Underground Hip Hop Mixtapes

From Civil Mics: After much anticipation the wait is over! Diverse has released his third installment and conclusion to his Mind Of A Lyricist mixtape series. In a recent interview Diverse stated that his “MOALV3″ (shortly titled) will be the finale of one chapter in his life and the beginning of a new one. With [...]

J Period & Black Thought Present “The Live Mixtape” illadelph edition @ the 2010 MANIFESTO Festival (OFFICIAL) from themanifesto.ca on Vimeo. More morning heat. This time, legendary mixtape DJ J. Period teams up with Black Thought of the legendary Roots crew for a LIVE mixtape. That’s right — they went up to the Manifesto Festival [...]

Busdriver is working on a new album, recording and performing with a new band (Physical Forms) AND just released the eagerly anticipated (by me at the very least) mixtape Computer Cooties. Stream the title track above & download/stream the full project at busdriversite.com If you’re looking for him on Twitter, you’ll need to add an [...]

From Abolano Records: “Life Before Death” is a sinister, classic, hip hop mixtape collection of new, unreleased rarities, and cult classic songs from West Coast underground OG’s; Awol One & Gel Roc. Available exclusively as a free download, “Life Before Death” features emcees from E Times Two (EX2), The Shape Shifters, The Visionaries, Living Legends, Freestyle Fellowship, Project [...]

Eddie Logix and D. Allie, together known as Progress Report, bring you How Progress Was Made ‘a collection of songs documenting the musical history of Eddie Logix and D. Allie’. Once you’ve ‘named your price’ (be it $0 or $100) & caught up on their history, head over to progressreportmusic.com to see what the two [...]

About the project: Boston emcee Re-Surch has teamed up with KevinNottingham.com and One3 Music to present his latest mixtape, Alcoholic College Kidz, the Collective Vol. 1. Forgoing the current hip hop stereotypes, Re-Surch has crafted a compilation for hip hop fans who just want to party and have a good time. Mixed by Ryan Todd [...]

I can not tell a lie, while The Doors fit into the most exclusive catagory in my head – ‘beyond genre’ – the idea of their classics ‘vs. UK Hip Hop’ worries me a little. Here’s what the people behind it want you to know: Fresh out today, Love H.E.R Madly is a remix project [...]

Bahwee talks about the origins of HEADNODDERS vol. ii, presented by My Hollow Drum/HW&W Recordings: The first and only beat tape I ever ‘released’ was back in 06 that I gave to my boy Jeff. I modestly scribbled 22 HEADNODDERS on it and remember dropping it off in his mailbox on my way to school. [...]

The latest project from Outasight in conjuction with LRG. A good tape that will get countless plays over the rest of the summer. Features the unusual pairing of Outasight and Freddie Gibbs… Download: LRG Presents: Outasight – Never Say Never (via BandCamp)

Curt@!n$ dropped this Wu-Tang inspired mixtape recently, despite the running time of less than half an hour, this is definitely a mixtape worth listening to. A lesson in quality over quantity! Download: Curt@!n$ – The Dissertation: The Wu-Thesis