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[Hip-Hop] Curren$y – AD5 (Audio Dope 5) (Prod. Ski Beatz)

Posted by Baseer Ahmad - March 7, 2015

Curren$y
AD5 | Pilot Talk 3

Lost in all the hype surrounding hip-hop in 2015, Curren$y has been quietly preparing for the release of Pilot Talk 3 next month. Pilot Talk 3 is obviously the highly anticipated follow-up to 2010’s Pilot Talk & Pilot Talk 2, arguably the finest two projects in Spitta’s expansive discography. Similarly, “AD5” or “Audio Dope 5” is the latest entry in a series of songs Curren$y has been releasing since his Smokee Robinson mixtape, also from 2010. Though his rhymes often sound relaxed and effortless, the New Orleans native has a reputation of being one of the most tireless workers in the industry. This year however, his approach seems to be a little more focused, as we hasn’t seen a steady stream of tracks flooding the market. That sublimated concentration has us absolutely salivating at the prospect of what awaits us on this new project. “AD5” might just be a small taste, but it’s certainly whet our appetite. So, while you may think he’s been relatively quiet, be certain that true Curren$y fans have April 4th circled on their calendars.

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[Hip-Hop] Wiz Khalifa – 28 Grams (Mixtape)

Posted by Baseer Ahmad - May 26, 2014

After a slight delay due to some legal trouble ~~clever marketing~~ he encountered during a stop on his Under The Influence of Music tour in Texas, Trap Wiz has finally been unleashed, and fully manifested himself in this brand new mixtape, 28 Grams. If his new nickname didn’t already give it away, it should be noted that this isn’t your typical Wiz Khalifa project, as the Pittsburgh native’s teamed up with producers like Zaytoven, Metro Boomin, 808 Mafia, ID Labs, Sonny Digital and a few others to explore a grittier, trap-inspired sound.

We can’t say the experimentation pays off, as often times throughout the project it comes off as forced and contrived. The tape does have its shining moments however. Collaborations with Juicy J and Ty Dolla $ign are almost guaranteed to stay in rotation all summer, and we also catch a few glimpses of classic Wiz on Ricky P produced numbers like “Pure,” “Samo,” and “Comb Over,” as well as the Thundercat assisted “Something Special.”

Standing at 28 tracks, sorting through an ambitious project of that scale can prove to be a daunting task, so as usual we’ve picked out a few our favorites for you below. If you do feel inclined to download the full mixtape however, you can do so at the link below.

DOWNLOAD: WIZ KHALIFA – 28 GRAMS

’Wiz Khalifa – Samo (Prod by Ricky P)’

’Wiz Khalifa – On A Plane (Prod by Cozmo)’

’Wiz Khalifa – Something Special ft. Thundercat (Prod by rmbjustize)’

’Wiz Khalifa – Word On The Town ft. Juicy J, Pimp C (Prod by Juicy J)’

’Wiz Khalifa – Banger ft. Ty$ (Prod by Sonny Digital)’

’Wiz Khalifa
My Nigs ft. Curren$y (Prod by ID Labs / PoShod Beats)’

Hip/Hop

[Hip-Hop] Curren$y – Godfather Four (Feat. Action Bronson)

Posted by Baseer Ahmad - January 26, 2014

CURRENSY feat ACTION BRONSON
GODFATHER FOUR

Despite his stoner reputation, Curren$y is easily one of the hardest working hip-hop artists in the game. The dude never takes a year off, let alone a day, yet his sound doesn’t ever manage to get stale. The New Orleans Spitta is readying yet another mixtape release for 2014, gearing up to drop The Drive In Theatre sometime later this year. For the first offering from his new project, Curren$y brings his usual confident, laidback swagger to pair with Action Bronson‘s eccentricity over an appropriately cinematic instrumental. Check out the dope new track above, and look out for more from Curren$y during the coming weeks.

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The Hip-Hop Dojo [Vol. 15]

Posted by Baseer Ahmad - November 17, 2013

Guess who’s baaaaaaccckk? Did you miss me? The Hip-Hop Dojo’s finally ready to reopen its doors for business, and I’ve got plenty to share with you today. I’ve traveled far and wide, sailed across the seven seas, climbed the highest peaks, and braved the hottest deserts to hone my craft, learning from the very best, meditating, and planning my return (basically picture the whole training sequence from Batman Begins). In all honesty though, I appreciate your patience over the last few months, and hope I can finally get back on my grind to deliver you the freshest hip-hop product on a consistent basis.

So without further ado, let’s get this party started. This very special fifteenth edition of The Hip-Hop Dojo features plenty of familiar names, from hip-hop heavyweights like Eminem, Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip, Raekwon and Kendrick Lamar, to Dojo frequenters like Kings Dead, MeLo-X, Audio Push, Tito Lopez, and Devine Carama, . We’ve even got a few fresh faces for y’all like Michael Christmas, Dom McLennon, A La $ole, GoldLink, and Fresco Nerd. Given the sheer size of our comeback playlist (over 45 tracks!), I’ll keep it light on the words this week to conserve your precious time and keep you focused on the music. However, if you like what you hear from any of these artists and want to check out any relevant projects from them, I’ll include a link roll below.

We hope you guys enjoyed our fifteenth edition of The Hip-Hop Dojo as much as we did! As always, you can send all submissions/suggestions to baseer@themusicninja.com and ash@themusicninja.com.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD ALL THE FREE TRACKS (ALT. LINK)

Roc Marciano – The Pimpire Strikes Back

Jabee – Deliver Us From Evil

MED & Blu – The Buzz EP

Waldo – NSDE/OUTSDE

MoRuf – Shades.Of.Moo

Alexander Spit – Dillinger

Eddie B & Harry Fraud – Paper, Piff & Polo

Lecrae – Church Clothes Vol. 2

Fresco Nerd – Unexpected Expectations

Village of Pharaohs – Pharaodysseus (1996 A.D.)

Fly.Union – Loose Releases

OverDoz – Boom

MeLo-X – GOD: Pièce de Résistance

Tyrone Briggs – Scattered Thoughts

’Eminem – Don’t Front (feat. Buckshot)’

’Busta Rhymes – Thank You ft. Q Tip’

’Raekwon – It’s My Thing’

’A La $ole – Been Swank (Prod. Hames)’

’Devine Carama – 16 Bars In A Clip (produced by J
Ideas)’

’Devin Miles – Show You The Cool {Prod. Air Kalo} Ft. Scolla’

’Audio Push – So Far To Go (Freestyle)’

’Hollywood FLOSS ft. Like of Pac Div – Underdog Remix’

’Roc Marciano – Sincerely Antique Ft. Action Bronson & Willie The Kid (prod. Alchemist)’

’Styles P. – All I Got (feat. Action Bronson & Easy Money) (Produced By Statik Selektah)’

’ELMNT – Tesla’s Son (Prod. Cam)’

’Jabee – PLVYVHVT3 ft. Kool AD’

’Stik Figa – Untitled +1 ft. Add 2′

’MED & Blu – The Buzz feat. Mayer Hawthorne (prod. Madlib)’

’ShowYouSuck – 80’s Boobs (prod by J. Arthur)’

’Waldo – Kobe’s Room (Truth Be Told) (Prod. by Sango)’

’MoRuf – Homie.Lover.Friend ft Jesse Boykins III’

’Isaiah Rashad – Ronnie Drake feat. SZA (Prod. by The Antydote)’

’Casey Veggies – Faces Remix (Ft. Dom Kennedy)(prod. Rob Holladay)’

’Casey Veggies – Life$tyle Remix (Ft. Curren$y)’

’Smoke DZA
Legends In The Making (Ashtray Pt.2) (Ft. Wiz Khalifa & Curren$y) Prod. By Harry Fraud’

’PrezSport – Same King (prod by Jansport J)’

’GoldLink – Creep’

’Blended Babies – See The World Ft. Asher Roth & Chuck Inglish’

’Alexander Spit – 94 Logo Blur feat. Chuck Inglish’

’Eddie B – The Warning ft. Sean Price & Termanology (Prod. By Harry Fraud)’

’Sean Price, Billy Danze & Maffew Ragazino (feat. DJ Babu) – Land of the Crooks (prod. by M Phazes)’

’Kuniva (of D12) – Michiganish ft. Jon Connor, Boldy James, Guilty Simpson’

’Lecrae – Was It Worth It (feat. Derek Minor & Crystal Nicole)’

’Shelton Harris & Tyler Dopps – No Gods’

’MoRuf – Fallen (prod. MeLo X)’

’Fresco Nerd – Real (Feat. A.J. Crew) (Prod. By ToneBeatz)’

’Brian Fresco – CIRCUMSTANCES ft. CRich’

’Dom McLennon – UNTLTD FLX’

’Jon Waltz – LNIA (Last Night In Atlanta)’

’Jon Waltz – Magic City (FNIA)

’Ryan Hemsworth & Starlito – “Can’t Get Over You”‘

’Fredo Santana – Jealous (Ft. Kendrick Lamar)’

’Kid Ink – My Own Lane (Prod by Ned Cameron)’

’Village of Pharaohs – Back to Cairolina (MMA & IV League) (Prod. by Ski Beatz)’

’Fly.Union – I’m There’

’OverDoz – These Niggas Ft Nipsey Hussle (Prod by. THC)’

’Kings Dead – Don’t Need Much’

’Tito Lopez – #BUSSIN (Prod. By Lone Lez)’

’Michael Christmas – Kunishi (Prod. Jasper Sheff)’

’MeLo X – Remember Remember (Feat. Cheri Coke)’

’Rockie Fresh (Feat. Lunice) – HEADQUARTERS Freestyle’

’Phive – Blowing Up! (feat The Graduates)’

’Tyrone Briggs – LOSER (Prod. by Mike Cash)’

Posted by Baseer Ahmad - August 20, 2013

Curren$y
Audio Dope 4

Can you believe it’s already been three years since Curren$y released Pilot Talk? That’s right around the time we heard the first single in the “Continue reading »

Hip/Hop

The Hip-Hop Dojo [Vol. 13]

Posted by Baseer Ahmad - July 3, 2013

June was definitely a monumental month for hip-hop. With album releases from the likes of Kanye West, J. Cole, Wale, and even more, it’s easy to feel a bit overwhelmed from the wide influx of new music. While we were all preoccupied with the heavy hitters, it may have been easy to sleep on some of the other hustlers out there trying to push the music game forward. I admit I fell behind myself, hence why this edition of the Hip-Hop Dojo has been sitting in my drafts for weeks now. Lucky for you guys though, we here at The Music Ninja are here to fill you in on what you might’ve missed over the last month or so.

As I mentioned earlier, this post is long overdue, which is exactly why it’s bursting at the seams with 40+(!) new tracks for a hearty heaping helping of hip-hop goodness (try saying that 5 times fast). I’ve been on my grind over the last couple of days to finally get this playlist in your hands, and there’s a reason why I carefully selected this date to finally unleash it to the world. Today just so happens to be my birthday (yes, this is a shameless attempt at getting more birthday wishes), so as my present to all of you loyal ninjas, I bequeath unto you the thirteenth edition of The Hip-Hop Dojo. Now I’m not quite crazy enough to do a summary of all the songs on this list, so this time around I’ll just give you a rundown of my favorites. Although picking out of a list of roughly 45 songs is no easy task, I’d probably have to say my favorites are (in no particular order): Curren$y’s “Killer$,” Vic Mensa‘s “Hollywood LA,” Fabolous‘ “Young OG,” MeLo-X‘s “The Truth,” Jon Connor‘s “When I Was Young,” Dillon Cooper‘s “Kung Fu” Action Bronson‘s “Heel Toe,” Produktive‘s “Show Me Love,” and finally the knxwledge remix of Denitia & Sene‘s “Casanova.” With that being said, I’d like to think each and every song in this collection brings something unique to the table. Given the length of the playlist, I suggest taking the weekend to sift through it all. Maybe you could even give it a go during your Independence Day cookouts.

We hope you guys enjoyed our thirteenth edition of The Hip-Hop Dojo as much as we did! As always, you can send all submissions/suggestions to baseer@themusicninja.com.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD ALL THE FREE TRACKS (ALT. LINK)

P.S. As an added bonus, I’ve included some of the best material from those stellar June releases I alluded to earlier as another “mini-playlist” after the jump. Definitely check them out if you haven’t gotten a chance to get through all the albums yet.

’Curren$y x Young Roddy – Grizzly’

’Curren$y – Killer$ Ft. Trinidad Jame$’

’Rockie Fresh – Kush Do (Feat. Wiz Khalifa)’

’SYG – Sex.Your.Girl (prod. Vanilla)’

’Donnie Trumpet – Zion ft. Chance the Rapper & Vic Mensa’

’Vic Mensa – Hollywood LA’

’Dom Kennedy – Never (prod. The Futuristiks)’

’Flatbush ZOMBiES – Palm Trees’

’Derek Wise – LXVE’

’MeLo X – The Truth’

’Martin $ky – S’all Good’

’Bishop Nehru – Fickle Mind$ (Prod. Ghost McGrady)’

’Leather Corduroys (Joey Purp & Kami de Chukwu) & theMIND – Prophet. (prod.THEMpeople)’

’GDNA – Bad Mutha F*cka feat Macon Hamilton, Frank Leone, & Waju’

’Joey Bada$$ – 95 Til Infinity (Prod. Lee Bannon)’

’Warm Brew – Word (prod. by Lord Quest)’

’Produktive – Show Me Love’

’King Vada – Fini$h (produced by Cardo)’

’Big K.R.I.T. – KING Pt. 3’

’Fabolous – Young OG’

’Silent Knight – Work in Progress’

’Bizzy Crook – Emails From Kanye West (Prod. By SkipOnDaBeat)’

’Jon Connor
The Sarah Song (Tour Life The Sequel)’

’Jon Connor – When I Was Young Feat. Chris Webby & Smoke DZA’

’Freddie Gibbs – Freddie Soprano (Prod. by ID Labs)’

’KuroiOto – Demons feat. James Gardin, The Amature, Jahshua Smith & Rafael’

’Dillon Cooper – Kung Foo’

’Perrion – Corleone (Prod. By Shy Guy)’

’Dominic Lord – Overworld’

’The Kid Daytona – Shotgun (Prod. by Marce Reazon)’

’Bijan – Social Graces feat. Cecily Madanes (Prod. By Monaco)’

’Da YoungFellaz – Fall Down’

’Denitia & Sene – casanova. (knxwledge remix.)’

’DJ Sidereal – All I Need Is Sunshine (Finding Novyon & D.Glove)’

’Brothers From Another – Drunk Talk’

’Radical Something – Cheap Drink’

’D Pryde – Lifted’

’Daz Dillinger & WC – Stay Out The Way (ft. Snoop Dogg)’

’Metabeats – Hookers ft. Action Bronson’

’Action Bronson – Heel Toe (Prod. by Harry Fraud)’

’Hayk x dFresh – Choices (prod. YoYo)’

’Chamillionaire – Overnight’

’Machine Gun Kelly – Breaking News’

’Hassani Kwess
My Money Jam (Prod. by Royal)’

’Asher Roth – Actin Up (ft. Rye Rye, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown) (prod. by Oren Yoel)’

’YONAS – Leaving You’

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The Hip-Hop Dojo [Vol. 4]

Posted by Baseer Ahmad - April 12, 2013

It’s hard to believe we’re already a month into this process as we present to you the fourth volume of The Hip-Hop Dojo. We’re really excited to bring you possibly our most unique lineup to date. We start things off with three talented femcees whose names should be familiar to loyal listeners out there, B Mac The Queen, Rapsody, and Nitty Scott MC. Last time we heard from B Mac, she was doing her thing alongside names like Rick Ross, Raekwon and Redman for HS87’s “Cypher.” Now she’s out to prove that she can hold a song down on her own, with her harrowing new single, “Always Knew.” Meanwhile, Jamla representative, Rapsody, hopes to make an “Everlasting” impression over some smooth Khrysis production. Nitty Scott wraps things up for the trio, demonstrating her flair for the “Language Arts,” over some whistling flutes (shout out to Kendrick).

We step into some old school territory with our next few tracks. Chicago’s Jarred A.G. proves he can rap circles around everyone else on “VerbalCursive,” just one standout from his recent Luxury Tax EP. Next, we move on to underground veterans, Massinfluence, who bring us the self-titled single, “Massinfluential.” Produced by Circa 94, the track actually feels like it was pulled straight out of that era, save for a few tweaks that give it a more modern flair. On “Live From Kissena Blvd,” Action “Bam Bam” Bronson lays down some lick bars over some blaring, boom bap grooves, courtesy of Statik Selektah.

Our next group features a few stories that really tug at your heartstrings. Two of the most powerful tracks deal with the theme of death. Emilio Rojas reflects on the untimely passing of his dear friend and hip-hop visionary, Chris Lighty. The most impactful song of them all, comes in the form of Mike Stud‘s “Past Gone” which deals with his relationship with a fan on the brink of suicide. It’s a truly touching story that reveals how Mike was able to help save her life, and recover from her insecurities. You’ll have to watch the video to get the full effect. Lorenzo Asher‘s “The Color of Ignorance” discusses the challenges of maintaining an interracial relationship, especially when coming from two very different cultures. It definitely does a much better job of approaching race relations than that LL Cool J and Brad Paisley track that dropped earlier this week. Rounding things out, we have “Long Day” from Phil The Thrill. Utilizing an appropriate sample of Maroon 5‘s “Sad,” Phil sheds light on some of the stresses involved with being an independent rapper.

The last batch of tracks doesn’t really have a recurring theme, but they feature a talented group of young emcees flaunting their skills. “24K” features rap duo Square Off, sons of rap legend Doug E. Fresh, spitting some dope bars alongside A$AP Rocky over a chopped up sample of MGMT‘s “Electric Feel.” Neako’s “Hot Boys 3000” will have you nodding your head from start to finish, with the pauses in the beat really emphasizing each and every lyric. Finally, the most unique track comes in the form of Smokey Robotic‘s rim shattering “Gandhi.” We’re not sure the legendary leader would ever approve of the track, but we’d love to see his reaction to this bizarre dedication.

We hope you guys enjoyed our fourth edition of The Hip-Hop Dojo as much as we did. As always, send all submissions/suggestions to baseer@themusicninja.com.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD ALL THE FREE TRACKS

’B Mac The Queen – Always Knew’

’Rapsody – Everlasting (Produced by Khrysis)’

’Nitty Scott MC – Language Arts (Produced by Good Reverend Dr.)’

’Jarred A.G. – VerbalCursive (prod. Samiyam)’

’Mass Influence – Massinfluential’

’Action Bronson – Live From Kissena Blvd (Prod. Statik Selektah)’

’Corner Boy P – 1997 (feat. Curren$y)’

’GrandeMarshall – Mugga Man (Feat Mugga Mar the 1st Lady of The Petty Boyz)’

’Rittz
Switch Lanes feat. Mike Posner’

’Zilla Rocca & The Shadowboxers – Stormy Monday (feat. The Kid Daytona & Has Lo)’

Emilio Rojas – Can’t Sleep’

’Lorenzo Asher – The Color Of Ignorance feat. XV’

’Mike Stud – Past Gone (prod. by Judge & Swedes)’

’Phil The Thrill – Long Day’

’Square Off – 24K (Feat. A$AP Rocky)’

’Von P – Address’

’Marcè Reazon
Rain (feat. Euro League)’

’Airline Jay – Let Her Choose (feat. Dao Jones) (Prod. Kyle Powis)’

’Neako – Hot Boys 3000 ft. Nasa & Fresh Moss’

’Smokey Robotic – Gandhi’