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I dont care what anyone says Quadron is the shit.. Now when someone takes one of your cover songs makes a remix to it to  sound like their own then you done did it. Peep this remix to Quadron doing a cover of Lauyrn Hill's Ex-Factor.

Chicago beatsmith Thelonious Martin and DJ Nick Castle come together to form the duo The Legion of Doom . As Legion of Doom these two take your favorite acapellas and reupholster the shit out of them with some new original, ugly-face hip-hop beats. For this go round they give Big L's classic single "Put It On" a new spin, flipping an all-too-familiar Bob James sample. And let me go on record to say I have no idea how I missed these two guys' collaborative work. I really must've been living under a rock for the [...]

• TheLegionOfDoom - (Put) On And On And On

In anticipation of release of the duo's mixtape  Salvation , Dag Savage (consisting of emcee Johaz and beatsmith Exile ) let loose of the single "Milk Box". The mixtape is slated to drop some time next week, so be sure to stay woke. Soundcloud stream and download below.

• DIRTY SCIENCE - Dag Savage (Johaz & Exile) "Milk Box"

 Atlanta-based emcee/producer  Yamin Semali  of rap duo  Clan Destined  presents  Yen Dollar Music Vol. 1 , an album of self-produced instrumentals presented in conjunction with  ProducersIKnow.com  and  Yen DollarMusic (¥$M) , Yamin's new production company and brand. Chock full of rappertreats indeed! Give it a listen and hit the link below that for the Bandcamp download link! Yen Dollar Music Vol. 1 by Yamin Semali YAMIN SEMALI - YEN DOLLAR MUSIC, VOLUME 1 [...]

Yesterday morning, Madd Caesar , with the assistance of Sabac Red (formerly of Non Phixion), Kiwi (formerly Native Guns), Nero Caesar (Madd Caesar), and Satellite High, released the track  Pet Elephant , a political track questioning the state of the Nation and the challenges faced in the past, present, and future. The track can be purchased on the group's Bandcamp page (link given below) but know that 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the Red Cross to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Give the track a listen and be sure to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy [...]

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] Young Brooklyn rhymespitters Joey Bada$$ and Chuck Strangers - both repping the Pro Era crew - drop a new visual for the track Fromdatomb$ off of Joey's breakout mixtape 1999 which I must say is damn phenomenal. This dude is a lot of fun to listen to and is certainly somebody worth keeping an eye out for. If you haven't already familiarize yourself with [...]

When Georgia Anne Muldrow and DJ Romes wondertwin unite they become the predictably funky duo The Blackhouse . Today they let loose the track Somali off of their recent self-titled collaborative effort (which can be copped here ). Definitely reminds me of the Deep House music I grew up listening to back in Chicago, which is the complete opposite of a bad thing. Feel free to stream and download the track below and proceed to do the West Side South Side Percolator at your desks and cubicles this [...]

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] St. Louis' sweetheart Teresa Jenee just dropped the French-themed visuals for her song "Ode to  October" from the Electric Yellow EP.  As the leaves change color and the temperature drops, this one is right on time. Download the music here.

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] What happens when you get some of the dopest brown emcees from the Fresh Coast together for a session? You get on the spot ill ish like this. Seattle this Sunday they get down!

Detroit heavyweights Apollo Brown  and  Guilty Simpson  come together for the track  Truth Be Told ,  the first single off of their upcoming joint venture Dice Game.  Sounds like something to look forward to. Stream and download link below! Truth Be Told by Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson APOLLO BROWN AND GUILTY SIMPSON - TRUTH BE TOLD [ DOWNLOAD ]

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] Stones Throw's Law Student turnt Rappa Homeboy Sandman drops new visuals from his track Whatchu Want From Me off his recent release First of a Living Breed ( cop here ). Directed by Pace Rivers. Enjoy!

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] NEW DANNY BROWN!!! NEW DANNY BROWN!!! NEW DANNY BROWN!!! NEW DANNY BROWN!!! (I guess you can tell I'm excited huh?) Directed by Bijoux Altamirano. Yitidee!

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] New Mr. X:144 -directed visuals for the MiDaZ The Beast -assisted track from The Alchemist 's album  Russian Roulette which dropped   earlier in the year. Enjoy!

As if we needed any more reasons to cop Karriem Riggins ' new instrumental album  Alone Together ( available here ), the good people at Stones Throw relinquish another preview of the illness that is this album in the form of the single Matador . Don't know about you guys but this left me just as speechless as the last leak . Soundcloud stream found below and please for the love of all that is lovely, get this album in your life pronto.

• Karriem Riggins - Matador

Every now and again you're hit with a blessings out of nowhere. Well, today my inbox was blessed with this absolutlely dope and completely FREE blessing in the form this album  Label Love Volume 5: The Jazz Edition . Clearly sent for any and all dealing with the Monday's, and Tuesday-Friday's since there are four other volumes before this one. Stream and download via Bandcamp below. Enjoy! [...]

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] New visual from Blu & Exile' s recent release  Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them , which is available now in just about any and all formats known to man. These two never disappoint, enjoy the visuals and be sure to grab the album !

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] One of the stand-out tracks from Chicago rhymespitter Chance The Rapper 's   #10Day mixtape (which happens to feature Blind I's very own Sulaiman ) get's the visual treatment. If you haven't done so already be sure to upgrade your ism by downloading the mixtape here . Otherwise enjoy!

It's that time of the year again folks. The CMJ music festival is happening in exactly two weeks in NYC at FREECANDY .  It's our third show. We've got some Blind I faves on the bill as well as some emerging talent definitely worth checking out.Nai Palm of Hiatus Kaiyote , Suzi Analogue, Sonnymoon, Tiombe Lockhart , B. Lewis and P.U.D.G.E. [...]

Good gawd. This track is amazing. Phew.

• Karriem Riggins - Summer Maddness S.A.

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] Producer and all-around musical awesomeman Daedelus  drops a new visual for his track  Platforming  via the Scion AV website. Visuals definitely mesh well with the track on this one. Do yourself a favor and enjoy!