Chiddy Bang - Peanut Butter and Swelly (Mixtape)

Chiddy and Xaphoon are at it again. The duo's 3rd release showcases Chiddy Bang doing what they do best; Xaphoon sampling indie music, and Chiddy flowing flawlessly over everything. Dope music and a nice addition to their catalog.

Too Much Soul


Cameras


Always (On My Grizzly) (Ft. eLDee The Don)

Download: Mediafire

Tracklist:

01. Cameras

02. The Whistle Song

03. Heatwave ft. Mac Miller, Trae The Truth & Casey Veggies

04. Too Much Soul

05. Baby Roulette ft. Train

06. Guinness Flow

07. I Can't Stop (Freestyle)

08. Jacuzzi (Lost In The Vapors)

09. High As The Ceiling ft. eLDee The Don

10. Always (On My Grizzly) ft. eLDee The Don

11. You Think My Old Shit Hard (You AIn't Seen Nothin')

12. Dancing With The DJ (Remix)

13. Nobody Has It Down

14. All Over ft. Gordon Voidwell

15. When You've Got The Music ft. The Knocks

Kids These Days - Summerscent (Video)

The 3rd video from KTD's amazing Hard Times EP, available now at Sir and Madame.

Freedom Or Death - This Crowded Room (Video)

This is the first video from their latest album, EGO, which was featured in the first issue of The Walkman Chronicles. EGO is available now via FOD's BandCamp.

Rochelle Jordan - Take Time (Prod. By Klash)

After only finding out about her last night, Toronto R&B songstress Rochelle Jordan, gives us another track to add to our iPod's. Definitely has the 90's vibe. This track and "How To Feel" were produced by her in-house producer, Klash.

Download: Mediafire

Championship Vinyl: Week of 5/22/11 - 5/28/11

Kids These Days - Hard Times EP

Genre: Hip Hop/Alternative/Blues

Release Date: 1/15/2011

For Fans Of: Vic Mensa and The Black Keys

Purchase

The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You

Genre: Alternative/Electropop

Release Date: 9/6/2010

For Fans Of: MGMT

Purchase

Discovery - LP

Genre: Indie/Electronic

Release Date: 7/7/2009

For Fans Of: Ra Ra Riot, Vampire Weekend, Postal Service

Purchase

Natty - Man Like I

Genre: Alternative/Reggae/Pop

Release Date: 8/4/2008

For Fans Of: Michael Franti & Spearhead

Purchase

Crytsal Castles - Crystal Castles

Genre: Electronic

Release Date: 3/18/2008

For Fans Of: Daft Punk

Purchase

Rochelle Jordan - How To Feel

I always said Canada doesn't get enough credit for it's music scene. Now we can add Rochelle Jordan to the impressive list of Hip Hop/RnB artists that have come out of Toronto. "How To Feel" is a great track that blends RnB with Chillwave making for an awesome song. I'm really looking forward to hearing more from her.

Download: Mediafire

Lyrics Born - Coulda Woulda Shoulda ft. Sam Sparro (Video)

I haven't heard something I didn't like from Lyrics Born (or Sam Sparro for that matter). This is off is 2010 release, As U Were, available now in stores and on iTunes.

QuEst - Let It Out (Prod. By A.I (ICE)

Florida emcee QuESt drops a new track off of his upcoming How Thoughtful 2 project. If you haven't checked out his January release, The Reason: A Defense Mechacnism, do it now. Produced by A.I (ICE).

Download: Mediafire

Justice - Civilization (Video)

The 1st single off of Justice's upcoming album. Glad to see it finally got some visuals. "Civilization" is available for purchase on iTunes.

Pushing Hands - He's Still Here (Video)

I don't know much about the London band, Pushing Hands. I searched the internet for more from them but this is all I could come up with. Just an amazing song and a pretty cool video. Hopefully we hear more about these guys soon.

Kenton Dunson - Rolling Stone ft. Garrett Anderson

Yes, another track titled "Rolling Stone". Thankfully, all 3 songs on this site with that title, sound nothing alike. Here's the 1st single from Kenton's upcoming album, Chaos Music. No release date yet.

Download: Mediafire

Laws - Momma Miss America (Video)

The second single from Laws' upcoming, Yesterday's Future project. YF now has a release date of 5/31/11.

The Weeknd - Rolling Stone

The Weeknd dropped his first single off of his upcoming project, Thursday. No release date yet but according to his Tumblr, Thursday is "coming soon".

Download: Mediafire

Kidz In The Hall - Break It Down

After spoiling us with a free mixtape just a week ago, the Kidz bless us with another track off of their upcoming Occasion EP, which should drop sometime this summer. I only played it once and it's already stuck in my head.

Download: Mediafire

Kendrick Lamar - HiiiPower (Prod. By J. Cole) (Video)

New video for Kendrick Lamar's single, HiiiPower produced by J. Cole. HiiiPower is off of Lamar's upcoming Section.80 project. Purchase the single now on iTunes.

Recess - How Do You Sleep? ft. Blu (Video x Audio)

So happy this got a video. This might be my favorite track on the Recess FreEP. Audio below.

Download: Mediafire

Mr. J. Madeiros - Neon Signs ft. Stro

Former members of The Procussions, Madeiros and Stro are the only members continuing to work together after the group disbanded. This track is off of Madeiros' upcoming Saudade album, dropping 6/14/11 via his BandCamp.

Download: Mediafire

Co$$ - Spaceman (Video)

Co$$ will be dropping his Before I Awoke project on 6/7/11.

Chiddy Bang - When You've Got The Music ft. The Knocks

Chiddy and Xaphoon do their thing over a track from one of my favorite groups, The Knocks. This track will be on their upcoming Peanut Butter & Swelly mixtape, dropping 5/27/11.

Download: Mediafire

J. Cole - Return Of Simba (Prod. By Elite & J. Cole)

Cole dropped this earlier via his DreamVillian site. Dope track and I'm especially digging the sample. If I'm not mistaken, it samples the Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Runaway" which also happens to be the same one that Laws used for "Runaway".

Download: Mediafire

Championship Vinyl: Week of 5/15/11 - 5/21/11

Ever since I got this new job I've been buying a ton of cd's via Amazon or Zia Records (or from artist's sites). I get paid every week and after I get my check I head to Zia and throughout the week I just order them off Amazon. I thought I'd start sharing my purchases with this segment. As most of you know, the title is a reference to the High Fidelity film. I thought it was appropriate because I want this segment to embody the same pretentiousness that the record store embodied in High Fidelity. I'll try to post 1 music video from each album I post along with a link to Amazon (or the artists' site) to purchase the album.

The Foreign Exchange - Connected (Re-Issue)

Genre: Hip Hop/R&B/Soul

Release Date: 4/24/07 (Re-issue release date 5/17/11)

For Fans Of: Little Brother, Slum Village, Dwele

Purchase

I'm From Barcelona - Forever Today

Genre: Indie Pop

Release Date: 4/19/11

For Fans Of: Phoenix and The Boy Least Likely To

Purchase

Phantogram - Eyelid Movies

Genre: Trip-Hop/Psych-Pop

Release Date: 2/9/10

For Fans Of: The xx and Portishead

Purchase

Best Coast - Crazy For You

Genre: Lo-Fi/Indie Pop

Release Date: 6/27/10

For Fans Of: Vivian Girls, Beach House, and Tennis

Purchase

The Pigeon Detectives - Emergency

Genre: Indie Rock/Britpop

Release Date: 5/27/08

For Fans Of: The Wombats, The Cribs, and Babyshambles

Purchase

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister

Genre: Indie Pop/Indie Folk

Release Date: 11/16/96

For Fans Of: Acid House Kings, Camera Obscura, Jens Lekman

Purchase

Swimming With Dolphins - Water Colours

Genre: Synthpop

Release Date: 5/17/11

For Fans Of: Owl City and Sky Sailing

Purchase

Don't expect every segment to have music like this. I was just on an indie pop kick this week.

Work Drugs - Rad Racer (Summer Heart Remix)

Philadelphia artist Work Drugs is currently hosting a remix contest (click here for more info) for his track "Rad Racer". Swedish producer Summer Heart has done an excellent job of adding to an already impressive track resulting in the perfect summer song. I've also included the original track for you to compare the remix to. While the remix is free, the original is available for purchase.

Download: Mediafire

Phil Ade - Speed Of Sound (Prod. By Mark Henry)

Mark Henry samples Coldplay's "Speed Of Sound" for this week's edition of #PhilAdeFridays. Phil Ade's A Different World drops 7/12/11.

Download: Mediafire

Def Sound - (A)Gain (Video)

After stumbling upon that Only Children track, I happened to stumble upon more music from Def Sound. I fell in love with this track and even bought the mp3 (which is something I'm not a fan of doing unless it comes with a cd). I watched this video 3 consecutive times because I loved this song so much. You can purchase the mp3 on Def Sound's BandCamp page. Produced by RC and it samples The Bird & The Bee.

Big Sean - What Goes Around

NYmag premiered this new track from Finally Famous: The Album. FF has a release date of 6/21/11.

What Goes Around by Big Sean

Only Children. - Everything.Goes.OUR.Way (Metronomy Cover)

The duo Only Children (comprised of ∂eƒS❍und + NiKK❍ GR▲Y) released the 1st track of their weekly segment. According to their site, they have a collection of songs that fit a genre they call "trillwave" and plan on releasing one song per week for 10 weeks. Visuals for Everything.Goes.OUR.Way are on the way.

Download: Mediafire

Drake - Dreams Money Can Buy (Prod. By Noah "40" Shebib)

Noah "40" samples Jai Pauls "BTSU" to give Drake a track to tell his story over. As of right now, this track isn't off of any upcoming projects. Weird, prior to today, I didn't have one Drake post and now there is two.

Download: Mediafire

Termanology - Say It (Remix) ft. Joell Ortiz, Bun B, Saigon, & Freeway

Awesome! Only thing I don't like about this track is the cover art. Term's Cameo King 2 drops 5/24/11.

Download: Mediafire

Cobe Obeah - Times Change

I don't know too much about Cobe but I really liked what he was saying on this track. Produced by Coast Production. "Times Change" is off of his upcoming Song Of The Starz 2: Dark Knight mixtape.

Download: Mediafire

Sene - Metropolispeaker (FreEP)

Sene links up with Swedish producer NoGames to bring us Metropolispeaker (FreEP). It was just released yesterday seemingly out of nowhere. I'm not complaining, it's quality music.

return2gold.

a purple life. / (la vie purp)

alarm.

Download: Mediafire

Tracklist:

01. a purple life. / (la vie purp)

02. return2gold

03. motive.

04. colour giraffe

05. arms open.

06. gloria glamour

07. metropolispeaker.

08. alarm.

Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens (Re-Issue) AVAILABLE NOW!

The classic 2007 debut album from Blu & Exile go the re-issue treatment and is currently available through UGHH. Original copies of this sell for $130 on Ebay so take advantage of this $15.97 price tag. Supplies are limited so order one now. Honestly, Below The Heaven's was the Best Album of the 2000's. That means it's better than The Blueprint, better than Stillmatic, and better than all of Kanye's albums. Click the link below to purchase your copy.

Blu & Exile (of Emanon) - Below The Heavens (Re-Issue) (Audio CD)

Laws - Dear Boy

The 1st single off of Laws' upcoming project, Yesterday's Future mixtape. Yesterday's Future is Laws' "virtual collaboration" with Paul McCartney. Production is handled by the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League. If this is just a taste of things to come, we won't be disappointed when Yesterday's Future drops on 5/24/11.

Download: Mediafire

Mike Posner - The Scientist (Coldplay Cover) (Prod. By Mike Posner)

Mike Posner remixes the Coldplay classic, "The Scientist" and turns it into yet another quality remix. If all Mike Posner did was remix songs we already love, we wouldn't have to worry about hearing any that Bow Chicka Wow Wow nonsense. Go ahead, think about it. Think how different life would be if you never heard that song... Now snap back to reality and listen to "The Scientist".

Download: Mediafire

ScienZe - Simply Aesthetic (FreEP)

Brooklyn emcee, ScienZe drops his Simply Aesthetic FreEP with the help of Blu, Sene, Clint Partie, Ayomari, D. Julien, and others. A short and sweet release that runs about 26 minutes. Exactly how an EP should be.

Main Attraction ft. Sene

Simply Aesthetic

Taxi (Non-Stop) ft. Niachene & D.Julien

Download: Mediafire

Tracklist:

01. As The World Turns (Prod. By Clint Partie)

02. Play By Play 2.0 ft. Isis Ashes (Prod. By Lord Quest)

03. 5 Star Livin' ft. Ayomari (Prod. By Lord Quest)

04. Main Attraction ft. Sene (Prod. By Blu)

05. Taxi (Non-Stop) ft. Niachene & D.Julien (Prod. By Lord Quest)

06. Song In A Glass (Prod. By Lord Quest)

07. Simply Aesthetic (Prod. By King I Divine)

Kidz In The Hall - Semester Abroad (Mixtape)

Chicago duo Kidz In The Hall decided to drop a mixtape inspired by the BrainCandy series. How could anything free from those guys be a bad thing?

So Amazn'

Moments

Star ft. Tabi Bonney & One Chance

Download: Mediafire

Tracklist:

01. Playground ft. BJ The Chicago Kid

02. Moments

03. So Amazn'

04. Star ft. Tabi Bonney & One Chance

05. Keep It Thoro Freestyle

06. Dream On ft. Smoke DZA & Curt@!N$

07. Livin' It

08. Pledge Allegiance To The Dope ft. Curren$y & Mikkey Halsted

09. Coolie High Freestyle

10. Sip & Ride

11. Good Day Freestyle

12. On Me ft. The Kid Daytona & Netic

Chris Faust - FAUST (FreeLP)

The delayed, highly anticipated, debut release from Chris Faust (formerly known as Print) is here. Faust teamed up with DJBooth and 2dopeboyz to finally release FAUST after it failed to see daylight back in February. Another impressive release to be added to the TOTR Freshman Team résumé.

Looking Back ft. Outasight (Prod. By Ibe)

Forget Her ft. Mike Maven (Prod. By Tristate)

As You Like It (Prod. By Ibe)

Download: HERE

Tracklist:

01. Genesis [prod. Ibe]

02. Me Vs. the Machine (ft. Ibe) [prod. Ibe]

03. So Long (ft. Mike Maven) [prod. 6th Sense]

04. Maybe Now Begins (ft. Sunny Jones) [prod. 2 Thumbs Up]

05. Holli Woode (ft. Rocki Evans) [prod. Tristate]

06. Water Colors (Interlude) [prod. Ibe]

07. Looking Back (ft. Outasight) [prod. Ibe]

08. Good Days, Good Nights (ft. Capri & Carras Paton) [prod. Ibe]

09. Higher Than I Ever Been (ft. Kris Kasanova & Rocki Evans) [prod. Ibe]

10. White Clouds (ft. Cocoa Sarai) [prod. Ibe]

11. Forget Her (ft. Mike Maven) [prod. Tristate]

12. Attention to Detail (ft. Sunny Jones, Cocoa Sarai & Krystal Eversley) [prod. 2 Thumbs Up]

13. The Choosing (ft. Sunny Jones) [prod. 2 Thumbs Up]

14. Grey Clouds (Interlude) [prod. Chris Faust]

15. Black Clouds (ft. Cocoa Sarai) [prod Clyde and Harry]

16. As You Like It [prod. Ibe]

17. Revelations 8:29 [prod. Ibe]

Yonas - Shy Kidz (Video)

Shy Kidz is the 2nd single off of Yonas' debut album, The Proven Theory, available on iTunes. Physical copies also available HERE.

Gilbere Forte' - My City To Your City ft. Curt@!n$

Two of the more promising up and comers collaborate over some Don Cannon production. Forte' is really stepping it up as of late and it's nice to see that his hard work his garnering him more and more attention.

Download: Mediafire

Fly Union - Hard Sell (Video x Audio)

Visuals from Fly U's TGTC, available now. Audio below.

Download: Mediafire

Best Coast - When I'm With You (Video)

As I've said before, TOTR is not just a hip hop site; it's an indie site (that just so happens to post a lot of hip hop). Here is track off of Best Coast's debut LP, Crazy For You, which was released in 2010.

Sly Fox Strikes Again... (Video x Article)

Well, well, well, if "Sly Fox" isn't at it again. Fox News is no stranger to bashing hip hop and this time, they're latest target is beloved Chicago emcee, Common. Because when you think of Common you think, "Oh yeah, that's a controversial rapper." All of the fuss is being caused by Michelle Obama's decision to invite Common to perform during Poetry Night at the White House in front of students. Fox News even went so far as to call Common "vile". The source material that has been used against Common is his poem "A Letter To The Law" performed on Def Poetry in 2004. HipHopDX published an article on the matter which you can read at HERE.

Kid CuDi - Falling Star (R3K Remix)

Producer R3K brilliantly mashes up CuDi's part on Dan Black's "Symphonies" track with Florence + The Machine's "Cosmic Love". The mash up hardly sounds like a mash up and more like an original track. Well done R3K.

Download: Mediafire

Mayer Hawthorne - Impressions (FreEP)

After reading his announcement about this yesterday, Mayer Hawthorne stayed true to his word and released his FreEP, Impressions today. I've included the artists he covered below in the tracklist with only one song I wasn't able to identify. This is a great break from all of other music coming out nowadays.

Mr. Blue Sky

Work To Do

You've Got The Makings Of A Lover

Download: Mediafire

Tracklist:

01. Work To Do (Isley Brothers Cover)

02. Don't Turn The Lights On (Chromeo Cover)

03. You've Got The Makings Of A Lover (The Festivals Cover)

04. Fantasy Girl

05. Little Person (Jon Brion Cover)

06. Mr. Blue Sky (Electric Light Orchestra Cover)

Mayer Hawthorne - Mr. Blue Sky (Video x Audio)

After finding out just moments ago via twitter, Mayer Hawthorne is going to release an FreEP tomorrow called, Impressions: Covers EP. On this FreEP, Hawthorne will be covering tracks like this one from Electric Light Orchestra. What's not to love about this guy? Audio below.

Download: Mediafire

Luke Christopher - The Rescuer

After making his first appearance on TOTR a couple of weeks ago, Luke Christopher drops another track off of his upcoming mixtape.

Download: Mediafire

Chris Faust - As You Like It ft. Rocki Evans (Prod. By Ibe)

Chris Faust releases another single off of his upcoming debut FreeLP, FAUST, dropping 5/17/11.

Download: Mediafire

Elzhi - Elmatic (Mixtape)

After months of delay, Elzhi finally blesses us with his reimagination of illmatic. Produced entirely by Will Sessions, Elmatic really does a good job of recreating the classic instead of simply mimicking it. We've waited long enough for this so stop reading and download it now. FYI: Physical copy pre-orders are available on at www.Elzhi.com.

Memory Lane

Halftime

It Ain't Hard To Tell

Download: Mediafire

Tracklist:

01. Genesis

02. Detroit State Of Mind

03. Halftime

04. Memory Lane

05. The World Is Yours

06. Represent

07. Life's A Bitch ft. Royce Da 5'9" and Stokley Williams of Mint Condition

08. One Love

09. It Ain't Hard To Tell

10. Pete Rock Shout

Mickey Factz - In Search Of

The 5th entry (I didn't post the 4th entry on TOTR because I felt it was a miss) from Mickey Factz who has been dropping a song a day for the past 5 days. Awesome.

Download: Mediafire

J. Nolan - Cosmic Cruise (Prod. By One Love Beats)

J. Nolan graces us with another new track which of course means, it's getting posted here. Nolan really does exactly what I want an emcee to do. Amazing that he's only 20 years old. Chaos Theory coming soon.

Download: Mediafire

The Airplane Boys - Born To Be (Video x Audio)

Off of the APB's latest release, Where've You Been, out now. Audio below.

Download: Mediafire

The Walkman Chronicles: Issue #1

This is the 1st edition of a segment dedicated to spotlighting great LP/EP's found on BandCamp. Physical copies of all releases included in this segment are available for purchase. Hence the title. I'm a fan of physical copies and if an album is only available for digital download, that's usually enough to prevent me from buying it. As you know, TOTR is all about indie music and is firm believer in supporting the artist so please, don't just try to mediafire these albums. Some of these artists are even shipping you their CD's directly from their apartments. That's about as indie as it gets. FYI: I have purchased all CD's in this featured in this segment.

Elaquent - The Midnight After

Genre: Hip Hop/Instrumental

Release Date: 3/25/11

For Fans Of: Dibia$e, Afta 1, Freddie Joachim

Price: $10

Versis - iLLCANDESCENT

Genre: Hip Hop

Release Date: 8/9/10

For Fans Of: Blu, Asheru, Sene

Price: $10

Gold Motel - Summer House

Genre: Indie-Pop

Release Date: 6/1/10

For Fans Of: She & Him, Alex Winston, Vampire Weekend

Price: $10

Freedom Or Death - EGO

Genre: Indie/Electronic/Folk

Release Date: 4/26/11

For Fans Of: TV On The Radio, Bloc Party, Depeche Mode

Price: $10

Happy Mother's Day

Aloe Blacc - Mama Hold My Hand off of his 2010 release, Good Things. Available Now.

Emilio Rojas - Champion (Video)

Awesome video. I hate 9-5's and if I worked in one long enough, I'm sure it would play out something like this. Off of Emilio's Life Without Shame (FreeLP).

Holy Ghost! - Wait & See (Video x Audio)

The New York electropop duo of Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel have released "Wait & See" as a free single from their debut, self-titled album (in stores now). The two men in the video are NOT Nick and Alex but instead, they got their dads to portray them.

In Alex's words: "for a long time Nick and I joked that our dads should take our press photos. At some point our go-to director, Ben Fries, came up with the idea of actually making a video with them playing us and “Wait and See” seemed like the perfect song to do it for. At first both Dads were a little apprehensive -- and rightfully so: My dad was appalled at the sizing options at American Apparel. But when we explained that the joke wasn’t on them -- that it was actually kind of making fun of us getting older and still living like teenagers -- they were game. For the record, they agree: We need to grow up."

Download: Mediafire

Cory Gunz & Peter Gunz - In Flex We Trust Freestyle (Video)

It's awesome to hear Peter Gunz can still crush any beat he jumps on. The father/son duo drop a few verses on FMF's show and manage to spit hot bars for nearly 5 minutes.

Omen - Get Back ft. Diggy Simmons, Ashton Travis, & Mike Jaggerr

Omen links up with Diggy, Ashton Travis, & Mike Jaggerr for his latest single from his upcoming Black Hero Theme Musik project. (Didn't have cover art so instead, you get this picture of Charlotte Kemp Muhl. You're welcome.)

Download: Mediafire

Mickey Factz - Enough

"Poetry in the purest form over a BEP instrumental. My thoughts broken down in a symbolization regarding the things we’ve accomplished and things we have issues with. Enjoy."

-Mickey Factz

Download: Mediafire

The Airplane Boys - Where've You Been (FreEP)

The 2011 All-Freshman Team members finally drop their highly anticipated EP, Where You've Been. I had no knowledge that this would be dropping today so I was totally caught of guard. Their lyricism always impresses and their unique production backdrops serve as the perfect compliment to their lyrics.This EP features several well-known APB tracks such as Sleep, Escape, and Born To Be. No review needed, its f*cking awesome.

Escape

Gold Ribbons

Sleep

Download: Mediafire

Tracklist:

01. Weon

02. Sleep

03. Night Flight

04. Born To Be

05. Maybe

06. Escape

07. Ice Age

08. La Rude, Lord Of The Flies

09. Gold Ribbons

10. Yesterday's Dove

11. Party & Bullshit

12. Gorgeous Flaws