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As 2014 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on a stellar musical year. To do so, we’ve rounded up the top 50 songs of the year. In developing this list we weighed each track against the following criteria: overall song quality, impact and popularity, and support (blogs, charts, DJs, etc.). We have been counting down 10 tracks per day…

Happy Friday! The weekend is finally here and to make it even better we have an especially killer #FUXWITHITFRIDAYS. Kicking thing off we have a banging stoner anthem from GAWTBASS x DVNK SINATRV. The mixture of repetitive vocals, hazy breaks and neck breaking drops are impossible not to love. Other standouts include nasty remixes of ‘Bobby Bitch’, ‘Coco’ and ‘2…

I love thrift stores. The satisfaction I get from finding the perfect tee after an hour of digging and rooting is unbeatable. Clothing mounted on a rack is too easy, too accessible. After a series of mix tapes, in 2008 Elzhi released his first LP, The Preface. Listening to this record is no different than digging through bins of used clothes…

As 2014 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on a stellar musical year. To do so, we’ve rounded up the top 50 songs of the year. In developing this list we weighed each track against the following criteria: overall song quality, impact and popularity, and support (blogs, charts, DJs, etc.). We’ve been counting down 10 songs per day…

Cole world. Last night J.Cole performed his heartfelt joint ‘Be Free’ on David Letterman. Though this isn’t on his new album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, Cole performed it anyway but this time with a new verse. The addition of the verse is actually pretty amazing. It really does complete the song and the bars are no doubt just as thought provoking, real…

Earlier this week we featured a killer dark R&B tune from newcomer Floria that came off the new Pilerats Rat Pack #2 compilation. After having some time to digest the whole project, it proved to be to good not to post the whole thing. The compilation features some of the brightest stars from Australia and worldwide. It’s pretty stellar from front to back,…

Minneapolis raised and LA based producer Vaski, is back with another banger. This time he remixes the George Maple track “Talk Talk”. This sexy remix features playful synths and a rework of the drums. Vaski is quickly gaining more popularity on SoundCloud with this track already amassing more than 10,000 plays in 5 days. Check out the track below and…

Last month, we shared the news that Paper Diamond would be hitting the road for his Rain Drops Tour starting January 14th 2015 and today we got some more good news. Thanks to BitTorrent, Paper Diamond just released his exclusive BitTorrent Bundle. The bundle comes loaded with unreleased music, some artwork and if you subscribe you can enter for a chance to…

Instant Party! bring us their latest Trap and Twerk remix of a Far East Movement joint. Grimey Thirsty is exactly what you want to listen to if you’re trying to go up (even if it’s not Tuesday). The drums on this joint are crazy and the bass will get you rocking immediately. Click play below and snag that free download!

What’s 16 bars? Coming in at a lengthy but entertaining 16 minutes, a bunch of Detroit MC’s take to the SHADYXV posse cut for the official remix. The track features Trick Trick, Dej Loaf, Guilty Simpson, Black Milk, Sino, Marv Won, Payroll, Hydro, Big Gov, Boldy James, Kid Vishis, Big Herk, Icewear Vezzo, Detroit Che, Calicoe, and Diezel. Listen below.