Loosies V9

Frequent visitors of the site (real sorry for the ridiculous amount of slacking fam…) know that we DREAD these kinds of posts, but almost a whole week out of the game leaves us with no choice… A slew of jams for you to pick and choose from including tracks from *deep breathe – 6th Sense, A&E (Masta Ace & Edo G’s collabrative project), Brother Ali (alongside Joell Ortiz & Freeway), cARTer (with a guest spot from the Underground King, Bun B), Consequence (suprisingly featuring Rick Ross and production from Statik Selektah), CurT@!N$, Don Notz (guest featuring Ali Vegas & Torae), Ice Cube, the homie J.A.M.E.S Watts, a few joints from CuDi, Lee Bannon alongside U-N-I, Talib Kweli, Zion I and Sha Stimuli, new shit from Ladies Love Cool James, the final version of the Madonna x Lil Wayne song, a collab between N.O.R.E. and Bun B, OC & AG, Raekwon, new heat off of Royce’s Street Hop, Saigon, Sean P!, unreleased Snoop from the Death Row days, some new Term, The Black Keys featuring Jim Jones and Mos Def (ridiculous), U-N-I featuring Theo and CurT, Nino Bless & Rass Kass and finally Vibes w/ Royce. – exhale*

Download: Best@it (Ft. Freeway & Joell Ortiz) – Brother Ali
Download: The Return 2 (Ft. U-N-I, Talib Kweli, Zion I & Sha Stimuli) – Lee Bannon
Download: New Money – Royce Da 5’9″
Download: Broken Safety 2 (The Incredible P) – Sean Price
Download: Hoochie Coo (Ft. Mos Def & Jim Jones) – The Black Keys

You can catch the rest after the jump…

Mixtape: Mick Boogie Presents Re-Living Thing – Peter Bjorn & John

After much anticipation the Mick Boogie x Peter Bjorn & John remix project is finally out. With some dope feature (Bun B, The Kid Daytona, Big Pooh, GLC, Talib Kweli, 88-Keys, Outasight, U-N-I, GZA, Buckshot, just to name a few) along with some equally dope producers (AJK, 6th Sense, The Kickdrums, Marco Polo, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jet Audio, nVMe, Cookin’ Soul and more) there’s no way this mixtape can turn out anything but dope. Peep what Mick Boogie had to say…

It’s finally here! The long awaited, Mick Boogie curated remix project for one of the world’s coolest bands, Peter Bjorn & John! I got together with some of my favorite producers and emcees and came up with a Mick Boogie classic! All your favorite PBJ songs from their “Living Thing” album completely remixed and reworked, and I think you’ll love them all.

Download x Tracklist after the jump…

So What (Ft. U-N-I) – Xzibit

Wow, this is reaaaallly dope, shouts to 2dope on the world premiere!

“Xzibit’s “So What” featuring Inglewood, CA’s U-N-I is the second release from Cashmere Agency Presents Mr. Grustle & Tha Russian’s Dubstep LA: Embrace The Renaissance Vol. 1 Mixed By Plastician. Crafted by famed Dubstep producer D1, “So What,” seamlessly blends Dubstep’s heavy oscillating bass lines and dark syncopated sounds with the lineup’s fierce lyricism.

Cashmere Agency Presents Mr. Grustle & Tha Russian’s Dubstep LA: Embrace The Renaissance Vol. 1 Mixed By Plastician hits the net September 9 and features famed Dubstep producers Benga, 12th Planet and Caspa alongside hip-hop stars like Murs, Grouch and Eligh, Grand Puba, Ras Kass and Eve. It also features Snoop Dogg’s Chase & Status produced “Snoop Dogg Millionaire” which recently leaked to the web.”

Download: So What (Ft. U-N-I) – Xzibit

Holy Thurzday – Thurzday (of U-N-I)

Well this is something different, when’s the last time you heard anything from the U-N-I boys on a solo dolo type deal? Well right here we have Thurzday doing his thing, and check back soon to peep Y-O’s solo venture.

Download: Holy Thurzday – Thurzday (of U-N-I)

Video: Hardknock TV Interview w/ U-N-I

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Hardknock TV caught up with YO & Thurz during the shooting of the video for their Green Label Sound single to discuss hipsters, Lauren London, Bishop Lamont, as well as The Knux “beef”

Free: Beatnick & K-Salaam – Where the Streets Have No Name

We world premiered our latest project Where The Streets Have No Name this weekend on imeem.com, our music player got over 260,000 views in just 2 days. Featuring our production as the backdrop for street anthems from the likes of: Lil Wayne, Bun B, Young Buck, Talib Kweli, K’naan, & much more; the project is already being heralded as a classic. Now we are making the entire album available for free download. I would suggest that you download it, and then listen to it all the way through.

Download: Beatnick & K-Salaam – Where the Streets Have No Name Props to Illroots on the up

Video: Land of the Kings – U-N-I

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This is super dope, U-N-I shoots a video for their Ro Blvd produced Green Label Sound single on some MGMT shit. Speaking of U-N-I videos, where is the video for Pulp Fiction? I wanna see how that turned out. Also, after the jump you can peep the behind the scenes footage from this video courtesy of VIMBY…

Video: U-N-I x Krondon (Strong Arm Steady) x Lee Bannon discuss Michael Jackson

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During the creation of a record featuring U-N-I x Mistah F.A.B. x Phil The Agony on a Lee Bannon beat, Krondon, U-N-I & Bannon chop it up about Michael Jackson and his musical legacy.

Video: U-N-I on Michael Jackson’s Passing

R.I.P Michael Jackson, the king of pop…

Lark On My Go-Kart Freestyle – U-N-I

It’s been a mad minute since we’ve heard anything from the Cali duo of Thurzday and Y-O, and personally I’m a big fan, A Love Supreme is my shiiiiiiit! Not to mention that this instrumental is just ridiculously dope aswell. Also, seeing as this is Asher Roth related, why not post the one year anniversary of his mixtape, The Green House Effect after the jump… Check it out.

Download: Lark On My Go-Kart Freestyle – U-N-I

More after the jump…

Video: Stash Magazine Freestyle – U-N-I

It’s been a mad minute since I’ve seen anything from U-N-I drop, here goes a freestyle they did with Stash Magazine before their visit to the Lyricist Lounge show.

Land Of The Kings – U-N-I

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Shouts to Green Label Sound for letting loose this joint they did with U-N-I. The video above tells a little about the track aswell as shows the recording process. Live instruments FTW, thats why I dig The Roots so much.

Download: Land Of The Kings – U-N-I

Video: Twitter Talk w/ U-N-I

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I rarely check my twitter nowadays, but if you wanna follow me, go right ahead – Simplesteve’s Twitter

Video: MiamiSwag Interview w/ U-N-I

This whole interview is straight comedy. The U-N-I crew really are those dudes, Y-O and Thurz need to come down and do a Canadian tour or something, real talk.

It’s Notherground Music!! (7/11/06 – 1/7/09)

It’s Notherground Music Yo!! For those of you who didn’t check out 6th Sense’s beat tape the first time around simply because it was just instrumentals you can peep all the original songs off of the project right here. Both Nice, 6th Sense, The Kid Daytona, Black ELement, Talib Kweli, Wildabeast, Jelani, Old Money, Outasight, Harlem’s Cash, Skyzoo, Emilio Rojas, A.Pinks, Mekka Don, U-N-I (plus more) all go in over 6th Sense beats. If you wanna peep the tracklist, its the exact same thing as It’s a 6th Sense Beat Yo! so check that out by clicking here.

Download: It’s Notherground Music!! (7/11/06 – 1/7/09)

Reach For The Sky (Ft. U-N-I, Tabi Bonney & Haziq Ali) – Beatnick & K-Salaam

Sometime last week, a stream of this joint was floating around the internets, I got my hands on a rip of it, but held off for the CDW version, and here it is! Off Beatnick & K-Salaam’s Where The Streets Have No Name comes Reach For The Sky featuring YO, Thurzday, Tabi Bonney & Haziq Ali.

Download: Reach For The Sky (Ft. U-N-I, Tabi Bonney & Haziq Ali) – Beatnick & K-Salaam x iPhone DL

Nightlife II (Ft. Mickey Factz, U-N-I & Alex Isley) – H.O.P.E.

You might remember hearing the first part of this song a little while back, now comes Nightlife II with a couple of dudes you should all be pretty familiar with. Inglewood’s U-N-I and The Bronx’ Mickey Factz. H.O.P.E’s Follow The Leader drops next Tuesday so be on the look out for that.

Download: Nightlife II (Ft. Mickey Factz, U-N-I & Alex Isley) – H.O.P.E.
iPhone Download(4shared): Nightlife Remix ft. Mickey Factz and U.N.I – H.O.P.E

Video: U-N-I Interview w/ illRoots.com

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The good folks of illRoots got a chance to talk to U-N-I after a recent show but instead of me telling you what went down, I’ll let Mike Waxx do the explaining…

Our homie Hayden Lyle chops it up with YO and Thurzday from U-N-I at the Speak Your Mind show in Reno about their album A Love Supreme, the ‘Hollywood Hiatus’ video, influences, the artwork and more. Even some footage of YO getting his MJ on is thrown into the mix.

LOL @ YO’s MJ impression.

Video: U-N-I on 9-5 Hustles

HHO catch up with Y-O & Thurz to talk about the biggest inspiration of their lives and working 9 to 5’s… Speaking of 9-5’s, I really need to get one of those popping cause this being broke business is not something I enjoy. And shut up Morph, because I already know what you’re going to say…

Video: Hollywood Hiatus – U-N-I & Ro Blvd.

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This has gotta be one of my favorite songs right now, and imo the video does the song justice. A LOVE SUPREME AVAILABLE NOW! Seriously, if you haven’t copped the U-N-I boys FREE album, what is wrong with you? do that right now!