Summer is always a great time of year filled with barbecues, pool parties, and days off at the beach. Windows down, not really, windows up, AC blowing, but still a great time to turn up the volume in your whip and bump your favorite cuts. As we get close to the end of this season, we reflect on the songs that made up the soundtrack to the summer and what music will get us through to the fall and football season.
As always, there's a bevy of free mixtapes out there from some of the most popular artists to up and comers that give a preview of what's to come. Some of these have been out for a while, but good music is good music whenever you stumble upon it.
Although it's been out for a minute, Young Chris released his second mixtape with L.I.FE. Ladies In Free Everywhere where you can download here. As the title says, Chris goes in over R&B beats and his ode to the females everywhere. He's definitely working hard to be a consistent artist, especially now under mega-producer Rico Love's Turn The Lights Out record label.
Fabo did something similar with his last S.O.U.L. tape (click here) where it's definitely a slowed down tempo that caters to the women, which of course, is all good as long as it's quality. It wouldn't be Fabo if he didn't have his gansta cuts like "You'll Don't Really Here Me Though" and "That's Not Love" with Weezy.
Next up is G.O.O.D Music's Cyhi Da Prince who came out with Royal Flush 2, download here. He hasn't disappointed at all since signing with Kanye's label and seems to be a professor of metaphor as he continues to deliver original rap music. He has great production on this mixtape and you can listen from the beginning to the end. Quality, seriously, it sounds like a legit full release, you will have your favorites. Check out "Woopty Doo" with Big Sean, "Dance", "1000 Pounds" for some official bangers. 28 tracks. Yes, enjoy.
As we keep it moving, the top names in the game have been on their self-promotion as they have major releases coming late summer, fall. We had Lil Weezy release Sorry 4 The Wait, as he appeased his fans until Carter IV comes out. He basically kicks it over the hottest beats of the summer and as it's nothing to go crazy over, its good enough to keep the uber fans at bay until the release in the fall. Download here. Right behind Weezy, comes Young Jeezy…..who released his usual mixtape with DJ Drama, The Real is Back, and his what you come to expect from Jizzle. Hard knocking, bass kicking, drug flow. I listened to Ballin with Wayne more than enough this summer. As he's been in a bit of lull, he still has start power and until he fails, who can doubt. Download here.
Right behind them dudes is The Game, who has been releasing tapes, since his label has had his major label release, RED, on hold forever. The album will come out in a couple weeks, but he did release another mixtape a couple weeks ago, Hoodmorning Candy Coronas, download here. Honestly, haven't gotten to listen to it with everything else out, cough cough, Watch The Throne. I know he's got an "Otis remix" dissin Hov and his other mixtapes have been pretty good. Facts are Game is talented and has skills. Also has been blessed with thee best production as well, but he carries his own weight. The RED album should be top notch. Click below for the Maybach boys new mixtapes.
Heres comes the calvary….Meek Mills. I been sleeping on him for a while. Thought he was overrated and then next thing, he's with Maybach Music and now is one of the hottest rappers right now. Right in our backyard, Philly, Mills has apparently been on fire and Ross's verification with the major label signing has both coasts abuzz. Of course, to keep the fan on the fire, DJ Drama, original Illadelph native, and Meek put out the Dreamchasers mixtape. Download here. Whoa, even though he speaks on the usual struggle of crack hustlin, you can really feel the emotion coming through the speakers. He sounds young and really hungry. "I'm A Boss" with Ross, "Houseparty" with Young Chris, and "Tony Story" are some of the premium cuts on the tape. but not definitely not least, Meeks labelmate, Wale, just put out another mixtape in tribute of reaching a million followers on twitter. Eleven One Eleven Theory gives us more of what we've expected from Wale. Top notch rhymes, metaphor, and intriguing content that will have you listening a few times to fully get the message. He's also always reppin for the ladies as well, respecting their mind over their ass as he followed up with Ambitious Girl 2 on this tape, the follow up from part 1 on his last tape. Varsity Blues and Chain Music are must listens as well. No days off for this guy as he continues to work as hard as anyone producing great hip hop. If you don't have it yet, give Self Made a listen. These dudes know what they're doing.
If you got this far, God Bless, I just said a bunch of nothing. I do guarantee if you download these to your iPod, you have enough great music to keep any summer and early fall party going.
The times dictate how any industry goes and free mixtapes by some of the best artists is almost a given at this point. Building a fan-base that will buy your regular release, concert ticket, and any sneaker you sponsor is almost the basic foundations of hip hop at this point in '11. The trade off is they trust you to buy anything with there any name on it. Art for Money, Money for Art.
As always, there's a bevy of free mixtapes out there from some of the most popular artists to up and comers that give a preview of what's to come. Some of these have been out for a while, but good music is good music whenever you stumble upon it.
Although it's been out for a minute, Young Chris released his second mixtape with L.I.FE. Ladies In Free Everywhere where you can download here. As the title says, Chris goes in over R&B beats and his ode to the females everywhere. He's definitely working hard to be a consistent artist, especially now under mega-producer Rico Love's Turn The Lights Out record label.
Fabo did something similar with his last S.O.U.L. tape (click here) where it's definitely a slowed down tempo that caters to the women, which of course, is all good as long as it's quality. It wouldn't be Fabo if he didn't have his gansta cuts like "You'll Don't Really Here Me Though" and "That's Not Love" with Weezy.
Next up is G.O.O.D Music's Cyhi Da Prince who came out with Royal Flush 2, download here. He hasn't disappointed at all since signing with Kanye's label and seems to be a professor of metaphor as he continues to deliver original rap music. He has great production on this mixtape and you can listen from the beginning to the end. Quality, seriously, it sounds like a legit full release, you will have your favorites. Check out "Woopty Doo" with Big Sean, "Dance", "1000 Pounds" for some official bangers. 28 tracks. Yes, enjoy.
As we keep it moving, the top names in the game have been on their self-promotion as they have major releases coming late summer, fall. We had Lil Weezy release Sorry 4 The Wait, as he appeased his fans until Carter IV comes out. He basically kicks it over the hottest beats of the summer and as it's nothing to go crazy over, its good enough to keep the uber fans at bay until the release in the fall. Download here. Right behind Weezy, comes Young Jeezy…..who released his usual mixtape with DJ Drama, The Real is Back, and his what you come to expect from Jizzle. Hard knocking, bass kicking, drug flow. I listened to Ballin with Wayne more than enough this summer. As he's been in a bit of lull, he still has start power and until he fails, who can doubt. Download here.
Right behind them dudes is The Game, who has been releasing tapes, since his label has had his major label release, RED, on hold forever. The album will come out in a couple weeks, but he did release another mixtape a couple weeks ago, Hoodmorning Candy Coronas, download here. Honestly, haven't gotten to listen to it with everything else out, cough cough, Watch The Throne. I know he's got an "Otis remix" dissin Hov and his other mixtapes have been pretty good. Facts are Game is talented and has skills. Also has been blessed with thee best production as well, but he carries his own weight. The RED album should be top notch. Click below for the Maybach boys new mixtapes.
Heres comes the calvary….Meek Mills. I been sleeping on him for a while. Thought he was overrated and then next thing, he's with Maybach Music and now is one of the hottest rappers right now. Right in our backyard, Philly, Mills has apparently been on fire and Ross's verification with the major label signing has both coasts abuzz. Of course, to keep the fan on the fire, DJ Drama, original Illadelph native, and Meek put out the Dreamchasers mixtape. Download here. Whoa, even though he speaks on the usual struggle of crack hustlin, you can really feel the emotion coming through the speakers. He sounds young and really hungry. "I'm A Boss" with Ross, "Houseparty" with Young Chris, and "Tony Story" are some of the premium cuts on the tape. but not definitely not least, Meeks labelmate, Wale, just put out another mixtape in tribute of reaching a million followers on twitter. Eleven One Eleven Theory gives us more of what we've expected from Wale. Top notch rhymes, metaphor, and intriguing content that will have you listening a few times to fully get the message. He's also always reppin for the ladies as well, respecting their mind over their ass as he followed up with Ambitious Girl 2 on this tape, the follow up from part 1 on his last tape. Varsity Blues and Chain Music are must listens as well. No days off for this guy as he continues to work as hard as anyone producing great hip hop. If you don't have it yet, give Self Made a listen. These dudes know what they're doing.
If you got this far, God Bless, I just said a bunch of nothing. I do guarantee if you download these to your iPod, you have enough great music to keep any summer and early fall party going.The times dictate how any industry goes and free mixtapes by some of the best artists is almost a given at this point. Building a fan-base that will buy your regular release, concert ticket, and any sneaker you sponsor is almost the basic foundations of hip hop at this point in '11. The trade off is they trust you to buy anything with there any name on it. Art for Money, Money for Art.
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