Grilled Steeze

Here is the latest off of Tobacco Road, dropping September 9th. Brace yourselves. Sabzi outdid himself with this and RA rides the beat perfectly.

Common Market: Gol’ Rush- DOWNLOAD HERE

Produced by Dre & Vidal, a new cut featuring Young Chris, Freeway, Beanie Sigel, and of course Wale (who name drops Usain Bolt, damn that was fast).

Wale, Young Chris, Freeway, & Beanie Sigel: Cipher: DOWNLOAD HERE

So the debut full length from everyone’s favorite Seattle rockers(/rappers? haha) is now available for free! Following in the footsteps of Radiohead, Girl Talk, and Murs to name a few, The Saturday Knights (emcees Tilson, Barfly and producer DJ Suspence) are putting Mingle up on the interweb for free. In return for the free download, they just want some honest feedback. Available via their record label Light In The Attic.

DOWNLOAD HERE

Hailing from Chicago, Master 3 is an unsigned artist with a new album dropping soon. He just hit me up with some new tracks off his upcoming album, Women & Music, as well as a few unreleased tracks. He can spit for sure, look for more from this guy coming soon.

He (who doesn’t?) has a Hero remix, this time leaving the Nas verses and him taking the middle verse, which I gotta say is pretty hot.

Hero Feat. Nas & Keri Hilson: DOWNLOAD HERE

Another unreleased track, here is Rock On [Extended Mix], it’s got a really chill feel to it: DOWNLOAD HERE

These 3 are off his upcoming album, Women & Music, which I’m really looking forward too…

What Is Your Name? (Prod. by Ed-Nezz J): DOWNLOAD HERE

Battle Without Honor Or Humanity (Prod. by Ishaq Fahim): DOWNLOAD HERE

Ride With Me (Prod. by Master 3): DOWNLOAD HERE

Check out his myspace HERE.

Two new tracks from Taybot outta Seattle. Just got in my inbox so I’m droppin’ them for you. I’m really feeling a new freestyle along with Iz Real and A-Uno, who I have never heard of. He also sent over a track called Streets on Speed Dial…

Freesyle Feat. Iz Real & A-Uno: DOWNLOAD HERE

Streets on Speed Dial: DOWNLOAD HERE

I’m not gonna be around for two weeks. Sorry. Lots of new shit when I get back. For real. Two weeks. Mark your calendars.

In the meantime, listen to the Grilled Steeze Muxtape (click the cassette over on your right.) I updated it with a bunch of new tracks. Enjoy that until I’m back.

So I’ve been TRYING to stay up on Seattle, and I’m telling you they have one of the best underground scenes anywhere. Hands down. So when my man Taybot shot me over his brand new mixtape, I was dying to check it out.

For those who haven’t heard, check out his dope freestyle for KEXP right HERE.

This tape really epitomizes the classic mixtape. With only 3 of the songs longer than 3 minutes, there are a lot of filler type tracks that Taybot uses to showcase his different lyrical styles. There are a few skits, and even a few features. It was produced by Phil + Numberman, who I’m not familiar with, but I’m sure they are out in Sea town somewhere. They lay down an interesting selection of beats, some of them drawing a Sabzi like feel, and even one that just reminds me of a older 90s west coast shit. Most of the songs share a jazzy kind of thing, which I’ll be honest gets a little old after awhile. Taybot rides the beats like he’s been doin’ it since he was born. One of my issues with the tape is the mixing. I feel like they beats are too loud and that they sort of drown out the rhymes at some points. Despite that, from a pair of producers I’ve never heard of, they lay down an interesting soundscape for Taybot to showcase his diverse rapping styles. Lyrically, he seems to draw from just about everyone in the game to some degree. On the song ‘Too Gutter’, he basically pays homage to all the rappers that he has drawn upon. This guy definitely has talent, I would love to see him with a little better mixing (nothing against Phil + Numberman, there are for sure some constant head nodders on this tape), and a bunch of the tracks get sort of convoluted about halfway through with random horns and stuff that just drown out the rhymes. Some things just sound out of place, there’s some M.O.P. kinds thing going on track 5 that I’m not down with (even though the rhymes are fucking crazy on that), and the vocals on the last track are not really my thing. The track with Scribes is just straight FIRE. But enough of the negative shit, just listen! I put up 5 of the best joints on the tape for you to listen to, and if you like it, please please PLEASE support this guy and actually buy a tape. More information is on his website (here) and his myspace (here).

1. New Dawn
2. What It’s All About: DOWNLOAD HERE
3. Dynamite
4. Get This Money
5. Jingle
6. Ride Wit Me Interlude
7. My Pain, Your Pain
8. The Fresco Feat. Praxis: DOWNLOAD HERE
9. Hold Tight
10. Caught in a Scam Part 1
11. Drunken Interlude
12. We Stay Fly Feat. Scribes: DOWNLOAD HERE (best track on the mixtape in my opinion)
13. Constant Heat: DOWNLOAD HERE
14. Caught in a Scam Part II
15. Fire Starter Interlude
16. Get Em Up
17. Never Be Done
18. Shit is Hotter Interlude
19. Keep Ya Head Noddin
20. Too Gutter
21. Small Town Vibe: DOWNLOAD HERE
22. Another Chance Feat. Sheldon Botler

For all you out in Seattle, be sure to check out the release party on August 16th:

Late pass, I know, but this is sick. Plus I was in Vermont all weekend and didn’t post shiiit. The Das-EFX track and the Jay-Z are crazy. Al Green + hip hop= good fucking music (AZ’s Memphis Session anybody?!).

01. Have A Good Time (Intro)
02. Das EFX – Real Hip-Hop
03. Jay-Z – Can’t Knock The Hustle
04. Feels Like Summer (Interlude)
05. Fugees – Fu-Gee-La
06. Mean Green feat. T.Money Green (bass)
07. Royce Da 5′9″ – Boom
08. Method Man & MF Doom – A New World
09. Ghostface Killah – Mighty Healthy
10. Summertime (Interlude)
11. Common – Communism
12. The Pharcyde, Notorious B.I.G. & De La Soul – Stakes Is High feat. T.Money Green (bass)
13. The Pharcyde – Passin’ Me By
14. Busta Rhymes – Woo-Hah!
15. Big L – MVP (Interlude)
16. AZ, Supreme NTM, Nas & Pharoahe Monch – Behind Closed Doors
17. Mos Def – Travelin’ Man feat. T.Money Green

DOWNLOAD HERE
From HERE.

Seattle runs shit. My man Taybot dropped this freestyle in my inbox a minute ago. It’s a freestyle he recorded for KEXP, and he raps over Flashing Lights, Roc Boys, and a few other beats. Dude’s flow is crazy. I got some more from him on deck, including some free tracks off his mixtape that just dropped last Thursday.

KEXP Freestyle: DOWNLOAD HERE