DJ Lean Rock (Floor Lordz) from Boston hits us with the Freestyle Session promo 2012 mix…Almost thirty minutes of floor rockers for your ear drums..

Catch a groove….

Earlier this year I ran into Goretex (formerly of Non Phixion) at a record store while doing some heavy digging….Surprisingly, the MC was also looking for records to chop up….

We cracked a few jokes and all that, and he mentioned he had a few projects lined up for 2012…One of the projects he spoke about was the “Electric Lucifer” album that was almost finished….

With a title like that I knew he was cooking up some dangerous shit…

Anyway, I recently spotted some new material from Goretex (“Inverted Churches” produced by Canadian beatsmith, Moss) that will give all you sensitive thugs the CREEPS…..

HAHA…

With so many releases dropping it’s a task trying to stay on top of things, but I finally got around to peeping Casual & J-Rawls new project, “Respect Game or Expect Flames”…

Here are few cuts that caught my attention….

“Give Respect”

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“Craziest Story”

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In recent years the limited edition vinyl craze has skyrocketed to new levels….

Six Two Six, Black Pegasus, Dope Folks, Chopped Herring, One Leg Up, Slice Of Spice, Good Felons, and plenty others are making sure that we have some fresh vinyl to scoop up…..

Speaking of GOOD FELONS – they will be shipping out unreleased KEV-E-KEV & AK-B material that was produced by the late great Paul C…..

Only 250 copies will be available so you already know what time it is (time to break the piggy bank cuzzo…HAHA)

Peep…..

A: Welcocme To The Dope Land
A: Freestlye Groove
A: Listen To The Man
A: Keep On Doin
B: Think
B: Protected
B: Out For The Count

If you never witnessed DJ Premier in a live setting – here is your chance to hear a live set of the man wrecking the decks in Nashville earlier this year…

Over an hour of screaming and yelling, Gang Starr classics, doubles, etc…..

Every once in awhile I will repost something that I feel the HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD readers overlooked….

* Originally posted 12/16/10.

This is a live recording of Cutty Ranks killing shit a couple weeks ago on his west coast invasion tour…..Straight from the boards, no static, no feedback, no nonsense…..I even had a chance to chop it up with the don after the show and crack a couple jokes….

Cutty doesn’t come to the States that often, so this was a monumental evening to say the least….

Pay attention, you might just learn something about live mic wrecking……BOOOOYAAAAKAAAAA SHOT !!!!!!!

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* Cutty is currently on a west coast tour once again!!….If he rolls through your area you know the motherfucking drill…

8/18-world beat center, san diego
8/19-Sea Breeze Fest, Long Beach
8/21-Velvet Jones, Santa Barbara
8/23-(Santa Cruz – hopefully)
8/24-Capital Garage, Sac
8/25-Coopers, Nevada City
8/26-Shattuck, Berkeley
8/27-Hopmonk, Sebastopol
8/28-Mazzoti’s, Arcata

Contrary to popular belief, 2012 has been a good year for Hip Hop….

Ka, Bumpy Knuckles, Large Pro, Showbiz & AG, Gensu Dean, and plenty others have put out solid projects…..This “Axel F” joint with MED & J-Rocc (that seemingly dropped out of nowhere) also has a few moments that deserve attention….

The Caltone label digs in the 45 vaults for a nice musical excursion from 1966- 1969….These scorching hot pieces of rare wax have not been re-issued since the original pressings until now…

You will hear Rocksteady, early Reggae, and a splash of Ska…..Do the right thing and check in with a quickness….

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DJ Suko (The Left) hits us with a 23 track, 58 minute mix…..Mostly new music on deck – Gang Green, Roc Marciano, Showbiz & AG, and plenty others get thrown into the stew…

PEEP…

On September 3rd, “HIERO” take over the city of Oakland for a full fledged Hip Hop holiday…Block parties, Street art, Food trucks, local vendors, etc….

If your in the bay area you know the motherfucking drill….

” Hear The Call ” is one of the first warning shots from Bumpy Knuckles & Statik Selektah’s upcoming album on Gracie Records….

Turn the volume up a few notches…..

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Before I even get started I want all of you to know that I have been following Doom’s career from back in the KMD days, but this new album just didn’t do it for me…

Maybe it’s the production, or the poorly thrown together segues, or the overall energy of the album… I’m not really sure…..

One thing is for certain – I can barely listen to this project without hitting the fast forward button…..

One cut did catch my attention though….

HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD TOP PICK- “Retarded Fren”

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If you are still sleeping on KA’s “Grief Pedigree” album, I highly suggest that you track it down with a quickness….

HIP HOP BATTLEFIELD TOP PICKS – “Every”, “Vessel”, and “Cold Facts”…

KA recently caught up with “Quality Out The Box” for a in-depth 21 minute long question and answer session….

TUNE IN…

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If you picked up the C.D. of Milk Dee's Never Dated album, it didn't include the stellar remix of "Get Off My Log" by bay area pioneer, Joe Quixx (It was a vinyl only release)……

I can remember the first time I heard this on KCSB and I flipped out when Milk kicked rhymes like, " Get off that smoke, get off my joint, get off my jewels, get off my back / get off my jim, get off my bozack "…….HAHAHA….

There were talks of First Priority Music re-launching with plans to release the shelved Audio 2, "The Last Dead Indian" album a couple years back……Hopefully that will eventually happen……

Until then, this "Get Off My Log" Jazzy Fat Woody remix will hold me down…….Def American Records 1995…

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For all you cats that think that B-Boying SHOULDN’T be in the olympics, I double dare you to watch this IBE 2011 trailer….Just when you think you have seen it all – the next generation take it to other heights that we could have never imagined back in the 80’s…

I’m dead serious….Footwork, combos, bone shattering freezes, power moves, air moves, and all that other fly shit…It’s a crying shame that this element of Hip Hop still does not get the true respect that it deserves…I have even heard so – called heads try to clown and downplay B-Boying like it’s some type of joke…….Nah, jokes on you bozo…

If this doesn’t inspire you to get your stanking ass off the couch and get your physical game together – NOTHING will….

*Please hit the mute button before watching…HAHA