Tracks You May Have Missed

Five years ago Kanye West dropped one of his best albums. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy hit the store shelves and the Internet on November 22nd and took the game by storm. Kanye had been promoting the album heavily with his GOOD Friday series, where he would drop a track every Friday with the features from J.Cole, Jay Z and Big…

A year ago this month, Freebandz head honcho Future dropped his Honest album featuring 12 tracks including the Drake assisted ‘Never Satisfied’. With the latest collaborative project the two released earlier this fall, the foreshadowing on this track is really a testament to the foresight of the two artist who realized how valuable they are to the Hip Hop genre. ‘Never…

On November 15th 2011, Toronto native Drake released his highly anticipated sophomore studio album. Take Care, which went on to win a Grammy for Best Rap Album is easily one of the best of Drake’s projects to date – and that’s saying a lot considering his pretty stellar catalogue. Today’s throwback is probably not what you may have expected for…

On November 24th 2008, Mr. West dropped his fourth studio album but also his most unconventional album from a sound perspective. The Chicago native dropped a 12 track album which featured a more emotionally charged Kanye mixing new production techniques with multiple vocal filters (mainly auto-tune). With this project,Yeezy moved away from the regular rap track structure and though he…

It’s Thursday and National Cat day today, so we figured why not showcase a throwback from our favourite kitty, Cashmere Cat. ‘Mirror Maru’ is the title track off his debut EP and it embodies everything that makes the producer so incredible. From the majestic keys in the intro, to the lush strings and the muted but heavenly vocals. The contrast…

Six years ago Fabolous was preparing to drop his fifth studio album and to support the effort he dropped ‘Everything, Everyday, Everywhere’ as the third single. Accompanied by Keri Hilson and with Ryan Leslie on the production, the song with the lengthy title topped the Billboard 100. On the track, Fabolous matches the production with a melodious flow and soft punchlines…

In August, Toronto native Abel Tesfaye otherwise known as The Weeknd dropped his sophomore album Beauty Behind The Madness. If you’ve been paying attention, not only did a handful of the tracks grace the number one spot but Abel also broke out on to the pop scene with undeniable hunger. The kid from Toronto made huge waves in the last year…

On Monday OutKast’s classic Aquemini celebrated it’s 17th anniversary. To honor the incredible album we’ve decided to take a look at one of the many standouts ‘Da Art of Storytellin’. The track encapsulates everything that makes the duo so special; from Big Boi’s braggadocios bars and silky smooth flow and swagger to 3 Stacks’ thought provoking lyrics that turns a simple…

Remember ‘Beamer, Benz or Bentley’? – yea, who doesn’t. Four years ago (coming up on five), G Unit punchline artist Lloyd Banks stepped out on his own for third solo effort. Aptly titled Hunger for More 2, Lloyd delivered his best work since his solo debut. Through the aforementioned single, Banks ripped up the charts but it was the second single ‘Any…

We really hope you didn’t miss this but nonetheless we’re bringing you Hov’s ‘Takeover’ as todays throwback track. What sits pretty as track number two from Jay’s The Blueprint (which dropped 14 years ago), ‘Takeover’ is a three verse tirade aimed at Nas and Mobb Deep. The Brooklynite goes in over a Kanye beat in classic Hov fashion dropping sharp jabs…