Randol feat. Jon Belz – [...]

CLICK PICTURE TO VIEW FLYER As an exclusive tribute to super producer Jay "Dilla" Yancey , Jazz Café & The Doctor's Orders are proud to present a full live show involving the cream of the Detroit soul & Hip-Hop underground. The performance will featuring original "Welcome to Detroit" era session musicians on drums, in the shape of Karriem Riggins , guitar and bass plus a raft of MC's who've graced Dilla's beats over the years. These emcees will feature Frank N Dank , Phat Kat , [...]

New visuals from iLLA for "Cranberry Vodka" off the Van Gogh mixtape .

iLLA hit me with this mixtape a few days ago (ahem...weeks....ahem) and I didnt have a chance to post it up. As I was cleaning out my inbox I came across the project and figured it was better late than never to share it with my SUPERXOFFICIAL fam. Featuring appearances from Tone Trump, Willis Brook, TJ Hooker, and Phoenix, with production by Skyscrapers, Stewie Vuiton, Lil' K, The Bang Brothers and more. Download: iLLA - "Van Gogh" Mixtape

A new year, a new EclectiCuts! It's been a truly exciting ride for me this past month. A lot of changes and new opportunities have manifested themselves and I'm eternally blessed to have these things happen on my last year as a 20-something-year-old. As always keeping that positive mindframe helps when things get hard and out of perspective. But lets get back to the real issue here, MUSIC! This is a nice little hype collection of tunes I've been diggin and I think they might be able to help you during these cold days. Unless you're in Cali where we [...]