Kats & Domer Present: "Almost Fameless Vol. 2” FREE Download!

New FREE mixtape by Brooklyn-based emcees Kats and Domer. It features artists from the NYC and regional underground, including Jake Lefco, Ryan O’Neil, FolkLore, Bisc1, brokeMC, Illspokinn, euphAMism and ScholarMan. Click the link below to download for FREE:

DOWNLOAD HERE!!

DJ Dusk feat. Madlib, Cut Chemist, will.i.am, Thes One, Oh No, Exile - 'Root Down Soundclash'

One night in 2000 after another Rootdown party, sitting on the couch listening to some Jamaican sounds, the late great Dj Dusk turned to his boy
Miles Tackett and proclaimed "We need to have a beat maker soundclash at the Rootdown like they do in J.A., but with beat makers on drum machines going beat for beat instead of Selectahs!". Miles and Dusk decided that no matter what happened naturally in the way of braggin',boastin' and friendly rivalry or crowd response, there would not be a winner. It would be more of an exhibition of how it's done in front of the folks and with the added flavor of hearing unreleased beats live onstage for the first time.

Here's the trailer

Zion I Take Over TV

Happy Holidays To The Underground World

Hope everyone had a great x-mas and holidays! Here's A little present from the Living Legends! Enjoy because I surely did.

Atmosphere's Sad Clown Bad Dub 4 DVD Trailer!

Short trailer for the Sad Clown Bad Dub 4 DVD included as a free bonus in the Re-Issue of Atmosphere's "God Loves Ugly" CD. In Stores 1.20.09.

Zion I - Performing Antenna on MTVU

Zion I - Performing Antenna off the new album Zion I The Takeover, coming out January 2009

Zion I & The Grouch - Electronic Remixes EP

Zion I and the Living Legends' The Grouch team up to form another bay area indy supergroup. "Lift Me Up" is just what the indy scene needs: some dreamy, well-executed hip-hop, perfect for cruising around in your car or daydreaming with a smoothie in one hand. The remixes are of the highest level here, check out Traxamillion's version, where he converts the original into hard slapper mode. Bassnectar provides the Switch style, bleeply-glitchy midtempo re-work, while Baltimore king Scottie B drops the authentic beat and more cut-up.

Zion I & The Grouch - Electronic Remixes EP
Tracklist:

1.Lift Me Up" (Amplive remix)
2.Lift Me Up (Trackademicks remix)
3.Lift Me Up (Scottie B remix)
4.Lift Me Up (Bassnectar remix)
5.It's On (with Amplive feat K Flay)

Tru-Paz - The Young Nation (EP)

Its been awhile since the Canada based group Tru-Paz have released anything so here it is there new EP The Young Nation. Enjoy

Tru-Paz - The Young Nation (EP)
Tracklist:

1.Young Nation
2.Young Nation (Instrumental)
3.Lest We Forget
4.Lest We Forget (Instrumental)
5.Everyday Goes By
6.Everyday Goes By (Instrumental)
7.Bonus Track: Young Nation (Remix) (f/ Blessed)

LISTEN & DOWNLOAD HERE

P.O.S. - Goodbye

P.O.S. offers up this first track off his upcoming album, Never Better, dropping on Rhymesayers Feb 3. Awesome track and I can't wait for the new album to drop.

P.O.S. "Goodbye" (download)

NEVER BETTER TOUR
P.O.S
with special Doomtree guests
SIMS
MICTLAN + LAZERBEAK - HAND OVER FIST

Feb 05 - Missoula, MT @ The Badlander
Feb 06 - Seattle, WA @ Nectar
Feb 07 - Portland, OR Satyricon
Feb 09 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
Feb 10 - Los Angeles, CA @ Knitting Factory
Feb 11 - Phoenix, AZ @ Clubhouse
Feb 13 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Feb 14 - Denver, CO @ Marquis
Feb 15 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Jr.
Feb 16 - Madison, WI @ High Noon
Feb 17 - Chicago, IL @ Reggie's
Feb 18 - Columbus, OH @ Skully's Music Diner
Feb 20 - Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
Feb 21 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
Feb 22 - Boston, MA @ Harper's Ferry
Feb 23 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
Feb 25 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
Feb 26 - Champaign, IL @ Canopy
Feb 27 - Eau Claire, WI @ Stones Throw
Feb 28 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave.

Slug's First Cover/Phone Masturbation

Sean Daley, aka Atmosphere's MC, aka Slug, has made a career of exposing himself. Not in a trenchcoat in front of the grammar school kinda way, but on the mic. Fittingly enough for URB's issue full of firsts, Slug might've been the first rapper to make an album about a girl. And even more vulnerably, the heartbreak she caused. Those were the Lucy Ford EPs, and while Lucy may or may not be the source of the sore in the story that follows, one thing is for sure, it could only be Sean.

Read Full Article right HERE!

Aesop Rock - Tomorrow Morning

Aesop Rock's New Track, Tomorrow Morning, is NOW AVAILABLE! For free download!!! CLICK HERE!

The track, which was debuted last week in San Fransisco, at the opening of Jeremy Fish's new show 'Ghosts of the Barbary Coast' was made available in limited quantities to show goers attached to a woodblock print of a piece from the collection.

For those of you who were not on the west coast or or in San Fran to catch the show, fear not!! The Free MP3 is coming equipped with a Quicktime slide show of the entire collection of Ghosts.


DOWNLOAD NEW TRACK HERE!!

The Grouch - Breath

Definitely my favorite song off Show You The World, and I'm so glad The Grouch came out with a music video for this song . This is the third video from The Grouch's new album Show You The World!Directed By Matt Hobbs

Jurassic 5 - Ducky Boy

Jurassic 5 - "Ducky Boy"


Animated video for Jurassic 5 "Ducky Boy" off of the J5 Deluxe Re-Issue in stores now.

Diggin’ With 88-Keys

Diggin’ With 88-Keys

Joell Ortiz - Modern Day Slavery feat. Immortal Technique

The official video from Joell Ortiz's album 'The Brick Bodega Chronicles', Song: 'Modern Day Slavery ft. Immortal Technique. Dir: Carl Allegard

Yak Ballz - Dirt Empire

The official music video for "Dirt Empire" by Yak Ballz, produced by Aesop Rock.

Mac Lehtal Update from the road, VLOG #6 New

Mac Lethal is awesome. He stays true to the hip hop scene and is a straight up asshole but keeps it real, gotta love it.

Abzorbr - In Other Words

This is MC Kristoff Krane is his group Abzorbr, and their video for "In Other Words" off of their new CD "Capable of Teetering." Reminds me of Eyedea and Abilities.Hit the website, and cop that record.

P.O.S. YEAH RIGHT (SCIENCE, SCIENCE)

P.O.S. YEAH RIGHT (SCIENCE, SCIENCE) from Aaron Anderson on Vimeo.

P.O.S. Yeah Right ( Science, Science). Its an older video that one of P.O.S. fans made but rare and in anticipation for P.O.S. new CD release I thought it would be appropriate to put the video up.

Enjoy and like always,
Underground

P.O.S - Never Better ( New Album )

Release Date: February 3rd, 2009


Track listing
1.Let It Rattle
2.Drumroll (We’re All Thirsty)
3.Savion Glover
4.Purexed
5.Graves (We Wrote the Book)
6.Goodbye
7.Get Smokes
8.Been Afraid
9.Low Light Low Life
10.The Basics (Alright)
11.Out of Category
12.Optimist (We Are Not For Them)
13.Terrorish
14.Never Better
15.The Brave and the Snake

P.O.S. returns with Never Better, February 3rd on Rhymesayers. It’s the follow-up to 2006’s critically acclaimed Audition. Most of P.O.S ? new album was written in a moving car. On it, he raps at full-clip to ride rolling drums and revving distortion. There ?s an urgency that he keeps in careful check, and then unleashes for spring-loaded verses that represent his best work. P.O.S built his reputation as an innovator, with an unlikely punk rock past and expressive, honest content. He re-earns the accolades with every release. His records capture his charisma ?they ?re driving and sincere, the dark moments counterbalanced by some giggling banter with the engineer. On Never Better, the new disc, he conjures get-away cars, racing chariots, the pursuit of sirens, and the occasional rueful nighttime drive.

P.O.S. himself made more than half of the beats on Never Better, and the production bears his unmistakable signature. The album enters a room like bombshell with a black eye ?badass, noisy, impossible to ignore. Feedback and relentless drum rolls are only occasionally tempered by sung choruses and clean, chiming guitar lines. Some critics will be eager to categorize the album as a hybrid ?some kind of crossover project. But it ?s probably not. P.O.S is a rapper with range, he ?s a real musician and an unstoppable performer. For him, genres are as they ever were : permeable.

The packaging for P.O.S’s new album Never Better is a one of a kind four panel transparent plastic Digipak that holds 16 solid and 6 Transparent inserts. The solid inserts have artwork on the front and lyrics/credits on the back. The Transparent inserts have artwork that when placed over the various solid cards, enhance and change the look of the art underneath, hundreds of combinations are possible. Look for P.O.S. to embark on a headlining tour for the month of February and he will stay on the road through the summer, where he’s confirmed for the entire Vans Warped Tour.

P.O.S.’s two plus years on the road in support of Audition proved that no genre can contain him. He’s just as comfortable performing in front of punk and rock crowds as he is with his ever growing loyal hip hop fan base. On different tours, he went out with Atmosphere, Minus the Bear, Gym Class Heroes and Underoath plus did 50+ dates on the Vans Warped Tour. Audition made it up to 13 on the CMJ Radio Top 200 and was 1 on the Hip Hop chart for three weeks. The video for his single "Bleeding Hearts Club (MPLS Chapter)" received heavy rotation on MTVu and also on MTV2’s Subterranean.

Jake One & MF Doom - Trap Door Teaser by Rik Cordero

Jake One & MF Doom - Trap Door Teaser by Rik Cordero

Yancey Boys ( Illa J & J Dilla )

1. Timeless
2. We Here
3. R U Listenin'? feat. Guilty Simpson
4. Alien Family by Frank Nitty
5. Strugglin
6. Showtime
7. Swagger
8. Mr. Shakes (Skit) aka Affion Crockett
9. DFTF feat. Affion Crockett
10. All Good
11. Sounds Like Love feat. Debi Nova
12. Everytime
13. Illasoul
14. Air Signs

MURS Limited Edition 8GB Zune

"Recently it was announced that Murs and Kidz in the Hall would be embarking on a 36 city tour to support their latest albums, Murs for President and The In Crowd respectively. To support these artists Zune is producing exclusive tour diary podcasts that will allow fans to follow along on the groups journey across America."



Zune has teamed up with MURS to create special limited edition Zune devices etched with special artwork... and ONE lucky URB reader will win one.

Only 25 were produced, and if you enter-to-win, you just might be the proud owner of this limited edition collaboration.

Contest ends December 31st

ENTER TO WIN

Eligh vs. DJ Fresh - Beat Battle

Eligh vs. DJ Fresh - Beat Battle