Oddisee 101 Mixtape - Free!

Oddisee recently released this mixtape full of rarities and unreleased tracks. It's a bumpy ride but there are certainly some gems on there, like the M-Phazes produced "A Song For That"

Download here

Free Theory Hazit Mixtape

I strongly suggest you to grab this mixtape if you're into soulful backpackmusic. It includes two of my favourite tracks at the moment ("Extra Credit") and ("Just Wanna Go Home") which can be found on the just released "Extra Credit" album. The productions are just beautiful and the lyrics are onpoint.

Go to Groove Attack Distribution's Myspace to download.

Wu-Tang 8 Diagrams Mixtape - Free Download

The new Wu-Tang album "8 Diagrams" is set to be released on december 11th. Until then, you can enjoy the new mixtape "8 Diagrams mixtape" which is downloadable at Loud.

Underground Talent

Here are some myspaclinks for my favourite (and perhaps overlooked) producers at the moment. If you're a beathead and don't know some of these names, do yourself a favour and check 'em out and do some research yourself:

Khrysis
The Are and here
Analogic
M-Phazes
Geology

Release Dates

Here are some of the records you should be looking forward to: (I know I will)

Edgar Allen Floe: Floe Almighty - The Remixture (Nov 5th) (Produced by 9th Wonder and Khrysis among others).
Statik Selektah: Spell My Name Right (Nov 6th) (Sick line-up of features!)
Cormega: Who Am I (Nov 20th)
East: The Right Direction (Nov 27th) (Produced by Analogic)
Gza: Product (Dec 4th)
Hi-Tek: Hi-Teknology 3 (Dec 11th)
Lupe Fiasco: The Cool (Dec 18th)
Royce Da 5'9": The Revival (Jan 22nd)

Unknown releasedate:

EMC - The Show (Masta Ace, Punchline, Stricklin, Wordsworth - nuff said)
Wu-Tang Clan: 8 Diagrams
Reef The Lost Cauze: A Vicious Cycle
Analogic: Next In Line - Real dope upcoming underground producer.
DJ K.O. - Elementality

Please let me know if I'm missing something.

Free Bishop Lamont Mixtapes

I don't listen to a lot of westcoast hip hop unless it's Dilated, J5, Hiero or that kind. But Bishop Lamont is a dope rhymesayer with solid productions behind him. He is due to release an album next year on Aftermath. Meanwhile he has put out the "N*gger Noize" mixtape which features Jake One, Diverse, 9th Wonder, Nottz and Scott Storch on production among others. Personal favourites are: "Don't Kill Me", "Translator", "First They Love You", "Klansmen". This mixtape is def. better than a lot of the bullshit-halfdone-10-skits-mixtape out there.

On october 30th he and Black Milk put out another mixtape called "Caltroit". I haven't heard it yet but with Ras Kass, Kardinal Offishall, Busta, Dr. Dre, Phat Kat, Royce and Planet Asia as guest stars it's bound be worth a download.

You can DL both mixtapes for free at Bishop Lamont's Myspace.

Rappers I know

Check out this site. Rappers I Know is packed with talent and free music provided by the artists themselves. Worth mentioning is The Are (ridiculous talented beatmaker), Kay Of The Foundation, Headkrack, Strange Fruit Project, Oddisee etc. etc.

Go see for yourself - Real-underground-nod-your-head-soulful-type-hip hop at it's finest.

Reaper - Free multitrack recorder/audio editor

Came across this pretty useful tool the other day. Best part is...It's free! (and legal). If you are an upcoming producer, don't have a big budget and don't know much about music production I suggest you take a look at this.

Download here

Welcome!

Welcome to Urban Arts.

I go by the name Sensix. I have been into graffiti since 98 and I have been making beats for a couple of years now. Check out my myspaceprofile for more info.

In this blog I will provide all sorts of posts about hip hop production, music, graffiti, design and urban culture in general. I will also be posting some of my own music and designs. Enjoy!