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206UP.COM’s The TrackMeet (1.28.11)

You know what it is. Click. Listen. Vote. Easy.

Congratulations to last week’s TrackMeet winner, A Day And A Wakeup, with their track “Lock It Down, Sew it Up.” The voting process was a tad dubious to say the least. If this were 2000, cats might be suing for fraud. (“Hanging Cookies,” anyone?) Oh well, all’s fair in love and hip-hop, right?

This week’s distinguished candidates:

LANE 1: “Last MC” – Swift Tongues f/Mind Block

Press Play to listen to “Last MC” by Swift Tongues feat. Mind Block. Here’s the D/L.

LANE 2: “What Do You Do?” – Spekulation f/Michele Khazak

Press Play to listen to “What Do You Do?” by Spekulation f/Michele Khazak. Click here to get Spekulation’s free EP, The Depression Era.

LANE 3: “Got It Like That” – 88.206 f/JDiGs

Press Play to hear “Got It Like That” by 88.206 f/JDiGs. Click here to download 88’s Young Hearts: The Lifestyle mixtape.

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VIDEO: Two New Clips from City Hall

In prep for his solo LP (coming soon), EvergreenOne finds his way onto the beat like a drunk college student finds his way home.

The other half of City Hall is Todd Sykes. Get his beat tape (along with other blunted 253 excursions) here.

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DOWNLOAD: “Bounce” – Hi-Life Soundsystem f/SOTA

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Party purveyors Hi-Life Soundsystem and State Of The Artist (SOTA) knock you over the head with “Bounce,” a certified club track that requires you to fete. Ladies shake your stuff. Gentlemen return the favor in kind. Simple.

(Hi-Life album coming in February.)

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VIDEO: “The O O” – Onry Ozzborn

Saw this over at Lar’s place. Some of us blog low-lifes don’t get hip to the new-new like Mizell do. Whatevs. Read what I had to say about Onry’s recent free full-length, NO HOAX, here. And if you like “The O O,” click here to cop the rapper’s brand new for-sale LP, Hold On For Dear Life.

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DOWNLOAD: Two New Remixes by Viper Creek Club

This is a fun one: Viper Creek Club with an off-beat take on “What Happened To That Boy” by Birdman featuring Clipse. The Neptunes’ original production sounded like hip-hop made in a futuristic ice age. VCC’s version is distinctly warmer — like the version played at Earth’s party before hell froze over.

Click Play to listen to “What Happened To That Boy (VCC RMX)” by Clipse f/Birdman. Click here for the D/L link, dummy.

Both the original and the remixed versions of “I Need You” are masterful. JusMoni‘s spoken-word is heartfelt, soulful and intimate on the original recording. VCC’s version takes the vocals and gives them flight, turning Moni’s declarations into something beyond delicate words jotted in a diary; here, it sounds as if she’s pronouncing her unconditional love from an electronic mountaintop. It’s just as moving and essential, but in a completely different way.

Press Play to listen to “I Need You (VCC RMX)” by JusMoni. Put your mouse here for the D/L.

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DOWNLOAD: “We Don’t Sound Like Ya’ll” – Cloud Nice

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I missed this track the first time around. Originally from the 4 The Love of Music compilation album (get that), “We Don’t Sound Like Ya’ll” is a declaration of Seattle’s (and more specifically, Cloud Nice’s) hip-hop independence. It’s easily one of the freshest tracks of last year. Cloud Nice is the clique.

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DOWNLOAD: Winter Pigeons EP – Made In Heights

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The title of this week’s post is erroneous by way of a not-so slight technicality. The download included here is not really hip-hop. It’s more along the lines of electro-pop with an underlying hip-hop spirit. Sabzi, the producer responsible for the music on Made In Heights’ free EP, Winter Pigeons (get it, here), is better known for his rap successes with Blue Scholars and Common Market, which adds a little more validity to this post. But enough with defending the liberties taken, let’s just move on.

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DOWNLOAD: “Earthlink” – Yirim Seck

Nice to hear Yirim Seck’s voice again. The emcee’s 2010 LP, Hear Me Out, was one of the most under-appreciated releases of the year. Word on the street is Yirim will be dropping a new mixtape next month titled One Hot Seck.

For now check out the track “Earthlink” where dude goes in over Jake One’s “Sho ‘Nuff” about being the “realest extraterrestrial up in this town.” As recent trends would have it, claiming alien status is one way of ensuring superiority over other rappers. Whatever. Being nice on the mic is pre-requisite enough for me.

Click Play to hear “Earthlink” by Yirim Seck (prod. Jake One). Click here to get it.

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206UP.COM’s The TrackMeet (1/21/11)

Welcome to this week’s edition of 206UP.COM’s The TrackMeet. If you were paying attention last Friday, then you already know. If you weren’t, click here to see what you missed. (And where the hell were you last week? HUH??)

Anyway, congratulations to last week’s TrackMeet winner, Living Proof with their track, “Full Speed.” The name of the song is apt, as Proof pretty much ran away from the other two competitors, garnering over 50% of the votes. (You must have large families with internet access who love you.)

Now get busy listening and voting for your favorite this week. Here they are…

LANE 1: “Lock It Down, Sew It Up” – A Day and A Wakeup

Click Play to hear “Lock it Down, Sew it Up” by A Day and A Wakeup. Click here to get it.

LANE 2: “We Just Changed The World” – Project Lionheart f/Bronze Nazareth and Yirim Seck

Click Play to hear “We Just Changed The World” by Project Lionheart (f/Bronze Nazareth & Yirim Seck). Click here to get it.

LANE 3: “Searchin” – Superfire f/Camila

Click Play to hear “Searchin” by Superfire f/Camila. Click here to download Superfire’s FREE EP, Off The Clock.

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DOWNLOAD: “Kickitwitchu” – Sol

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Loverman rap sh-t by Sol. Bland production by PDX maker Jacks Green. It’s just aight to me.

Press Play to hear “Kickitwitchu” by Sol. Click here for the D/L, dummy.

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