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If you’ve been hanging around these parts for a minute you know that Maryland’s ScholarMan is one of my favorite unknown emcees, dude consistently releases some dope material. And it’s usually in an EP format: “Shortly after ScholarMan and Jonesy released Distant Voices in 2009, Jonesy came up with the idea to remix all of…

Michael ‘5000’ Watts does a do-over of one of the banger’s off K.R.I.T. Wuz Here. Download it. Props to 2DB.

Cali’s Raven Sorvino and Picaso (of Language Artz) link up once again, but this time around it’s a lighthearted release: “We did this joint just to have some fun.” Raven Sorvino’s Paper Girl mixtape drops September 11. ‘Beat It N Skeet It’Download it.

Week 7 of the series, in which an IWWMG artist is intro’ed by the man responsible for it all. This time around it’s UNC-alum/former star basketball player-JAMLA emcee Quentin Thomas. Props to 9thwonder.com. Run That Back: GQ’s Blended 2 mixtape.

One of my favorite DJ’s, Miss DJ Gemz just released a mix of old, new, and rare Lauryn Hill tracks. If you’re unfamiliar with Miss DJ Gemz, she’s the official DJ for The Tri-City Suns (DC), DJ’ed our SOHIPOTOME women in hip hop events back in March, and does DOPE remix projects: “I wanted to…

If you’re an artist who’s frustrated after less than 5 years in the game, this story might be a source of inspiration for you. I’ve been following the career of DC-native, Durham resident songtress Yahzarah since 2000; I recall going to her shows in downtown Bully City with 50 people in attendance and now she’s…

Exclusive premiere. Ace Dizzy Flow, another one of the influential bloggers on the Carolina hip hop scene, and that dude over at Not Quite Millionaires, is also a producer. Matter fact, I think he started producing before blogging but don’t quote me on that one. Anyways Ace Dizzy sent over this exclusive to be debuted…

“9th s Opus: It’s A Wonderful World Music Group Volume I is the most anticipated compilation project featuring the blog-heavy sounds coming from two nondescript camps called Jamla and The Academy. Until now. Artists whose joint home is It s A Wonderful World Music Group, founded by Grammy Award-winning producer 9th Wonder, form a roster…

Because it’s Monday, I’ve been on various different/experimental music lately, and cool things are happening all at once for the brand, I introduce to you One Cool Kid. Introduced to me by a friend of a friend over the weekend, whose style is hip hop on a different wavelength: “My brother goes to Berklee College…