100 New Songs For Mardi Gras 2011 (#NewMusicFriday?)

100 New Songs for Mardi Gras 2011

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Do you know what it's like to have an addiction? If you do, then you'll know that you can try to quit cold turkey, but once you get that craving and that first hit, it's full on relapse. For me, the past 48 hours have been nothing short of a hip hop bender. The start of 2011 had brought me such a busy work schedule that I was forced to put all of my new music listening and downloading on the back burner and haven't posted new music since #NewMusicFriday - 12/24/10 (where I recap the best new hip hop leaks each week and some random finds along the way). However, consider this post my very strong attempt to catch up on 10 weeks of hip hop in 2 days by bringing you 100 fresh new songs just in time for Mardi Gras!

In all honesty, you will not find another hip hop blog with a recap like this. Most blogs give you one song per post and more often than not, it sucks. Here are 100 tracks new hand-picked tracks from the well known to the up-and-coming MC's and producers. This is proof that hip hop is thriving well in 2011. All the below songs listed here were offered for free on referring websites and appear below in alphabetical order. Stream all the songs as a single playlist below or download the whole bunch for your collection at the 3 links below. And if you love it, help me keep real hip hop alive and support HeadPhoneHome.com by sharing this post and my vision.

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1. 1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) - The Money Is Reality Ft. Action Bronson
2. A.G. (of D.I.T.C.) – I’m A Beast (Prod. by Mike The Martyr)
3. A.G. (of D.I.T.C.) – Where You Been (Prod. by Mike The Martyr)
4. Ab-Soul Ft. Kendrick Lamar – Moscato (Prod. by Tae Beast)
5. Action Bronson – Barry Horowitz
6. Actual Proof - Let Cha Know Ft. Big Remo (Prod. by Khrysis)
7. Big K.R.I.T. - Dreamin'
8. Big K.R.I.T. - Good Foot
9. Blu – Amnesia (Remind)
10. Busta Rhymes - The Heist (Ft. Ghostface Killah, Raekwon & Roc Marciano) (Unreleased DJ Premier Remix) (Radio Rip)
11. C-Rayz Walz – The Fif (Prod. DJ Smoke)
12. Chubb Rock & Wordsmith – Back In (Remix) Ft. Jakk Frost & Sha Stimuli
13. Chuuwee – JJ Evans
14. Chuuwee – Slow Down
15. Cise - In Search of Hip-Hop
16. Co$$ – All I Do (Prod. by M.I.C.)
17. Co$$ – Angelic Ft. Blu (Prod. by Alphabet 4)
18. Co$$ Ft. Freddie Gibbs - Gone
19. CunninLynguists – Stars Shine Brightest Ft. Rick Warren
20. CunninLynguists Ft. Freddie Gibbs – Hard As They Come (Act I)
21. D-Wirks – Time
22. DJ Quik Ft. Gift Reynolds – Luv Of My Life
23. Dyme Def – Know That
24. El Gant - Problems Ft. J57 & Tek (Prod. by J57)
25. Emilio Rojas – Look At Me Now (Prod. by M-Phazes)
26. Emilio Sparks – Cloudkickin’ Ft. Smoke DZA & Den10
27. Eminem - Difficult (Proof Tribute)
28. Eminem – 2.0 Boys Ft. Slaughterhouse & Yelawolf
29. Eminem Ft. Jazmine Sullivan - Cocaine
30. Fashawn - Just Another Day Ft. Gilbere Forte (Prod. by Necronan Beats)
31. Fashawn, Buff 1 & Scheme – Theme Music (Prod. by DJ Babu)
32. Fat Joe – Pushing Keys Ft. Raekwon
33. Freddie Joachim - Quick (Instrumental)
34. Freeway & Statik Selektah Ft. Lil Fame & Termanology - From The Street
35. Fresh Daily – Second Hand High Ft. Nicholas Ryan (Prod. by Benamin)
36. GILBERE FORTE' - VERITAS
37. Grieves & Budo – Pack it Up
38. H.O.P.E. – I Do It
39. Horse Shoe Gang – Paper Planes Ft. Crooked I
40. Ill Bill & Vinnie Paz – Children of God (Prod. by Ill Bill)
41. J57 - Beyond The Infinite Pt. 2 (Ft P.SO & Fresh Daily)
42. J57 - Lights Out Ft. Skyzoo
43. Jadakiss - Lil Bruh
44. Jae Millz - Potent
45. Jay-Z & Kanye West – H.A.M.
46. Joe Budden – Ordinary Love Shit Pt. 2
47. John Regan - Reganomics
48. Jon Connor – Epic Remix Ft. Scram Jones & Styles P (Prod. by Optiks)
49. Jon Connor Ft. Elite - Keep Your Head (Prod. by Elite)
50. Kidz In The Hall - So Amazin
51. Koncept - Things You Do
52. Large Professor – Rap Professional (AOL Throwback Remix)
53. Logics - Focused Ft. Geo (of Blue Scholars)
54. Mac Miller – She Said (Prod. by Khrysis)
55. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Wings
56. Malcolm & Martin – Stand 4 Something (Prod. by DJ Revolution)
57. Mally & The Sundance Kid - Cloud Culture
58. Mistah F.A.B. - Boom Bap (Prod. by Ekzakt)
59. Mistah F.A.B. - She Dont Belong to Me (Ft. London)
60. Mos Def – Cream Of The Planet (Prod. by Ski Beatz)
61. Muneshine & Vinyl Frontiers - Freeze
62. Murs – Varsity Blues 2 (Prod. Aesop Rock)
63. Najee – To Tomorrow (A Hip Hop Toast) Ft. Nitty Scott, MC
64. Nas Ft. Swizz Beatz - Top Down (Original Version).com
65. One-2 – Half Man Ft. Crooked I (Prod. Komplex)
66. Pac Div - Your Fucking Song
67. Pharoahe Monch – Black Hand Side Ft. Phonte & Styles P
68. Pharoahe Monch – Clap (One Day) Ft. Showtyme & DJ Boogie Blind (Prod. M-Phazes)
69. Phil Ade – Phillin’ Em
70. Picaso - Wherez My Homiez 2010 (Ft. Thr33zy McFly &A.T.)
71. Punch Ft. Kendrick Lamar – Project Window (Prod. by Sounwave)
72. Raekwon Ft. Ghostface & Rick Ross - Molasses
73. Rapper Big Pooh - Freebasin' Ft. Carlitta Durand
74. Reks – T.K.O. Ft. JFK
75. Saigon - On My Way
76. Saigon – Too Long Ft. Black Thought
77. ScienZe – It All Starts Ft. L.A. (Prod. by Audible Doctor)
78. Sene - Motive (Prod. by NoGames)
79. Sha Stimuli – Move Back Ft. Freeway & Young Chris (Prod. by Just Blaze)
80. Slaughterhouse – Back On The Scene Ft. Dres
81. Slaughterhouse – Sun Doobie (Prod. by Mr. Porter)
82. Slaughterhouse Ft. The LOX - Put Some Money On It (Remix)
83. Smoke DZA - The Early Days Of George (Prod. by Hi-Tek)
84. Snoop Dogg – I Don’t Need No Bitch Ft. Devin The Dude & Kobe (Prod. by DJ Khalil)
85. Soul Khan - Shot Glass Magnified (Audible Doctor Remix) Feat. Sene
86. Soul Khan - Soulstice II
87. Strong Arm Steady Ft. Casey Veggies & Picaso – Do Ya Thang Girl
88. Strong Arm Steady Ft. Marsha Ambrosius – When Darkness Falls
89. Tassho Pearce – For the Love of Hip-Hop Ft. Prie
90. Terrace Martin – Get Bizy (Ft. Kurupt, Bad Lucc, Kendrick Lamar)
91. The Niceguys – Somebody Ft. Lee Lonn Walker
92. WrittenHouse - Melodi
93. Writtenhouse - Sticky
94. Writtenhouse - XL
95. XV - Finally Home Ft. Machine Gun Kelly (Prod. by Cook Classics)
96. XV – All For Me Ft. CyHi Da Prynce, Vado & Erin Cristine (Prod. Omen & Audio BLK)
97. Y-O (of U-N-I) – Blinded
98. YC The Cynic – More & More Ft. Von Pea, Soul Khan & Sene (Prod. by J57)
99. Yonas – Fall Back
100. Zion I & The Grouch – Rockit Man Ft. Silk-E

Happy Mardi Gras!!

Filet-o-Mix 15: Pete's Extremely Bootleg Essentials

Download "Pete's Extremely Bootleg Essentials" HERE 

I have a mixtape to share with you that is extremely personal and dear to my heart. The above is a picture of the actual cassette tape on which this mix resides and the paper below is the handwritten tracklist given to me for my 14th birthday by one of my best friends at the time, Pete. I can just imagine it now; Pete recording this mix in his room hitting pause-record on his boombox transferring each song individually from CD to blank cassette tape. This was around the last time cassette's were used for making mixtapes.

Pete was WAYYY ahead of the curve with his taste in hip hop at the age of 14. He was listening to the classics and yet, back then, many weren't even considered classics yet. You can thank Pete for being my musical mentor over a decade ago, shaping me to be the obsessed hip hop junkie that I am today. His influence drips through every track that I post on HeadPhoneHome and his two Technics 1200 turntables now reside in my basement and serve as a reminder that hip hop lives through those that keep it alive. The phenomenal mixtape below has not been taken off the cassette, but rather I have compiled all the digital versions for your enhanced listening pleasure.

Download "Pete's Extremely Bootleg Essentials" HERE

Tracklist

01 De La Soul - D.A.I.S.Y. Age
02 Eric B. & Rakim - Move The Crowd
03 De La Soul - Oodles Of O's
04 Gang Starr - Above The Clouds Ft. Inspectah Deck
05 Notorious B.I.G. - Unbelievable
06 Common - I Used To Love H.E.R.
07 The Pharcyde - Return Of The B-Boy
08 Eric B. & Rakim - Let The Rhythm Hit 'em
09 High & Mighty - BBoy Document '99 Ft. Skillz & Mos Def
10 Dr. Octagon - Earth People
11 Company Flow - Bad Touch Example
12 Public Enemy - Bring The Noise
13 Organized Konfusion - Sin
14 Nas - N.Y. State Of Mind
15 Dr. Dooom - I Run Rap
16 Thirstin Howl III - Brooklyn Hard Rock Ft. Unique London
17 Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagon
18 Company Flow - Info Kill II
19 Eric B. & Rakim - Lyrics Of Fury
20 Company Flow - Tragedy Of War

Share it. Don't be selfish.

-Filet Of Sole

Producer Spotlight: Apollo Brown

Download "Clouds" HERE

Maybe I've missed something, maybe I haven't, but it seems that Apollo Brown has exploded out of nowhere in the past year with perhaps the best production work of any producer in hip hop right now. After producing the entirety of the album "Gas Mask" by The Left, which in my opinion was the best hip hop album of 2010, Apollo Brown has dropped consistent non-stop bangers.

Now Apollo is back with a 28 track instrumental album that is appropriately named "Clouds" that takes the listener on a spiritual journey. These tracks are not the same kind of hard-hitting anthems that were found on "Gas Mask", but rather Apollo shows off his versatility with an offering of smoothed-out soul sampled chopped loops with his signature pounding drums - making the whole album a consistent listening experience. Every track is beautiful and drips with quality. If you want to hear how hip hop is supposed to sound, then look to Apollo Brown as your musical tour guide. Spread the word.

Tracklist for "Clouds"
1. Sound of Guns
2. Blue Ruby
3. Never In a Million Years
4. Balance
5. The 11th Hour
6. Wisdom
7. Black Pearls
8. Shoot the Heart
9. Push
10. One Chance
11. Human Experience
12. Know the Time 
13. Heirloom
14. Seed of Memory
15. Bridge Through Time
16. Just Walk
17. Shadows of Grief
18. Time Passed Autumn
19. Choices
20. Father and Son
21. A Conscious Breath
22. Drinking Life
23. Imagination
24. Tao Te Ching
25. Heart of Glass
26. The Baghdad Sun
27. A Day’s End
28. God’s Creation

Filet-o-Mix 14: The Pump UP

Being in the music industry sometimes blinds you to the reason why you got into it in the first place. It's all about the music and the people united by it. Today I asked on Facebook, "Anyone want some new hip hop?". The first response was from one of my best friends that I haven't spoken to in a while. He requested, "Something that'll pump me up". So here you go: a 20 track mix of all relatively new songs entitled "The Pump UP". This is sure to keep you going from the A.M. through the P.M. Use this music to help push yourself at the gym or to run red lights while cruising down the block.

Download "The Pump UP" HERE

01 Kanye West - Power (Feat. Dwele)

02 Drake - Over (Prod. Boi-1da)

03 Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow (Prod. Stargate)

04 Cambatta - So Good Feat. Nino Bless, Crooked I, Sha Stimuli & Big Moss

05 Young Jeezy - Put On Remix Feat. Jay-Z

06 Reks - This Or That (Prod. Statik Selektah)

07 Muneshine - Gotta Feeling (Feat. D-Sisive & Shad)

08 Playboy Tre & Joell Ortiz - Work

09 Reek Da Villian - Mechanics (Feat. Busta Rhymes & Swizz Beatz)

10 Statik Selektah - Rollin Down The Freeway Feat. Glasses Malone, Termanology & Kali

11 Kanye West - Good Friday (Feat. Common Pusha T, KiD CuDi, Big Sean, Charlie Wilson

12 Big K.R.I.T. - Country Shit

13 Shad - A Good Name
14 Styles P - Sometimes

15 Ghostface Killah - In Tha Park Feat. Black Thought

16 The Left - Desperation

17 Eminem -  Session One Feat. Slaughterhouse

18 Glasses Malone - Haters Feat. Lil Wayne & Baby

19 Statik Selektah - For The City (Feat. M.O.P. & Jadakiss)

20 H.O.P.E. - I Do It

Share the music if you like it.

-Filet Of Sole