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“Is the internet really over, Prince?” In the newest episode of Hip Hop Bytes, Mr. Shadeed goes in on Prince’s recent comments and actions surrounding digital music distribution and the internet. Prince will release his upcoming album 2010 will be given away for free with a purchase through London’s The Daily Mirror (really, Prince, why…

…off Le Le’s 365 The Mixtape which dropped back in April. She also picked up Female Hip Hop Artist of The Year at this past weekend’s SC Music Awards, and hands down had one of the hottest performances of the night. One time for women in hip hop. ‘Go Girl’–Le Le Ft. Devin B.Download ‘Go…

Devin Miles is an emcee out of Pittsburgh, PA that’s been sending in material for a second and which I just gave an honest listen. On ‘Connected’ (which is part of his ‘Frequent Flyer Miles’ series), Devin goes in over Curren$y’s ‘Famous’ instrumental. Outside of sounding a little like Wiz Khalifa (it might just be…

Vol. 2 of Twitter Freestyles from Fayetteville, NC’s Lo Keys. Vol. 1 dropped earlier this year so Keys decided to bring it back. Lo Keys actually stopped by the studio back in February and delivered a pretty decent freestyle over a classic Wu Tang beat. Download ‘Twitter Freestyles’ Vol. 2. Back cover and track listing…

Fresh out of the Detroit’s hip hop scene is Willie J. Peso’s newest mixtape. On the intro, I could have declared before Sweet Baby Jesus in the manger it was Jefferson Airplane on the track. And am I trippin’, or does the mixtape cover look like fellow Detroit emcee Young Scolla’s Renaissance Man EP ?…

The RDU hip hop scene is killing it right now with upcoming releases. Kooley High’s highly anticipated new album Eastern Standard Time (EST) drops July 27. Last week I had a chance to hear some cuts off the project and it’s definitely jamming. Charlotte, NC Graphic designer JSol does it again with the ill, non-run…

New material from Raleigh, NC’s M1 Platoon. This actually dropped last Friday….the inbox is on HAM so I’m getting caught up from the weekend. Chopps, Vaughn Garcia, Scoopay, and Sean Diesel’s new mixtape Rippin’ They Sh*t drops August 10. And Chopps is a lyrical freestyle monster; he might just be one of RDU’s favorite underground…

Finally something new from 9th Wonder’s IWWMG artist, GQ. I was beginning to think dude had gotten dropped from the label or something, because it’s been a minute since I’d heard new material. In actuality, after graduation from UNC-Chapel Hill GQ moved back to home to Oakland, CA and is still working with IWW. Blended…

…well almost. Full posting returns later this week. The 2010 SC Music Awards was a great weekend. Shout out to all winners and nominees; it was a great event with tons of networking. Also, artists stepped their performance games all the way up! Be sure to check the official website for the full list of…