As part of DJBooth and SMKA’s new “The Report” series, DJBoothTV sat down for an exclusive interview with legendary Duck Down Records founder Dru Ha to discuss the current state, and evolution, of east coast hip-hop.
Download “The Report” Vol. 1 mixtape, sponsored by Beat Kang, for free: http://tinyurl.com/4y52xtz
Download: Mick Boogie x Terry Urban x DJ Booth presents The Canz “Life After Graduation”
Ghana-born, ATL-based duo (and exclusive freestyle series contributors) The Canz have hooked up with Mick Boogie, Terry Urban and DJBooth.net to bring fans Life After Graduation, a concept mixtape on which brothers Prominent and Foster pay tribute to two of their musical idols. Inspired by Biggie and Kanye West‘s classic full-lengths, Life After Death and Graduation, the project features 10 brand new freestyles over classic beats from cuts by the aforementioned artists. Included is Booth-premiered leak “World Famous.” a revamp of 808s and Heartbreak track “Amazin’.” Joining The Canz on Life After Graduation are Booth-approved guest emcees Jarren Benton, JD Era and Aleon Craft, along with up-and-coming singer Danay Mariney.
The Searching for Bobby Fischer project was birthed from an observation of greatness. When greatness disappears, the witnesses of that greatness long for its return. Like Bobby Fischer for instance. He was arguably the greatest chess player in history and when he disappeared, the world hungered for his return. Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, Pac, B.I.G, and countless others were examples of this. They all chose not to settle for the one square, one directional movements and instead, decided to promote to something greater. The funny thing is we all have the potential to be as good, if not better than all of them. But we’re too busy being pawns. This is my pursuit of greatness. “Time to promote”.
In addition, the deluxe edition of Searching for Bobby Fischer will be available July 6, complete with a bonus track, lyrics, photos, and videos.
Download: Stanza “Searching for Bobby Fischer”
01. The Pawn Begins The Game
02. The Setup
03. The First Move
04. Broadcast From Georgia
05. Knockout Ned
06. Work Relationships
07. Dancing on the Poverty Line
08. Absolutely Zero
09. Have a Drink
10. Text Me a Pic
11. Young Love
12. One Way Ticket
13. The Castle
14. My Outfit
15. Yesterday
16. Consider This
17. The Industry Blues
18. The Dealer & The Trip
19. My Rent’s Past Due
20. It’s Hot Outside!
21. Greetings and Goodbye
22. It’s Been Too Long
23. When The Army Passes
24. Time to Promote
“Rhymes & Rhythm for Relief”
Download this album to support the Haiti Relief effort. All proceeds will go to various charities to help the relief effort in Haiti. The minimum donation is $5.
Best of the Booth – Vote for your Favorites
Over the course of 2009, we at DJBooth.net have kept our ever-growing community of DJs, artists and listeners up to date on all the latest and greatest in hip-hop and R&B. Now, it’s time for you to step into our virtual polling booth and cast your votes for our second annual Best of the Booth awards!
Factoring in reader feedback and ratings as well as staff recommendations, we’ve nominated the front-running candidates in 20 different categories. From now till 12:00 PM (EST) on December 30, you’ll be able to vote on the urban artists, albums and songs that defined the year. Check in on January 6, 2010, to see who was selected as the Best of the Booth in 2009
Loud.com has partnered with DJBooth.net and five other high-profile hip-hop sites for their new Streets Don’t Lie contest, in which six up-and-coming emcees will submit videos for their latest singles in hopes of winning a single deal with SRC Records. We in the Booth are proud to present the world premiere of the newest video from reader favorite and West Coast buzzmaker Fashawn. Over the course of the next week, fans can submit their votes for “Sunny CA” or competing entries from Big Lou, The Jacka, Snyp Life, Mysoone, and Tone Trump by texting the numbers featured in the corresponding videos.
Read more: HERE
Duck Down Records, Mick Boogie & DJ Booth presents:
KRS-One & Buckshot’s Road to Survival Producer Remix Contest
DJBooth.net Freestyle Series comes courtesy of CyMarshall Law, the New Jersey-based up-and-comer who made his Booth debut with reader-acclaimed Mr. Joeker collabo Love, Sex or What. On his brand new, previously-unreleased I Am Hip Hop freestyle, the Freedom Ent. signee flows over a Dr. Dre-produced beat originally featured on T.I.‘s unreleased cut of the same name. Law is currently preparing for the release of his Creator’s Kid EP, as well as that of Skit Slam collaboration Everliven Sound.
CyMarshall Law – I Am Hip Hop (DJ Booth Exclusive Freestyle)
