Today's The Day

Rise and shine y'all, today's the day..

.. Which day, you ask? It's Tuesday of course, which used to mean something in the music industry as the day new CDs dropped. With the influx of blogs and digital music spots, its lost some of its significance. But we (meaning me) at HFTB like to keep the spirit alive, so cop these during your daily operation today.

DOOM - Born Like This

Sneak Peek:

Rap Ambush - Doom

Slim Thug - Boss Of All Bosses

Sneak Peek:

Leanin (feat. UGK) - Slim Thug

Rapper Big Pooh - Delightful Bars (Candy Apple version, iTunes-only release)

Sneak Peek:

The Comeback - Rapper Big Pooh

Jim Jones - Pray IV Reign

Sneek Peak:

How To Be A Boss - Jim Jones featuring Ludacris and NOE

..And for those looking for a creative yet fashionable look today, check these new t-shirt designs. The first is Stussy's "Great Minds" colorful line, paying homage to history's geniuses like Einstein and Thoreau. Check 'em out here.

The next is a fresh collab between French outlet Sixpack and New York-based Swiss designer Grotesk for their summer designs based on the French riots during the 60's. Peep the rest right here.

Good looks to About.com's resident hip-hop expert Henry Adaso for the new release info and HypeBeast for the gear, Enjoy!

Ain't No Slummin..

Aight, perhaps un poco. Only 'cause I'm watching the Best Picture-winning Slumdog Millionaire tonight.

But first, let's service that aural addiction. (What's 16 homo minus 16 homo?)

I'm dumb excited the tagless version of the Kanye West & T-Pain collab "Flight School" leaked. The NMC hooked it up properly Friday with the premier then Yeezy himself liberated the CDQ. Says 'Ye:

FLIGHT SCHOOL WAS BEING SAVED FOR GLC ALBUM AND WASN'T SPOSED TO BE LEAKED YET BUT IT'S ON THE RADIO NOW...

Other than that, we've got heat from Nas produced by Yeezy, another T.I. Detox reference track, Rapper Big Pooh, DOOM, Joe Scudda featuring T-Pain, and a huge remix of Capone and Nore's "Rotate," and Big Mike and DJ Thoro's latest mixtape 4th Quarter Pressure (I know what you're thinkin, 4th Quarter?.. I don't get the title either.)

Thanks to Nigel D, TSS, 2D and KSY-Music for the newness, Enjoy!

Kanye West ft. T-Pain - Flight School

Nas - The World prod. Kanye West

Dr. Dre ft. T.I. & Kobe - This Is Detox (I Am Hip Hop)

Rapper Big Pooh - Radio

DOOM - Light Works

Joe Scudda ft. T-Pain - Keep On Drinkin'

CNN Ft. Swizz Beatz, Busta Rhymes, Ron Browz & Jadakiss - Rotate Gucci NY Remix

Download:

Big Mike & DJ Thoro - 4th Quarter Pressure Part III



Track List:

1. Jadakiss - Magic City
2. Jadakiss & Pharell - Rocking Wit The Best
3. Tony Moxberg Feat Jadakiss - Look What The Game Made Me
4. Jayz - Mind Rite (Blueprint 4 Exclusive)
5. Jadakiss - Turn My Swag On
6. Jadakiss - Jumping Out The Window
7. Jadakiss & Styles P - The People
8. Styles P - All I Need
9. Max B - Feel It
10. Max B Feat Mall G & T.P. - Oww,Oww,Oww
11. French Montana - Im So Special
12. Camron - Say Aye
13. Juelz Santana - Rnb
14. Jadakiss - Wheres The Cash At
15. Jadakiss & Barrington Levy
16. The Game Feat Lil Wayne
17. Lil Wayne - Swag On
18. Lil Wayne - She Said He Said
19. Remo Da Rapstar - Recession Proof Freestyle
20. DJ Big Mike Feat Paperboyz, Mook N Fair, Conn Artists, Oscar Black, Smooth
Haines – CT Go Hard
21. Dice Lux - Dont Fall
22. 360 - Choose Your Own Destiny (Rule The World Ent)
23. Rawdoggz & Mike Gully
24. B.E.N.N.Y. - For Us
25. Hustleman - Freestyle
26. 50 Cent - Tia Told Me(Rick Ross Diss)
27. Rick Ross - Know The Ledge/Lets Get It (50 Cent Diss)
28. Lloyd Banks - Officer Down (Rick Ross Diss)

Friday Night Flavor

At least I got some good new music to vibe out to tonight during whatever I get into.

We've got some heavy hitting hip-hop for your end-of-the-work-week celebrations this evening. First, a new joint from Jay Electronica called "Swagger Jackson's Revenge" produced by 14 K.T. off his upcoming Scratches & Demo Tape Volume 1. For those that are unfamiliar, he always spits some heady shit that is too real to pass up - I'm REALLY feelin' this one, peep game:

What a pity
The hope on the politician's tongue,
Never trickles down to the city
Yeah, so if a nigga put a president's mask on,
And run up in the bank with a mac sayin 'Gimme, gimme'
I ain't glad at him, but I ain't mad at him

Told you it's heavy.



Next up is some new heat from Rapper Big Pooh. "The Comeback" is neck-snapping rawness produced by Khrysis off Pooh's upcoming Delightful Bars. I've always thought Phonte had the slight edge on Pooh during their Little Brother years mostly 'cause of his voice and delivery, but Pooh certainly makes his case on this joint:

This is me, no muse
Pooh be on his Hova shit, I will not lose
My mama said never argue with the fools
They drag you down 'til you swimmin' with the schools
Or maybe drownin' in the pool
Knowledge is a weapon so I'm packin' my tool

Aight Pooh, we hear ya.



Finally, we've got a great conceptual effort from Termanology. Entitled "Circulate (100 Bars)," Term shows off his verbal dexterity over a crazy J Dilla instrumental:

Went on a beef chase stashin' my briefcase
Hash and my weed's laced, flashin my deep crates
Like Flex but I flex album release dates
I'm damagin' beat tapes, samplin' beat breaks
I trample the weak, fake, rappin' disease snakes

Word. This is a taste of Term's upcoming tape If Heaven Were A Mile Away (A Tribute to J Dilla) dropping on New Years Day. Termanology over all J Dilla beats? Sounds like a perfect way to ring in the New Year.


That's all I've got for now, shouts to FWMJ for the Jay Electronica and Shake for the Pooh and Term, Enjoy!

Check the Cbox for links ---->

Jay Electronica - Swagger Jackson's Revenge prod. 14 K.T.

Rapper Big Pooh - The Comeback prod. Khrysis

Termanology - Circulate (100 Bars) prod. J Dilla

Let It Snowww

.. Our office is closing at noon today here in North Jersey, so I'll be driving home in this snowstorm. Hey, I'd rather be driving home than sitting at my desk for the next 6 hours, oh yeaaa!

Here's some hotness to help get through today's cold - the aptly-titled Khrysis: On The Boards With The Heat mixed by DJ Rhettmatic, a collection of bangers produced by the heavy-grinding Khrysis from his previous work with Sean Price, Little Brother, Torae, Smif-N-Wesson and Evidence of Dilated Peoples plus many more.

And if it's not cold or snowing by you, then this tape will help get you to the weekend. Good looks to Kevin Nottingham for the heads up, Enjoy!

Download:

Khrysis: On The Boards With The Heat mixed by DJ Rhettmatic

Track List:

1. Intro

2. King Kong (Sean Price)

3. Awesome (The Away Team)

4. The Rap Game (Cormega ft. Little Brother)

5. Still Here (LEGACY)

6. Hearing Aid (Sean Price)

7. That N*gga (Jozee Mo)

8. Talkin Dirty (Ness)

9. Cool As A Fan (Little Brother)

10. Back At It (Little Brother)

11. Money On The Table (The Away Team)

12. N*ggaz Is Commin (Torae ft. Tash)

13. Starvation (Little Brother ft. Chaundon)

14. Can I Live (Chaundon)

15. Crazy (Rapper Big Pooh)

16. Keep It To The Side (Rapper Big Pooh)

17. Greedy (The Away Team)

18. After The Party (Little Brother)

19. Waitin On You (Kenn Starr)

20. Sick Em (Smif-N-Wesson)

21. One (Sean Price)

22. Something To See (Torae)

23. Psycho Ward (The Away Team ft. Sean Price)

24. Word Has It (Supastition)

25. Rize (Median)

26. Sum Of Me (The Away Team ft. Evidence)

27. Gun Rap (Smif-N-Wesson)

28. JM Heartbreak (Jozee Mo)

29. The Weirdo Zone (Joe Scudda)

30. Told You That (Chaundon)
31. Real Late (Peter Rosenberg ft. Phonte)

Separate But Equal

Everybody lovin' it when Phonte rock the rhythm
Five-nine, kinda stocky with him
Wack MC's with no skills I gots to get 'em
Got niggas screamin' 'No Doubt' like optimism
Stop to give him a listen to the way that I be layin' tracks
Easily, you to me is like DVD to beta max
When I'm layin' back with ready, willin' and able raps
Soft niggas don't wanna play with that
-"Playin' To Lose"

.. How fitting a title for Election Night.

I dunno if I could make it up through all the media coverage, so gotta take my opportunity now to link some tracks to help you through the night.

North Cackalack natives Phonte & Big Pooh and (formally) producer 9th Wonder, collectively dubbed Little Brother, are mainstays on the in indie hip-hop circuit. With underground staples like 2005's The Minstrel Show and last year's Getback, LB has established itself, combining the ying of Pooh's straight-forward bounce with the yang of Phonte's lyrical dexterity and uplifting voice.

Thankfully, the rhyming duo decided to re-release 2006's mixtape Separate But Equal without the annoying DJ Drama drops. Here, I revive some of the most memorable jams like the Southern-fried Mos Def collabo "Let It Go," the verbal onslaught "Playin' To Lose" and the heartfelt "Passionflower."

Keep in mind The Minstrel Show received a 4.5 in The Source and XL rating in XXL Mag, dudes can downright spit. Real heads unite, Enjoy!

Track List:

1. Knock Knock
2. Don't Trust 'Em Skit
3. Cross That Line Ft. Big Treal
4. Let It Go ft. Mos Def
5. Can't Let Her
6. The Singing Bums Skit
7. Rollin' Out ft. Supastition
8. Macaroni
9. Boondock Saints ft. LEGACY & Chaundon
10. Home ft. Joe Scudda
11. Horror Movie Skit
12. I Need You
13. Candy ft. Darien Brockington
14. Speed Racin' ft. Skyzoo & Chaundon (prod 9th Wonder)
15. Deeper ft. Dynas
16. Playin' To Lose
17. Passionflower