The Hood Internet – Dougie Vision (Cali Swag District x Toro Y Moi) by hoodinternet

As an added bonus I’ll toss you guys this Deadmau5 x Outkast mashup “Ghosts Over Baghdad.” The original creator of this mashup offered it for free on SoundCloud, but the download limit was reached. Just for you guys, check it below.

DJ Ellipse – Ghosts Over Baghdad [download]

Listen below and be sure to download it so you can bounce in your car, during your workout, while you run, or whatever else you may be doing when you’re away from your computer.

I’ve shared some Sore Losers and KillaMC with you in the past and here comes another hard hitter from the Brain Gang, Tunk. Knowing the quality of most local artists I’ll admit I was skeptical as I downloaded the mixtape and prepared to listen to it for the first time, but any feeling of skepticism should have been wiped away by Tunk’s inclusion in the Brain Gang. That group is not capable of doing anything wrong.

Tunk – Intro

After unzipping Talk Of The Town and importing it to iTunes I hit play and started with the first track, the intro. At this point I’m already warming up. Delivery is great and production is solid, but there isn’t much going on yet. It is just the intro after all.

Tunk – This Is Me

Here comes “This Is Me,” the second track out of the 16 included on Talk Of The Town. All I needed to hear was the minute from 1:15 to 2:15 and I was sold. Although “This Is Me” isn’t my favorite track on the album, that is unarguably the best minute of hip hop on the mixtape and maybe even the best minute of hip hop the year is going to see.

Talk Of The Town continues showing strength through the remaining 14 tracks on the mixtape and is sprinkled with the familiar voices of Vincent Brown from Sore Losers and ThatKidThuro as well as some phone-in feedback from Tunk’s God Mom. The inclusion of feedback or skits on albums has been really hit or miss in the past, but I rarely find myself skipping the two feedback tracks since I can’t help but smile out of her show of support and opinions on the mixtape.

My top three tracks off of this mixtape are “Got Me Trippin’,” “You Don’t Work, You Don’t Eat,” and “Talk Of The Town.” The only way you’re going to get to listen to those is to go to Tunk’s bandcamp and listen or download the album there. You’ll want to do the latter, I’ve been listening to this mixtape every day for over a week.

New track from A.Dd+’s upcoming album When Pigs Fly. Check out the track below and get ready for the album’s release mid-May.

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Damaged Good$ – The Great Escape. Track is from the album “$pread Love Not Germ$” which you can pick up on bandcamp for free. dmgeez.bandcamp.com

A.Dd+ – Po’ My Liqua. Track is from the album “The 808 Presents Power Of The Tongue.” Also on bandcamp for free. addplus.bandcamp.com

The White Panda – Shooting Superstars. The mashup kings are back and they’ve brought Eminem with them. Download the track and surf their website for all of their other five star chicks remixes. thewhitepanda.com

Damaged Good$ – We Hate Damaged Good$ Too [Download from BandCamp]

KillaMC – Flow On

I’m glad I fought the urges to buy a Vestax VCI-300 and waited to see what came out of NAMM. The xone:DX is similar to the xone:4D, but it’s built to take advantage of Serato Itch. When compared to the VCI-300 the only thing the VCI-300 does better is the jog wheels. The jogs on the DX are fairly small even as MIDI controllers go, but I’m sure I’ll manage. Everything else about the unit has me excited for its March release. Twenty channel USB 2.0 soundcard, manipulation of all 4 channels in Itch via the two onboard jog wheels, built in FX, inputs for turntables or two line-level devices. In one word, huge.

A twenty channel sound card!? That is insane, compound that with the ability to plug in vinyl turntables or line-level devices (iPods, CDJs, Kaossilators, etc.) and you’ve got the piece of DJ hardware that I’m most excited for this year. Wait, there’s more. Not only is the DX fully Itch compatible, but it is able to be used to control OTHER DJ software. Want to use Scratch Live or Traktor instead of Itch? You got it (although you’ll still have to have the Serato box plugged in to unlock the software). Xone really delivers here with the xone:DX and as soon as this thing ships I’m going to be addicted to the thing. Depending on how well it works as a standalone mixer, the DX may even take its place as the centerpiece of my daily DJ setup. Jump to the bottom of the post to check out a YouTube video demo of the DX that Skratchworx posted.

Hey Xone, it’s your friend Eric. I F@#$ING LOVE YOU!

PS: Rane you better unlock 4 channel SSL even if the old SL-1 box is plugged in. Sure, the SL-1 only supports 2 output channels, but the DX supports all 4.

Basement Freaks [MySpace] – A staple of the new age of funky breaks, Basement Freaks put out the following funk rerub of “Window Shopper” on their SoundCloud page. Don’t have SoundCloud? I’d sign up and follow your favorite artists if I were you. You never know what sneaks onto SoundCloud from your favorite artists that is free!

Basement Freaks – Window Shopper (Easy Jungle Mix) [Download at SoundCloud]

Continuing through the freebie finds on SoundCloud we’ve got a free track from Fuzzbox Inc. I’m a fan of the track, but am not very familiar with Fuzzbox Inc. in general. I’ll be on the lookout for more tracks from these guys in the future though.

Guess Who – Funky Jam (Fuzzbox Edit) [Download at SoundCloud]

Last up I’ve got an entire free EP from Nick Thayer for you. It’s been out for a few months, but it’s worth a look regardless. Check the one of the tracks, Super Too $hort, below and download the entire free EP here if you’re into it. How can you go wrong with some sampling from Mario and some Too Short?

Nick Thayer – Super Too $hort

Sore Losers Set

Fizzy Dino Pop Set

Group Picture! “Say Queef!” – Vincent

Ever heard of that blog Unkommon Kolor? Well you’re on it! Take 3.

What’s going on this weekend? That ol’ boy Yeahdef (yeah, he’s 25 now) has arranged for a Texas vs Oklahoma DJ battle to take place at Hailey’s in Denton this Friday night. Get your weekend started off on the right foot with this 3v3 battle. Where else in the metroplex are you going to get six DJs for just $2? Nowhere. Not only that, but Denton drinks are cheap and after the City Tavern show I will never take Denton alcohol for granted again. Pour me a Dos Equis!

Bonus Barrel! I know I already used that joke, but can you really hit the bonus barrel too many times? Got a tip on a free download called Jukebox Wizard by Doc Delay & DJ B. Cause. It’s an artfully crafted array of mashups that includes something for everyone. In my case I enjoyed the entire album and picking just one song to let you preview was a challenge. Check out what I settled on below, Midas Train Running. I can’t spoil the rest, so if you’re interested then download the album while you can, you know how flaky these download services can be.

Doc Delay & DJ B. Cause – Midas Train Runnin

KillaMC – See Dem Blades Chippin’ [download]

During the Sore Losers / Fizzy Dino Pop at City Tavern on Friday Sore Losers did a live version of the Fizzy Dino Pop remix of Bizarre Celebrations. I thought I had posted this song before, but it turns out I hadn’t. Skip listening to it and just download it, you’re going to want it. The song was even recognized by the Dallas Observer and was named the number 4 song from the DFW area for 2009.

Sore Losers – Bizarre Celebrations (Fizzy Dino Pop Remix) [download]

Gucci support continued to come in over the weekend with a remix to “Boi” by DJ Skeet Skeet and Cory Enemy. Check the remix from the pair below.

Gucci Mane – Boi (Skeet Skeet & Cory Enemy’s Leaned Out Rmx) [download]

Earlier today Diplo and Mad Decent put out the Free Gucci mixtape for free. I’ve got a track below to preview, but to grab the whole album you’ll have to go on over to Mad Decent’s website and sign up for the mailing list to get your download.

Gucci Mane – Break Yourself feat Lil B (Diplo Remix)