J.Slikk - A Tribute To Jen DeLeon

There is nothing more inspiring in the creation of music than someone's instrumental "tape". Shout out and a huge thanks to the producer J.Slikk for placing this one in the inbox. I first heard Slikk's work a few years ago from a joint he produced for fellow Chicago emcee Rashid Hadee but I didn't know how nice of a producer he was until the homie Cy Yung let me hear a few a his projects produced entirely by J.Slikk. This instrumental download is fire from bottom to top. The only complaint I have is "Why did dude let the public "have" these for de free?" A lot of these beats are some real gems.

Download: J.Slikk - A Tribute To Jen DeLeon

Jay Electronica's Mountain Dew Commercial

Hip Hop always catch so much flak for going commercial. It's good to see commercial go hip hop for a change.

Evidence - I Don't Need Love EP

I know I know. I posted this wayyyy after this came out. If I haven't listened to it yet, I don't post it. With so much music dropping daily as well as being an artist myself. It's tough to keep up with what's hot. Luckily, I stumbled onto this new Evidence. I've been a Dilated Peoples fan from day one. In Dilated's decision to split up (temporarily I hope), Evidence have managed to maintain consistency and advance his craft as a producer and an emcee equally. This is one of my favorite releases yet. I'll chalk up the fact that this is a free release because of The Beatles samples. Nevertheless, good lookin EV.

Download: Evidence - I Don't Need Love (FreEP)