Swim Team MCs Alpha MC and VerBS are hip hop's latest tag team known as Redd Foxx. Energetic, infectious, and colorful are three adjectives that best describe them as solo acts, but when combined their best traits magnify, making Redd Foxx one of the most interesting and fun duos to watch out for in 2011.
Here is their debut video "Cancer Chicks". Directed by Adam Stanzak, shot by Tony Oberstar and brought to you by Oh Boy Films.
Also, check out the three promo videos Redd Foxx shot before the release of Cancer Chickshere, here, and here.
Philadelphia hip hop quartet Writtenhouse, made up of Charlie K, Chris Conway, Kush Shalimar and Somerville Sleeves, are preparing the release of their new album, While You Were Sleeping, aimed to release on February 15th. The first taste of the new album comes by the way of "Sticky", a short two minute solo appetizer that sets the precedent for Writtenhouse's future. It's no wonder that these Philly bred hip hoppers were WhiskeyTeeth's most downloaded group in 2010.
Los Angeles MC/producer Blu has been steadily bubbling up from the underground with a string of releases including collaborations with fellow LA-based producers Exile, Ta'Raach, and Mainframe. Blu's been bubbling so much, in fact, that he's currently working hard on his major label debut (that's right, Warner Brothers), so in the meantime the freshly founded New World Color imprint is set to release an EP based on Blu's standout track from his 2009 Her Favorite Colo(u)r mixtape, "Amnesia." The Amnesia EP will contain three previously released Blu tracks and a new track entitled "Amnesia(Rewind)" along with instrumentals for all but one of the tunes. Considering most of Blu's material lives somewhere on the vast internet in mixtape and MP3 form, this EP should prove to be of the more comprehensive releases of the artist's material to date. You can stream the title track from the EP above, as well as check out the full tracklist below. The Amnesia EP will be released February 15 in digital form and March 1 in 10" vinyl format. (via)
Webbz and Reks join forces over a Hazardis Soundz banger for his upcoming HazMat Vol. 2 mix tape. The track will also be featured on Webbz' Pursuit of Happiness release.
I lost track of Detroit MC Ro-Spit, but found this gem while aimlessly roaming the internets. The beat is by dutch producer, Koen Beats. I have no idea what it is off of or from, so I'm going to go ahead and guess that it's previously un-released. You're welcome for the thoroughly researched info.
Latest and last leak from DJ K.O. and his last EP from his slept on Living Out a State of Mind series (which has now reached Volume 12). The track features one of my favorite unheralded newcomers, MadKem, who has a great chemistry with KO. If you haven't heard "What We On" yet? WooOOoo! Slap yourself and peep it on the flip side, along with the "Til I Go."
It has been awhile since we've heard from emerging Chicago MC aDaD, but here he is kicking off his 2011 with a Ta-Ku kicked banger. Can we get an update on the Exile collaboration album?
Hail Mary Mallon is Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, and DJ Big Wiz and their forthcoming album has had the internet abuzz since the release of "D-Up" on the Definitive Jux Presents 4 compilation. Recently, a slew of promo videos with the trio have surfaced that feature raps, cuts, laughs, and wrinkled polos courtesy of Rob Sonic. Here is the latest quicky vid for a song called "Garfield" that HMM have been working on, along with other videos from the past/present.
Bosse Media and Live at the DOJO are proud to present C Plus' video for 'Stay Up', from his 'All On Me' mix tape. In this song C Plus explains what it means to be loyal to your friends and loved ones; a matter so important that he evens discusses it while on a date.
WhiskeyTeeth introduced Quincy Vidal to the blogosphere in late 2010, but I'm not satisfied with the response so far. Where are all my jazzy hip hop fans, native tongue lovers, orbiters of the Digable Planets?
I'll keep trying...
Here is a dope "EPK" for the young duo that, in my opinion, oozed an endless amount of talent and potential on their freebie debut album, Cookin' in Brooklyn. After you check out of the EPK, you can download the album for free (or choose your own price).
For those that fell in love with New Zealand's electro-soul group Electric Wire Hustle, their sound engineer's music will hit a similar spot. Here is Benny Tones' latest video from his forthcoming album, Chrysalis, set to release in April of this year on BBE Records.
Chrysalis was the last track to be made for the album so has a lot of influences from the sounds I have been listening to lately, a lot more on the futuristic tip. Wanted to put my own spin on the really FX heavy really produced sound but still keep the big spacious floaty vibe. I also worked with a vocalist by the name of Sacha Vee who I had done some work for in the past. She's a jazz trained vocalist so I wanted to see what happened when I gave her something way out of her musical spectrum. The result was this crazy fusion of styles that came out sounding quite different.
Turning Torso is the instrumental rock project from an unknown 20 year old guitarist/producer from Mexico named David Sánchez. On his debut album, Walker, David mashes up waves of dreamy guitar notes with islands of digital drums and psychedelic noises, forming a serene instrumental experience comparable to the breakdowns of Minus the Bear, Explosions in the Sky, and Bibio.
I think what the young David Sánchez created in his bedroom studio with an electric guitar and modest recording tools is intriguing and full of potential. This album is a small moment in music where we can thank technology and embrace what it can do for emerging musicians on a budget.
These are posts from the old WhiskeyTeeth.com website. You can find open download links from all types of independent hip hop artists, as well as videos, mix tapes, free albums, and more.
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