Category Archives: Mello Music Group

FRESHclusive:
Low Budget & Mello Music Group present
Kenn Starr – It’s Still Real…

Following up on the premiere of last week’s Budget Is Low Mixtape, today brings us yet another full-length free download from the Low Budget Crew – this time from rapper, Kenn Starr. Entitled It’s Still Real…, the unmixed non-tape is a discography update of sorts – collecting the guest appearances and collaborations Kenn has [...]

FRESHclusives:
Oddisee “Drugs Outside (Remix)”
feat. Rapper Big Pooh & Black Milk
b/w Trek Life “Break Up Season” (prod. Flip)

First off, apologies for the brief hiatus – it just be like that sometimes. Anyway, I’m back up in it now with two more Mello Music Group exclusives for you guys today. Following up on last week’s debut from Oddisee’s Mental Liberation album, I’ve got one more for you – the “Drugs Outside [...]

Oddisee, X.O. & yU present…
Diamond District – In The Ruff album

Swiped from the Diamond District blog:

“In The Ruff is the highly anticipated debut album from new DC hip hop group The Diamond District, created by state veterans Oddisee, X.O. & yU. In The Ruff is the answer for any lover of hip hop who asks the question – ‘Where did that grimy East coast [...]

Oddisee, X.O. & yU (still) are…
DIAMOND DISTRICT
“I Mean Business”

Just in case you missed it – the latest leak from the forthcoming Diamond District project dropped today. The song, “I Mean Business,” is the second track to be released from the forthcoming Diamond In The Ruff album.

The song sticks to the album’s theme of having that distinct “mid-90’s boom-bap” feel to it, and [...]

Oddisee, X.O. & yU are…
DIAMOND DISTRICT
“Who I Be” b/w mini-documentary

In case you missed it – the very first leak from the DMV all-star project, Diamond District, dropped today. The trio is compromised of MC/producer, Oddisee, and MC’s X.O. and yU. With all three members already being established solo artists with seperate styles of their own – they’ve all come together to cement [...]

ALBUM PREVIEW:
Georgia Anne Muldrow presents…
Ms.One & The Gang
(feat. Black Milk, Rapper Big Pooh & more)

Here’s a late first listen of the newly released compilation from Georgia Anne Muldrow, under her production alias, Ms.One. The album features Ms.One producing for (and in some cases introducing) her whole Epistrophik Peach Sound crew, which features songstress, Jimetta Rose; spoken word artist, Eagle Nebula; rapper Illicit Child, and a slew of others. [...]

FRESH SELECTS RADIO #1

Today marks the debut of my new podcast, simply titled Fresh Selects Radio. Even though this is the first episode, it feels like the second in a way, because its more or less a follow-up to the Loose Joints mixtape I put together last fall. Just like that, its a collection showcasing both [...]

FRESH SELECTS: LOOSE JOINTS

As promised, here’s the first-ever Fresh Selects mixtape. No, it’s not really mixed – its just a .zip full of tracks that I’ve been feeling lately, and/or been meaning to post about. I’m gonna be gone for the next couple of days so I wanted to put this up to hold you guys [...]

Invincible & Finale
“Don’t Sleep” (produced by Black Milk)

Today I’ve got your first listen of the new single from one of my favorite MC tag teams, Invincible & Finale. Michigan’s finest duo are at it again – this time with “Don’t Sleep,” an awakening system shock aimed at all the zombies out there. The track features Invincible on the verses, Finale [...]

Peter Rosenberg presents…
“A Rosenberg Oddisee” + more

Now, you guys know I’m not usually with the whole “blog syndication” theory of doing things – but I decided to make an exception in this case, since this being a rare example of a blog-created free download EP/mixtape that doesn’t suck. Far from it, in fact – but if you’re at all familiar [...]

Georgia Anne Muldrow vs. Oddisee vs. Oh No

The always otherworldly duo of Georgia Anne Muldrow & Dudley Perkins have returned with some more fOnk for your soul. This time it’s in the form of their new single, “Endure”, from their forthcoming collaboration album, SomeOthaShip. With Georgia providing both the beat & hook for “Endure,” the verses features both the rocksteady cadence [...]