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)

Oooh, buddy! This is like an easter egg for die-hard N*E*R*D fanatics.

The album leaked yesterday. No, I will not share it. I will, however, toss you this extended version of one of the album’s highlights, “Inside The Clouds”, that made its way to the surface of the earth today. The album version was a huge tease to see what else they could have gone with the track, and lucky for us, they tossed us a full version, which is available on the Japanese edition of Nothing. This joint is reminiscent of those minor chord-heavy jams that were all over the first album.

So my marvelous Twitter follower @TGIME just hipped me to TheNeptunes.org article on this joint, which basically says that this dude just took a program to that regular version of “Inside of Clouds” and flipped it! This isn’t any official remix! There is, however, a snippet for a different song that is apparently a Amazon.com bonus track! Grab that here, and HUGE shout out to TheNeptunes.org for always being the most up-to-date on what’s going on with these guys. Enjoy.

DOWNLOAD: N*E*R*D – Inside of Clouds [Extended Version]

Oh, and the guys over at Madbury Club reviewed the album. I’m not pleased about their words, but I respect them, so I’ll let you guys see for yourself.

Madbury Club Reviews N*E*R*D’s Nothing

This is incredible.

So if you remember last year’s Single Awareness Day mix [S.A.D. 2] that I dropped, you’ll remember quite possibly your favorite track from the joint, Rob Roy’s “Carmencita”, and how hard it went.

Well, my girl Nicole from Dub Frequency informed me that they dropped a video today, and she hooked me up like the cable guy did my TV earlier today. Watch, enjoy, embrace, and spread the word.

Rob’s project is available on iTunes…I rarely buy music, but I bought this joint a while ago. His flow is outrageous, and he’s not your typical artist (at all). I hope this stamp will force you to do some Google research and find him. Or, you can just check out the last stuff I posted by him. Links below.

PREVIOUS: Dude Royal – Please Don’t Go [Remix] [feat. Rob Roy]

MORE PREVIOUS: Rob Roy – Fur In My Hat [Video]

Another N*E*R*D leak, guys. Another feel-good track, but I hope this isn’t a highlight on their album. You know me, though. My N*E*R*D bar is sky high. I only want the best from them, as you can imagine! Their fourth project, Nothing, is slated for November 2nd.

DOWNLOAD: N*E*R*D – Nothing On You

I feel like I need to get a listening session / album release party in order…let’s see what I can do.

BONUS VIDEO (This song goes harder in my opinion!!!!):

Chris Barz is among my top five artists out of DC, without a doubt. Witty wordplay, a mix of classic and new school flow, and hella bars, just like his name suggests.

He had one of the most slept on mixtapes to drop last year around Christmas, Class[Sickz] Out The Dark; the only reason that I can think of for people not praising the tape heavily is simply because they didn’t get a chance to hear it. However, when you look at the ingredients included in the final product, namely Best Kept Secret producing the entire project, you’ll probably scratch your head wondering how it slipped past you. Well, today’s your lucky day. I’ll introduce (re-introduce for some of you early adapters) you to Mr. Barz with his new video, produced by the New York-based LightUp Film. Their handled Chris’ video for “Dreamers”, featuring crooner Jesse Boykins III, and the final product looks crispier than those fresh Krispy Kreme donuts that come out if you get there right when the store opens! Take a look.

And between me and you, this isn’t even close to the best song on the mixtape. My favorite joints are “Wherever We Go”, “Til Erybody Knows”, and “Fall (Keep Movin’)”. The production is wild on everything, even the sole track not by BKS; Rocky Radio KILLS one of my favorite Jackson 5 songs for the sample, and could quite possibly body every other song on the mixtape.

I’d rather not talk anymore. Here are the samples (my three favorites; I’d listen to them all!), and the link to his tape is below.

DOWNLOAD: Chris Barz – Class[Sickz] Out The Dark [MIXTAPE]

The streets, as well as Twitter Nation, have been chattering about when Star Trak affiliates Christian Rich would be releasing some new music. I feel blessed to be the guy who can give you the latest offering from the twins! I guess that’s what you get when you are the first people to ever drop their music on the blogosphere. Yeah, that was a little swag, but more of a joke. Sheesh. Can I live?!

This Colin Munroe-assisted electro-pop track was sitting in my inbox this morning, and it’s a jam. Got me out of my bed doing a classy two-step. The hook is infectious as hell. “Say My Name” is most likely gonna be on a future project of one of theirs called Arcade. Admit you wanna hear what that joint sounds like just based off the album name alone.

DOWNLOAD: Christian Rich – Say My Name [feat. Colin Munroe]

I wanna know what Christian Rich and Wiz Khalifa would cook up, to be honest. But that’s just me being the dreamer that I am. Shrug. Oh, and you heard that N*E*R*D shouted them out as their favorite new producers, right?

This is my trunk rattler for 2010. It’s probably the most played in August in my iTunes besides Spitta and Snoop’s “Seat Change”. I don’t really care how you feel about him, because this joint thumps. As to whether or not he’s sane (I had to question his sanity after reading that XXL interview, but at this point in the game, that’s irrelevant. I’m about results, baby! And Based God is giving me them.

I downloaded the Blue Flame mixtape, too. He has a lot of based music (yeah, I just said that), but he also has some regular ass rap that you wouldn’t think he could come up with. The samples are all really abstract and weird, but I jammed it when I was ridin’ ’round shinin’ in Baltimore the other day, and I was surprised at how listenable and not ridiculous a lot of the music was. Don’t say I co-signed his rapping, but I certainly will verify that he is indeed BASED! Let’s go.

DOWNLOAD: Lil B – Wonton Soup [It's about a minute or so longer than the video version. Another verse, baby.]

BONUS!

DOWNLOAD: Lil B – Paris Hilton [Second verse, he has a line that goes, "I'm Paris Hilton / Home at the Hilton / I'm out driving drunk, I look like Paris Hilton. Watch Paris Hilton, Chain Paris hilton. Ring Paris Hilton. I think I'm Paris Hilton." If that ain't BASED, I don't know what is!]

RIP to the King of Pop. In honor of his birthday today, I’ve decided to post one of my all-time favorite movies, Moonwalker.

I kid you not. The entire joint is in DCtoBC’s patented HD (hella dope) quality. You know you’ve been looking for this for a few years.

If you haven’t seen this joint, then clear your schedule and watch it immediately. The film includes everything from the live concert scenes to the part where he runs away from the crazy fans and battles the rabbit to the actual movie. A classic. I invite you to relive your childhood here for the next 88 minutes. Spread the word, please.

DOWNLOAD: Michael Jackson – Moonwalker [HD Quality]

An article in Atlanta’s Creative Loafing informed me that the three ATLiens that make up the alternative rap group Supreeme have disbanded and gone their separate ways. These guys were always interesting to me, as they all had completely unique flows but could come together on a track and it worked.

Word on the streets is that Sam (the white dude in the group) is going to cooking school, Negashi (middle with the tank top) moved to Oakland and is coming out with a solo album. Shaka? Well, this interview explains how things went down from his point of view, and it looks like he was all for staying together. Probably one of the saddest music industry things I’ve heard in a while.

With the announcement of the group’s end came their final album, God Bless The Child, which has some cool joints on it. Very dark album though! Just look at that album artwork. My goodness. Jam the sample below (featuring my man Fat Tony), and then download the tape by clicking the link or the artwork. Enjoy.

DOWNLOAD: Supreeme – God Bless The Child [Album]

My brothers Christian Rich gave me an exclusive early this morning, and I never get them, so this is kind of cool. The twins collaborated with Y-O from the left coast duo U-N-I, to give us some quality music that’ll likely be in rotation in that iTunes library heavy until you get the rest of the tape. It has this reggae/ska/dub feel to it, and the hook is something you’ll be humming in your kitchen while you’re cooking or walking around the city whistling. You know it’s trill if I posted it, because I haven’t posted music since before Obama was in the White House. So after the drop, jam it, download it, and spread the word like herpes wildfire.

DOWNLOAD: Christian Rich – Lady of the Night [feat. Y-O of U-N-I]

Also, if you can see that beautiful imagery above, it means you’re looking at their mixtape artwork. Yeah, I’m the same kid who said it was crazy to think that album art was worthy of a blog post. Except when it’s actually worthy of a blog post. That illustration is indicative of something monumental. Confused at all by what it’s depicting? Don’t worry! The twins broke down the meaning of their artwork for me this morning:

“The artwork meaning is simple. It’s about the word “Decadence,” which in part means decay, but also an uprising. So the cover depicts a world where the people at the bottom are decaying and the people closer to the top are rising, hence a new start. As you see, the creatures at the bottom are crying and sad, while the ones above them are smiling and crying tears of joy. We tried to recreate a fictional world to set the tone for “The Decadence.“

There you have it. Reminds me a bit of ‘Ye’s Graduation album art, as well as the illustration style from Fern Gully. I know you remember that flick, so don’t fake on me now. The Decadence is hosted by Clinton Sparks and Mick Boogie, and will feature Pharrell Williams, Pusha T, Peter, Bjorn and John, DJ Benzi, U-N-I, and more. It drops May 31st, so mark your calendars