I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about Nickelus F lately but haven’t properly checked out his music, download his mixtape here…

01. Fueled Up (Produced by Stefan Skeeter & Mario Brandan)
02. Season Premiere (Produced by Rich Kidd)
03. World Renown (Produced by Burd & Keyz)
04. Cold City (Produced by Stefan Skeeter)
05. Like This (Produced by Kid Icarus)
06. $$ (Angles) (Produced by The Goodie Boys)
07. Simma Down (Produced by The Very Incredible Producers & Stefan Skeeter)
08. All Lat (Produced by The Engineerz)
09. Take You With Me (Produced by Sinopsis & Mario Brandan)
10. On My Sh*t (Produced by Absolute)
11. Aggessive Content (Produced by Plain Beats)
12. Stand Tall – Prod by Dub Sonata
13. Clap For Him (Produced by Stefan Skeeter)
14. What Am I Supposed To Do (Produced by Stefan Skeeter, Mario Brandan & Nickelus F)
15. Carpe Diem (Produced by Elite)
16. Credits (Reese Witherspoon) (Produced by Brad Ohblivion)

I’ll hopefully post a review in a couple of days when I’ve had a chance to listen..

I’m looking forward to getting into the new Cool Kids mixtape: “Tacklebox” (leaks tonight at 1am, UK time or 8pm USA) a few tracks have leaked already so heres one I’ve picked as track of the day while I wait 2 hours for the full tape.

[soundcloud width="100%" height="81" params="" url="http://soundcloud.com/hiphopfiend/the-cool-kids-neat-feat-tennille-2dope"]

The tracklisting for the new Slum Village LP was revealed today, should be released by 29th July; until then the Villa Manifesto EP is available on Itunes…

1. Bare Witness
2. Lock It Down (prod. J Dilla)
3. Earl Flin f. J Dilla
4. Scheming f. J Dilla, De La Soul & Phife (prod. Young RJ)
5. Faster f. Colin Munroe (prod. Young RJ)
6. 2000 Beyond f. J Dilla
7. Stereo f. J Dilla
8. Don’t Fight the Feeling f. Dwele (prod. Mr. Porter)
9. Dance
10. Um Um
11. The Set Up
12. Where Do We Go From Here f. Little Brother
13. We’ll Show You

Thanks to Hip-Hop DX

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84VDvgAsdOM&hl=en_US&fs=1&]

KiD CuDi performs a new track which is said to be from “Man On The Moon 2: The Legend of Mr Rager”. However the title suggests it may be from the album that has been scrapped “Cudder: The Evolution of the Revolution”…I guess we will wait and see…

Thanks to 2Dopeboyz

I’m a big fan of the Cool Kids so it’s exciting to hear that their new mixtape “Tacklebox” is just around the corner; it is expected to be released tomorrow night.

Here is the first leak from the tape, “Freak City”.

[soundcloud width="100%" height="81" params="" url="http://soundcloud.com/hypetrak/the-cool-kids-freak-city"]

Thanks to 2Dopeboyz

This track has been out for a while but has been getting lots of plays on my IPod recently…It is an excellent example of sampling (using an Ellie Goulding sample here) and appropriating something into a totally different context.

I saw Chiddy Bang live last week also and would encourage anyone who has the chance to go see them, the gig was very energetic and fun, I think Chiddy and Xaphoon are definately a duo to watch out for in future.

[soundcloud width="100%" height="81" params="" url="http://soundcloud.com/hypetrak/chiddy-bang-x-ellie-goulding-under-the-sheets-chiddy-bang-remix"]

You can download their Mini-Mixtape “Air Swell” which features the track here

KiD CuDi posted the following message on his blog the other day about the leak of his new track “All Talk” and its reception. I’m glad to hear that it looks like we will be getting more new music from CuDi while we wait for the new album “MOTM2″ which should be released in september (meaning we should have it around November?)

thanx for all the love on the new joint yall. i really appreciate it sincerely.

this was a idea i had that me and Chip decided to do for fun. as of right now its not on anything, we just recorded it and put it out just for the fuck of it. itll be awhile til MOTM2 (still gunnin’ for Aug release or Sept), so i might keep releasing some fun joints here and there. ill keep you all posted faaashow

I’ve been flicking through this mixtape today…pretty busy at the minute so not much time for writing reviews but I’ll try and update later in the week. For now, this is worth a listen. Includes features from Wale, Curren$y and GZA…

01. Beat Rock [prod. Cosmo]
02. Get Me [prod. Arsonal]
03. The Pocket [prod. Mayhem & Psy2ko]
04. You Turn Me On (ft. Jovi Rockwell) [prod. Thunderbird Juicebox]
05. Nuthin But A Hero [prod. Jon Redwine]
06. You (ft. Shydi) [prod. The Gotan Project]
07. The Great [prod. The Alchemist]
08. Sunlight [prod. Nesby Phips]
09. Blinding [prod. Kokayi]
10. Radio (ft. Curren$y) [prod. Nesby Phips]
11. Love Me (ft. The Crybabies) [prod. PoetNameLife]
12. Fever (ft. Raheem Devaughn) [prod. Jon Redwine]
13. Killer People (ft. Wale) [prod. Bubu]
14. The Feeling (ft. Buckshot & GZA) [prod. Marco Polo]
15. Duhh [prod. Arsonal]
16. Bonafide (Circa 2007) (ft. Wale) [prod. DJ Book & DJ Jealousy]
17. Rich Kids (ft. The Reaction Band) (Go Go Remix)
18. Spark [prod. AB The Pro]
19. Cool & Fly [prod. Bubu]
20. Cassette Tape Bang [prod. Brown Bum]
21. Rock Bammas (ft. Haziq) [prod. Miss Fiya]
22. Jet Setter [prod. Kokayi]
23. The Come Up [prod. Jon Redwine]
24. Get it [prod. Rocky Radio]

DOWNLOAD

This song leaked about 2 weeks back, but it’s so addictive that I’ve been playing it repeatedly. The Rihanna sample works very well in the track (despite not being a fan of Rihanna myself). This as well as “More Fire” (leaked last week) are definately getting me excited for the release of Donnis’ “Fashionably Late” mixtape and EP on 22nd June.

[soundcloud width="100%" height="81" params="" url="http://soundcloud.com/hypetrak/donnis-yup-produced-by-needlz"]

Thanks to HYPETRAK

Haven’t listened yet, but I’ll review yet once I’ve had a few plays…

[soundcloud width="100%" height="360" params="" url="http://soundcloud.com/hypetrak/sets/raekwon-brinks-boyz-vol-2-cocainsim"]

Thanks to HYPETRAK and 2Dopeboyz