Yeah here’s some Cypress Hill, but not what you expect. You’ve got the rhymes but that’s about all that you’ll reconize from Cypress Hill. why? Because Rusko had his way with “Roll It, Light It” and changed it into a dubstep banger. As some of you may know already Cypress and Rusko have teamed up for a collaborative EP. THis is the first sample and they went hard on the visuals. Directed by local Jonathan Desbiens from Quebec who’s previous work was with Cirque de Soleil, so you know this man is creative. And to prove it check out the dope video!

Dose of Dopeness – KiD CuDi
Here’s a track that was heard a while back in 2008 at the Grog Shop, produced by Dot Da Genius many thought that this track wouldn’t see the light of day. But here we go, we got some new material and news of a release date for his new album in the end of February. “Dose of Dopeness” sounds like it could of been on Moon Man and maybe it was supposed to be, either way if this is the direction of his new material many Kudi fans will be pleased.

Here’s the new single from Dantigold called “Disparate Youth”, it’s bee a while since we’ve heard from Santigold. She hitting the scene with the exact same sound her last album had, which makes me happy. Why change the formula when you’ve got right. The visuals are not quite a video more like an animated picture, at least we got something.

Prodigy talks his mind about serious matter. If you’ve ever wondered how a rapper from the golden era survived. He’s comes from the grimy and represents his niche market very well. The few subjects he touches on are very insightful to his character and personality. He talks about time inside jail and how he reflected on his mistakes. He’s also talks about leaving 50 cents label. It’s a genuine look into one of the originators of hip-hop. They are a testament to not selling out and staying true to their art form. They know they make good music, what’s the point in evolving and appealing to the mainstream.

Either way the episodes have got me really excited for Mobb Deep’s new projects. 2012 they are free agents, last time they were free agents we saw some of their best music. The 3 episodes I’ve watched are showing me the side of Mobb Deep that I always like. They are not big budget and there is no gimmicks. It’s just about making good music. Plus there’s so good footage of them live. Check out the 2 other videos after the jump.

The soulfulness of this track threw me off. It’s guitar and simpleness is just one level on awesomeness. This makes me want to be in a smokey off-beat Quentin Tarantino scene. It’s arguable that Velvet Underground “Pale Blue Eyes” is most likely one of the top 10 classic songs from the 60′s. Either way it’s nice to hear it resurface and even more so because The Kills covered it.

K’NAAN new visuals for “Nothing to Lose” featuring and honoured mentioned Fugees member Nas is directed by Francisco Soriano which shows us K’NAAN’s old neighbourhoods, Dixon Towers and Jamestown in Toronto, Canada.

Diplo is dropping track left and right that last few weeks. Here’s a smooth, get under the covers type music. Here’s the first of many collab we are going to here from Diplo this year. It’s a perfect match, the chill back vibes and Ushers uber sexiness make this a top notch production. Ushers vocals carry this song perfectly making me want to Climax;)
Climax by diplo

We heard about this last week through Hi54LoFi records, as part of a compilation release to be like a virtual Valentine’s day card. This is just one example and a very good one. “What I Want and What I Need” are not 2 seperate songs but yet like the ying and yang the are in perfect balance….I guess. Anyways. Sorry for the lack of post I’ve been busy with work but I swear to make up for last time in the next few days.

“I aimed to record more of a simple straight forward pop song sort of along the lines of the Moldy Peaches.
In majority the song was written in one late night with the beautiful Kaila Abruzzo who sang on the track as well.
The instrumentation was based around a ukulele part and the chorus melody. I looped some light percussion of finger snaps, and me patting my leg among other various things.
And yes that’s a smooch at the very end. The individual song’s artwork was made by my 8th grade cousin who did a splendid job!”

Amanda Polly’s video for Neverminds “Polly” is mega disturbing. I must say she took Kurt’s “Polly” to another level. It’s disturbing plot about a teenage runaway and eerie soundtrack make the lyrics about rape and torture even more dramatic. This cover song was part of SPIN’s tribute to Nevermind.

I’m On 2.0 – Trae Tha Truth
For anything 2.0 there’s usually an upgrade. So here we got “I’m On 2.0″ going stronger, better, faster with even more feature artists, basically total revamp of the featured artist. Can’t wrong with a sample from “Return of the Mac”.