Rakim - The Cellar (Instrumentals)

Last year we brought you The Cellar EP courtesy of our homie DJ Mike Nice and now Mike is blessing the internet again with the INSTRUMENTAL versions.

We can't thank him enough and suggest you check out his blog and lend a kind word or two yourself. For anyone who wants this on wax, Mike has an extra copy for sale/trade as well. --Philaflava

EP w/Instrumentals
The EP

AZ - A.W.O.L. (Hydra Beats Blends)

You already know what it is, but now it's better. T.R.O.Y. forum regular, vaporized, went and laced the acapellas of A.W.O.L. with some of the highly sought after Hydra Beats instrumentals. Whether you thought A.W.O.L was dope, mediocre, or garbage, you're gonna want to give this another listen right about now. It's a completely different look over these mostly mellow mid 90's soundscapes. I've had this in constant rotation for a couple of weeks now, and can tell you that this will be something to revisit often in the future.

Two tracks had to be left off because they just didn't work. And that may be for the best because we all know this hip hop thing can't be forced. My top 3 tracks at this moment are "Never Change", "Street Life", and "Chillin". I'll leave you previews of these three below the tracklist.

01. AZ - A.W.O.L. (E-Boogie blend)

02. AZ - Can't Stop (Nick Wiz blend)

03. AZ ft. Raekwon & Ghostface Killah - New York (Unsociables blend)

04. AZ - Never Change (Beatnuts blend)

05. AZ ft. Half A Mil & Begetz - Street Life (Unsociables blend)

06. AZ - Still Alive (Beatnuts blend)

07. AZ - The Come Up (Kid Called Roots blend)

08. AZ - Chillin' (Kid Called Roots blend)

09. AZ - Envious (Nick Wiz blend)

10. AZ - City Of Gods (E-Boogie blend)

Previews:

Never Change (Beatnuts blend)

Street Life (Unsociables blend)

Chillin' (Kid Called Roots blend)

[download here]

[back up download here]

--Verge

Echo(Lyricist Lounge) Mixtapes Vol.2-5

Some of you might remember these dope little tapes.One would get a free tape with the purchase of an Echo t-shirt and there was always something good on them.I had the one with the Problems joint on it and one of my boys had another one.Up until recently,I had never even seen the rest of them.Props to T.R.O.Y poster DULLAH for blessing us with these:

Download Volume 2 here
Download Volume 3 here
Download Volume 4 here
Download Volume 5 here

Stay tuned for Volumes 1 and 6!

--verge