Single: VerBS ft. Sahtyre - I Love You Baby

VerBS returns with a lil' somethin in honor of the day, i.e. Valentines... I know, I know.. nevertheless.. here we go..

Single: Sage Francis - Lost Loves (Xaul Zan Vs. Lil Sage)

Who's down with Sage Francis? PHH that's who.. peep out his latest joint, that really, the concept of, I don't think I've ever heard about being done before.. he records new verses over 20 year old ones... peep the full story below:

“Lost Loves” is a song that literally took 20 years to complete. The first half was recording in 1991 and the other half was recorded in 2011. Thanks to Sage Francis being a pack-rat since an early age, he is now able to trade bars with his younger self. Finalizing this song involved salvaging a 20 year old recording from a 2nd generation cassette dub, filling in the blank lines, and twisting what was originally a tale of unrequited love into a bizarre story about a man who thinks it’s appropriate to woo his lady with battle raps. 

To top it all off, this is the long-awaited return of Sage’s nasty alter-ego, Xaul Zan…so don’t expect anything sweet. “It’s got to do with lots of lovin’ and it ain’t nuthin’ nice.” Many thanks to Pat Jenses for the artwork!

Single: Dice Raw - Bloody Mary (prod. by Statik Selektah)

This is the kind of Valentines Day-inspired track I can mess with man...

Ya man Dice Raw takes apart a wonderfully produced (you hear those drums man?) Statik Selektah track in story telling fashion...


Dice Raw - Bloody Mary (prod. by Statik Selektah)

Torae - Heart Failure

I promise this'll be the only Valentines Day themed up of the day....

Coney Island, BK repper Torae teams up with DJ Blazita for a new tape that will help you do a lil' extra relationship reflecting today....

From make ups to break ups, dating and even true love, it's all covered here by Tor, in an innately Hip-Hop way...

-BIG D O


Torae - Heart Failure

Doo Wop - Cool Out 2010 Mixtape

Well, it's about 3 days until all you co-habitating young couples out there will be forced to go out and re-access just why you put up with each others shit 24/7 through the exchange of chocolates and/or flowers of some sort...Can you smell it? Love is in the air!

LOL, okay, so I'm not a huge Valentines day guy, (big surprise that the know it all Hip-hop blogger thinks it's lame right?) don't blame me, blame my ex...

One thing that is pretty cool about the totally un-neccesary holiday approaching is that longtime 90's NYC mixtape fans are getting new material from that era's foremost authority, Doo Wop in honor of all you fake ass playas taking some skeez bucket to Olive Garden you lovebirds gettin together.

Expect some of the 90's and early 2K's best bump n' grind anthems as well as some pretty stellar female vocal performances that are near and dear to all of our hearts. Real playas know that this "mix" that Doo Wop has bestowed upon us is actually much more of a weapon that is to be used post dinner date and pre droppin' somethin' off in her drawls however...

Happy hunting fellas.

-BIG D O


Cool Out 2010 Mixtape

Video: Jaheim ft. Jadakiss - Aint Leaving Without You [Remix]

Hey, R&B cats still can get it right every once in awhile...

Jaheim has long been one of the genre's better crooners, albeit a watered down scene, and some eh, noted time off.

Right here he gets up with everyone's favorite LOX member for a bubbly remix that goes perfectly with you, ya shorty and the ride to whatever location your gonna be enjoying the evening at......Not that D O would know anything about that though...

-BIG D O