Tracks You May Have Missed

For this week’s throwback track we’re taking it back ’99 with Mobb Deep’s ‘Quiet Storm’. Though the remix with Lil’ Kim is quite popular, we posted the original version which features 3 Prodigy verses, because, well, they’re fire. Havoc doesn’t offer a full 16 bars on this track but his addition on the hook is just as dope as his production…

Merry Christmas! No better way to celebrate the day than by bumping a classic Christmas anthem from Kanye West. There are actually two different versions of Ye’s ‘Christmas in Harlem’. The original which features Yeezy, CyHi Da Prynce and Teyana Taylor and the final version which sees the addition of Cam’ron, Jim Jones, Vado, Big Sean, Pusha T and Musiq…

“Like, when I say this shit is crazy, I don’t mean it’s crazy like crazy, I just mean crazy like it’s fuckin- like it’s actually crazy.” The opening to J. Cole’s Warm Up mixtape cut ‘Dreams’ is perplexing at first listen but becomes very clear as the track plays out. The song showcases Cole’s stellar storytelling ability and humour. The first…

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…

King Hov. For any hip hop heads that don’t know or haven’t heard yet, today is Jay Z’s born day. That being said, we’re doing a special Throwback Thursday in celebration of Hov turning 45. The man has been a giant in the rap game pretty much since he dropped his soon-to-be classic debut album ‘Reasonable Doubt’. Not only has Hov…

Baauer has to be the most inventive and popular producers operating within the trap realm. That said, a lot of people sleep on his early work. Possibly the most slept on and impressive tracks in his catalog is a remix of Brick + Mortar’s ‘Move to The Ocean’. First and foremost I applaud the artist for taking on such a…

“Yeah, this dedicated to Canada man, the whole up North. A lot of people don’t realize how cold it gets during the Winter.” I couldn’t think of a track more fitting, as I’m writing this while riding the bus in a snowstorm. The cut comes off of Drake’s debut mixtape Room For Improvement. This is when Drake was still working…

Big K.R.I.T. just dropped his sophomore effort ‘Cadillactica‘ on Monday and we thought it would be fitting to look back at his ‘Country Shit’ Remix with Ludacris and UGK boss Bun B. As you can imagine, the track is all things southern with Luda and Bun adding verses about their hometowns. The accompanying visual shows you all the candy painted…

Sex and drugs and dirty money. For this weeks Throwback Thursday we’re taking you back to the summer of 2009 when the eventual Shady Records posse dropped their first single for their debut group album. In case you didn’t know, Slaughterhouse is made up of 4 pretty fantastic lyricists; Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Royce Da 5’9″ and Crooked I. Coming together…

“To those of you who are easily frightened, we suggest you turn away now, To those of you who think they can take it, welcome…to the mad house”. With Halloween only a day away, I couldn’t think of a more fitting tbt then this. Back in 2009 when Dubstep was just beginning to make noise in North America, underground legend Murs decided…