Nutso & Mr. Len On Rap Is Outta Control [Video]

Queens emcee Nutso and producer Mr. Len of Company Flow were guests on last week’s episode of @RapIsOuttaCntrl. Along with the host DJ Eclipse, the two artists have released new material. Mr. Len talks about his attempt at retiring from boom bap hip hop with a MURS collaboration called “My Final Underground Song”. Nutso just released his latest album with Chicago/Baton Rouge producers Divided Souls. The project is titled Divided Soul and features Rasheed Chappell, Dynasty The Prince, Trae Tha Truth, DJ Pain 1, K-Major, Chinch 33, DJ Supadave, General Steele, and Blacastan. Purchase Divided Soul here.

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Meyhem Lauren & Hologram – Rap Is Outta Control Freestyle [Video]

Meyhem Lauren and Hologram stopped by the show with producer IceRocks. Meyhem and Ice have a new project called More Cashmere EP, following up from the previous release, Cashmere. More Cashmere EP features Hologram, Timeless Truth, Bags, Nems, Mr. Muthafuckin’ Exquire, Kassa, and Kool AD. Meyhem and Hologram also came prepared to spit bars over a Big L instrumental. Check out the video and please share it!

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Alchemist On Project For GTA 5: “It’s AC/DC Meets The Fugees” [Video]

Courtesy of Leyla Stacked, VladTV offers this exclusive with Alchemist. Amid his hectic schedule inundated with original projects, Al has again teamed up with rapper Oh No to form the Gangrene duo, and he spoke on their project for Grand Theft Auto V — a compilation album titled “Welcome to Los Santos.” The veteran beatsmith goes on to convey the challenge of creating the compilation album, which features artists from different musical genres, while maintaining a cohesive sound. “It’s a very interesting mix of music that we put together,” says Al. He goes on to relate that although the experience was fun, he is interested “to see how people take to it.” While Alchemist was unsure of the precise release date for “Welcome to Los Santos,” (it’s since been announced as April 21st) he did share that its first single, “Play It Cool” featuring Earl Sweatshirt and Sam from Future Islands, is out now.

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Special Education w/ Talib Kweli [Video]

Talib Kweli sits down with Special for the game of Special Education. He speaks about working with DJ Quik and his “bag of African instruments”, and jokes about E-40 having jugs of alcohol. He also speaks about why it was so hard to write a song about Lauryn Hill, his favorite artist to work with, the project that took the longest to make, what happened with his verse on Kanye’s ‘College Dropout’ and more.

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Chance The Rapper – Mr. Happy (Short Film) [Video]

Almost everyone has found themselves depressed at a point or two. Maybe in the midst of the depression you thought about doing something drastic—something life-changing—something that might make you happy. That could be nice, but it’s scary to actually take the leap and do it. Well, what if there was a service that took care of all the hard stuff for you? The film follows Victor, a depressed young man played by Chancelor Bennett—better known as Chance the Rapper—who is looking for a way out of everything. Victor wants to escape his menial job at the local Supply Guyz, escape the small talk with his drug-addled coworker, escape his ex who’s getting fucked in some rich guy’s pool. Even though killing himself sounds like the best solution, Victor just can’t bring himself to do it. With no one to turn to, Victor heads to the internet, where he finds the answer to his problem in the peculiarly low-budget website, MrHappy.com. After a series of simple questions akin to Futurama’s classic Suicide Booth, the kill date is confirmed for two days later: February 14, Valentine’s Day. It would seem to be a hallmark ending for Victor, but a chance interaction at work the next day with a pretty artist starts to brighten his world and make him question that no-refunds, no-cancellation contract he just took out on himself.

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Curren$y & Stalley: Boyz In The Woodz (Episode 2) [Video]

In Part 2 of Complex’s new series Boyz in the Woodz, Curren$y and Stalley take to the great outdoors to see how much they know—or can hopefully learn—about surviving in the wild. These two may have street smarts that guided them through their respective youths in New Orleans and Northeast Ohio, but that doesn’t mean they know how to do things like build a tent or provide their own shelter in the wilderness.

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TrackBlasters Radio: 20.03.15

Da Fat Friday Afternoon – The Official Soundtrack To Your Weekend Host: DJ P.R. Brand new Luda, Snoop, Tinashe, K.Dot and Bronsolino! Happy Friday ya’ll! Record Of The Day: Action Bronson – Galatic Love Playlist Kanye West feat. Allan Kingdom, Theophilus London & Paul McCartney – All Day Ludacris feat. Big K.R.I.T. – Come And See Me Big Sean feat. Drake – Blessings Drake – Jungle Tinashe feat. Iamsu! – Worth It Snoop Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson & Pharrell – Awake Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell – Peaches N Cream Kendrick Lamar – Alright Kendrick Lamar – Hood Politics Kendrick Lamar – You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Momma Said) **Record Of The Day** Action Bronson – Galatic Love Joey Bada$$ – Paper Trail$ Raekwon feat. French Montana & Busta Rhymes – Wall To Wall BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah feat. Tree – Street Knowledge GZA feat. Tom Morello – The Mexican Download here (right click and save as…)

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Vic Spencer – Lecture With The Dead [Stream x Download]

“Remove yourself to improve yourself” Vic Spencer is enjoying the success of The Cost of Victory. It’s been over a month since it’s release. Phones won’t stop ringing. Tweets are still generating. Features from the artist are being executed. The streets already calling the hardcore album a classic. But Vic is still angry and he shows that well-appreciated aggression on Lecture with the Dead, a nonstop lyrical massacre and he blacks out over a loop of Lupe Fiasco’s Little Death off his album Tetso & Youth. Eariler this year Vic had a online Twitter battle with Lupe and it shook the Twitter world as that was the topic of discussion for 6 hours. Vic say he did it for the sake of the culture and also because Vic thinks Lupe be battling weak rappers with no name for themselves. “Lupe was having lectures with the dead. And I was tired of it. So I called him out. Battle me. The best from Chicago. A hardcore rapper with a street buzz. Not these unwavy creatures.” People say Vic won the battle. Go look that up via the Twitter search engine and be the judge for yourself. That’s after you listen to Lecture with the Dead.

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Dorrough Music – Shut The City Down 2 [Mixtape]

“Shut The City Down 2” – Brought to you by Dorrough Music in conjunction with Legacy Music Group. This new project by Dallas rapper Dorrough is the precursor to the much anticipated studio album TEXAFORNIA coming later in 2015. Shut The City Down 2 is packed with dope features, heavy club production, and the classic Dorrough Music signature sound. From the heart of Cali to the streets of Dallas this mixtape is a must listen and will have trunks on fire for the rest of 2015!

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