Trav Williams - IllTravis

You know I had to re-post this one.

Following from The Movement Fam remix competition, the homies Trav Williams and Kevin Nottingham got their Trav Williams/Illmatic remix joint crackin', something which Elzhi recently 'bit' lol. So it's all finished and ready for download, and it's a banger!

Peep the links and info after the jump.

"OK, so I caused a bit of a stir last week with that Trav Williams vs. Elzhi
post, but it's all good. IllTravis is officially ready for release.

Download Trav Williams - IllTravis

Check the original post on Kevin Nottingham.com

Over the course of 10 weeks, producers from all across the globe came
together to help create a vision... a vision to recreate a classic; to pay
homage to *Nas*' 1994 debut album *Illmatic*. *Trav Williams* came to me with this idea in the fall of 2008. I saw this as the perfect opportunity to hold a beat contest on the site and get everyone involved. As one of the five judges, I can say that picking the beats wasn't easy, but in the end I
think we all gave Trav some great material to work with. Trav quickly went into the studio and here you have... *IllTravis*.

From Trav:
Before anything and above all I got to thank all the winning producers for
thier hard work and effort and all the producers that submitted for even
trying, you are appreciated. G.C., S.2, DJ Qvali, Tokyo Cigar, JLH,
Digivillanous, EvolveAudio & Natown Legend, you are respected.

Now...let me say this; this project ain't about "blowing up" off *Illmatic*; this project ain't about who don't like it; this project ain't about controversy; this project, just like all my shit, ain't about money; this project is something that I been wanting to do since my *Illmatic* tape popped on the school bus on a hot ass day many Mays ago. Realistically, I got a bucket list and this was on it. So I did it and before I grow up too much I hope to check a few more things off the list.

Needless to say, I hope y'all dig it. But I make music for people that want
to hear what I want to hear, so if you don't dig it, then you ain't one of
them people. But if you dig it, dig it; good look.

Tracklist:

1. The Exodus
2. Meditation [prod by G.C.]
3. Life's The Shit (feat. Pee Duble) [prod by Tokyo Cigar]
4. Mechanics [prod by G.C.]
5. Quarterlife Crisis [prod by Digivillainous]
6. Claustrophobia [prod by JLH]
7. Light it Up [prod by EvolveAudio]
8. Dedicated [prod by DJ Qvali]
9. Bootleg Cable [prod by S.2]
10. Super Ill [prod by S.2]
11. BONUS - Walk Wit Me [prod by Skidmatik]
12. BONUS - Something New [prod by 20 Keys]
13. BONUS - Zoom [prod by Keenan]
14. BONUS - Victory Lap [prod by Keenan]
15. BONUS - Clockwork [prod by G.C.]
16. BONUS - You Gets Done (feat. Pee Duble)
17. BONUS - Nobody Knows Me (feat. K Hill) [prod by Keenan]

Ill Poetic remixes Joe Budden & Portishead: MM3rd

This remix album has been out for a while now floating around various review sites and blogs on the net. Seriously dope concept which adds another level to Joe Budden's grimey, thug intellects and similarly dark, haunting Portishead soundscapes which need no introduction.

You might recognise Ill Poetic from his various productions for Blueprint, Illogic and Wordsworth to name a few.

Vocals's from Budden's Mood Muzik 3 perfectly mashed with Portishead fantastic Third album of last year, plus a few other classic beats.

DOWNLOAD MM3rd HERE!

Justice & Kaos - The Pre-Season Mixtape

The homies Justice & Kaos are back for the first time since their debut EP, Turn It On, a couple years ago. This time the fellas have come with a brand new mixtape with only one feature - that's right, only one feature verse (from label-mate GMC) - and a real dope, interesting beat selection. They even ran with the whole 'White Men Can't Jump' theme, in the artwork and the audio samples from the movie throughout the tracks.

The boys have definitely stepped up, both lyrically and content-wise, and it's great to hear them rock shit on their own. It's actually dope to hear any artist bring some fresh product without relying on feature verses, so big ups for that bold move. The beat selection ranges from rocking over tunes from John Legend, OutKast, Little Brother, Michael Jackson, Scribe and original production from Kaos (Justice's ridiculously dope solo joint 'I'm A Star').

Definitely a fresh mixtape and I've already given this one a few rotations, and I'm finna bump this for a while. Big ups, boys!

Download Justice & Kaos - The Pre-Season Mixtape

Wax and Malicious

Once again, the homie Kev just don't stop. Got another couple of dope thangs for ya that we blatantly stole from K-Nott, yet again.

First up, Kev's producer G.C. has laced another banger, this time for Canadian MC Malicious aka Mr. Malish, called 'My Calling', the first leak off Malish's upcoming mixtape, and it's a heater.

Download Malicious - My Calling (produced by G.C.)

Next up, here's a couple cats that I'm vibin' off lately. Producer Nobody Famous (you'll be hearing a LOT more about dude and The Fam very soon) and Wax (from the Wax & EOM project) are two of the most talented cats out right now, and they've linked up to bang out a joint for Nobody Famous's new album, Order Up! Vol. 3 (Chicken & Waffles) called 'Rowdy'. Peep the video. Also, you can check out the first leak from the album, 'Mary'.

Die Jerm Die Remix Competition

No, this ain't got nothing to do with murdering innocent mispelled germs.

Just wanted to let the folks know about another dope remix competition the homies over at www.KevinNottingham.com are running at the moment. Fresh off of The Movement Fam and Trav Williams remix competitions, the next one for budding producers out there is for the homie Jermiside, for his upcoming Die Jerm Die mixtape, mixed by DJ Low Key.

There's two joints to remix for Die Jerm Die volumes 1 and 2 - 'Never Seen A Thing' and 'Crisis Times'. The former will feature on Vol 1 and the latter on Vol 2. So you have two chances to make the cut. This should be interesting...click the image to get the info.

All In A Days Work - Saigon & Statik Selektah

Supposedly created within 24 hours as the title suggests. This is very short, inconsistent, unfinished DOPENESS from Saigon. One can only wait and hope to see an album some time in the near future!

Download Saigon & Statik Selektah's 'All In A Days Work'

Throwback Kanye leak

Ahhhh yeah. This is my muthafuckin' shit.

Big big ups to Mr. Kevin Nottingham once again for the hook up http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=908885750994611394on this.

So Kanye West's 'College Dropout' is one of the reason's The Movement Fam is making music today. And you could understand how finding a leak of a version of 'We Don't Care' (when it was called 'Drug Dealing') featuring GLC and Keisha Cole. Keisha is also my girl. Memories and shit. Love it.

Download Kanye West feat GLC & Keisha Cole - Drug Dealing

Fokis - Show Me The Money feat Mr. eXquire & E-Cashe$ (prod by G.C.)

This one is a bit of a straight up rip from Big Kev's blog, but his producer G.C. (who's dope as hell) has laced a beat for Fokis, who banged out a fresh joint called 'Show Me The Money'. Here's what Kev has to say about it:

"Back in the limelight again with the premier single from his up and coming project is the hardest working L.E.S lyricist, Fokis. Calling on acquaintances from his Walk Through MySpace project which was available for free download last year and which featured some of the brightest up and coming stars from across the US, Fokis teamed with Mr. eXquire and E-Cashe$ on his new joint “Show Me The Money”. I’m also happy to say that this is the first beat recorded to from G.C’s Freshness Sampler which we put out a few months ago.

Produced by Maryland native but the Utah residing emerging beatsmith G.C, “Show Me The Money” is about making the most of what you have during this economic battle we all find ourselves fighting. “During these hard times its important to find something to take your mind off of all the stress and try and find some joy,” explained Fokis. “So I reached out to Mr. eXquire & E-Cashe$ who are two very talented and hungry up and coming emcees and well the result was this, a joint to have a bit of fun with basically.”

“Show Me The Money” will be featured on the up and coming project from Fokis, MY NAME IS FOKIS a collection of work old and new which will be available in the coming months."

Download Fokis - Show Me The Money feat Mr. eXquire & E-Cashe$ (prod by G.C.)

New Oddisee Ish

Big ups to the homie Hezekiah for sending this one on through.

Rosenberg Radio.com posted the new Oddisee track, “HipHop’s Cool Again” from the “Mental Liberation” compilation dropping May 5th on Mello Music. Check it out (hit the links from the image or above).

Kanye West and Foreign Exchange Live Videos

My man Kev ain't fuckin' around, as usual. In the last week or so, he posted links to download live shows from Kanye West (VH1 Storytellers) and Foreign Exchange (live at The Black Cat in Washington, D.C.).

Click the images on the links above to hit up Kev's site for all the details. Keep in mind, though, they are both in the upper hundreds of megabytes so keep that harddrive free!

Emilio Rojas - Recession Proof

This cat has gotta be one of my favourite MC's right now. Emilio Rojas aka Raks One, Rochester, New York representative, is part of the homie J. Master's Same Plate Management stable, and is most definitely one of the hottest up and coming MC's. His guest verses smash every time without fail, his Phaze One project with M-Phazes is highly anticipated and from the sneak peek we heard, it's off the chain, and to tide us all over, Emilio linked with Legend and DJ Noodles to bring us Recession Proof.

Here's the official blurb:

"Emilio Rojas drops his highly anticipated new mixtape “Recession Proof”, presented by DJ Noodles and Legend. After dropping a slew of singles, popping up on radio shows, a steady stream of live performances, and MTV video play, Emilio follows up with his first official mixtape, featuring appearances by Stat Quo, Fashawn, Donny Goines and more, while Illmind, M-Phazes, Khrysis and others check in on the production tip."

Download Emilio Rojas - Recession Proof

GNZ & DJALMA BEATS - Título da Invasão (2009)

Seriously. GNZ is a beast. Already dropping two albums this year, GNZ is back with his third of 2009, this time a collab with DJAlma Beats, entitled Título da Invasão. It's another heater, check it out.

Download GNZ & DJALMA BEATS - Título da Invasão (2009)

01. Bem Vindo (djalma beats) [01:50]
02. Cheio de Conversa (djalma beats) [02:36]
03. Independente (djalma beats) [02:33]
04. Por Mais que Não Pareça (djalma beats) [03:05]
05. Só Um Toque na Semana (feat.dms & memória de peixe) [02:45]
06 .Pra Fazer o Brinde (djalma beats) [01:50]
07. Isola (djalma beats) [02:05]
08. Falando Sério (djalma beats) [03:01]
09. Título da Invasão (djalma beats) [02:17]
10. Aconteceu (djalma beats) [02:44]

Kevin Nottingham Presents The Movement Fam Remix Album

It's finally here!!!!!

After maybe 6 months in the making, Kevin Nottingham Presents The Movement Fam Remix Album is in the building.

For those who aren't familiar with this, producers from around the world were able to download 12 acapellas from Notion's World Domi-NoTiOn and Cee & Bekah's The Soul Movement Volume 2 mixtapes, and submit remixes for this project. We had well over 100 remixes submitted, which blew our mind.

We ended up including remixes from producers from all over the planet, including Hungary, Belgium, USA, Denmark and Australia. We worldwide, baby! And if any producers out there wanna remix our songs for the hell of it (a couple cats have hit me up already about it), you can still download the acapellas from the original Kevin Nottingham Movement Fam Remix contest page.

Big ups to ALL the producers who submitted remixes, there a lot of fire and it made our job pretty hard! I can't thank Kev enough, though. Dude held us down when it got difficult for a bit there, never gave up, and we got this one over the line. Plus it's a hot ass album!

My apologies to Isbjerg for misspelling your name, homie!! Shit, my bad! And HUGE props to Notion for lacing the artwork! Boom!

Download Kevin Nottingham Presents The Movement Fam Remix Album

Check out the blog post on Kevin Nottingham.com

Check out what WYDU had to say about it

1. Notion - Enter My World (produced by MIDIMarc)
2. Cee & Bekah - Once Again featuring Theory (produced by Remot)
3. Notion - Payback (produced by Kinetic)
4. Cee & Bekah - Feel Your Touch (produced by S.T.T.R.E.S.S.)
5. Notion - We So Fly featuring Tommy Gunnz (produced by Sima)
6. Cee & Bekah - Missing You featuring Luke Vexx (produced by Isjberg)
7. Notion - Cold Steel featuring Cee & Theory (produced by Kinetic)
8. Cee & Bekah - Day Dreaming featuring Notion (produced by S.T.T.R.E.S.S.)
9. Notion - Pedal Push (produced by Kinetic)
10. Cee & Bekah - Anything For You (produced by MIDIMarc)
11. Notion - New Wave featuring Whisper (produced by Tokyo Cigar)
12. Cee & Bekah - Missing You featuring Luke Vexx (produced by MIDIMarc)
13. Notion - Pedal Push (produced by Isjberg)
14. Cee & Bekah - Feel Your Touch (produced by DnM Productions)

Little Brother and 9th Wonder Downloads

Aight, so I gotta say this off the bat - we ain't perpetuating free downloads here. This stuff was just sent to me by some of my, ahem, sources.

We got a full list of links to download the entire discographies of Little Brother and 9th Wonder. Click on the words or the images below. Have fun.

Kanye West - The Lost Songs

Aight, so once again the homie Kev done had that heat. I had to re-post this, shit is dope.

Artutabr and dani_46 (no idea who they are) put together this wicked compilation of lesser known Kanye tracks. Kev recently put up a bunch of DOPE Kanye compilations and even he was blown away by this one. The boys even got Fred Hart, who did some crazy artwork for the 808's & Heartbreak single covers, to do their artwork. Amazing.

Download Kanye West - The Lost Songs

Peep the tracklist:

1. Milton Nascimento - Intro (0:53)
2. Consequence - Don’t Forget Em (Remix) (Feat. Kanye West) (4:20)
3. Bump J - Move Around (Produced By Kanye West) (3:54)*
4. Tricky Daddy - Can’t Say No (Feat. Kanye West) (2:14)
5. Consequence - Turn Yaself in (Feat. Kanye West) (3:17)
6. GLC - Take Me Out (Feat. Shayla G) (Prod. By Kanye West) (3:31)
7. AZ - Love is All Love (Produced By Kanye West) (3:40)
8. Cassius Henry - The One (Feat. Freeway) (Produced By Kanye West) (3:44)
9. Skyzoo - I Got It Covered (Produced By Kanye West) (3:39)
10. Shawnna - What Can I Do (Feat. Missy Elliott) (Produced By Kanye West) (3:24)
11. Mystic - Breathe (Better Days) (Produced By Kanye West) (3:53)
12. Kanye West - Downtown (Feat. Consequence & Abstract Mind State) (3:56)
13. Tiarra Marie - Make Her Feel Good (Remix) (Feat. Kanye West & Jay-Z) (3:28)
14. Young Blaze - Work It Out (Produced By Kanye) (4:38)
15. Young Leek - Where U Should Be (Feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo) (3:27)
16. Nappy Roots - These Walls (Produced By Kanye West) (3:53)
17. DJ Kayslay - No Problems (Featuring Jaheim, Nore, Nature & Left Gunz) (Produced By Kanye West) (3:26)
18. Infamous Syndicate - Clock Strikes (Feat. Fatal) (Produced By Kanye West) (4:18)
19. Pharcity - Can’t Say No (Feat. Xavier, Aeon & Kanye West) (4:37)
20. Made Men - Is It You? (Deja Vu) (Remix) (Feat. Carden, Mase & Big Pun) (Produced By Kanye West) (3:41)
21. Nick Cannon - My Wife (Feat. Slim) (Produced By Kanye West) (3:17)
22. Kanye West - Roommates (Feat. Consequence) (3:40)

Bonus Tracks:
23. Bump J - Lock Me Down (Feat. Rick James) (Produced By Kanye West) (Tagged) (4:06)
24. Busta Rhymes - Dangerous (Kanye West Remix) (2:27)
25. Scarface - Steve Francis Reebok Commercial (Prod. By Kanye West) (0:58)

The Valentine's Day Mixtape Launch

Big ups to everyone that came down to support The Movement Fam as we launched DJ Grain & Notion's Valentine's Day mixtape on Saturday 14th February, at the Blue Tile Lounge in Melbourne.

We had a great turnout, we all looked fresh to death, and Chris from Fading Hour (also the drummer for The Movement Fam band) ripped shit up. This was definitely one of the most fun we've had on stage. Check the pics after the jump. Oh and shouts to Esscay and Thrizz for the photos!

Gunnz, Cee, Esscay, Chris, Micnificent, Theory

The whole Fam

Chris rippin' up the skins

Gunny

Cee going hard

Bekah and Notion

The Fam

Mic stand pimpin'

Smoothin' it out

Ilyas- The Prelude

Dope new mixtape from the homie Ilyas of Tanya Morgan.

Ilyas-The Prelude

Drake's New Mixtape - So Far Gone

T.Dot representative Drake, has blessed our ears once again with a new mixtape "So Far Gone".

If you are a new comer to Drake, you MUST get this. That's all I'm sayin...

If you don't download it, you stupid.
Click the pic to download.

Peace!

Better late than never... Illa J: “Sunshine” Valentine's Day Exclusive

Illa J has dropped an Exclusive Valentine’s Day Song titled “Sunshine”.

John “Illa J” Yancey, younger brother of late great genius producer James Yancey (AKA Jay Dee AKA J Dilla), is currently completing his debut album for Delicious Vinyl. In the mean time, still on his grizzly, just dropped this 'lil gem for the ladies with a personal Valentine's Day number.

Enjoy,

Notion.

Hell Rell comes wit a new one, Dipset fans pay attention!

Dipset fans, listen up.

Just eight months since "Black Mask Black Gloves" reached #9 on the Billboard Top Rap Albums chart, Hell Rell returns with "Get In Line or Get Lined Up" on March 10th.

The Dipset member known for his tough street talk, jail time, and crazy over the phone freestyles, says what you hear on the record is one hundred percent Hell Rell.

"All of my songs are real. Nothing is sugar coated. They are all full of substance," Rell says. "Rapping just comes naturally to me. I don't write rhymes down on paper and I don't practice. It just flows off the top of the dome."

Packed with 15 tracks, "Get In Line or Get Lined Up" is sure to keep Hell Rell and Dipset fans satisfied.

"Get In Line or Get Lined Up" will be released through Hellz Kitchen' Entertainment.

Good to see Dipset still on they grind. Check it out. I'm excited haha.

Peace.