Chip covers my favorite Bone Thugs song, “Days Of Our Livez”, and sounds just like his Ohio forefathers, almost to a T (Editor’s Note: NO idea what “to a T” means, but felt like I should throw it in here!). This is a smooth way to round out Friday. His harmony game is kinda tight; sounds a lot like CuDi in the beginning of the track.

DOWNLOAD: Chip Tha Ripper – Don’t Come Into My Hood (Bone Thugs Cover)

On July 23rd, almost two weeks from today, Cleveland’s new king (LeBron dipped, remember?) Chip Tha Ripper will be killing the stage at NYC’s renowned Santos Party House. I know you see that DC to BC logo on the flyer, too. If you’re in the city on 7.23.10, definitely stop by the spot! 18 and up, so don’t think that if you can’t sip legally, don’t worry. You can at least fall through and enjoy a great concert. Great guest DJs, surprise guests, and all around great times. BUY TICKETS HERE! $12 in advance; I highly recommend it, because this joint will sell out.

The SLAB ENT family has embraced us ever since my man Quinn put me on to his tape two years ago and we were one of the first people to blog it. The team works so hard, and I was fortunate enough to see that first-hand over at SXSW a few months ago. Kev (the man behind the scenes – I know he doesn’t like to be mentioned, but he deserves to be!) came to scoop me and we chopped it up. It’s always cool when you take it further than this internet $#!t. Posting stuff is cool, but being an integral part of an artist’s growth from early on in their career is priceless.

Don’t let me get too sappy, though. Come through at like 10ish, Chip goes on at 11! I’ve seen the guy perform a bunch of times, and he’s good. We’ll get some mixtape refreshers up in the coming days to prepare you for this momentous occasion, so don’t worry if you’re not hip yet.

cleveland chip tha ripper is someone that DC to BC has supported since his can’t stop me mixtape from last year (he’s nice, i promise you. grab the tape here if you don’t believe me!). look out for the cleveland show (both the mixtape and the new family guy spin-off show), coming soon. check his interview on VIMBY below, and shout out to the guys over at slab up.

wow. chip just gained about 10,000 cool points for interweaving some real potent, emotional and honest verses on the classic sublime track, “pawn shop”. this is why the man should have been featured on that XXL magazine cover (wiz was also noticeably absent, as was drake. i’m just saying.) enjoy this, it will possibly turn you into a believer. shout out to my man kyle by the way, who told me that when we put up chip’s mixtape back in the day, he was quickly convinced after i put up that sample of “babyman”. and kyle’s a hard guy to win over! so you know chip is the truth.

DOWNLOAD: Chip Tha Ripper – Pawn Shop [Remix]

BONUS: Chip Tha Ripper – I Still Get It In Ohio [CRAZY! Over that Cam'Ron beat.]

and if you need more chip, start with the mixtape, Can’t Stop Me, hosted by DJ E-V.

chip tha ripper is the name, and apparently, he’s pretty sure that you can’t stop him. at all. this is one of the best mixtapes to come out this summer (yes, it dropped this summer. and we posted it. but everybody was loafing, so we had to re-up it. if you haven’t noticed, we’re all about the re-up. big time. we’re like a mini re-up gang, except we sell no drugs. just give music out for free. similar, but different. you know?) without a doubt. it bumps in the car, and it has a few laid back melodic tunes. more great work for cleveland. jam the sample, and download the mixtape below.

DOWNLOAD: Chip Tha Ripper – Can’t Stop Me [Mixtape]

big sean has been on deck for a minute, but recent acquisitions to ye‘s G.O.O.D. music imprint had people thinking he didn’t have his shit together. well, you all thought wrong. the mixtape dropped a month or so ago, and his mouth is back in people’s mouths like good gossip.

two tracks. first one came out recently, and the second one was supposed to be on the mixtape, but whoever put the final files together forgot to drag it into the folder. no joke. they are both ridiculous, and you should become a big sean believer after jamming both of them. can’t wait to see what beats skateboard p is cooking up for him.

DOWNLOAD: Big Sean – Glenwood [feat. Kanye West]

“y’all ride the beat, i’m about to pop a wheely, bitch.”

DOWNLOAD: Big Sean – Okay [feat. GLC & Chip Tha Ripper]

damn, chip. now this is $#!t talking at its finest, if nothing more than that. cleveland’s new poster boy is improving with every track i jam. his perma-cold voice is unique, and it grows on you.

DOWNLOAD: Chip Tha Ripper – They Mad

if you heard this and you like it, get his mixtape we posted a little earlier here, it cranks.

shout out to everybody over at slab up!

let me introduce donnis, a trill ATLien. last time i heard from him, it was like a year or two ago, and he was out in japan i think, either just posted up or doing music stuff. now, he’s back in the states, grinding on tracks with people like chip tha rip, and it seems like he came back from tokyo with gear that nobody has, because that’s essentially what this song is about. i like the beat and stuff, and while they aren’t saying anything new (not like anybody is), it’s still real smooth. they should try and get one more artist on this joint!

DOWNLOAD: Donnis – Otha $#!t [feat. Chip Tha Ripper]

this joint is off DJ benzi’s “the jetsetters mixtape”, grab it over at dopecouture.