Today we're going to continue with one of our favorite rappers out there right now - George Watsky. In February 2012, the young rapper/poet released his 3rd mixtape, this time he has partnered with Kush Mody, with whom the 7- track bluegrass/folkrock/hiphop album was produced. The whole album sounds really fresh and cool - while being very different from Watsky's last mixtape, A New Kind of Sexy. The lyrics are easy-going, with lots of lines that make you smirk as soon as you hear them. Watsky brings his A-game, Mody gives the mixtape a cool sound and the featuring artists (Wax, Dylan Saunders, Danny McClain and Mieka Pauley) are awesome.What else can you want?

Song: Kick Monday (ft. Wax)

If I'm a bad influence
Then here's the great advice:
Kids! Don't be a dickweed!
Appreciate the shit out of the present moment
And be fucking nice!

And of course, it wouldn't be Watsky if he didn't make you think about stuff...

Song: Ghost Party (ft. Mieka Pauley)

God's a bully and he makes it rain dodgeballs
You can stand off in the corner and you might last a little longer
But you'll never win that way

DOWNLOAD LINK: WATSKY & MODY - WATSKY & MODY (2012)


Tracklist:
1. Mody on the Turnpike 01:06       
2. Man of Constant Sorrow ft. Dylan Saunders 05:31   
3. Kick Monday ft. Wax 04:57   
4. Mrs. Robinson ft. Danny McClain 05:18   
5. Ghost Party w/ Mieka Pauley 05:33   
6. Mody at the Divebar 02:29

We return with a new mixtape from one of my favorite underground artists - Rafael Casal. "Mean Ones" is the bay boy's 2012 mixtape. On his new release, Casal maintains a consistent high quality in his flow, beats, and most of all, wordplay. All of this was present on his last, 2010 "The Bay Boy Mixtape" with his fellow GetBacker Daveed Diggs and "Mean Ones" keeps the bar high. The quality of production has even improved, with content still top-of-the notch. Just read this:

Song: "Mean Ones"
They wonder why we some mean ones
just some misbehaving heathens
but men hunt each other where we from
thats why many young men carry guns
see growing up, it was law
to never show fright in front of company
and I was small
so I carried a pocket knife that read "fuck with me"

Know what I'm saying? The thing about Casal is that he is a poet. A poet with a sick flow, that is. And that, my friends, is what makes him so dope.

DOWNLOAD LINK: RAFAEL CASAL - MEAN ONES MIXTAPE (2012)

Tracklist:

1. Dreamer
2. Skitzo
3. I'm Good
4. Fall Back
5. Bottom Bitch
6. Delilah
7. Alcohol
8. Work It Out
9. Runway
10. Whoville
11. Mean Ones

The young poet/rapper George Watsky, whose first mixtape "Guilty Pleasures" was featured on FMK in January, dropped his second mixtape "A New Kind Of Sexy" on 1st August 2011. Guilty Pleasures was good, but in my honest opinion, A New Kind of Sexy brings a new, slightly better kind of music. First of all, Watsky himself has has evolved a lot between these two mixtapes (Guilty Pleasures was released in October 2009), which manifest in smarter wordplay, better flow and judicious lyrics.

Don't believe me? Here are a few examples:

Song: 4AM Monday

Haters give me balance. Every Kyle's got a Cartman
I know how failure tastes, I drink it straight from the carton
I always keep a gallon in the fridge at my apartment
to remind me how it feels to drop the ball like Stevie Bartman 

Song: Amazing Grace ft. Pat Dimitri

I used to ask strangers if they believed in a God
to see if we were peas in a pod
and if they didn't agree with me then i'd argue and try to be smarter thinking I'd hear people applaud
But
I'm getting older
And I'm getting dummer
Or least I know less than I did when I was younger
I used to profess, now I'm more pro-wonder
I used to fear death, now I'm set to go under

In addition, "A New Kind Of Sexy" feels more consistent than "Guilty Pleasures." When the latter was more "all over" with the beat selection varying from M.O.P. and Eminem to Miley Cyrus (which did gave the whole mixtape a fresh and different feeling, but I also heard some criticism regarding the unconventional beat selection, e.g. saying "great lyrics are wasted on some trashy remix to a crappy song" about the song "Colored Lines" on Miley Cyrus' beat). Anyways, no matter how you felt about Guilty Pleasures, the 2011 Watsky mixtape does feel more altogether than the 2009 release. My last words? Get that new kind of sexy!

DOWNLOAD LINK: WATSKY - NEW KIND OF SEXY (2011)

Tracklist:
1. They're Not Ready 00:50
2. A New Kind of Sexy ft. Intuition & Dumbfoundead 04:01
3. Danger w/Damon Elliott 03:56
4. Kidnap Your Boyfriend 03:06
5. Women, Women, Women 02:31
6. There and Back Again 02:25
7. Pumped Up Kicks Remix 02:56
8. D.A.N.C.E. Remix 03:35
9. Pauly Shore Saw My Penis 02:46
10. Ask Me Anything 01:37
11. Ten Fingers 02:28
12. Energy 02:26
13. Show Goes On mini-mix 01:48
14. 4AM Monday 03:48
15. Amazing Grace ft. Pat Dimitri 02:36
16. * 06:30

Update: Also check out Watsky's newer mixtapes:
Watsky & Mody - Watsky & Mody (2012 Mixtape) Free Download

Today we bring you a hot mixtape from 2010- it's Phil Ade's mixtape The Letterman. Hosted by the legendary Don Cannon, Ade rocks the beats in style on the 20-track collection. Featuring artists include Raekwon, Skillz, Raheem DeVaughn, Wale and others. The mixtape is, without a doubt, a quality release and Ade should definitely be heard and looked out for. That dude is good.

DOWNLOAD LINK: PHIL ADE - THE LETTERMAN (2010)



Tracklist:
01. The Letter  
02. Unusual  
03. My Story  
04. One in a Million
05. Borderline  
06. Rapper Eater
07. The Jacket (ft. Kyonte) 
08. Like Dat (ft. Tabi Bonney) 
09. Toast 2 Life (ft. Kevin Ross) 
10. Paid in Full (ft. Tracie Josephine) 
11. Worth Your Time
12. Pay 4 That  
13. Out Your Clothes (ft. Raheem Devaughn)
14. Rollers
15. Tipsy Mood (ft. Kingpen Slim) 
16. OMG (ft. Skillz)
17. Young Black Successful (ft. Stello & Raheem Devaughn)
18. Hollywood (Remix) (ft. Raekwon, Wale, Tabi Bonney, & Raheem Devaughn)
19. Yesterday  
20. We Outta Here Baby 

We're a bit late with this one, but better late than never, eh? So, Elzhi is a Detroit rapper who released his mixtape Elmatic in May 2011. As the name of the mixtape suggests, the mixtape is deeply influenced by Nas' classic album Illmatic- in fact, all tracks of this mixtape have (almost) the same headings as the songs on Nas' album.

Now, don't get this wrong. Elzhi is not trying to "beat" Nas by turning his songs into his own, the mixtape can rather be looked at as a personal tribute to Illmatic & Nas and Elzhi's own take on the classic tracks. And the result is outstanding. Accompanied by a live band called Will Sessions, Elzhi brings the classic, raw hip hop from Illmatic back to life.

DOWNLOAD LINK: ELZHI - ELMATIC (2011)



Tracklist:
1. The Genesis
2. Detroit State of Mind (Houseshoes Shout)
3. Halftime
4. Memory Lane
5. The World Is Yours
6. Represent
7. Life’s A Bitch feat. Royce da 5’9 and Stokley Williams of Mint Condition
8. One Love
9. It Ain’t Hard To Tell (Pete Rock Shout)
10. Pete Rock Shout

Chamillionaire is a critically acclaimed American rapper who recently released a new mixtape called Major Pain 1.5. The mixtape is, without a doubt, a quality product. Great sound, on-point lyrics and a great beat selection are the keywords of this mixtape. The mixtape is something that should satisfy both underground lovers and the-latest-radio-pop-rap-hit lovers... especially if either of them loves that little "dirty south" feeling.

DOWNLOAD LINK: CHAMILLIONAIRE- MAJOR PAIN 1.5 (2011)



Tracklist:

1. Already Dead Intro
2. War To Your Door
3. Slow City Don
4. Slow it Down
5. Next Flight Up
6. Never Come Down BREAK***
7. This My World Feat. Big K.R.I.T. (Produced by VMAN Productions)
8. King Me
9. Chandelier Ceiling (Produced By Big. KRIT)
10 Livin Better Now
11.Gotta Be The Baddest
12. Naked Man Skit (Roy Wood Jr)
13. When Ya On Feat. Nipsey Hussle (Produced by Andrew Dawson)
14. Think About it
15. My Toy Soldier
16. Stay Screwed N Chopped
17. Forever Be A King Break
18. Tone For Life (Famous)
19. Wake up Outro

Tracklist:

Edi Like Guilty Pleasures? Check out Watsky's new mixtape "A New Kind Of Sexy"

2012 Watsky mixtape: Watsky & Mody - Watsky & Mody (2012)

When last week we introduced you to Rafael Casal, a poet and a rapper who has performed on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, then this week we will continue in the same zone and introduce you to George Watsky, another Def Poetry poet. Unlike Casal, who has been unable to "blow up," Watsky recently managed to go viral with his video "Pale kid raps fast" (over 4.5 million views in 10 days). Thanks to this his other music has been getting more and more attention as well, which is nice to see. His 2009 album titled "Watsky" has been getting more and more attention, as well as the mixtape we're going to talk about here: "Guilty Pleasures."

Guilty Pleasures is basically a mixtape which features all songs from "Watsky" (the album), mashed up with different kinds of beats starting from Ke$ha's "Tic Toc" and Miley Cyrus' "Party In The USA" to M.O.P.'s "Ante Up," Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" and everything in between. The mixtape is quality in it's best meaning: Watsky's wacky, funny, but also on-point and meaningful rap has been fitted perfectly on seemingly irrelevant beats. And it sounds good. From a teenager's sexual problems in "The Waking Hour" (featuring Mariami) on an Akon beat to a battle of the races on "Color Lines" (featuring Catch Wreck) on a Miley Cyrus beat: it all sounds like the song was written to that particular beat and the message doesn't fade away.

So my conclusion? Get the mixtape, it's well worth it. I mean, it's free. :) And if you do like what's on the mixtape, then buy the album. Simple as that.


DOWNLOAD LINK: WATSKY W/PROCRASTINATION- GUILTY PLEASURES (2010)

Tracklist:

1. Headphones-Amplified (feat. Rafael Casal)
2. Fuck an Emcee Name
3. Seizure Boy
4. Who's Been Loving You?
5. I Got This Love (feat. Passion)
6. A Conversation With Bieber
7. Waking Hour (feat. Mariami)
8. Girl Next Door (To Everybody Else)
9. Run My Mouth (feat. Danny McClain)
10. Color Lines (feat. Catch Wreck)
11. Hercules
12. Fight! Fight! Fight! (feat. Dahlak Brathwaite)
13. Two Blue Moons
14. Everything Turns Gold (feat. Gift of Gab and Mieka Pauley)

Rafael Casal, a young poet and rapper from the infamous Bay Area first gained recognition for his brilliant poems on HBO's Def Poetry Jam. As an underground artist and the founding member of TheGetback (check out TheGetback.com), he has released 2 EP's which are available for free download. In July 2010, Casael, along with Daveed Diggs released The Bay Boy Mixtape. It features 11 hot tracks with substance, poetic wordplay, chill beats and catchy choruses. To be honest, I personally don't understand how Casal along with his Getback companions have managed to stay so unnoticed- at such talent! I mean just check it out:

Song: "On Tour"
Many of us brag bout the stars and the women
but what we keep hidden are the scars and stumbles
pick up and zip up my bag again
cuz I'm back to somewhere else
on the map again
break another heart for the making of my art
so I savor every part of my travellin

Or the brilliant chorus of "Love Thing:"

It's a love thing, it's a love thing
it's a love until we breakin' up then
could be great but it could be nothing
want to trust but there's always something

So... Make sure you download The Bay Boy mixtape, tell your friends about it, head over to TheGetback.com and get the latest music and news from Casal and the whole Getback crew! We can't let something so good go unnoticed, can we?

DOWNLOAD LINK: RAFAEL CASAL- THE BAY BOY MIXTAPE



Tracklist:

1. Babysittin 03:12 2. Foxy Girls (Candy Store) 03:04 3. Run 03:54 4. Bay Boy 03:16 5. Hooked On You 03:48 6. Love Thing 03:20 7. On Tour 04:12 8. For The Record 04:06 9. Fucked Up 02:34 10. Could Be Wrong 03:58 11. Ghostin 02:34

The Community Mixtape is a project by YearOfTheBlacksmith.com. The mixtape features various artists who are all common in one thing: they make good music. It is hosted by Talib Kweli and mixed by Mick Boogie, names which, for every hip hop fan, should automatically scream: QUALITY! And quality it is. A total of 31 songs and snippets of longer and shorter length and a bunch of different, gifted musicians make this mixtape a very sweet one and forces us to eagerly wait for the future albums from Talib Kweli & Co.!


DOWNLOAD LINK: BLACKSMITH PRESENTS: THE COMMUNITY MIXTAPE 2010



Tracklist:

• 1. Intro - Mick Boogie & Talib Kweli
• 2. Blinders - Mag (Prod. by Small Professor)
• 3. What are we doing - Cidida
• 4. Bridge - Jean Grae
• 5. Memories - Nemo Achida (Prod. by Nemo & Clutch)
• 6. Interview - Talib Kweli (Prod. by Offbeat)
• 7. Postmortem - Chuuwee (Prod. by Thug Poet)
• 8. Make me feel - Strong Army Steady ft. Jelly Roll
• 9. My Hometown - D. Ciano (Prod. by X-Kalibur)
• 10. LOL (Look of Love) - Izzy
• 11. Rise - Living Proofe (Prod. by Durban Poison)
• 12. Get You Down - Dead Bully (Prod. by Dukus)
• 13. Interlude - Talib Kweli (Prod. by William Diggs)
• 14. End of the free world - Louiz Rip
• 15. Self Savior - Talib Kweli. Chace Infinite (Prod. by Maurice)
• 16. I owe you - SoulKlap (Prod. by SoulKlap)
• 17. Really Real - Randy Moon (Prod. by JNL)
• 18. Poor Righteous Teacher - Mitchy Slick (Prod. by Chopzilla)
• 19. The Call - Andre
• 20. Uphoria - G8ABAK
• 21. Faith - Dontique
• 22. Chicken Soup for The Hip Hop Soul - Talib Kweli, Iron Solomon, Jean Grae
• 23. Oh Why - Young Duece
• 24. Threes - IAMISEE (Prod. by IAMISEE)
• 25. Interlude - Talib Kweli (Prod. by Well Blended)
• 26. Spread My Wings - Mitchy Slick ft. Talib Kweli (Prod. by the Pizness)
• 27. Streets Got a Hold Of Me - Naturally Amazing
• 28. Shoot - Dee Richards ft. Ike Turnah
• 29. First Time - Talib Kweli ft. Consequence (Prod. by William Diggs)
• 30. So Sorry Mama - Quills (Prod. by Dr.)
• 31. Outro - Talib Kweli (Prod. by Adam Boulesbaa)

Tracklist:

1.) Well Done
2.) Maybe
3.) Hard In The Paint
4.) Mirror ft Gudda
5.) Get Big
6.) Teach Me How To Freestyle
7.) Toot It N Boot It
8.) Black & Yellow
9.) B.M.F.
10.) Pretty Boy Swag
11.) Make It Rain (Remix)
12.) Wonder Woman ft Chris Brown
13.) Like Me
14.) Who Dat – Tyga
15.) Can’t Be Friends

Tracklist:

1. Intro (Keri Hilson: Knock You Down)
2. The National Anthem (Radiohead)
3. Turnt Up (Travis Porter)
4. Yoga Flame (Lil Wayne: Fireman)
5. Lazers (Lupe Fiasco: Shining Down)
6. Angels (Remix) (Diddy-Dirty Money)
7. So Ghetto (Jay-Z)
8. Say Somethin’ (Timbaland x Drake)
9. Thank You (Jay-Z)
10. The One (Slaughterhouse)
11. Popular Demand (Clipse)
12. Summit On The Summit (HP TV Commercial)

The Compton rapper Spitfiya, who has gained fame thanks to his ability to rap extremely fast and rapidly, released his mixtape "The Brilliance" in 2010. It features fast raps, "new school" types of beats and an amazing intro. For real, it's a mixtape worth downloading even only because of that intro!

DOWNLOAD LINK: SPITFIYA - THE BRILLIANCE 2010



Tracklist:

01 - The Brilliance Intro
02 - Good Morning Skit
03 - Finally Here Prod By Sounwave
04 - Flight School Skit
05 - Im The Man Remix Feat Mistah Fab Shaxes Kendr
06 - Fish Bowlin Skit
07 - Fish Bowlin Feat Bg
08 - Ballin N Stuntin Prod By Sounwave
09 - Arrival Skit
10 - Feelin Good Feat Lv Avion The One Prod By So
11 - One Night Feat Attitude
12 - The Hate Skit
13 - Thank Me Later Feat Avion The One
14 - Swagger To The Max Feat Gigi Harviel
15 - The Reaction Skit
16 - Got Me Gone Feat Meaku
17 - The Chase Skit
18 - Moving On Prod By Tumi Spitfiya
19 - Ballin N Stuntin Pt 2 Prod By Dizzy 20 - The Romance Skit
21 - Love You The Right Way Feat Bg Anthony Hall P
22 - The Retribution Skit
23 - Tomorrow Feat Avion The One Prod By Sounwave
24 - The Altercation Skit
25 - Amazing Feat Marka
26 - Final Skit

Quite possibly the best mixtape of 2010

Dead Prez released their Turn Off the Radio Vol. 4: Revolutionary But Gangsta Grillz mixtape on 22 June 2010. It features real rap verses spitted on the most popular beats of the mainstream artists. Songs like "Malcolm, Garvey, Huey," "Far From Over" and others are, in my eyes, far better than the original versions. The superficial, and sometimes plain pointless lyrics are exchanged with that revolutionary Dead Prez attittude, that real hip hop.

Song: "Far From Over"

What are we doing? What are we doing?
Oh, yeah, what about let's get free,
taking care of family?
This is the song of my life man
'cause all I know to be a soldier
for my culture, and it's far from over

So, if you are into the real hip hop, the intelligent movement, as KRS-One would say, not that fake-ass mainstream bullshit, you gotta download that mixtape. Free download link is below. It features the mixtape in a high, 320kbps quality plus the CD cover images.


DOWNLOAD LINK: DEAD PREZ - REVOLUTIONARY BUT GANGSTA GRILLZ 2010 320KBPS



Tracklist:

1. Intro
2. Far From Over
3. Soul Power
4. Exhibit M
5. The Game Is A Battlefield
6. Malcolm Garvey Huey Feat. Divine
7. The Beauty Within
8. KRS-ONE Speaks
9. The Movement
10. Gotta Luv It
11. Never Turn My Back
12. Don't Waste It
13. Lil' Ghetto Boy$
14. Overdose
15. Fear Not The Revolution
16. Let The People Be Heard Feat. Estelle
17. RBG Til I Die (Zayd Malik) Feat. Stic.man
18. Hood NewsStruggle Like Us
19. The G In Me Feat. mikeflo