Azealia Banks - Jumanji

…The first taste of her upcoming mixtape, Fantastic (out July 4th) features tropical production from Hudson Mohawke and Nick Hook.  Also look for the May 29th release of Banks’ debut EP, 1991.  And last I read, she was still expecting to release her full-length album in September.

Beastie Boys - High Plains Drifter

…come back tomorrow for the unexpected Sample Source

Sample Source:  Eagles - Those Shoes

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Time To Chill  (c.1988)

Sample Source: George Benson - Breezin’  (c.1976)

Jay-Z - The Watcher 2 (Ft. Dr. Dre, Rakim and Truth Hurts)

… cc: @DomsWildThings

Zeds Dead & Omar LinX - No Prayers

…Zeds Dead does it again!  cc: @whoszed

Sample Source:  Air - Sister Bessie (c.1971)

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Whodini - Freaks Come Out At Night

…heard this when I was walking around downtown LA w/Tony Whitt today.  Whodini is still one of my favorite rap groups.

Run DMC - My Adidas

…A Song A Day request from my 9 year old nephew Adin. #thingsthatarerad 

MC Lyte -  Paper Thin

…it’s an old school hip-hop kinda Monday

Greg Enemy - Sophisticated Goon Shit

Sample Source: TLC - Creep

E-Train - What Tomorrow Brings

The Hood Internet - VCR - The XX Cover (Ft. Freddie Gibbs, Telli of Ninjasonik, Elizabeth Harper of Class Actress)

Azealia Banks - 212  (Ft. Lazy Jay)

…Warning: this song is raunchy and NSFW but it is really good.

19-year-old Harlem rapper Azealia Banks is inevitably going to elicit more than a few comparisons to Nicki Minaj. Like Minaj, she’s a New Yorker who attended Manhattan’s drama-friendly Fame school. And while this song’s squelching, uptempo beat is more akin to Kid Sister or Amanda Blank, “212” highlights a characteristic both Minaj and Banks share: the unpredictable vocal range of a former theater geek. In three and a half minutes, Banks delivers solid, straightforward flows, guttural yelps, top-shelf singing, triple-X raunch, and a smug talk-rap cadence that shuts down potential adversaries. - pitchfork.com

The Deans List - Unbelievers

… Electronic-Chill-Hip-Hop

Heavy D - Big Daddy (Remix) Ft. MC Gruff

…though not included in MTV’s Essential playlist, this has always been one of my very favorite Heavy D tunes.

Dwight Arrington Myers (May 24, 1967 – November 8, 2011)

MC Solaar - La Belle Et Le Bad Boy