I missed this when it originally dropped, and being that I’ve never really been able to get into Das Racist (other than Heems’ solo tape) I probably would have passed on affiliate Big Baby Gandhi’s new mixtape had it not been for his appearance on Children Of The Night’s ‘Ellis (12.06am)’ which was one of my favourite cuts from their Queens…Revisited tape. I’m definitely pleased that I did, because Big Baby Gandhi’s tape which probably falls somewhere between his Das Racist cohorts and Danny Brown is another great (if somewhat left-field) example of the New York rap resurgence…

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This week’s ‘Throwback Sundays’ see’s DJ Jed 104 take a look at some tracks by one of his favourite West coast groups, Tha Alkaholiks, and their Likwit family…

Tha Alkaholiks (later renamed to Tha Liks) are producer E-Swift and rappers J-Ro and Tash. My introduction to them was their debut album “21 & Over” (1993) which I had on heavy rotation for ages. Anyhow, these guys struck me as having a unique sound when I heard them. They weren’t like all the other crews jumping on the G-funk bandwagon and their LP had plenty of funky tracks you could party to whilst still having a credible edge to them. Since ’21 and Over’ their albums didn’t make any massive waves but regardless of sales figures they did put out some dope tracks and they remain one of my all time favourite rap groups. Here’s a selection to make your Sunday a better place, and don’t you dare sleep on the bonus section with some classic material from Likwit affiliates.

Tha Alkaholiks – Make Room

It was this track that made me buy the LP, classic no doubt.

Tha Alkaholiks ft O.D.B. – Hip Hop Drunkies

Another classic from tha Liks alongside the Wu’s Old Dirty Bastard (RIP) who raps about how ni***z be creepin’ up his beanstalk.

Tha Alkaholiks ft Diamond – The Next Level

Production and raps from DITC’s Diamond, this track knocks hard and I can’t get enough of it.

Tha Alkaholiks ft Xzibit – Killin’ it

Xzibit and the Liks over an ill beat by none other than Madlib. Gotta love this.

Bonus Section – Likwit Connection

Defari – Say it Twice

King Tee – Bass (12″ version)

Xzibit – Paparazzi

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The Taylor Gang/ Triple Six Mafia representer drops off a new visual from his Blue Dream & Lean mixtape…

After having presented some great hip-hop segments with Danny Brown, Joey Bada$$ and Killer Mike as well as premiering A$AP Rocky’s ‘Wassup’ video, VICE Magazine’s new music channel Noisey now have their own weekly hip-hop show presented (and named) by Heems and Kool A.D. of Das Racist. The first episode sees Heems interview Kendrick Lama about famous black hippies, white people using the N word, lucid dreaming, and his favourite ‘Home Improvement’ character.

New set of visuals from Phil Ade’s #PhilAdeFridayII mixtape, which you can download here…

After recently releasing the outstanding Divine ScienZe EP alongside rapper ScienZe, King I Divine has decided to let loose of the instrumentals from the project to let other emcees have a go. Check out his breakdown of the track ‘Hero’ above, and download the instrumentals from his Bandcamp page…

To commemorate the annual stoner’s holiday 4/20 next Friday, Snoop Dogg is gearing up to release a new EP, from which this new track is taken…

With the release of his El-P produced R.A.P Music just around the corner, VICE’s new music channel Noisey catches up with Killer Mike to interview him and have him call his mother for a chat. After the jump check out some interview segments with both Mike and El-P discussing Trayvon Martin as well as their bromance and new projects…

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The first visual from Sacramento rapper, Chuuwee’s upcoming mixtape Crown Me King which drops on the 24th of this month (April)…

I know this is almost a year old now, but despite having been following Queens collective World’s Fair for a while now I actually only got around to checking out Cody’s metal influenced Welcome Home today and have found it to be a pretty addictive listen so far. Check out the visuals to the projects opener above and then download the full project here.

Also, if you missed it, World’s Fair dropped their latest single yesterday, check that out here…