Nitty Scott, MC probably has triple the amount of YouTube clips that she does MP3′s so when she drops it like it’s hot, we have to take advantage. The Doobies x Popsicle Sticks EP is a short and ice cream sweet hodgepodge of bootlegs and b-sides to keep her name buzzing going into the next year. Read the rest of this entry »

The Analog Tape is a thirty-minute sampling of J57’s skill behind the boards, a little something to bob your head to. That may sound generic as hell, sure, but The Analog Tape’s quality from the very beginning. Read the rest of this entry »

Sure, Nitty Scott is an attractive, soft-spoken female in the concrete jungle where dreams are made of, but she’s a microphone fiend at heart, thus the last name is MC is attached. And while looks can take you places, they tend to get little reverence in the alleys of respect. Gearing up for war for your acceptance, Nitty Scott, MC has her Scotch® tape in one hand and JVC on her shoulder Read the rest of this entry »

You may not be able to walk on water like Khan. Fight off a pack of evil clowns like Khan. Or even spit like Khan for that matter. But thanks in part to the Dopehouse, you too can have Soul Like Khan. Read the rest of this entry »

Ever since Meka moved to New York, game got real. Our homies over at the (2)Dopehouse show their love and appreciation for the Big Apple rap circuit with their mixtape A (2)Dope Mixtape: Empire State Edition. Read the rest of this entry »

Your friendly neighborhood Homeboy Sandman is dropping in with brain food as he prepares for his personal takeover in 2K10. Reflective and visual, this first offering from The Good Sun weighs in heavily on the various anomalies human nature can give us. Read the rest of this entry »

Say what you say but even though I’ve lost track of the days, Brown Bag Season has been consistently well worth listening & attention. Read the rest of this entry »

Words by Jesse H.

Anybody who has experienced the actual BQE knows how upsetting, frustrating and inconvenient it can be. Fortunately, the Brown Bag AllStars’ “Brooklyn Queens Expressway” is none of these things.

Producer Marink supplies a nicely cut up piano riff and sprinkles it with a matching flute loop. But if the beat is the concrete, the group is the crafty drivers Read the rest of this entry »

The AllStars link up with DJ Skizz, from the legendary NYC Radio Show: The Halftime Show, for a throwback track. Paying homage to the sound of the early 90′s with DJ Skizz on the smoothed out beat.

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Download — Brown Bag AllStars – “Live From the Nine”

When these cats actually miss putting out a dope song for their Brown Bag Season, I’ll assume hell will have frozen over. Produced by DJ Dyllemma along with cuts by DeeJay Element

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Download — Brown Bag AllStars – “Got It All”

Previously Posted — Brown Bag AllStars – “Dumbin’ Out”

My enthusiasm may not come across in mere words but these kids are killin’ it. I won’t keep repeating all the praises for what they’re managing to do, which is basically be that one crew that sends me an entertaining song every day. Never “monumental,” but always good.

This morning it’s “Dumbin’ Out,” produced Read the rest of this entry »

Having no concrete idea of who the Brown Bag All-Stars (Audible Doctor, J57, KONCEPT, Soul Khan, DJ GOO Punch, E Holla, Deejay Element) aside from the fact that they’re doing daily installments called “Brown Bag Season” and they keep Read the rest of this entry »