Houston representer Eliot Ness is back again with his latest release “Small Time” featuring willie D and Scarface plus Daz Dillinger from the dogg pound. Look out for Eliott Ness he will be releasing more tracks in the future.

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West coast funk duo 7 Days Of Funk, comprised of Snoop Dogg and Dam-Funk dropped off a funky New Year’s Day joint for us with “In My System”. The track has that good ol’ easy, west coast lowrider sound, along with a hard hitting Daz Dillinger 16. It’s perfect for cruising around town this weekend or as a late night turn up. Catch it below.

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90’s revivalist hip-hop is often trite and contrived, consisting of rappers desperate for creativity who paraphrase freshness from the past without offering anything new.  Gangsta Boo and Beatking’s new mixtape Underground Cassette Tape Music is a glaring exception. It incorporates elements from Gangsta Boo’s past verses with Three 6 Mafia, while simultaneously offering fresh perspective relative to our generation of Southern trap music. It’s a genuine incarnation of the Dirty South. Beatking said in a recent interview with Noisey that “Underground Cassette Tape Music sounds like some shit you’d be jammin’ from Swishahouse in 1999, from Screw in 1999, or if you was jammin’ DJ Paul and Lord Infamous’ Come to Hell with Me II in 1995.” Beatking and Gansta Boo enhance the tape with features from artists such as Danny Brown, OJ da Juiceman, Paul Wall, Daz Dillinger and Lil’ Flip. This is a fantastic tape. Beatking perfectly surmised the style of it when he said “[his beats on this record] let you know what trap music would sound like before it was called trap and was just hard music.”

Listen and download the mixtape via the link below.

http://www.livemixtapes.com/download/29769/gangsta-boo-beatking-underground-cassette-tape-music.html

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Freddie Gibbs’ highly anticipated new album, ESGN (Evil Seeds Grow Naturally), will be released on July 9. Above is ESGN‘s gritty, real-photo artwork–a departure from animated and semi-animated covers of Cold Day In Hell and BFK–finding Fred as the only one whose face goes uncensored. Though the concept is similar to a certain good kid’s cover, it says something entirely different: here, we see Freddie as the last one willing to go, controversially, on record (in both senses of the word), the last OG to the bone, no matter how many fakes he find himself surrounded by. With this album, Gangsta Gibbs is creating a brand for himself–he’s even started a label under the album’s name. The tracklist features the contributions from Jay Rock, Problem, Daz Dillinger, Spice 1, BJ The Chicago Kid, and many more (see below). Pre-order the LP on iTunes today.

01. Lil’ Sodi
02. The Real G Money
03. Came Up
04. Hundred Thousand f. G-Wiz & Hit “Skrewface”
05. D.O.A. f. G-Wiz & Big Kill
06. Lay It Down
07. I Seen a Man Die f. Lil Sodi
08. Have U Seen Her f. Hit “Skrewface”
09. One Eighty Seven f. Problem
10. Eastside Moonwalker
11. F.A.M.E. f. Daz Dillinger & Spice 1
12. Paper f. Y.B.
13. The Color Purple
14. Certified Live f. G-Wiz & Jay Rock
15. Ten Packs of Backwoods f. D-Edge
16. Dope In My Styrofoam f. G-Wiz & G.I. Fleezy
17. 9Mm f. G.I. Fleezy & G-Wiz
18. Lose Control f. BJ the Chicago Kid
19. Freddie Soprano
20. Murda Dem f. G.I. Fleezy & Big Kill

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Words by Ryan Reyes

Nowadays Tha Dogg Pound duo Daz Dillinger and Kurupt are much more likely to figuratively rat-a-tat-tat some raps on that ass than blast Gats. Kushtal Records had the opportunity to book Tha Dogg Pound for a show in Winnipeg. This was great news for rap fans. Especially for us older heads who grew up in the heyday of Gangsta Rap and the subsequent prominence of the popular West Coast rap movement that brought us N.W.A., Ice-T, Too Short, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Tupac.

We followed a couple ladies with legs-for-days (or should we say mini-mini-skirts?) into Stereo Nightclub. As we settled in we caught energetic sets from local rap crew Unity Sound Crew and Van City wordsmith Dilemma. Daz and Kurupt’s first few tracks paid homage to one-time Deathrow labelmate and D.P.G. affiliate Nate Dogg.

“Nobody Does It Better” and “Regulate” set the tone for the night. The crowd was already eagerly reciting lyrics word for word as G-Funk dripped from the speakers and the energy only heightened as popular tracks “Cali Iz Active” and “Let’s Play House” got a spin. These two are Tha Dogg Pound’s highest charting singles; #4 & #5 respectively, on the Billboard Rap Charts. Halfway through the set DJ Salam abruptly stopped the music for a memorable crowd-response question asked by Daz: “Do y’all smoke weed in Winnipeg?! We do in Cali every day!” The crowd roared in agreement, then Kurupt c-walked quite effortlessly to everyone’s amusement. Then “Ain’t No Fun” came on and once again West Coast rap karaoke was in session.

At one point Kurupt stopped the music to educate everyone about Daz’s underappreciated production prowess. He was responsible for production on several tracks off of Tupac’s acclaimed album All Eyez On Me: “Ambitionz Az a Ridah” and “I Ain’t Mad at Cha,” to name a couple. Let’s not forget that Kurupt was considered one of the most lyrical emcees from the West Coast. Their set concluded with snippets from the many tracks that they’ve been individually featured on, like “Got My Mind Made Up” by Tupac featuring Daz and “Housewife” by Dr. Dre featuring Kurupt. All in all, Tha Dogg Pound put on a solid rap show filled with familiarity and funk and explosive energy. Appropriately, they ended the night with a bang… “Xxplosive.”

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Curren$y keeps the good music coming with a new song featuring west-coast favorite Daz Dillinger. His new album, The Stoned Immaculate, is available for pre-order here.

Fast Cars, Faster Women by Ghost01

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