Seems like December is the month of mixtapes for me. Came across this one a month or so ago and have been playing the shit out of it since. 2 Hungry Bros - are a production team made up of Deep and Ben Boogie and are based in Brooklyn NY and in my opinion have a released one awesome mixtape here. You may not have heard of many of the MC's on the tape (the only names I knew before downloading this tape were VonPea (Tanya Morgan fame) and Reef the Lost Cause from Philly). This tape is a great introduction to some fresh MC's emerging from the NY underground. Names like 8thw1, Fresh Daily, Homeboy Sandman and K.Gaines may not gain recognition now but hopefully with spreading the word of this mixtape that will change one day soon.
And the beats, the beats are all classic rare groove bangers ranging from Leon Haywood's "I wanna do something freaky with you" to Curtis Mayfield's "Move on Up" and some Spanish breaks that I have no clue as to the name. If you don't enjoy the MC's you should get some enjoyment out of listening to the rare groove tracks.
Download here.
Sorry I couldn't find any video clips from this mixtape but have a clip from Homeboy Sandman who is featured on a few tracks on the mixtape. Pretty funny video, track starts about 2mins in.
Oddisee - Odd Autumn
Came across the second in Oddisee's Seasonal instrumental mixtape series. There was a an Odd Summer mixtape released before this one but I'm yet to hear it (will download it once this published). Not sure if the Summer mixtape was an all instrumental affair but the Odd Autumn mixtape has two vocal tracks featuring Tranquill (London MC) on the opening track and singer Nikki Jean on the closing track.
With Summer upon us this makes a great album for the lazy Sunday afternoon BBQ. The beats range in tempo, drum patterns and instrumental inclusions that should meet a wide variety of tastes. I would love to hear some of these tracks with MC's dropping verses too especially "Every Day People". I know I'll be looking forward to the two remaining seasons of this series.
Download here or for track listing go here
Oddisee - Autumn Run
Oddisee ft Nikki Jean - Tell the Truth
Enjoy
Average Music Fan
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