As promised last week, here’s a more in-depth listen to the upcoming project from Finale, T.I.M.E.. The album will be released in the coming months through Japanese label, River City Media as well as sold at upcoming Finale shows on tour. To go along with the previous links, included in the post cast below are the majority of the rest of the album tracks, as well as some added collaborations thrown in for good measure.

All of this is meant to serve as a reminder that Finale’s debut solo album, A Pipe Dream And A Promise, is in stores today. The album features production from Dilla, Waajeed, Black Milk, Flying Lotus, TaRaach, Nottz, Oddisee, Kev Brown, Khrysis, M-Phazes, Apollo Brown, Slimkat78, Dimlite, and Vaughan T (Lab Techs), as well as appearances from Invincible and MonicaBlaire. In my personal opinion, A Pipe Dream is one of the most well thought-out and consistent rap albums to come out for a minute – so be sure to support that.

You can check the podcast tracklisting below, before either downloading or streaming it at the bottom of the post. Leave a comment and let me know what you think.

Photo courtesy of Erik V. Stephens for Crush Media Group, LLC.

1. Finale – Mr. Cooper (prod. Knxwledge)
2. Finale – Saturday (prod. Slimkat78)
3. Finale – No More Mr. Nice Guy (prod. House Shoes)
4. Ghost – It’s All Love (Remix) (feat. Finale)
5. Finale – Bad Newz (prod. Knxwledge)
6. Finale – Patience (prod. Knxwledge)
7. Finale – Bang Bang (prod. Apollo Brown)
8. Finale feat. Donwill & Hassaan Mackey – Pick Up The Pieces (prod. Muhsinah)
9. Donwill feat. Finale, Fresh Daily & Che Grand – Life’s Pie (prod. Oddisee)
10. Finale – Life Goes On (prod. Djimon)
11. Mosel feat. Quelle & Finale – Late Night Shift (prod. Mosel)
12. Finale feat. Asylum 7 & Magestik Legend – Stress (prod. Dela)

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 with DMV-area producer/MC, Oddisee, that should really come as no surprise. Oddisee has already done over 7 officially released mixtapes, landed production placements with artists like Little Brother, J-Live, DJ Jazzy Jeff and countless others, plus has remixed full albums for both Brooklyn-based MC, Wordsworth, and LA’s own, Trek Life. And with all of that work done in roughly just the last 4 of 5 years, you’d be hard-pressed to find a weak track in the bunch.

For this project, Oddisee links up with Peter Rosenberg, a fellow Low Budget crew member turned official torchbearer for underground music on New York’s mega-station, Hot 97. The set-up for what they’ve dubbed A Rosenberg Oddisee involved Rosenberg taking on the A&R/executive producer role and coordinating all of the guest artists to come through and record in a marathon one-day session in New York, while Oddisee held down the production end and occasional mic duties. Among those guests are included some of NY’s finest MC’s – Buckshot, Saigon, Skyzoo, Torae, Lil’ Fame (of M.O.P.) and Daytona, plus a song from everyone’s favorite singing vlogger, Nikki Jean. The 6-track EP includes exclusive songs from all of the above, plus interludes with Rosenberg between all tracks.

The EP was put up as a free download on Rosenberg’s site and the one-day session filmed by SOHH both of which have since been spread on all the usual hip-hop blogs. So, this being Fresh Selects (no ego), I had to go the extra mile and add some exclusive bonus tracks after the jump. Included are streams of personal highlights from 3 of Oddisee’s current and upcoming projects, the Oddisee 102 compilation, and both the vocal and instrumental releases of his remixes of Trek Life‘s Price I’ve Paid album. As for the Rosenberg Oddisee EP itself, you can stream exclusive, non-interview versions of two of my personal favorites from the EP below, and then download the full version below.