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DOWNLOAD: Street Signs – J. Bre

J. Bre is an old school rhymer in the truest sense of the term. His straight-forward, no-frills style sounds both familiar and oddly refreshing in a current rap world consisting of punchline flows and half rapped/half sung hooks.

Bre’s latest full-length, Street Signs, is available for free download (click the album cover below). In addition to the emcee’s unwavering positivity, highlights include an appearance by Grynch (on “All Around The World,” streaming below) and Havoc (yes, that one), of Mobb Deep.

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Click here to listen to “All Around The World” by J. Bre f/Grynch. Click here to download the track.

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DOWNLOAD: “Put Ya Hands Up” – The Good Sin f/TH

Here’s a nice track from two budding emcees still building reps in The Six. The Good Sin (aka. Sinseer) and Young TH (aka. the most talented third of dem S.O.T.A. boys) both have engaging, capable flows that could take them to greater heights than where they currently fly. Preview the track below and click the image for the free D/L link.

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VIDEO: “Flash The Message” – B.O.S.S.

Here’s a crew you may not be hip to yet. B.O.S.S. (Building Our Success Story, for those of you who aren’t into the whole brevity thing). This clip popped up in the Inbox this morning and was a pleasant surprise. The three-man crew, whose members hail from Seattle, Southern California and Romania (!!!), are on some thugged-out love song sh-t here. I appreciate that.

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DOWNLOAD: “Yuk The Police” – YUK f/Spaceman & Xperience

F-ck the spaced-out clean-line synths of modern day hip-hop production. They sound better like like this — fuzzed-out over a chompy beat. Spaceman and XP go in against the cops over Bean’s production. The whole thing sounds like walking on top of crushed-up pieces of concrete. Chunky.

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VIDEO: “Born in 86 (Preview)” – EvergreenOne

#253UP. EvergreenOne goes ahead and breaks you off with a little bit of that preview. My favorite thing about this Tac-town cat is his nostalgic sensibility. The last time heads saw EvergreenOne in HD, he was waxing poetic about “90’s Shit.”

Best line here: “Wear my daddy’s letterman/Hopin’ that he can hear me now.” It’s sentimental and real, which I’m a sucker for. Solo album from EvergreenOne coming soon.

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VIDEO: “French” – Tyler The Creator (of Odd Future)

OFWGKTA might be the future of hip-hop. They are definitely the future of America. And “the future” is a hella scary place. (But we been knowin’ that.)

Download Tyler’s Bastard, here. It’s Cali sh-t. But the place of origin really doesn’t matter in the long run…

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DOWNLOAD: “All I Wanna Do” – Grynch f/Sol

Dig that smooth jazz saxophone and Sol’s rapped/sung hook. Not a whole lot to celebrate here other than a nice three minute and forty-five second interlude to drink and dance to. And Grynch always sounds good, of course — even when he’s not saying much.

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VIDEO: “Carz” – Sir Mix-A-Lot

Somewhere in the UK, Gary Numan is smiling. And somewhere in the Tri Cities, a white dude in a lifted pick-up truck is celebrating. For Sir Mix-A-Lot recently dropped a new video, “Carz,” which has affirmed to said white dude that his well-worn copies of Mack Daddy and N2DEEP’s Back To The Hotel are still relevant. (“Been playing these tapes since ninety-two, bro!”)

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VIDEO: “What’s My Name” – Rihanna f/Drake

Shot on the streets of the city I now call home, this song sounds so damn good when it comes on my headphones at 1:30 am, walking half-drunk through the Lower East Side. It’s a New York thing, baby.

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DOWNLOAD: “Before I Wake You Up” – John Crown

#LatePass. John Crown’s flow is blue collar and workman-like, fitting considering his Tac-town roots. Before I Wake You Up is a six-track EP consisting of sample-heavy throwback production and Crown’s down-to-earth raps about life and love as an underdog. He has one of those beautifully pure flows that’s a little rough around the edges — unforgiving in its ruggedness but as natural as breathing, like the Pacific Northwest’s own version of Freeway. Hit the album cover below for the FREE download link.

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