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Hot Out the Oven: ILO Productions

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Getting to listen and witness what goes into the production of a song gives you a greater appreciation for the final product and music as a whole. I've had the pleasure of living upstairs from the genius behind ILO Productions and I can account first hand that this guy is brilliant. The creativity and work that goes into making a quality fusion of different songs and melodies is quite impressive and is easy to overlook. Mash-ups have slowly grown on me throughout the year, largely because of the wild noises and mixes I would catch coming from the first floor of my dorm. ILO has some dope albums which you can grab (FOR FREE) here. This track is off of the latest album set to drop real soon so be on the looks. Oh and if you need a DJ to get your party bumpin', this is your Guy. Spin the track.

Tribute to the 845: Cans

Download: Cans-Real Poughkeepsie Soldier

 

Everybody loves to see their hometown getting some spotlight. Cans is outta Poughkeepsie, New York...not too far from my upstate domain, Kingston. Reppin' the 845, he is trying to make it in the industry like everyone else. He's got an album on iTunes and a few mixtapes that aren't too bad. Whether you're from the 845 or not, this is a track to bump to. Kudos to Samwell C. with the find. Spin the track.

Lupe the Killa'...

Download: Lupe the Killa'

I didn't post this with the rest of the Lupe tracks because it deserves a post of it's own. If you're gonna sleep on the mixtapes, at least grab this track off of Fahrenheit 1/15 Part II: Revenge of the Nerds and give it a listen. To better comprehend the song, check this out Breaking Down Lupe's Style. Personally, its not my favorite Lupe song however it fully justifies my stance.

Lupe Fiasco

When Lupe's sophomore album came along, The Cool, he instantly became one of my favorite artists. I hadn't really listened to his debut album Food & Liquor, but when I did my homework and listened to that first album I found myself pretty perplexed. I loved Food & Liquor even more than I liked The Cool. The two albums were quite different though, especially the underlying message and direction of the music from the first album to the second. In a way, I was convinced Lupe "dumbed it down" for an appeal to a larger audience..."selling out." After much consideration and education from a wise friend, I've finally understood Lupe's direction and the significance of both albums. To save you from reading paragraphs of useless hip-hop rhetoric let me get to the point, Lupe Fiasco is a genius. The complexity of his music, which is masked by its ability to be interpreted simply, is beyond any other artist ever to rap. In terms of flow and lyricism Lupe ranks among the best of all-time and is certainly in the rankings of elite rappers. His two albums alone don't really justify this claim however his mixtape game certainly solidifies him in the upper echelon of urban music. Before The Cool, Lupe came out with a series of mixtapes, Fahrenheit 1/15, which are all amazing. He samples The Gorillaz and gets on a few other popular beats and straight up murders them. I would highly recommend listening to these mixtapes to anyone who is a Lupe fan and to anyone skeptical of my view.  Spin the track.

P.S.- If you still need to be convinced, check out this entry from my boy Doug of Yo!BC Raps.

Download: Revenge of the Nerds Mixtape 

Download: A Rhyming Ape Mixtape [Gorillaz Samples]

Hot Out the Oven: Ayinde

 Download: Ayinde-Reserved

Another up and coming artist, he's got that classic sound tho so deff worth the download. He also produced this track so props to Ayinde. Spin the track.

Hot Out the Oven: LOGGY

Download: Up All Night Mixtape

 

Along with Reinvention, Loggy is my latest catch courtesy of Josh M. of Detroit to Boston. Just when you thought you'd heard every white rapper from the 'burbs...let me hit u with some sound. Just as hip-hop is changing, so is the hip-hop artist. Call em soft or whatever but the new stream of artists who are predominantly white and hav no street/urban cred need some play. Loggy is reppin' the West in this genre and has a couple dope songs. Don't sleep on this one. Spin the track.

Chiddy Bang? Not Quite...Hot Out the Oven: Reinvention

Preview & Download: Reinvention-Forgot (ft. Florence and The Machine)

I came across this song and a great entry about it and music as a whole on pigeonsandplanes.com. Basically the blogger was agreeing with my earlier notion that hip-hop is undergoing a vast transformation and dudes like Xaphoon Jones and Chiddy from the duo Chiddy Bang are pioneering the way. Coincidentally, Reinvention is a two-man crew who met at Drexel University, just like Chiddy and Xaphoon, and they happen to be doing similar things in the same studio Chiddy Bang met up. Crazy rite? This song samples the indie-electronic band Florence and The Machine and if you're into Chiddy Bang, you're gonna fux with Reinvention. Spin the track.

Murs-Bad Man

 Download: Murs-Bad Man

This west coast rapper is a silent sensation in the hip-hop world. Murs' poignant lyrics and classic hip-hop sound is distinct and powerful. Murs isn't really well known in the main stream public but I'm sure just about every rapper and producer can vouch that he has some serious mic flow and creativity. This song has a sick sample and Murs kills it. Spin the track.

Hot Out the Oven: K-Young-Sexy B*tch (David Guetta Remix)

Download: Sexy B*tch Remix 

David Guetta's "Sexy B*tch" was a club anthem in '09 and the beat will never get old. Its a relief to hear someone do a lil something something with it since I'm sure everybody has heard the original at least 50 times. Not really my cup of tea but its a solid party jam. Spin the track.