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Thursday, March 4, 2010

aboveGround Magazine x Pwelbs.com x Fresherthan.com - Best Kept Fresh(er Than) Vol. 5

aboveGround Magazine x Pwelbs.com x Fresherthan.com - Best Kept Fresh(er Than) Vol. 5

It’s that time again! Myself and the staff over at aboveGround Magazine put together a mixtape of tracks that we feel you need to hear from the month of February. As always this is a great way to catch up on all the hip-hop you may have missed out on.

This month we teamed up with the ever so smooth music and culture blog - FresherThan.com. Shouts to Mes over there for putting together this month’s crispy artwork.

As always this month features hip-hop tracks from all over the map. Take a look at that tracklist below. It’s delicious and best kept fresh.

Tracklist

  1. Freeway – One Thing ft. Raekwon (Prod. Jake One)
  2. Skyzoo and Rhymefest – Crack The Code
  3. RADIx – The Return (Prod. Statik Selektah)
  4. YC The Cynic – The Bad Seed ft. Final Outlaw
  5. STS – In For The Kill
  6. Luckyiam – TV in the Afternoon
  7. Laws – Hold You Down
  8. Landon Wordswell – Rhymin’
  9. Game – Shake
  10. Emilio Rojas – Helluva Year ft. Scheme and Astonish
  11. Yelawolf – I Wish (Remix) ft. Prynce CuHi and Pill
  12. TRUTHLiVE – Tormented Genuis
  13. Toki Wright – Time Zones
  14. KiD CuDi – Highs N Lows
  15. Freez – The Ritual
  16. THREE – Get Smashed 2Nite
  17. Prometheus Brown – Michelle Malkin
  18. Maja7th – On My Own ft. Freddie Gibbs and Mikkey Halsted
  19. A-Alikes – Sirens in the Distance ft. Mos Def
  20. B.o.B. – Fuck The Money ft. Asher Roth
  21. Cypress Hill – Armada Latina ft. Marc Anthony and Pitbull
  22. D-Sisive – The Reign
  23. Casual – N.A.G.A.S.
  24. Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar
  25. MURS – 316 Pt. 2
  26. Methuzulah – Sleeping Fist ft. DJ Danja

As always big shouts to Tyler over at aboveGround…well for doin the dirty work!

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Monday, February 1, 2010

aboveGround Magazine & Pwelbs.COM Present: Best Kept Fresh Vol. 4 (Mixtape)

aboveGround Magazine & Pwelbs.COM Present: Best Kept Fresh Vol. 4

You know the drill. I’ll update with more info later this afternoon. Month of January was jam packed. 30 tracks of pure hip-hop.

Incredible artwork by Check out Kid Espi: Follow him on Twitter. Check out his site.

But in the meantime:

Tracklist

1. Little Brother – Life Of The Party Pt. 2
2. Cymarshall Law – Discrimination ft. Skit Slam
3. Mally – 3 Part Eulogy
4. Cause, The Kid Daytona, Chaundon – South Bronx (Remix)
5. Damian Marley & Nas – As We Enter
6. Gorillaz – Stylo ft. Mos Def and Bobby Womack
7. Taiyamo Denku – Lightbulb ft. Mainflow
8. Mod Sun – Keep It Movin’ ft. P.O.S.
9. Basic Vocab – What They Want
10. Classified – Oh… Canada
11. D. Black – Special
12. King Mez – Nowhere To Go ft. Thee Tom Hardy
13. theOTHERSIDE – Change The Situation
14. Common – Next Time
15. Bun B & GLC – Happiness Before Riches
16. Sene and Von Pea – Cantstandya
17. Mac Lethal – Exhibit: DEAD
18. Muneshine – Heavy Hitters ft. Fundament and D-Sisive
19. Pill – Aine Given Up ft. Young Scrolla
20. B. Dolan – Fifty Ways to Bleed Your Customer
21. Tanya Morgan – The Make Believer
22. Nero – Far Away From Here
23. Lupe Fiasco – I’m Beaming
24. Raekwon, Ghostface, Method Man, U-God – Clap 2010
25. J. Cole – Playground
26. Intuition – Buzzkill ft. Slug
27. Gripz – Critics ft. K. Sparks
28. Consequence – Childish Games ft. Asher Roth
29. Mos Def – The Tournament
30. Mac Lethal and B. Dolan – Free Floating Hostility

Big shout out to my homie Tyler over at aboveGround Magazine. This kid hustles harder than anyone. Stay up - abovegroundmagazine.com.

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Sunday, January 3, 2010

aboveGRound Magazine & Pwelbs.com Present: Best Kept Fresh Vol. 3 

aboveGround Magazine & Pwelbs.com Present: Best Kept Fresh Vol. 3 

Were back! Volume 3 of Best Kept Fresh brought to you by aboveGround Magazine and Pwelbs.com. Best Kept Fresh is a monthly recap of all the hip-hop that dropped along with the visions of a dope graphic artist. December brought some excellent new music to our ears. Tyler and I have concluded that this is easily the best month yet not only content wise but just take a look at that fantastic artwork. Shouts to Jesse for holdin’ it down.

So quit with the excuses and check out this compilation of what we thought were some of the best tracks to drop in the final month of the decade. Quit dragging your feet in the dirt. This is a great way to keep up on the newest releases. This stuff is Best Kept Fresh.

Tracklist:

1. Eternia – Foul Child
2. Strong Arm Steady – Best of Times ft. Phonte
3. Reflection Eternal – Just Begun ft. Jay Electronica, J. Cole and Mos Def
4. Medina Green – Party Done ft. Mos Def
5. Mos Def – 24 Hour Karate School
6. Constrobuz – Hustin’ (Remix)
7. St. Paul Slim – Shut It Down
8. RoKnew – Make You Move
9. Mike Swoop – No Go Die!
10. Illuminous 3 – Thrift Stores & L’s
11. Tom Delay – Cases Sampler
12. Toki Wright – This Right Here
13. Nneka – Walking (J. Period Remix) ft. Jay Electronica
14. Brother Ali – Blizzard Rap ‘09
15. Freeway – Know What I Mean
16. GAME – Big Money
17. Sandpeople – Can It All Be So Simple
18. Jordan Looney – Superchick
19. The Cool Kids – Tires ft. Boldy James
20. Illogic – Graveyard
21. KiD CuDi – Cudderisback

Shouts to Tyler over at aboveGround Magazine. Also a big thanks to Jesse Ransome for the oh so fresh artwork.

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Pwelbs.com & aboveGround Magazine Present: Best Kept Fresh Vol. 2

Pwelbs.com & aboveGround Magazine Present: Best Kept Fresh Vol. 2

To keep pace with todays online hip-hop world myself and Tyler over at aboveGround Magazine have once again come together to compile our second edition of Best Kept Fresh. This time supplying you with 20 must have tracks for the month of November. October was a great success and now every 1st of the month you have some great hip-hop to look forward to. Dope underground hip-hop from all across the nation. A great way to check up on some new up and comers. Most of the artists on this mixtape have more material which can easily be accessed on both Pwelbs.com and abovegroundmagzine.com.

Big shouts to this month’s artist Jameson - she did an amazing job! I think we might have to keep her around! Jameson on MySpace [myspace.com/jamesonartandmusic]

Enjoy!

Tracklist

  1. Sapient – Famine
  2. A&E – Pass The Mic ft. KRS-One
  3. S-Preme – Goin’ Away ft. Mr. Music
  4. Diamond District – Gully
  5. Chiddy Bang – The Opposite of Adults (KIDS)
  6. The Prime – S.I.D.S.
  7. Jabee – Blood
  8. Lupe Fiasco – All The Way Turnt Up (Freestyle)
  9. Felt – Felt Chewed Up
  10. Rob Yung – Commercial Break
  11. Pill – Run Up To Me ft. Freddie Gibbs
  12. Kidz In The Hall – The Grizzly Man
  13. Graymaker – Crazy Talk
  14. Guilty Simpson  – Paper
  15. Greenhouse – Damn
  16. Dres – Forever Luvlee
  17. Bobbie Ray – Nothing On You ft. Bruno Mars
  18. BlakRoc – Ain’t Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo)
  19. Doomtree – Coup For The King
  20. Trey Lane and Big Jess – Until There’s Nothing Left

shouts to my man Tyler over at aboveGround Magazine. We keep suckas in the loop.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Pwelbs.com & aboveGroundMagazine.com Present: Best Kept Fresh Vol. 1 (Oct 2009)

Pwelbs.com & aboveGroundMagazine.com Present: Best Kept Fresh Vol. 1 (Oct 2009)

  1. Gift of Gab - Dreamin (ft. Del the Funky Homosapien & Brother Ali)
  2. Impefekt - No Problem
  3. Kam Moye - ReBorn (Prod. Vitamin D)
  4. Psalm One - Bucket Song
  5. Unknown Prophets - Hate Face ft. Grieves
  6. CunninLynguists - To Be For Real
  7. E Major - UnHeard (ft. Kane Mayfield & Scratches By DJ Blak Majik)
  8. The Prime - Common Place
  9. Ghettosocks - Don’t Turn Around (ft. Edgar Allen Floe)
  10. Trey Lane - All Things Considered (ft. Toki Wright)
  11. Chief - True Love (ft. Blu)
  12. Theophilus London - Enjoy The Sun
  13. Greenhouse - Gettin There
  14. Wiz Khaifa - This Plane
  15. Kid CuDi - Get It In
  16. Mike Posner - Bring Me Down (ft. Big Sean & Freddie Gibbs)
  17. Drake - Forever [Chicago REMIX] (ft. S-Preme, LA, & Bullet)
  18. Mac Lethal - Kinda Like a Big Wheel Freestyle (ft. Prof & St. Paul Slim)

Tyler (of aboveGround Magazine) and I came up with the idea of compiling together a group of tracks that we feel hip-hop fans need to hear. This is a great way to catch up on songs that were released in the month of October. We are hoping to make a compilation mixtape for each month. A great way to catch up on what you may have missed in the past month - not to mention a great way to check out some new artists.

Big thanks to my homie Charlie Hield for the artwork. aboveGround Mag I see you.

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