Over the weekend Drake decided to drop off three unreleased tracks for his fans. Two originals and one remix of Waka Flocka’s ‘Round Of Applause’ below. The nod goes to Drake and Ricky Rozay’s ‘Free Spirit’ as of right now.
Since Wale reached a million followers on Twitter, he decided to release this pack of joints. The Eleven One Eleven Theory is eighteen tracks deep and serves a precursor to his Maybach Music Group debut Ambition (dropping November 1). A couple of my favourite tracks plus the download link and tracklist below.
Quick promo shoutout to our friends at the newly launched Pickmix magazine. The UK-based fashion mag is releasing their 1st issue on May 1st with Dawn Richard of Diddy-Dirty Money gracing the cover. The magazine will be available online, and in print in the cities of New York and London.
Due to the overwhelming popularity of last week’s Thrashing Thursday, it returns today in the form of a Thugstep post! Thugstep is essentially rap over grimy bass lines, Thugs + Dubstep = Thugstep. That’s the easiest math I’ve done in months. Without further adieu, here’s your weekly fix bassheads.
First track here is a Diplo remix of a Travis Barker song released from his solo debut album Give the Drummer Some. A star-studded rap line-up is featured in this song, with hooks from Swizz Beatz and verses from The Game, Lil’ Wayne & Rick Ross. There’s a whole lotta boom when the drop hits (1:02).
Amazing tune featuring verses from two-time BRIT Award winning rapper Tinnie Tempah and melody from the golden-voiced Ellie Goulding. This remix rips the original track apart and threads it back together with grimey string.
Trap or Dub is a project taken on by producers and musicians The Kickdrums. “I put together “Trap or Dub” one weekend last March. The whole concept was to make a Dubstep mix from a Hip Hop mixtape point of view. I paired the instrumentals with rappers Jeezy and Gucci because it had an overall dark grimey feel. I tried to make all the mixes make “sense.” Good call fellas, Jeezy and Gucci have some of the thugest flows in the game and the dark basslines provide a perfect background for their street hardened raps. To download the entire mix for free, click http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/12386/trap_or_dub.html
I’m withholding one key song from this mixtape so if you dig what you hear, keep checking in on SpacePack and it’ll be posted.
Last track for this post comes from a group that’s bigger than hip hop. I always associate that sliding bass hook with Dave Chapelle’s entrance music in his show. Man, I wish that dude would keep making us laugh, where is he nowadays anyways?
One more thing, if you’re reading this post and you’d like to share some tunes you’ve been hoarding away, PLEASE DO SO! Look on the right side of the home page under SP Mail and submit whatever you have on your mind and in your ears. We love hearing from you,
And we’re back. After a little time off, we’re back to bringing you funk to rock your junk to (junk-rocking on weekends only). This week’s set includes tracks from Pusha T, Only Children, The Frim and more. Goods below. PS Who wants to jam this weekend? Hit me up. PPS. Probably going to post a #FreshFridays Part 2 sometime this afternoon, so stay tuned for that. BONUS: #FreshFridays Vol. IX: Part 2
Bass Power (The Frim Remix)
Pusha T fr. Rick Ross & Ab Liva – I Still Wanna
Gemini Club – Ghost (Only Children Remix)
Blow Up In The Deep (Dabruck & Klein Bootleg) [via]
Seems like we’ve stumbled upon some new material from Mr. Young Money. The song is a re-work of ‘I’m Not A Star’ from Ricky’s Teflon Don album. Decent track, the beat is recycled and the bars aren’t the tightest, so no magic here. No word on the placement of this track, hopefully not on TCIV though. This would be a soft start.