Maybe it’s hard to believe that after 15 years of creating beats and hits for others, Koolade is finally releasing his first album. The famous and best known Croatian hip-hop producer is presenting his debut album – a master piece called “Koolade Beats Rocky”!

The whole idea of this album is in its title, as the inspiration came from the cult movie “Rocky” and the music made by legendary Bill Conti. Koolade played with parts of the soundtrack mixing in the dialogs from the movie and guest features strictly from Philadelphia (where the movie “Rocky” was based) such as Maylay Sparks, Rasheeda B and a former Jay-Z’s associate Peedi Crakk. This album contains 15 tracks, 5 of them are vocal and the rest are instrumentals with parts of conversations from the movie.

The album cover was made by our famous designer Gizmo who lives and works in Hamburg.

DOWNLOAD IT HERE, RELAX AND LISTEN KOOLADE AT HIS BEST!!
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Stream the album in the player below, and hit continue reading to take a look at the detailed tracklist & credits.

Dođite u Vip Club večeras od 23h gdje vas očekuje DJ Phat Phillie i glazbeni mash-up. Za upade pošaljite mail na blackouthiphop@gmail.com

U subotu 14.01. vas u Vip Clubu (Trg bana Jelačića 9) od 23 h očekuje DJ Phat Phillie i njegov izbor iz različitih glazbenih stilova.
Za besplatne upade javite se na blackouthiphop@gmail.com

Jay-Z has just released a new song dedicated to (and featuring) his new born daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. Track produced by The Neptunes.
Via Life + Times.

Off Natural Born Skiller LP, available here.
Via NR.

This past Wednesday (1/4/12) we held our Best of 2011 show on “The Halftime Show” 89.1FM WNYU. As always, we pick the most played/best 30 songs that we aired along with the top 30 freestyles from artists that visited the show.

Setlist and download link after jump.

“The Halftime Show Best Of 2011″
Top 30 Songs (in no ranking order)
1.Tragedy Khadafi “Narcotic Lines” prod. by AraabMuzik
2. Maffew Ragazino “Short Yellow Bus Theory” prod. by Geng Grizzly
3. Showbiz & A.G. “Show & A.” prod. by Showbiz
4. Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun feat. Freeway “Roses” prod. by Pete Rock
5. Slaine feat. Action Bronson & ILL BILL “Offensive Lines” prod. by Statik Selektah
6. Phonte feat. eLZHi “Not Here Anymore” prod. by 9th Wonder
7. Hassaan Mackey & Apollo Brown “Volume” prod. by Apollo Brown
8. Ghostface Killah feat. Raekwon, Method Man & Redman “Troublemakers” prod. by Jake One
9. Heavy Metal Kings “Blood Meridian (original/remix) prod. by Gem Crates/ILL BILL, cuts by DJ Kwestion
10. Rasheed Chappell “The Genesis” prod. by Kenny Dope
11. DJ Skizz feat. Hannibal Stax, Big Noyd & Panchi “Triboro Thoro” prod. & cuts by DJ Skizz
12. Action Bronson & Statik Selektah “The Stick Up” prod. & cuts by Statik Selektah
13. Saigon “The Greatest Story Never Told” prod. by Just Blaze
14. Styles P feat. Pharoahe Monch “Children” prod. by Pete Rock
15. J57 feat. Meyhem Lauren, Action Bronson, Maffew Ragazino & Rasheed Chappell “The Main Event” prod. by J57, Cuts by DJ Brace
16. Jedi Mind Tricks feat. Young Zee & Pacewon “Design in Malice” prod. by Mr. Green
17. M.O.P. & The Snowgoons “Break ‘Em” prod. by The Snowgoons
18. Random Axe feat. Roc Marciano “Chewbacca” prod. by Black Milk
19. Sadat X “She Loves Me” prod. by Will Tell
20. Neek The Exotic feat. Large Professor “Guess Who” prod. by Large Professor
21. Pharoahe Monch feat. Showtyme “Clap (One Day)” prod. by M-Phazes, cuts by DJ Boogie Blind
22. STS “Sugar’s Here (Make Some Noise)” prod. by Dame the Great & School Boy Vic
23. Timbo King “Bar Exam” prod. by BP
24. Apathy feat. Celph Titled “Stop What Ya Doin” prod. by DJ Premier
25. Reks “25th Hour” prod. & cuts by DJ Premier
26. Evidence “You” prod. & cuts by DJ Premier
27. Royce da 5’9″ “Second Place” prod. & cuts by DJ Premier
28. Torae “For The Record” prod. & cuts by DJ Premier
29. Edo G. “Fast Lane” prod. & cuts by DJ Premier
30. Scram Jones “Back In The Park” prod. by Scram Jones
D-Stroy’s Best Comedic Mic Break Of 2011
Top 30 Freestyles (in no ranking order)
1. Scram Jones
2. Dashah (Fresh Vetz)
3. Rasheed Chappell
4. Nems
5. Slaine
6. A-Butta
7. Breez Evahflowin’ & Dirt E. Dutch
8, Iron Solomon
9. Meyhem Lauren
10. Torae
11. Punchline
12. Solace (Timeless Truth)
13. David Dallas
14. Jamieson
15. Jak Danielz (Cold Heat)
16. Brown Bag AllStars
17. Reks
18. Neek The Exotic
19. Joe Fatal
20. Dice Raw
21. Rugged N Raw & Hasan Salaam (Mohammad Dangerfield)
22. El Gant & Bekay
23. Verby & General Steele
24. Wyld Bunch
25. Kyle Rapps
26. Evidence, Opio, Phesto, Tajai & Rasheed Chappell
27. PH (Pumpkinhead)
28. Illa Ghee
29. Eklips
30. Chip Fu

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New video for track off Common’s latest album The Dreamer, The Believer.
Via In Flex We Trust.

Video for Moka Only & Chief’s single “Crickets”, off their recent same-titled full-length album.

Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf goes shopping at Amoeba Hollywood.

Via CK.

I ovaj utorak vas putem live streama Radija 808 očekuje novo izdanje Blackout Radio Showa u kojem ćete moći poslušati najbolji strani underground hip hop iz godine na izmaku. Specijalni gost, koji će se pridružiti Phat Phillieu u vođenju emisije, večeras je DJ Steve Supreme.

To celebrate the release of his highly anticipated new album, The Dreamer / The Believer, Common took the stage to a sold out crowd at Highline Ballroom in NYC. Backed by a live band, Com performed many new cuts as well as some of his classics. One of the shows highlights was a surprise appearance by Nas to perform NY State of Mind and Ghetto Dreams.

Setlist and download link after jump.
Via All The Way Live.

The Dreamer
Be
The People
Blue Sky
The Light
Freestyle
Lovin I Lost
Testify
The Eye
The Corner
NY State of Mind (ft. Nas)
Ghetto Dreams (ft. Nas)
Sweet
Raw
Go
I Want You
Acapella
The Believer
Celebrate (ft. James Fauntleroy)
The Food
UMC

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VOYR has been granted with access to document and publish videos of various people working on the Watch The Throne tour. More videos after jump.
Via NR.

EDIT: Post updated with new video.

Music from Talib Kweli’s upcoming album, Prisoner of Conscious, out in 2012 on Blacksmith / EMI. “Distractions” is produced by Oh No. The music video is directed by Darryl Phillips, of ICU Media.

Get the audio here.

Brooklyn-bred MC and Wu-Tang affiliate Timbo King tells his story on “The Autobiography Of Timothy Drayton,” off his debut album “From Babylon To Timbuk2″. Produced by Lil Fame of M.O.P. Album now in stores everywhere.

Download the song here.

Visuals for track from Common’s new album The Dreamer, The Believer. Download the song here.
Via In Flex We Trust.

Video izvještaj koji vam donosi dijelić atmosfere koja je vladala u KSET-u.

From upcoming 2012 LP. Song and video recorded in Mahalo Studio, Sweden.

Download the song here.
Via 57th Ave.

12 Finger Dan x B-Base [Soulbrotha] combine forces with 2 of Flushing Queens NY’s best, The Mad Scientist Large Professor (@PLargePro) & Mic Maniac NUTSO (@NutsoPPM) to bring you a taste of the gritty Hip Hop!

Download the song here.

Taken from album 1997, available now on iTunes.

Via HHS.

Lewis Parker “SHARK” official video taken from the forthcoming dustyvinyl/kingunderground LP The Puzzle episode 2 “THE GLASS CEILING”

Closing of BET Hip-Hop Awards was one of Heavy D’s last performances, as TMZ reports.
RIP Heavy D.

Još nekoliko sati nas dijeli od početka velikog koncerta, pa je vrijeme da vas podsjetimo na još jednog večerašnjeg gosta.
Spotove provjerite u nastavku.

On “Classical Music”, REL!G!ON reached out to his four favorite emcees – Ras Kass, Planet Asia, Jasiri X and Torae – and created a fictitious rap super group called the “Dangerous Alliance” based on the famous sports entertainment wrestling stable of the same name. The result is “Classical Music”, four of the hardest lyricists over a REL!G!ON beat that he says he uses to secure victory in beat battles. “Classical Music” (The Dangerous Alliance edit) is featured on REL!G!ON’S soon to be released album called REL!GULOUS through Wandering Worx Music.

Rođendanska proslava samo što nije počela, pa je pravo vrijeme da vas podsjetimo na neke od Ghostovih hitova.
U nastavku provjerite spotove, ako smo zaboravili koji slobodno ubacite link u komentare.

Upalite Blackout Rap Show večeras na Radiju 808 od 19-22h samo na www.radio808.com
Večerašnja emisija u potpunosti je posvećena gostovanju Ghostfacea u petak 4.11. u Aquariusu povodom 18. rođendana Blackouta.
Upravo je potvrđeno da će i legendarni Killah Priest biti specijalni gost na koncertu. Dijelimo nekoliko gratis karata, a mladi Kandžija Osijekanović biti će gost u studiju.

Erykah Badu needs little introduction. Her seminal works like ‘Baduizm’ and the ‘New AmErykah’ series have successively upped the ante in terms of what can be done within the soul spectrum. Erykah fuses cosmic b-girl bravado with the forward-thinking sounds of producers like the Soulquarians, Madlib, and more recently, Academy grad Flying Lotus, to create a sonically varied body of work – selling millions of albums in the process. She also heads up her own record label, Control FreaQ, and has even been caught on the ones and twos recently, under her moniker DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown. Watch her tell the story to Eothen ‘Egon’ Alapatt at the Red Bull Music Academy 2011 in Madrid.

Via RBMA.

This is the First song we recorded as the Gravediggaz in 92″ . It was the intro to our demo and it was actually recorded the day I introduced these guys to each other at my house . This track never made the album but It was one of my favorite productions. This was the track that started it all .. RIP Poetic . Enjoy

Via Unkut.

Another leak from 20/20 Music Series.