The Hip-Hop Dojo [Vol. 10]

This week hasn’t been very kind to me folks. From nagging injuries to a nasty lingering cold, I’ve spent most of my week resigned indoors as I try to recover. Despite all of those hurdles though, I’ve managed to push through to bring you all the tenth edition of the Hip-Hop Dojo. Last week was all about introducing you guys to new artists, and while we do have a few fresh names around here again, you should be familiar with a majority of the lot. I won’t be able to elaborate on every track today, but I would like to point out some of the standout material from this week’s collection. We just hope this playlist can serve as a nice break from the Arrested Development marathon we all know you’re currently having.

We start things of with New Jersey native MoRuf, a recent college graduate who decided to celebrate by crafting a song about it. Looking forward to the road ahead, Mo hopes to dodge some stormy weather as he seeks the clear path towards success. Next up to the plate is Devine Carama who hopes to enlighten his listeners through his lyrics and his flow. Da YoungFellaz hope to take us on a trip to “New Rich City” with their latest effort. This marks the second straight week that the duo has been featured in the Dojo, and we hope that streak continues going forward. Our fourth selection reminds us of a lesson Bay Area emcee A-1  taught us a few weeks back. On “Funeral Season” Statik and crew provide us with a few more details about the spike in violence that occurs during the hot summer months. Bun B and Hit-Boy in particular come through with some surprisingly stellar verses.

A good chunk of this week’s compilation comes to us from Chicago. In fact, two of the best works lyrically are featured back to back: the first one being F.Stokes‘ “1954” and the second being Psalm One‘s “Queen Until.” We also can’t ignore our newest piece from the SAVEMONEY clique. The ensemble provides us with bars for days as they absolutely tear through the seven minute remix of Giftz’s “Nino.” Another phenomenal number comes to us from Waldo who “Finally” makes his Hip-Hop Dojo premiere. The Michigan emcee certainly impresses on the mic as he spits over a lush, atmospheric instrumental from Sango. Our final offering from Chitown comes courtesy of Julian Malone, who preps us for the release of his upcoming Diff.Rnt mixtape with the first single, “Tokyo.” 

Tate Tucker‘s “Fire” wins the title of smoothest track of the week, but Bas‘ “Lit” might be a close second. Featuring a sample of Miguel‘s “Do You” and an excellent guest verse from J. Cole, “Lit” definitely stands out as one of the top tracks to drop this week (seriously, I can’t emphasize enough how clutch that Cole feature is). Interpolating the chorus of the Fresh Prince classic, Blu wants to remind us exactly what time it is (even if it might not feel that way in certain parts of the country) on “Summer Time.”

Now I don’t normally feature freestyles on here, but there’s something about Drake‘s “5 AM In Toronto” that brings the best out of every emcee that touches it. A few weeks ago we shared Joell Ortiz‘s rendition of “5 AM In Brooklyn,” and today we bring you Voli‘s “5 AM.” The Jersey representative definitely brings his A-game as he steps up to the mic on this one. When you first press play on Lecrae‘s “Round of Applause” it might sound like your average trap banger, but if you pay close attention to the lyrics, you’ll realize the true message behind the song. The track is all about emerging from the stereotypes that many of these rappers fall victim to, and proving that it’s possible to be successful through hard work and education. That provides a perfect segue to our next selection, as Goodie Mob attempts to provide us with “Special Education” of their own. Featuring the vocal stylings of Janelle Monáe, the newest single from the legendary quartet is sure to make your headphones explode with its whirring, hard-hitting instrumental. The track also proves that Cee Lo can still rap his ass off, as he completely demolishes the beat with his tremendous wordplay.

Snow Tha Product is the only artist to be featured twice this week, and for good reason. If you don’t know about Snow yet, it’s still not too late to jump on her bandwagon. The Mexican-American emcee absolutely bodies tracks with her rapid-fire flow, proving she can hold her own on both “On. Now” featuring Trae Tha Truth and “Cali Luv,” a record produced by The Cataracs that includes a sample of Tupac‘s classic “California Love.” The next selection I’d like to highlight is from Travi$ Scott. Kanye’s latest protégé recently released his Owl Pharoah mixtape, and this particular track was too good to pass up. “Dance on the Moon” has a very Kid Cudi-esque vibe to it, mostly thanks to Theophilus London‘s vocals on the chorus. The final track on our playlist might be the most upbeat (and the most random) of them all. Featuring the unlikely pairing of 2 Chainz and Macklemore, Clinton Sparks brings us an energetic number all about chasing paper and having a generally good time.All in all, it’s a perfect way to wrap things up.

We hope you guys enjoyed our tenth edition of The Hip-Hop Dojo as much as we did! As always, you can send all of your submissions/suggestions to baseer@themusicninja.com.

(As a bonus, I wanted to direction your attention to a fun little video I’ve included below. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air will always have a special place in the hearts of all hip-hop fans, so I feel it’s my duty to alert you of any mini-reunions of the show’s cast.)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD ALL THE FREE TRACKS

’MoRuf – Dodging.Dark.Clouds.’
’Devine Carama – Light Switch Flow’
’Da YoungFellaz – New Rich City (feat. Sal Capone)’
’Statik Selektah – Funeral Season (feat. Styles P, Bun B, & Hit Boy)’
’Giftz – Nino (Remix) Feat. Tree, Joey Purp, Kami de Chukwu, Dally Auston, Brian Fresco & Caleb James’
’Julian Malone – Tokyo’
’Waldo – Finally (Prod. by Sango)’
’F. Stokes – 1954’
’Psalm One – Queen Until (Prod. By Panik)’
’Tate Tucker – Fire’
’Bas – Lit feat. J. Cole and KQuick (Prod. by Ced)’
’MeLo X – Mojitos and Little Dragon’
’Blu & Bombay – “Summer Time” feat. Arima Ederra’
’Spose – I’m Starving’
’Chuck Inglish – For The Love (Feat. Asher Roth)’
’Sir Michael Rocks – In a Minute feat. Ab Soul & Dash (Prod. Larry Fisherman)’
’Earl Sweatshirt – Guild (feat. Mac Miller)’
’Kid Ink – Bossin’ Up  ft A$AP Ferg & French Montana’
’Voli – 5AM’
’Lecrae – Round Of Applause ft. B.o.B’
’Goodie Mob – Special Education f. Janelle Monae’
’Machine Gun Kelly – Peso ft. Pusha T & Meek Mill’
’Snow Tha Product – On. Now ft. Trae Tha Truth (Prod. by Cardo)’
’Snow Tha Product – Cali Luv (Prod. by The Cataracs)’
’Travi$ Scott – Dance On The Moon Feat. Theophilus London & Paul Wall’
’YONAS – Pocket Full of Dreams’
’Clinton Sparks – Gold Rush feat 2 Chainz, Macklemore & D.A.’
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The Trap Dojo Volume #38 [MP3 Playlist]

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First of we got a remix of Knife Party‘s track “Power Glove” and Drankenstein aka Bird Peterson absolutely killed it. Glad to see Carnage is back to running the trap, this time he teams up with Heroes X Villains for an anthem worthy remix of “Mammoth” by Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike, and Moguai. Next is a preview we featured a few days ago of Major Lazer‘s take on Dada Life’s track “Boing Clash Boom”. Gent & Jawns have been on an absolute tear lately and this FREE release of “Coco” is everything you could ever want in a Trap tune. Brillz & Z-Trip did some big things to Jay-Z‘s famous track “Dirt Off Your Shoulders” reworking it in all the right ways with flawless vocals edits. Now for some Love Trap from Branchez, and this remix he does of Sweater Beats track “Make A Move” is just too good. Coyote Kisses switched it up with this euphoric and bass heavy track  titled “Changing Guard”, check out the whole Thundercolor EP here. Toddla T premiered this massive track from Kid Kamillion on his most recent show, it’s titled “Pop This”. The long awaited release of the Diplo and DJ Fresh collab “Earthquake” finally got released, only thing is Dominique Young Unique is rapping over a lot of it. Valentino Khan remixed his own track “Luxe”, this one is off his new EP that was just featured here. TuRn^

’Knife Party – Power Glove (Drankenstein Remix)’
’Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & Moguai – Mammoth (Heroes x Villains & Carnage Remix)’
’Dada Life – Boing Clash Boom (Major Lazer Remix)’
’Gent & Jawns – COCO’
’Jay Z – Dirt Off Your Shoulder (Brillz & Z Trip Remix)’
’Sweater Beats – Make a Move (Branchez Remix)’
’Coyote Kisses – Changing Guard’
’Kid Kamillion – Pop Dis (Toddla T Show – BBC Radio 1 Exclusive)’
’DJ Fresh Vs Diplo – Earthquake Feat. Dominique Young Unique’
’Valentino Khan – Luxe (Valentino Khan’s Trap Myself Remix)’
’TWRK x 4KORNERS – WORK’
’Knife Party – LRAD (Candyland’s OG Remix)’
’A$AP Ferg – “Work Remix” ft. A$AP Rocky, French Montana, SchoolBoy Q & Trinidad James’
’Calvin Harris – Awooga (Slander Remix)’
’Penthouse Penthouse – When It’s Hot’
’Penthouse Penthouse – Cruis’n’
’phat deuce – chinese cola’
’CAFE’ CON LECHE  – AMAZING BITCH’
’Http x Mickie Ryan – Eye Villian’
’12th Planet & Mayhem – Murdaaa’
’Keys N Krates – Treat Me Right (THUGLI Remix)’
’Bloody Beetroots ft. Tai & Bart B More – Spank (Oliver Twizt Trap Mix)’
’Ace Hood ft. Rick Ross & Future – Bugatti (Damn Wright’s New Honda Remix)’
’Cashmere Cat – Shell Suite’

Bonus Mini Mix:

’Salva’s Mini Mix for Annie Mac BBC Radio 1’
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The Trap Dojo #35

Last week we included the newest tune from TNGHT, “Acrylics”. A massive tune in its own right, but this week, DonKong had a fever, for which the only cure was more cowbell and absolutely turned it up in this remix. Next, the newest dancefloor anthem from Macklemore gets a huge trap twist from Dance Floor Junkies. With a brainmelting drop filled with lazers and horns, this is sure to keep everybody’s hands up and get all of the party people sweating. A new song from Flosstradamus is always something to get us excited, and this 4/20 special is no exception. The first of many smokers anthems we’re bringing you this week, this FKi collab is just as hazy as you would expect, with killer lyrics. TastyTreat also released an awesome 4/20 banger using Christina Milan and Lil Wayne‘s lyrics and chopping them up with some finely crafted synths for an emotionally charged dancefloor beast. Lil Wayne isn’t going away yet though as Sam F Brings us another hectic remix. Rihanna gets a trip to the trap by The Cataracts & Borgeous. The rest of the list is filled with bangers, with every influence from the most gangster of rap to progressive house and hardstyle. Zombass & Huoratron get very dark and occultist at the end before some deep night time vibes take over to finish it off.

’TNGHT – Acrylics (Donkongs Cowbell Remix) ‘
’Macklemore
Can’t hold us (Dance Floor Junkies Trap Remix)’
’FKi X Flosstradamus – WHERE THAT DANK? (Prod By Zoolydamus)’
’Stafford Brothers ft Lil Wayne, Christina Milian – Hello (TastyTreat Remix)’
’Lil Wayne – Rich As Fuck (SAM F REMIX)’
’Rihanna – Pour It Up (The Cataracs & BORGEOUS Remix)’
’Teenwolf & Shelco_ Ace Hood
Bugatti (Plurnt Up Bootleg)’
’Nicky Romero – Traplouse (Time/Split Remix)’
’CRNKN X ƱZ – Booty to the Ground (Lazerdisk Party Sex Remix)’
’Smookie Illson – Smoker’s Anthem FREE DL HAPPY 4/20!’
’LOUDPVCK – TRAP LORDS (Feat. A$AP Ferg & Bodega Bamz)’
’SKisM ft. Virus Syndicate – Like This (Antiserum & Mayhem Remix)’
’Chase&Status
No Problem (Dj SuperStereo Remix) ‘
’UZ & CRNKN – Booty 2 The Ground (TWRK REMIX)’
’Figure – The Brown Note (Original Mix) Out now!’
’Barely Alive – Killer In You (Gold Top Remix)’
’ZӨMB∆SS X GHOST SCIENCE – NO GOD’
’Crystal Castles – Sad Eyes (Huoratron rmx)’
’K Theory x Chrome Wolves – Stutter’
’JumoDaddy – All Night Long (Original Mix) !!!FREE DOWNLOAD!!!’
’Amerie – Why Dont We Fall In Love (Kaytranada Edition)’
’JEREMIH – FUCK YOU ALL THE TIME (WATAPACHI Remix) *** FR33 DOWNLOAD ***’

 

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[Hip-Hop] A$AP Rocky – Take it Easy Freestyle ft A$AP Ferg

A$AP Rocky has had a great past year in the music industry and now that he has been put on, he is bringing up other members of his crew. The A$AP mob returns to the scene, spitting some sick bars over the Mad Lion “Take it Easy” instrumental. Collaborating with newcomer A$AP Ferg, this duo spits a witty braggadocious rhyme about chasing woman and enjoying life. It’s clear these two are having fun in the studio and their flow vibes well with the throwback, organ heavy beat. Check out the first track off the upcoming New York Renaissance mixtape, hosted by Peter Rosendberg and Ecko Unlimited, dropping April 1st.

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[Mixtape] Kilo Kish – K+

Female emcees have been on the up and coming this past year or so and in 2013 they continue to drop some unique material. With Brooklyn-based Kilo Kish‘s mixtape K+, she takes a more experimental approach to her rhyme flow. With features from Earl Sweatshirt, SBTRKT, Childish Gambino, Star Slinger, Flatbush Zombies, Vince Staples, and A$AP Ferg, and many more, this free 10-track tape is a chill, dope session introduction into her world. Mixing some intricate Internet-y vibes and synth rhythms with a charming lyrically delivery, there is something to like about this newcomer. Although each track flows and blends well into the next, some standout tracks are “Creepwave” (which you can stream below) and Neptune-esque “iou”.

Listen to the 30+ minute K+ collection here via Soundcloud.

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