Since we’re all gonna be tippin some drank this weekend (hopefully not purple), you are all gonna need some fresh cuts for your box as to keep your party in check. Here’s what’s up…

Lil Wayne – Lollipop (JBlow Remix)
OK, OK I know, not more of this song… Lollipop has gone from entertaining to nearly driving me (and I assume US) crazy. Before the “driven crazy” part a few weeks ago I took a crack at remixing the track. Why? I don’t know… I guess I wanted to see if I could take it in a different direction, which was pretty much necessary since i don’t really fuck with synths. So here’s what came out, kinda on the soulful tip.

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U-N-I dropped some shit at the end of 07 and it was dope. It’s one of those releases I completely forgot to give some shine to when I first heard it

U-N-I – K.R.E.A.M.
I’m sorry, we just can’t have enough songs about kicks. They get a nod for the Wu Tang and Lupe flip on this cut to good effect. Step on my shoes, I will kill you…

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Kidz In The Hall – Move On Up
Now, before these cats blew up a bit with the Drivin Down The Block cut, they dropped an album called School Was My Hustle in 06. It definitely had a mess of great cuts on it too. The is just one, but that album was pretty solid IMHO.

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GLC – I Ain’t Even On Yet
One of Kanye’s boys is comin with some interesting shit. I don’t know too much about this cat, but this definitely caught my ear.

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And now for a throwback cut…

Da Youngsta’s – Mad Props
Man I love this beat. Apparently, so does Damu (more on him later – FIYAH!). That filtered MPC style of the 90′s was my shit. K-Def is the dude, so go check for him. Bang this.

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BONUS CUTS

U-N-I – The Launch
How many times you heard the word “soliloquy” dropped in a rhyme? Shout out to Gang Starr.

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Oh snap… new hip hop! Yeah yeah, we can all bitch til we’re blue in the face about how “hip hop has fallen off” or whatever. Well, just try listening a little closer. What we have here is some fresh shit that might actually make some waves. Now I’m not saying you’ll be hearing this on your top 40 hip hop rotation but this should get some video play and make the dboys listen too.

New cats on the Duck Down roster, Kidz In The Hall (no bird lady or head crushing relevance) are bringing some heat. Drivin Down The Block is a modern whip pushin anthem in homage to Mr. Ace. The Geniuses mixtape that broke a little while back was a hint at what was to come, and it sounded nice (see Sweet 16 below). It’s good to note how the remix steps it up even more.

Kidz In The Hall – Drivin’ Down The Block

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Now THIS is how you do a remix… shout out to 2 Dope Boyz for tipping me off on this.

Kidz In The Hall – Driving Down The Block (remix)
featuring Pusha T, Bun B & The Cool Kids

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Kidz In The Hall – Sweet 16 (All My Ladies) (from the mixtape)

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The Knux are another new act that are bringing some freshness to the game. They got a little bit of an odd southern twist to them reminiscent of early Outkast, so I ain’t mad at that. Now I haven’t heard too much aside from this cut and the remix, but I’m excited to hear more and expect it to be AS good… call me naive.

Again… props for steppin up the remix a bit.

The Knux – Cappuccino (remix)

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Last but not least, another new album on the scene for 9th Wonder & Buckshot (more Duck Down). In all honesty I wasn’t feelin the last album. It felt like 9th was strechin himself thin with the the projects and just pumpin out weak beats. Meanwhile the 2nd wave of 9th style Fruity Loopz producers took a crack at the game and 9th seemed to take some time to refine his style. Well, time paid off cause the new album has some heaters on it. As expected, Buckshot does not disappoint and overall the album is WAY better than I expected

Buckshot & 9th Wonder – Hold It Down feat. Talib Kweli & Tyler Wood

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Buckshot & 9th Wonder – Go All Out feat. Carlitta Durand

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NOTE Sit tight for another tome from the homie Gabe comin soon… (as soon as this site’s lazy editor gets off his ass)

BOSS!