We’ve got another aboveGround exclusive for all you true hip-hop heads! This is the official drop for the Nima Fadavi remix of Alexander Spit’s track “Hella” off his latest album Until Next Summer (download here for free). Described as a “20-something year old San Franciscan with stale cigarette breath, a faded vintage tee and ex-girlfriend stress”, Spit’s music will tell you tales of “the Bohemian life, strange relationships, and nerdy obsessions presented with the same bravado that Jay-Z raps about his yachts and villas with”. Fadavi is a Bay Area producer who’s worked with an impressive list of West Coast indie artists and has continued to show his talent time and time again.

Download: Alexander Spit – Hella (Nima Fadavi Remix)

Check both artists out at their respective websites, alexanderspit.com and nimafadavibeats.com.

Inspired by good weather, good music & help from my friends at Coors Brewing Company, the decision was made to create and share a mix of good hip hop to help your summer. Crack a beer, put it in the whip, take it wherever, just not those two things together. Download and share with all of your friends.

Tracklist:

1. Outasight Ft. Naledge – “Turn It Up” (Prod. by DJ Babu)
2. Atmosphere – “Sunshine”
3. State of the Artist (SOTA) & Ski Team – “REAL HOT”
4. Dom Kennedy – “Locals Only”
5. The Roots Ft. Blu, Phonte & Patty Crash – “The Day”
6. Cunninlynguists Ft. E-40 & Evidence – “Running Wild”
7. Felt (Slug+Murs) – “Early Mornin’ Tony”
8. The Physics – “My Place”
9. Alchemist Ft. Evidence, Blu, Talib Kweli & Kid Cudi – “Therapy”
10. Fresh Espresso – “Girls and Fast Cars”
11. Helladope – “Just So You Know”
12. Jet Audio Ft. Emilio Rojas – “Only”
13. Brother Ali – “Fresh Air”
14. U-N-I & Ro Blvd. – “Windows”
15. Fashawn Ft. Blu “Samsonite Man”
16. Gang Starr – “Mass Appeal”
17. Boom Bap Project – “Wyle Out”
18. Yelawolf Ft. Bun B – “Good to Go”
19. Freeway & Jake One Ft. Raekwon – “One Thing”
20. Shad – “Rose Garden”
21. Sol Ft. J.Pinder & Dice – “Wake Up”

Download: The Summer 2010 Mix

Coolzey comes forth with the second drop from his per-week project, He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper. This time we’ve got music done up by Alex Newman of Giant Panda, and some more visuals to go with it. Check it out, and once again DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS.

Download: Coolzey – Uh Huh

We got another exclusive joint, this time from the homie Mike Faceless. This jawn is from back in ‘02 he says. Previously unreleased cut, Johnny 5 on the beat. Check out the heat.

Download/Stream: Mike Faceless – Service (With a Smile)

Our homies from The Let Go hooked up this exclusive track feature Eyedea of the Rhymesayers family. Dope joint off of their Morning Comes disc which you can still cop on pre-order status from their website. Check it out.

Download: The Let Go – Sneak ft. Eyedea

Captain Midnight, MC Type and Kublakai from Seattle’s The Let Go team up with our good friends from South Dakota, Soulcrate Music on this dope track. This joint is an early cut from their new album, Morning Comes. Pre-order the album from their Blogspot page, and you’ll get the MP3 tracks right now!

This collaboration is an aboveGround exclusive so download it now, only from here! Don’t sleep!

Download/Stream: The Let Go – Rugged Road ft. Soulcrate Music

Hit the jump for the download and some more background.

Download: Lateef Dameer – Lost and Found

Here’s what he has to say about the title, Lost and Found:

I want to explain a little of it, there are so many people who re quote the gimmick hip hop is dead and thats the farthest from the truth.  Maybe something that was there is lost but that something is always continually being found.  Whenever that something is found, the experience is so personified and moving and spiritual at the same time.  Its like when you play a break beat, I could be on the street in the bronx or on a farm upstate and it has the same effect…creating an experience of finding something no matter what the environment.  There’s also the experience of losing something and realizing that things don’t come in 1s, 2s, or 3s but just once.  Once that thing is gone, thats it.  There can be attempts to re imagine it and such but thats all just an attempt.  This project is something of a statement that we just have to keep moving forward and creating dope music that creates an experience for both the artist and the listener.

aboveGround Magazine and Pwelbs.com are proud to present the very first installment of our monthly recap series: Best Kept Fresh. We’ll highlight our top picks for tracks released each month, bundle them up, add some fresh art and give our readers something to bump all month long. In our October 2009 edition we’ve wrapped up some great new cuts from the likes of Mac Lethal, The Prime, Psalm One, Wiz Khalifa, Greenhouse, and more. Thank you to the homeboy DJ Pwelbs for working with us, be sure to check out Bad Service Radio for the best hip-hop every Sunday from 6-9 at radio.depaul.edu and Charlie Hield for hooking up this month’s fresh cover art.

Download Best Kept Fresh Volume 1

1. Gift of Gab – Dreamin (ft. Del the Funky Homosapien & Brother Ali)
2. Impefekt – No Problem
3. Kam Moye – ReBorn (Prod. Vitamin D)
4. Psalm One – Bucket Song
5. Unknown Prophets – Hate Face ft. Grieves
6. CunninLynguists – To Be For Real
7. E Major – UnHeard (ft. Kane Mayfield & Scratches By DJ Blak Majik)
8. The Prime – Common Place
9. Ghettosocks – Don’t Turn Around (ft. Edgar Allen Floe)
10. Trey Lane – All Things Considered (ft. Toki Wright)
11. Chief – True Love (ft. Blu)
12. Theophilus London – Enjoy The Sun
13. Greenhouse – Gettin There
14. Wiz Khalifa – This Plane
15. Kid CuDi – Get It In
16. Mike Posner – Bring Me Down (ft. Big Sean & Freddie Gibbs)
17. Drake – Forever [Chicago REMIX] (ft. S-Preme, LA, & Bullet)
18. Mac Lethal – Kinda Like a Big Wheel Freestyle (ft. Prof & St. Paul Slim)

Download An Imperfekt EP

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1. You Down With Mic Hand?
2. No Problem w/ Colorless (The Other Elements)
3. Imp Overload(Live)
4. StreetWalk/Somethin Outa Nothin
5. The Last Laugh
6. Golden Mirage Freestyle-(bonus track, beat by RJD2)

You can check out Imperfekt on MySpace and you an also purchase his latest album, It Goes Like This directly from him via Paypal. Check the link. Some of the tracks on his MySpace are available via this disc, don’t sleep.

Akream, our August featured Under the Basement artist, and Ice Box Entertainment have teamed up with Mac Lethal and his Kansas-City-based Black Clover Records to bring you “Beautiful Skin”, a call to step away from acting like a “thug”, in hip-hop and in life. This track will be featured on Akream’s upcoming album For The Kids, no word on whether it will be featured on any of Mac’s upcoming projects. This may well be the beginning of big things between Black Clover and Ice Box/Arctic Flow following Akream’s one-man-show at Black Clover Beerfest on September 17. Word on the street is that there is a big announcement coming soon–stay tuned and enjoy.

Akream – Beautiful Skin feat. Mac Lethal and Akream’s two children | Download

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