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You know, ever since I’ve been blogging, I don’t know if I’ve ever taking a liking to a duo quite as I have the combination of Smoovth and Hus aka Tha Connection. Yeah, I’ll be the first to admit, I have my favorites; acts that have emerged from the depths of wackness, better known as the current state of “overground” Hip Hop.  Artists such as Apollo Brown, The Left, 14KT (the whole Athletic Mic League, for that matter), Ill Poetic and the Jazz Addixx, to name a few, have rekindled my love for the music and art form. And while the pickins’ can be slim at times, it’s dudes like the aforementioned cats that spark originality in Hip Hop, and it’s THEM whom will be left standing when all the dust has cleared.
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From Ill Po:

“Today Marks the official launch of www.illpoetic.com. As a thank you for listening, I want to pass a couple free mp3s everybody’s way. Every so often, through out the course of the year (and beyond), We’ll be dropping free music, tickets, contests, and more for the friends who’ve signed up on this list. Below is a link to you’re first gift for signing up. Two free songs. Enjoy and Thanks again for taking the time to listen. Don’t forget to check out the website for much more.”
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First off, yes I have jumped back into the blogging game. My new personal blog is called Bastard Swordsman, I’ll be doing my huge project posts over there because the formatting is simpler & all I have to do is write over @ Tumblr. I will continue to contribute here @ Bloggerhouse & my What’s New In Dart’s iPod & my other drops (Most Played For The Week, Most Slept On, mixtapes & artist features, etc.) will be posted here as well. My Producers You Need To Here Right Now and cult movie lists will be composed and posted on Bastard Swordsman.

I took it easy during January & February but I’m getting back into game heavy beginning in March. I’d like to thank Eric & Travis for holding me down in the interim. March is shaping up to be ridiculous as far as music is concerned. Wack shit will not be tolerated & all our prayers and well wishes go out to the Elam family. Get well, Guru. If it wasn’t for you, who knows when Boston Hip Hop would’ve finally broken nationally. Next up: What’s New In Dart’s iPod #7 AKA March Madness Part One & 5 Most Slept On Releases Of 2010 So Far (According To Me)

One.

DJ Low Key & Sounds Supreme – The Solution Tape #1 is a free download at DenverSolution.com, the site for the party. The mixtape features exclusives and world premiers from all three members of Tanya Morgan, Donnis, Ro Blvd, Exile, DJ Day, Che Grand, Buff1, Waajeed, Adad, 8thW1, Whygee, Kid Hum, Theo Martins, Mike Baker, 1 O.A.K., Moe Green and more, plus some of mine and Sounds’ favorite newer joints. Find out more about the mixtape, the party and the DJs at DenverSolution.com, DJLowKey.com & DJSoundsSupreme.com.

DJ Low Key & Sounds Supreme – The Solution Tape #1 (hosted by U-N-I & Ro Blvd) Mixtape Link -> http://www.denversolution.com/DJ_Low_Key_and_Sounds_Supreme-The_Solution_Tape_1_hosted_by_U-N-I_and_Ro_Blvd.zip

http://www.denversolution.com

http://www.djlowkey.com & http://www.djsoundssupreme.com

Tracklist:

1. DJ Low Key & Sounds Supreme “Question:What’s The Solution?”
2. U-N-I & Ro Blvd “The Solution Tape #1 Intro”
3. Donnis & Ro Blvd “Meet Me At The Solution”*
4. Moe Green “Round & Round”#
5. Donwill “808 Hi”*
6. Ilyas “Put It Up”#
7. Von Pea & Suhburb “Toss It Over”*
8. Kooley High feat. Median & Halo “What The Deal”*
9. Whygee & Kid Hum “I Play The Wall”*
10. Adad “Hi”#
11. BJ The Chicago Kid “Sky’s The Limit”
12. Theo Martins “Kirby’s Airwalk”#
13. Erykah Badu “Jump in The Air”
14. 8thW1 & 2 Hungry Bros “Talkin’”#
15. Ro Blvd “Desha Dayana Instrumental”
16. U-N-I & Ro Blvd “Land Of The Kings”
17. Donwill “Love Junkie”
18. TiRon & Ayomari “Ms. Right”
19. FRESHselects x Waajeed feat. Buff1 “You”#
20. El Prez & Ro Blvd “Lil Miss Popular”
21. Food Chain “Who Ridin’”
22. U-N-I “Beautiful Day” (Live at the Akomplice Season 11 Release Party)*
23. Exile & DJ Day feat. Von Pea, Donwill & Che Grand “Live at the Solution – 6/26/09″*
24. Exile & DJ Day “Funky Beats Interlude – Live at the Solution”*
25. Sounds Supreme “Intro”
26. Raheem Devaughn & Phil Ade “Pretty Girls (Remix)”
27. Chip Tha Ripper “Thank God”
28. Nneka feat. Jay Electronica “Walking (J.Period remix)”
29. Skyzoo “Beautiful Decay”
30. Othello & DJ Vajra “Connect For”#
31. Kidz In The Hall “Jukebox”
32. U-N-I & Ro Blvd “Stylin’”
33. Lupe Fiasco “Lean”
34. Nametag feat. Skyzoo “Back On My Shit”
35. Seven feat. Talib Kweli “Go Slow (DJ Premier Remix)”
36. Whygee “The Solution Freestyle”*
37. Gorillaz “Stylo (Chiddy Bang Remix)”
38. U-N-I & Ro Blvd feat. Miguel “Lately”
39. Mike Baker & 1 O.A.K. “The Solution (Mile High)”*
40. U-N-I & Ro Blvd “Shouts”

* Exclusive to the Solution Tape #1
# Exclusive world premier

About the Solution: For over three years, DJ Low Key and Sounds Supreme have blessed Denver with a quality hip hop party that’s second to none. Since it’s birth in February ‘07, the Solution has played host to variety of events that’d impress the pickiest of hip hop snobs from NY to LA, including performances from Blu, Kidz In The Hall, Tanya Morgan, Median, Theophilus London and more, special guest DJs like Vajra, Benzi, Chonz and Risk One and unique events like an annual chicken and waffles party, a yearly J Dilla tribute and more. With a recently launched web site at DenverSolution.com, the mixtape on the way and a move to a bigger, better venue coming soon, the Solution w/DJ Low Key & Sounds Supreme is just getting started.

About the DJs: Radio Bums crew members DJ Low Key & Sounds Supreme have been making big moves on the Colorado scene and beyond for years. With almost twenty years of club, radio and mixtape experience between them, they’re two of the best DJs in the thriving Denver scene. DJ Low Key is the tour DJ for Tanya Morgan, co-captain of Frank151’s Denver Diggers and is known for mixtape collabs with some of the best up and coming artists out, including TiRon, Che Grand, Median and more. Sounds Supreme is a veteran DJ at KS 107.5, Denver’s premier hip hop station, Denver rep for the Scratch Academy and has had mixtapes featured on the likes of MTV Mixtape Mondays, Okayplayer.com and more.

Back with the part two of my recent listening habits, which I know you’ve alllll been waiting for quite eagerly. My listening patterns have been kind of weird this year. I’ve been doing a lot of work from home this year (read: I’ve been laid off) so I don’t have my iPod connected to my ears seven out of the eight work hours each day. That means I’m not listening to as many albums. I’ve been listening to a lot of separate tracks and the such. I’ll get back into the albums (but those are basically loose collection of single tracks anyway anymore) and I’m listening to a few while I’m playing Madden or working on sorting out my collection or cataloging what I own.  For now though, some decent tracks floating around out there.

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1. “Moment In Time”-Surreal & DJ Balance

Taken From: Surreal & DJ Balance’s “Future Classic”

Damn yo, talk about SLEEPIN’!!! I can recall seeing Surreal & DJ Balance’s “Future Classic” pop up on it’s fair share of “Year End Lists” back near the finish of 2006.  Yet, it boggles my mind how I overlooked this masterfully constructed LP.

14 tracks of boom-bap brilliance! The title “Future Classic” suggests a lofty goal which Surreal and DJ Balance attained with ease. Some might feel the mark was reached, others may disagree, but we know that by reaching for such a goal – Surreal and DJ Balance put forth their best effort with this release, and the results speak for themselves. What more can you ask for? From the party rocking joints like “Can’t Stop The Bumrush” and “Yeah Boy”, to the introspective jams like the featured cut “Moment in Time” and “Let the Horns Blow”, this record is filled with potential “classics”. It’s a privilege for me to “take in” an album such as “Future Classic”, a positive album void of cusses, gun-brandishing and women bashing, just pure dope, raw Hip Hop. The album features production and appearances from the likes of The Soundproviders, Ohmega Watts, Kero One, Braille, Sivion, MoO (who produced “Moment In Time”), Theory Hazit, Tony Stone and more.
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The Song:

Critically acclaimed rap duo Little Brother are back and ready to takeover speakers for the final time together with their new album, LeftBack. Dropping on April 20th via Hall of Justus, LeftBack will mark the end of an illustrious career by partners in rhyme Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh. The album features production from the likes of Khyrsis, Denaun Porter, J.Bizness and guest vocals from Torae, Truck North, Jozeemo, Chaundon, Median, and more. The send-off for the North Carolina hip-hop heavyweights begins with the release of “Curtain Call,” the poetically titled first single from LeftBack. Rapper Big Pooh sets the tone for the album by declaring that “this is it, the last monologue / last act in the play, you could say the epilogue.” A booming synth line, driving bass and staccato drum pattern intertwine to provide the backdrop for the occasion, while Phonte drives home the album’s message by rapping “You know we don’t quit / but when it’s curtain call then that’s all you gonna get.” The song “basically sums up the history of our career as Little Brother,” says the duo. “This is the last first single you will hear from Little Brother.”

Fans can expect further announcements from Little Brother, including tour info and other interesting developments on LeftBack’s road to the release.

Download “Curtain Call” HERE (Right Click “Save As”)

Rocksmith Tokyo Presents 20X the new EP from Donny Goines. The EP represents pure hip hop at it’s finest, and shows where Donny will be headed in 20X and beyond.

Kidz In The Hall’s new LP Land Of Make Believe drops March 9th on Duck Down. It’s their third (and best) album, providing a platform for the hard-working rap twosome to stretch their legs stylistically like never before. So it makes perfect sense that they enlisted another duo, Nick Catchdubs and Proper Villains, to transform single “Flickin” into a banging dance track. Far from the standard uptempo electro mix, their new take keeps MC Naledge’s crisp Chicago flow intact over an insistent, funky house-inspired groove, turning what was originally a half-time ride-out into an absolute anthem.

Says Nick Catchdubs: “I first met Kidz right before their debut album was coming out, and we’ve remained friends ever since. Double 0 and I have always talked about collaborating on something one day, and with the sound of ‘Flickin’ and the overall vibe of their new album the timing was finally right. The goal was initially just to come up with a cool track for DJs, but the remix took on a life of its own – watching them perform it live on the Crowd Control tour has been amazing!”

Check it out HERE

Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx drop “NOBODY,” off their eXXecution album in stores March 23rd. The song is Side A to Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx’s vinyl single as well. Todd Angkasuwan will be filming the video to “Nobody” in NYC next week!

MP3 DL Link to Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx “Nobody”: HERE