Happy New Years from Rhymefest as he drops his album Man In The Mirror as a free download. As a dedication album to Michael Jackson, it’s a little gimmicky, but will still keep your iPod rocking for some time to come. Download Man In The Mirror
With all the American Gangster remix albums popping up lately; we tend to forget about all the previous joints that Hov blessed us with. Figment & Mash-Up Productions drop a gem on us with the release of The Motown Album, which combines Jay’s Black Album with classics such as “If I Were Your Woman”, “Neither … Read more
Saigon, Jay Z, Swizz Beatz – "Come On Baby" (Remix)
Another crazy joint from the upcoming Statik Selektah album. The dynamic of Styles P and Q-Tip rhyming together was strange, but somehow complimentary. Statik Selektah f/ Styles P, Termanology, Q-Tip – Stop, Look, Listen
Hopefully we can help to save a few struggling Hip-Hop fans by providing the proper sounds to get you through the rest of the work week. Listen close as famed Hip-Hop producer K-Def is on the cut dropping back to back gems and mixing joints featuring his own production with Lords of the Underground, Ghostface, … Read more
Released: April, 2007 So it’s been a little since I dropped the original 100 Breaks mix. Actually been over a year since I’ve dropped anything significant, which is way too long. Can anyone believe that the latest installment of the in the series has been has been completed, yet unreleased since October ’06!?? To tell … Read more
Prodigy and our man The Alchemist are back at it again with this little heatrock. Taken from Prodigy’s upcoming album Return of The Mac on Koch Records, this sounds it will be getting fully rotation in my mp3 player. Prodigy of Mobb Deep – “Bang On Em” produced by The Alchemist [audio:https://cratekings.com/audio/clips/bangonem.mp3] Also check the … Read more
I gotta give the usual huge shout out to my man DJ Trends for putting me up on the latest track "Classic" by Kanye West featuring Nas, KRS-One, Rakim with production by DJ Premier. The best part, of the many, is beginning where we get a glimpse into how DJ Premier works with his MPC … Read more
After much thought, I’ve decided to take a bit of a break from giving my isolated commentary about what music should sound like in an ideal world and figured it would be best to give you an illustrated example. By popular demand, here’s a link to a downloadable mp3 version of the Hip Hop, Breaks … Read more
Life is good… life is grand… My apologies for the lack of updates lately, but I’ve been doing my best to climb the corporate ladder and keep on keepin’ on. It’s really cool how this site has turned out to be a great outlet for some of the musical thoughts that have been lingering around … Read more