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Blues-rockers The Black Keys team up with your favorite afro’d producer for this first leak off of the upcoming Brothers. The Black Keys are great at what they do and understand that they can stay within a niche without having to give in to the niche’s stereotypes. My only gripe would be that they need to switch up their song structures every once in a while: on one of their more recent and more recognized albums, Magic Potion, although the lyrical content had nice variety, alot of the songs had similar progressions. This song here is standard Black Keys, and while it stays true to their sound, it also has a nice pop tinge to make it workable as a single. Spotted with the pigeons and the planes.

Download: The Black Keys – “Tighten Up” (Prod. Danger Mouse)

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You don’t even have to listen to a single leak to know this will be a crazy tape. Look at that artwork, look at this track’s line-up, and tell me you’re not interested. All four artists go in to the fullest, the outcome of which is a non-stop tyrade of lyricism with no one holding back. Jay and Mos Def really hold it down and made their verses the highlights of this song. That’s not to say Grae and Ortiz didn’t deliver though because while Jay Electronica and Mos brought the quotables, Jean and Joell dominated in terms of sheer hunger. Again, 24 Hour Karate School should be coming out at the end of this month, but as you can tell from the “Spring 2010″ header on the poster, that’s subject to change.

Download: Ski Beatz – “Prowler 2″ feat. Jean Grae, Jay Electronica, Joell Ortiz & Mos Def (Full CDQ)

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Nothing seems to really be going on today music-wise so might as well play a bit of catch-up. We posted Sauks’ “Wednesday” previously, and now we get the Tone Mason-produced remix featuring D. I’ve already laid my case out as to why you should jump on D-Sisive so I’ll spare you the mini-rant. All I’m going to say is listen to his verse on this and try to deny his talent. This isn’t a collabo most would have expected, but both artists ended up complementing each other on the remix, even though their styles are contrasting. Download link after the jump. Shouts to cityonmyback for the track and the pic above.

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Nujabes – “Feather” feat. Cise Starr & Akin

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Nujabes -”Lady Brown” feat. Cise Starr

Jun Seba, aka Nujabes, has passed away in a car crash. As the most widely recognized hip-hop figurehead out of Japan, Nujabes produced some of the most incredible beats that are cherished by the underground hip-hop scene. The smooth, laid-back, yet vivid sound of his instrumentals is like none other, making it a simple task to identify a Nujabes beat in the sea of hip-hop production. His work was featured heavily on the hit anime series, Samurai Champloo, which was famous for being the first major show to fuse anime with hip-hop elements. It is no exaggeration to say that Nujabes was unparalleled as an artist. They’ll reminisce over you, Jun Seba.

Seeing as how similar their sounds are, it was inevitable that a hot Pacific Division and Cool Kids collabo would pop up eventually. The Cool Kids are the nicest duo to come out in some time; they’ve got dope lyrics, rock a unique style and go on some of the most monstrous beats courtesy of Chuck Inglish. Pac Div….well, they’re good and all, but it feels like they ride Chuck and Mikey’s coat-tails with their sound and style. Ah, sue me. That being said, “Shut Up” is a dope track with some mean lines (” ‘Bout to bubble like peroxide landin’ in a cut”) and a heavy beat. The video complements the song’s confidence and the first verse being lip-synched by the ladies was a nice touch that added to the grit.

As promised, here’s the MTLien’s latest mixtape, Life’s Not So Sample 2. Anything dropping on time is becoming a rarity in this world of hip-hop, so you could say Malicious is off to a good start with this. I have a feeling this one will make some noise with the blogs, considering it has a Kevin Nottingham co-sign (shouts to Kevin and ODoubleF for hosting this by the way) and a promising buzz track. Either way, Life’s Not So Sample 2 is a good look for the Montreal scene and a worthwhile listen. Tracklist and download link after the jump.

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Malicious is a rapper/producer out of Montreal who will be dropping his Life’s Not So Sample 2 mixtape tomorrow, and if this leak is any indication, then it will be a tape worth checking out. From his press team:

 It’s about that time,

 After the success of the first “Life’s not so sample” mixtape emcee/producer Malicious decided to go back in and this time he didn’t do it alone. With the help of producers G.C.,Gee Wiz, Duo Tang, and a feature from rising “femme fatale’ Signif, MTL’s own Malish delivers a 16 track heater filled with raw chopped samples. You’d think someone kidnapped Just Blaze and Kanye and is keeping them hostage in Canada the way this tape is sounding.

Officially it drops this Thurdays March 18th with the help of Kevin Nottingham but to give you taste of whats to come here is the lead track, Fade out, of the new mixtape “Life’s not so sample 2″.

Click here to download –> Fade Out

 THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.

Malicious has been on the Canadian scene for a minute, so let’s see if this tape will garner him some love abroad.