Last year's Orchard-IODA merger brought a veritable treasure trove of great new music into our system. We've had the very pleasurable opportunity to do a fair bit of exploration over the last 13 months and thought we might share a cross section of highlights. The following playlist includes household names to ...

Download: SKAM2? "THE SKRONIK: How to Boil Vomit" SoFlo Entertainment announces the official release of SKAM2?’s debut mixtape THE SKRONIK: How to Boil Vomit, which is sponsored by HipHopDx.com and Public Wizard, Inc. G Brown and SKAM2? compose this long over due mix featuring unreleased tracks and priceless interludes that make you wonder, “Where did he get those sound bites from?” SKAM2? is also joined on this mixtape by Ill Bill, Raekwon, Supernatural, Black Violin, Low Life, Omniscient and Steven King. Yet the mixtape would not be complete without a twisted SKAM2? illustration. [...]

theBreax leak a new track for this weeks remixWednesday, "Clap Your Hands" featuring D-maub and produced by Black Violin. Track taken from Breax Over 3 . www.theBREAX.com

Look. We'd all be lying if we said we weren't dorks in middle school or high school. All of us had stupid hair cuts, thick glasses, terrible style, and awful taste in music. In 8th grade I was really into Limp Bizkit, ferchrissakes. But that's not to say that old-school dorkitude can't someday transform into a higher appreciation for dope-itude. For me, most recently, this has come to light through the unearthing of some bad-ass hip hop albums featuring prominent strings. I grew up spending every Saturday of my high school life driving [...]