DJBooth & RefinedHype Present the Weekly Rap Up - Vol. 1
Every week
DJBooth.net
's partner site
RefinedHype.com
takes everything that's new in urban music and culture and refines it for a discriminating audience (that would be you). In the first of a regular series we're calling the
Weekly Rap Up
we take a look back at some of the music and stories that made this week so memorable. Enjoy.
Downloads
: This week RefinedHype took a detour to Staten Island and delivered a big fat block of new
goodness. In addition to a new track from
GZA, Masta Killa
and
Inspectah Deck
called
,
,
and
leaked a new track off their upcoming
Wu Massacre
album called
that features the killer bee trio at their most romantic (which really isn't that romantic). Throw in a dope
blend mixtape and an in-depth breakdown of their classic video
and you've got enough new Wu to fill all 36 chambers.
KRS-ONE & Buckshot Tribute Mixtape Survival Kit
: The word "classic" gets thrown around far too lightly these days, but I can say without hesitation that
are too classic emcees in every sense of the word, and as their recent collabo album
proves. With that in mind,
Mick Boogie
,
nVMe
and
Duck Down Records
have joined forces to pay tribute to the two legendary mic killers with the new
mixtape, a collection of remixes to some of KRS and Buck's most well known songs by the likes of
,
,
,
,
and more. All praise due. Click
to download.
Mike Dreams Hop-Hope Anthem (Hello World)
: Minneapolis stand up! This week one of DJBooth's up-and-coming favorites
premiered his new track
on our pages, where it garnered an impressive four star rating (so far) and some readers like HoamBoy calling it "the best song I've heard from Mike." To download Hip-Hope click
, and to for an exclusive sneak peek at the art work and tracklisting from his upcoming album
Dreamer's Poetry
, dropping on DJBooth February 8, click
.
Features
Meet Jay Electonica, Hip-Hop’s Jesus Christ
: Sure
's a dope emcee, but is he really the new hip-hop messiah? Our very own
Jacques Morel
thinks so: "I start with this statement, which I believe is 100% true: If Hip Hop was Christianity, Jay Electronica would be Jesus Christ. Slow down people. Before you start taking up torches and appealing for my excommunication, listen to what I have to say. Everywhere I go Jay Electronica has become the bench mark for what is dope, real, and lyrical Hip Hop." To read the entire article, click
here
.
Hip-Hop's Best (and Worst) Names
: Almost nothing matters more to a rapper’s career than their moniker, and yet there’s definitely a huge divide between hip-hop’s best, and worst, names. For every Ghostface Killah out there we've got a Diddy, for every Busta Rhymes there's an Ice-T waiting in the wings. While this is by no means a definitive list - I expect to update it regularly, here’s a few names to get us started. To read more click
.
The New Source: Why Record Sales Don’t Mean Sh*t
: After posting
iLL-Literacy
’s fiercely creative new track
iB4the1 Chapter 1
I began talking to group member
Adriel Drizzletronius
about some of his future-oriented views on where the music industry is headed and invited him to share his vision with RefinedHype nation. These are the results. Warning: If you work for a major record label, you might want to make sure you’ve got a defibrillator nearby. To read more, click
.
