We have been sitting on this for a while. There is no real excuse other than laziness. We stumbled upon it on TiRon’s Myspace page. The people over at TheExactly.net put together a pretty solid mixtape for PR purposes… Mad respect, because it is quality. Their mission is apparently a lot like ours… find shit that you may not know about that is dope and bring it to your attention.
Your New Favorite Mixtapeis one of the better compilations of underground artists we have come across. There is some Blu, TiRon, Drake, U-N-I and many others. You probably don’t know half the people on this tape. If you know more than three, you are one top of your game. Regardless, DOWNLOAD IT… You will not be disappointed. The back cover has all the artists so you can follow up on the artists you like.
For all the quitters out there, “Quitter” by Tiron:
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The Tracklist and download link are after the jump.
For those of you not in the know, this is your chance to catch up with Ketchup. Don’t sleep on TiRon. He still isn’t on the radar for many hip-hop heads, but that should change soon. Ketchup is a mixtape with quality production and dope verses throughout. You don’t want to be behind the game. Download the free mixtape and represent the West Coast (TiRon is an LA native). Our boy Blu, another LA king, is featured on the final track. “Go” is also a must listen.
Sample the tape with this track we can all relate to:
Listen: TiRon - “Throwing My Money”
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This is off of Blame One’s upcoming album Days Chasing Days and it is featuring our boys Blu & Exile. It is produced by GODlee Barners, who has been given production credit on other recent Blu tracks. We found out that GODlee Barners is actually Blu. Apparently Blu & Exile are trying to switch up roles a bit here and there. Exile is jumping on the Mic more and Blu is sharpening is production skills.
Listen to “Wonder Why” by Blame One:
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This was dropped Via Blu’s myspace page on February 14. I am not sure how we missed it. Perhaps we were all busy being caked up, or maybe we are just slipping lately. Either way it is some wack shit and we are sorry. We will try to step our game up in the coming weeks.
So if you missed this on the 100 other hip-hop blogs that beat us to it, you heard it here first: Download the new Blu mixtape: HerFavoriteColo(u)r. It, like everything else Blu releases, is dope. It is consistent quality rhyming over mellow beats. Some of the tracks have been leaked before, but it is good to have them all in one cohesive mix to loop in your ride. Enjoy.
Blu - “Since”:
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This was a big left coast weekend for two HAAP faves. Blu & Exile shared a stage with Wale and UNI on Thursday night at the Key Club in LA, and then again Saturday night in SF. We brought you all the info well in advance, so if you wanted to be there and you weren’t, then you simply tricked it. The artists that are currently keeping hope alive in the HAAP hearts for real hip hop dominated the coast that we love the most. Partake in some of the action:
