New video: Apollo Brown - Tao Te Ching

Today I received an E-mail from Mello Music Group that told me about this new video, and thanks for that. Clouds, which is the album the track is featured on, got released in March and is one of the best instrumental albums I've heard in a very long time.

I'm not sure what the name of the track means but it sounds chineese to me. Some nice and chilling visuals for the track, though.

Jay-Z - D'evils

To commemorate yesterday's 15 year anniversary of the classic mafioso album Reasonable Doubt, I here bring you my personal favourite from the album.

In these times and days where "gangster" albums get released by pricks such as Officer Ricky, this just stands out even more as the absolute masterpice it is. Not only did this fully describe the psylogical aspect of the criminal underground but it did also explain to the listener, why he himself chose to live the life he did which just makes it much easier to understand and relate to.

"Whoever said illegal was the easy way out couldn't understand the mechanics."

"9 to 5 is how you survive, I aint trynna survive, I'm trynna live it to the limit and love it a lot."

New video: Eminem - Space Bound

Not much seems to have happened lately in the hip hop world so here I bring you, non-exclusively, the official video of the Jim Jonsin produced Recovery track Space Bound.

Pictures from the shooting of the video got leaked almost half a year ago and fans of his have been dying to watch the finished thing so this is a long awaited release.

The girl is former porn star Sasha Grey and the video is directed by Joseph Kahn who has been one of Eminem's trusted few for almost a decade now. If you want to watch more of his stuff, dig deep in Eminem's legacy and check out songs such as Without Me and We Made You.

Big K.R.I.T. - Dreamin'

One of the most interesting upcoming rappers in the game right now. After years of feeding us with mixtapes, he finally put out his long awaited ReturnOf4Eva album which you can download for free on his official website.

In my opinion this is the best track on the album, and not only does it prove his ability to write great songs but also that he is a really great producer. His song writing seems to have taken him far in his game already since he was featured on Cunninlynguists and Rapsody's latest releases.

A couple of months ago he revealed that he and Shady Records' Yelawolf were working on a joint mixtape but so far we havn't heard anything of it. Speaking of Yelawolf, his debut album, currently titled Radioactive, drops September 27 and the first single should be on its way.

According to the man himself, a "real" debut album is in the works.

OC - Time's Up

This classic track is taken from OC's debut album 'Word... Life' and is produced by no other than legendary producer Buckwild who had a hell of a run in his prime.

It got dusted off and re-released on the soundtrack to the 8 Mile movie in 2002 but the instrumental actually also managed to be a part of one the famous battle scenes.

Lyrically it is similar to other classics such as KRS-One's My Philosophy and Big L's I Don't Understand It. The latter of which is also produced by Buckwild.

"Speakin in tongues, about what you did but you never done it
Admit you bit it cause the next man gained platinum behind it." - OC

New music: Jon Connor - Someday

Another track from his forthcoming mixtape Salvation which drops in less than three weeks. Despite being a very good track, this is one of those many "I made it"-tracks but seems like a catchy single that should do him well on the radio. The thing I like the most about it is how effortlessly he seems to rhyme over a really great beat (which by the way is produced by Reef whom he seems to only work with for some reason).

If anybody knows what label he is signed to, please let me know in the comments.

2pac - Do For Love

This is one of the very few great songs that has got released since Tupac Shakur's passing. Not that I personally care that much but it peaked at number 21 on the american Billboard chart which is pretty good if you consider he never got a chance to actually promote the song.

The song is produced by the danish duo Soulshock and Karlin who also produced the title track for Me Against the World, and got released in 1997 despite the fact that the vocals were recorded in 1992-1993 (I guess you can argue that this track technically is from his personal trash can). According to Wikipedia, it had the legendary Brenda's Got A Baby on the B-side.

Changes is another great song that has seen daylight and that one is, unlike 99 % of the stuff has been released since a tragic day in '96, considered one of his best tracks of all time. Check it out.

New music: Prop Dylan - Shock & Amaze

This is the first time ever that legendary producer DJ Premier works with a swedish rapper so as you can tell, this track is nothing less than a historical piece of music.

One of the beautiful things about hip hop is that it brings people together so with that in mind, it is only great that DJ Premier is cool enough to hand out beats to foreign and lesser known rappers such as Prop Dylan from Sweden.

Personally I don't know anything about him but based on this track, his album is definitely something I'm going to check out whenever it comes out.

New video: Vakill - Armor Of God

The video for the track Armor Of God has been released and it is nothing but great. The track itself recently found its way onto the Internet as a kind of an appetizer and is going to be featured on Vakill's forthcoming album which goes by the very same name as the track.

Jake One is the musical mastermind behind the track and according to several news sites, this will not be the only track he has on the final product. The album will mostly feature beats from Panik of The Molemen, though.

The whole album drops July 7.

New music: Pete Rock / Smif-N-Wessun feat. Rock Of Heltah Skeltah And Bun B - Feel Me

A new track from the forthcoming LP by Pete Rock and Smif-N-Wessun has found its way onto the Internet and can be heard by pressing the play button above. Just like most of the tracks on the album, this track also features other artists; Bun B and Heltah Skeltah have lend their voices and the outcome is this.

The album drops June 28.

New mixtape: Rapsody - Thank H.E.R. Now

9th Wonder's protege has put out another mixtape which you can download here, and I urge you all to check it out cus her recent stuff has been more than enjoyable. Sadly 9th has only laid hands on six of the tracks but based on a few quick listens, the other producers sound cool as well.

No word on when her first real album will be out or if one is even in works.