Alright – now that that‘s outta the way… lets move on to an MC that’s actual worth listening to – with an exclusive first listen to the upcoming project from one of my favorites right now: Finale. The project is entitled T.I.M.E. (which stands for Think Innovate Move Endure), and ironically, there’s kind of a long story behind this one. It started off as tracks that were recorded for his A Pipe Dream And A Promise album (which drops next week) that were compiled to be released as a pre-album download. But with Finale’s standard for quality control being what it is – even his leftovers were album-worthy and the project instead got picked up by a Japanese label to be released as an album in and of itself.

So, needless to say, the game plan for the download had to be changed around a little. So what we’ve got for you today is a quick, single-file “megamix” of the album mixed by DJ King Most. The mix only features 6 of the album’s 14 tracks – but don’t worry, I’m gonna be debuting more of the project next week. In the meantime, check out the mix and leave a comment letting me know what you think.

You can check the tracklisting before downloading the mix below. Also, all the song titles that are in blue will link you to an older post with an individual download of that track, in case you missed it. And for State-side fans looking to cop the album when it drops – Finale will also be selling T.I.M.E. at shows, so be sure to catch him when he’s in your area.

For everyone who hit me up about the new Finale tracks from the Loose Joints unmixed-tape and asked for more – I got you. Fresh from Finale himself, we’ve got another pair of new tracks – “Jungle Music (All Day),” his take on Baltimore club/go-go music produced by Nick Tha 1da, and the introspective “Without You” produced by M-Phazes.

Finale also provided some insight on what inspired him to make the song: “A D.C. native told me they hated go-go and Baltimore club music. I’d been hearing the song on Nick’s page for about a week straight because the track is actually a tribute to DJ K-Swift (RIP). I asked him for the track and I think he thought I was crazy for picking that joint or either joking – LOL. So I told the chick from D.C. that if I rapped on a club/go-go joint I could make her start to dig that type of music again…so I was challenged to do it and when I sent it to her the next day she said she dug it….so there ya have it (Jungle Music) – LOL.”

Both “Jungle Music” and “Without You” are from an upcoming Finale mixtape of non-album exclusive tracks, which will be dropping in the coming months leading up to when his new album, A Pipe Dream & A Promise, is released in March. The album will feature appearances from Invincible, MonicaBlaire, and hip-hop pioneers, Awesome Dre & Prince Whippa Whip (Cold Crush) – not to mention one of the most impressive production line-up’s I’ve ever seen, consisting of: Dilla, Waajeed, Black Milk, Flying Lotus, Dabrye, TaRaach, Nottz, Oddisee, Kev Brown, Khrysis, M-Phazes, Apollo Brown, Slimkat 78, Dimlite, and Vaughan T (Lab Techs). Wow…. can we take a deep breath and read that list over one more time? ….DAMN!!!

To go along with “Jungle Music” – here’s a brand new video to the track put together by Your Brutha Brub of The B.Q. Happenings, who has all done videos for Finale’s “Motor Music,” J*DaVeY‘s “Lil Big Heads,” and more.

Check out the video below and then cop the two free downloads at the bottom. Also, stay tuned after the jump for bonus tracks highlighting 3 of Finale’s lesser known collaborations – including a track with Invincible from the Detroit Summer LAMP benefit compilation, an exclusive unreleased mix of his track with French producer, Dela, as well as an older track with UK producer Ghost that uses the “Welcome 2 Detroit” intro.