If everyone can raise your cans of PBR, I’d like to make a toast. Today is a momentous occasion as we at The Smoking Section and the good folks of the Hall of Justus present to you Joe Scudda’s Not Your Average Joe EP. Hold your applause until the end, please. Read the rest of this entry »

Keeping in the spirit of strong spring releases for the Hip-Hop community, the Kidz from down the hall will be entering the Land Of Make Believe with a star-studded cast including Just Blaze, Chip Tha Ripper, MC Lyte, Donnis, Amanda Diva, and The Kid Daytona. Read the rest of this entry »

Just a disclaimer: this is not your average remix. The original showed its range by banging from all types of various car systems. Now with Kidz In The Hall’s Naledge, Gibbs The Gangsta, Fabby Davis Jr. all adding their lyrical expertise to the mix and Khrysis on the boards, expect the influence to spread even further. Read the rest of this entry »

Renaissance age rap agents Kidz In The Hall are still trotting the globe on their Professional Leisure Tour as they check in with some professionals in their own right, The Motion Family. ‘Tis the season for giving and the duo blessed the massed with a freEP for the holidays. Make sure you snag that if need be. Read the rest of this entry »

Coming up in the city of the (doo-doo) Browns has propelled Chip Tha Ripper to come up with one of the more creative mixtape campaigns in recent memory. Mick Boogie & Terry Urban direct like Seth McFarlane with Mikkey Halsted, Jake One, Curren$y & Big Sean, and a gang of others play the co-star. Ladies and gents, you are now tuned into The Cleveland Show. Read the rest of this entry »

You know something is terribly wrong when Leslie Hindman Auctioneers can sell some of Elvis Presley’s locks for fifteen large, while four thousand miles away in Venice, 97-year-old Bessie Mae Berger and her two sons live in a dilapidated ’73 Suburban. Read the rest of this entry »

“The breezy Neptunes production provides a laid back atmosphere as Mr. Brain gives the people a look into the good life and what occurs in his world outside of the booth. There is a lot of work being done right now by the Kidz in the Hall to wrap up their album, The Land of Make Believe, due out in February as well as an untitled free EP and the Reality Bites mixtape with Chicago’s DJ Moondawg due out early to mid October.” Read the rest of this entry »

More educational electronica from those Mensa musicians. It appears that fans won’t be in the Land Of Make Believe until 2010 so until then, just put a quarter in this here jukebox, start shaking and moving all around. Read the rest of this entry »

You should already know Mick Boogie & Co. are no strangers to remixing some of our alternative favorites. So it should give you great pleasure that The Press Play DJ aligned some of the Hip-Hop’s rawest talent to remix & revamp Peter Bjorn & John’s latest album Living Thing. They say the best things in life are free so it would behoove you to take advantage because the tracklist speaks for itself. Without further adieu, Mick Boogie presents Re-Living Thing.

Dowload — Mick Boogie x Peter Bjorn & John – Re-Living Thing Mixtape

The Brainiac and the Double O channel their inner 8-Bit Nintendo with this one and why shouldn’t they? Read the rest of this entry »

Remember the sense of euphoria you had when you first heard Jamiroquai’s “Virtual Insanity?” It was like aural air conditioning complete with flying robots that served you lattes complete with a floating saucer. Now imagine all that futuristic fury harnessed into a more urban intonation without losing its chic. And there you have Jet Audio’s Stand Alone Complex.

Featuring a vast array of NYC artists (Mickey Factz, Outasight, Amanda Diva, Che Grand, etc.,) producer Jet Audio conducts his latest project like a maestro prepared to take the artform into the next millennium. Innovation awaits you. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve already highlighted what I like about Nato so I’ll spare the details. Read the rest of this entry »

Found in the inbox… Read the rest of this entry »

Soul is two for two thus far with Beyond Borders, heavily influenced by SBe’s production. For “Chi Worldwide,” he links up with Windy City emcees GLC & Naledge for a melodic trip through the city’s Southside.

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Download — Soulstice Feat. Naledge & GLC – “Chi Worldwide” (Remix) (Prod. by SBe)

Previously Posted — Soulstice Feat. Oddisee – “Unfold” (Prod. by SBe)

What’s another way to fight the effects of the recession?  Read the rest of this entry »