Chillwave has been in heavy demand lately. Mishka and The Hood Internet react to the needs of the people and serve an excellent mixtape that combines artists from the chillwave genre with the likes of The Notorious B.I.G., Young Money, Drake, The-Dream, Why?, CFCF, The Big Pink, The Flaming Lips, T and many more. Enjoy below.
Trillwave is the newest mixtape from Chicago duo The Hood Internet. While their ongoing mixtape series has been built around genre-blending party starters, Trillwave is the soundtrack to the party after the afterparty or maybe to a sun-drenched backyard barbecue the next day. Drake sips iced tea with Beach House, Ice Cube cruises through South Central L.A. with CFCF riding shotgun, and Birdman and Lil Wayne share a blunt with Washed Out. If you’re still clueless to who The Hood internet are, these dudes make “The Best Mash-Ups This Side of the Web.” So go freshen up, download Trillwave, cop some Bacardi and get this party started.
In honor of today’s release of Drake’s debut Thank Me Later come two edits of his critically acclaimed collaboration with Jay-Z. First, Cooking Soul turn in their remix by adding the late and great Notorious B.I.G.. This version can be found on their upcoming Don Cannon-assisted Thank Us Later (The Remix Album). In addition October’s Very Own unleash the official Rikers Island Remix featuring Lil’ Wayne’s phone-recorded verse. Enjoy and purchase.
Last week marked a memorable week as far as Hip Hop releases is concerned. Fixtures on today’s charts Drake and Eminem unleashed their new singles off their respective forthcomings albums. Drake blessed the radio stations nationwide with his Kanye West-produced “Find Your Love” while Eminem shared his personal experience of drug rehabilitation on the Boi-1da-laced track “Not Afraid”. Besides releasing the video to “I’m Beamin’” Lupe Fiasco also unveiled his Chad Hugo-approved collaboration with famed singer Alicia Keys. Our site also had the pleasure of premiering the title track of Theophilus London’s new project I Want You which indicated one of this year’s most original mixtapes. Much to the joy of Hip Hop fans (and beyond) Jay Electronica made a return to the scene with his P.Diddy-assisted tribute to the late Notorious B.I.G..
We’ve also seen Cam’Ron and fellow Harlemite Vado joining forces with KiD CuDi as well as further album-teasers from the likes of Game, Nas and Damien Marley. As a special treat we’ve been also served a new superb freestyle stemming from Marshall Mathers and Jay-Z’s lost verse of Rick Ross’ powerful “Maybach Music 2″. Find the audible recap below.
A new mashup project has become available featuring San Fran-based DJ/Producer, Wait What and several of Biggie’s all time classsics. Entitled The Notorious xx, the project was created to pay tribute to the 13th year anniversary of B.I.G.’s Life After Death’s release and the results came out to be very amazing. The contrast between lyrics and music are exceptionally harmonious. You can download the whole project for free below. Check it out.
Vado unleashes a new record which features a sample of B.I.G.’s classic, Kick in The Door. His wordplay never ceases to amaze on every record he appears on, and you’ll hear more of it on his upcoming project, The Slime Flu. Check it out.
Welcome to the second edition of Hypetrak’s Weekly Sets. Again we listened to plenty of new and interesting releases that made us look and talking. Let us begin with Electro duo MGMT that finally released their long-awaited single “Flash Delirium” off their upcoming album “Congratulations”. Fans quickly took notice that the group has altered their style for this campaign and expressed their discontent instantly. To the surprise of many, Ben Goldwasser felt the urge to apologize for their experimental approach. Last tuesday marked the 13th anniversay of Biggie’s death and luckily it did not lack any tribute records. One in particular drew your interest. Cinematographer Kenzo Digital came through with “The Eulogy” that features vocals of arguably three of Hip Hop’s greatest ever, The Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z and Nas and reminded us how dope a collaboration like this would have been. Taking spot number three and freshly released from prison T.I. came back to the game with a furious bang via his Trackslayerz-blessed cut “I’m Back”. Female group The Bangz’ offered their rendition of Lil’ Wayne’s Rebirth-cut “Runnin’” thus indicating their musical versatility. Further notable efforts were delivered by French duo Jamaica and Zombie went electro mastermind Kavinsky, whose excellent track “Nightcall” received a royal remix treatment by Ed Banger’s own Breakbot. Teasing die-hard fans with another taste of their upcoming Wu-Massacre album Meth, Ghost and Rae caught your ear with “Youngstown Heis”. Wale showed you what a true NBA-motivation song is supposed to sound like whereas Idris Elba convinced naysayers that actors can also make decent recording artists. Electro lovers among you also appreciated the hypnotic track “Sun” by Canadian producer Caribou. Enjoy this weekly recap.
Tributes to the late Notorious B.I.G. shall be spread out – especially on March 9th. In this sense:
J.Period & “Uncle” Ralph McDaniels (Video Music Box, The Bridge) bring Biggie back to life with the “March 9: Video Remix Collection”—a collection of exclusive B.I.G. remixes set to classic videos, in honor of the 13th Anniversary of B.I.G.’s untimely passing. “Flava in Ya Ear (March 9 Video Remix)” marks the first release, a club-shattering blend of old and new that begs the question: where would hip hop be if B.I.G. were still alive!? Tune into jperiod.com/march9 to view more “March 9: Video Remixes”… Coming soon!
Here goes part two of Kenzo Digital’s beat cinematic project. This chapter, Eulogy features vocals from Biggie, Jay and Nas – arguably three of Hip Hop’s greatest ever. You can listen to the intriguing project below, meanwhile below is what the creator of this had to say on this piece:
This song was created to celebrate and commemorate the life of the late, great Notorious BIG. As the 2nd “Deleted Scene” from the “City of God’s Son” project, I wanted to show my respects by creating this song, and create a parallel world where Biggie still lives. For more information please visit www.CityofGodSon.com
The day of passing for Biggie Smalls to many fans should hailed upon as a holiday. But within the realms of Hip Hop for fans and artists alike, to them it is “Hip Hop holiday” So much so, Diddy and his team are pushing to make March 9th a national Hip-Hop holiday. But to celebrate his legacy we’re posting up Biggie’s music video for his classic record, Warning off arguably one Hip Hop’s greatest albums Ready to Die. This particular special version has a cinematic ending which not many have seen, so be sure to check it out. Props to Kor The DJ.
