Here's a leak off of the upcoming TRIMM's TRIMM meets SMKA, which is the second project in the “(dope artist) meets SMKA” series, and follows the release of Mr. Falyon meets SMKA which dropped in June 2009.
Hot! Dope! Fresh! returns to the monthly Feature Night show next Thursday November 5 on WXYC 89.3 FM 9PM-12MN.
R.E. posted this brand new J. Cole cut on his gmail chat list earlier today. After hitting the internet streets to see what else is happening in the world I realized it's pretty much every else on the usual suspects websites. 
This week marked the debut episode of Hip Hop Bytes with Mr. Shadeed. I've been looking forward to the new episode since we started discussing the idea last month and the announcement was made here on the site.
Last week three newsworthy events occured: Gucci Mane dropped 'Spotlight' with Usher, Jeezy dropped 'Trap or Die 2' off of the upcoming Thug Motivation 103 and Ballon Boy was found to be a hoax after the kid earled his cookies on national TV.
New Glasses Malone mixtape ya'll. I'm literally listening to the new mixtape as I type. This joint goes hard. Don't sleep on Glasses Malone or the West. Between him, Nipsey Hussle and Pac Div the West is hot this Fall.
In this week's report DJ Mista Soull talks about the new ways artists are getting money in the Midwest. With labels (indie and major) scaling back project budgets many artists are doing tours in the Midwest states to grow their buzz and fan base. Touring and all the accessories that goes along with it is cheaper done in the Midwest vs East Coast and the West Coast. Interesting.
From the artist previously known as Supastition. You know using your government name is the thing to do in hip hop these days.
Eric & The Mile Hi Club are back with another round of FABULOUS parties and events for NCCU homecoming 2009.
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Brand new mixtape from ATL's J. Nolan.
The beat has been freestyled on over and over and over and over (repeat x 10) but Dirty Glove's K. Bunz still goes in pretty decent style.
Here's the first leak off of Warren Jae's upcoming new mixtape What Dreams May Come, dropping Thanksgiving eve at midnight.
South Cak's Rebellious Mindz called into the show during last week's feature night to chop it up and also debut their new single 'Leather & Wood' to the listeners of Chapel Hill and the world.
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L-R clockwise: Tom Foolery, Charlie Smarts, Synopsis, DJ Ill Digitz, Rapsody, Tab-One.
One of my favorite DJ's VA's DJ Peachez is back with a brand new mixtape. The last time we heard from Peachez she teamed up with Nicki Minaj to drop science on How To Make A B*tch Rich. This time around she's going head to head with Brooklyn to NC transplant DJ G. Mac. They're showcasing their DJ skills while taking subtle disses at each other the whole time.
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or have been listening to the show lately you may have noted a bit of a transition. For some reason at this point I'm kinda over trappin' music. Well at least until Thug Motivation 103 drops. There's a ton of topics to rhyme about but so many artists today continue to talk about the same ole things: money, drugs, sex, and clubbing/partying.
Myrtle Beach, SC rapper x promoter Neff was one of the artist's that called in during last week's Hot! Dope! Fresh! feature night. He premiered his new track '4 Tha Hood' which is pretty dope. During next month's feature show Neff is going to return for a full interview so be sure to tune in on November 5.J Cole - A Star Is Born Documentary Part 1 from Chris Knotti on Vimeo.
It feels good to see Carolina winning. NC stand up.
Kooley High: Raleigh, NC based. If you're from RDU and don't know who Kooley HIgh is, SHAME ON YOU.
Rebellious Mindz: Florence, SC natives. The duo of Shawt & G and their style of rhyming has drawn comparisons to UGK and Eightball & MJG.
Lyrisis: Birmingham, ALA natives. The group is composed of sisters L & J. Simply stated, these girls CAN SING. Their style of music is best described as Hip Hop Soul. Their debut album from 2004 Ghetto Renaissance I consider to be a classic on the underground soul scene. Their current project Lyrisis will be available soon.Hot! Dope! Fresh! returns to the monthly Feature Night show this Thursday October 15 on WXYC 89.3 FM 9PM-12MN.
Eric & The Mile Hi Club are back with another round of FABULOUS parties and events for NCCU homecoming 2009.Byte: (n) short for binary term. A byte is a collection of computer bits. On many modern computers, a byte is a group of eight bits. Typically, computers handle and store information in binary (base-2), and a group of eight bits represents an eight digit binary number.
Peep the rest + album tracklisting & Lopez's work with Erykah Badu after the jump...
I met SC artist and promoter Neff earlier this summer at the South Carolina Music Awards. This week his website did a feature of the week on show as a 'Key Player In The Game'. It was a new experience cause I'm not used to being interviewed LOL. Check it out below.
The Foreign Exchange - ''I Wanna Know'' from The Foreign Exchange on Vimeo.
