Video - Mr. Chi City: Goes to Court!!!

Chi City at it again.

Mixtape - Mike Posner & The Brain Trust "A Matter of Time" Presented by DJ Don Cannon and DJ Benzi

Gotcha, not quite yet. You gotta wait for Sunday when the tape drops for free on iTunes. In the meantime, be jealous, cause I got a copy. Not going to be a dick and leak it early, although that could bring some traffic in. I'm just not going to do that though. Mike's been kind enough to send the advance for a review, so I won't fucks with him like that. Love the tape though. Be on the lookout for "Evil Woman." I love the sample. Also, "Losing My Mind" and "A Matter of Time." Shit, actually look out for the whole tape, it's fire.

Mike's always got such fly artwork too.

I can't even hate on the kid for being a Dookie.

Review - Drake "So Far Gone"

How about another sneak preview from Thursday's Diversions section:

Drake is the model of what Kanye West aspired to be on 808s and Heartbreak; a rapper that can sing as well as he spits.

A figure in the both the burgeoning Toronto hip-hop scene and upcoming class of internet superstars, Drake has proven to be a crossover force, incorporating not only his own singing and rhyming but employing the help of rockers Peter Bjorn and John and Lykke Li to create a sound diverging from mainstream rap on his latest mixtape, So Far Gone.

And while his indie rock guest list may aid in his cross-genre appeal, it’s Drake the Stans are drawn to; an astounding 20,000 of them downloaded the free mixtape in the first 48 hours of its release.

Drizzy’s twofold-talent is evident in the murking of his Hip Hop Since 1978 foil’s “Say You Will” with a remix that seamlessly integrates his R&B crooning with deft rhyming dexterity.

Even four appearences of love-to-hate hip-hop magnet Lil’ Wayne fail to divert the limelight away from Drake. The Weezy-assisted tracks only showcase Drake’s flow forte, see “Ignant Sh-t” and “Unstoppable,” the latter which also features Santogold.

While 808s may have showed the direction hip-hop seems to be heading, So Far Gone refines the sung-rap craft into a viable art form with little to criticize.

Review - Charles Hamilton "Well, Isn't This Awkward," "My Brain is Alive" and " Every Charles Hamilton Ex-Girlfriend's Worst Nightmare"

Here's a preview of what you'll probably not be reading come Thursday in the Daily Tar Heel. I promise it'll be there though.

With his release schedule of late, Charles Hamilton could have challenged even the late James Brown as the “Hardest Working Man in Show Business.”

Continuing what he started with his Hamiltonization Process – eight mixtapes, one every two weeks over four months – Hamilton released three tapes over a weeklong period starting February 12^th onto the now-suspecting interweb hip-hop faithful. The nasally New York MC retains his signature poignant approach to rhyme writing across the three mixes, but on two further pursues a vehicle to better communicate his message; the concept LP.

With the first of the three releases, Hamilton themed his Well, Isn’t This Awkward as a movie, a Valentine’s Day feature presentation. As the 12 tracks chronicle the romantic lengths and missteps the Charles-esque protagonist encounters, Hamilton’s ability to adorn his mixtape’s sleeves with his emotions becomes obvious as a number of choruses quake when he wrenches the words to fit the beats; a proper gesture for the tapes contents.

Serving as a successor to Well, the final installment of the trilogy, Every Charles Hamilton Ex-Girlfriend’s Worst Nightmare, explores the failed relationships of Mr. Hamilton. Each track on the mixtape covers either a singular or group of females – identified by the song title – and what went wrong, all while fragmenting elements of Kanye West’s 808s and Heartbreak into the compositions.

Although the first and third tapes contained more of an aim, Hamilton captures himself best on February 16^th’s My Brain Is Alive. The stream of conscience, therapeutic rapping that proliferated the Process is in full effect as Hamilton medicates himself with vents ranging from “Pleasant Overthinking” to the inevitable rise of Charles Hamilton.

Throughout the three releases Hamilton keeps the Sonic the Hedgehog references and irregular-to-rap rock and 90s dancehall samples coming. Hamilton’s self-production continues to ascend as each tape reaches an audience, as does his quality lyrical output.

The only thing left for Charles Hamilton to accomplish is finding a filter, because even though the constant bombardment of new material feeds the Internet junkies, if Hamilton put out a third of his current quota, the quality of each project would reap the benefits.

Video - The Real: Letters to Cam

Killa Cam answers all your toughest questions and lets you know what’s really good.

Skooda Chose Feat. The Cool Kids & Twista "Loungin'"

"i've been great, you've been late like truancies"

How about that steel guitar? I fucks with that. Pretty solid showing. No Chuck Inglish? Mikey holds it down as always though.

Listen/Download "Loungin'"

Shouts to Brendan for shootin' this over

Rapper Big Pooh "Radio"

"play my shit stop tryin' to get paid
radio djs actin' like slaves "

You know, just some new ish from 1/2 of Little Brother; NC put on. This will be on his solo Delightful Bars. His other solo joint Sleepers was hot. This sounds pretty similar to "The Comeback."

Listen/Download "Radio"

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MF Doom "Lightworks" [Prod. by J Dilla]

"jerks, welcome to the octagon..."

Yeah, I know I slept on "That's That" the other day, but here's some more Doom - which is apparently what he is going by now? - to enjoy. To is to some Donuts magic.

Listen/Download "Lightworks"

Via NMC