News On The DL

Here it is....the Beta launch of HipHopSite Digital!! We are launching with over 50 products in our system, working and ready for you to download, many with exclusive bonus tracks you won't find elsewhere. Some key titles at launch are:

- Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass + 2 Bonus Tracks
- Madlib - Beat Konducta In India + 4 Bonus Tracks
- Blu & Exile - Beneath The Heavens + 2 Bonus Tracks
- Shape of Broad Minds - Craft of The Lost Art + MF Doom Bonus Track
- Z-Trip - All Pro Soundtrack + 2 Bonus Tracks
- Styles Of Beyond - Razor Tag Key Cuts EP (+ Full Mix)
- Yesterday's New Quintet + "Summer Suite" 44 Min Bonus Track
- Strong Arm Steady - Deep Hearted + 33 Min Megamix Bonus Track
- On No - Dr. No's Oxperiment + 5 Bonus Tracks

There are tons more releases to be added, so you can check the site on almost a daily basis to see new and catalog releases added. This is the Beta launch, which means the site works and is secure, but there may be bugs still in place, or sections or features we have not added quite yet. Eventually all of the regular content sections, including archives, will be moved over to this website, and the old site will soon be closed down. If you wish to place orders for physical goods in our clearance sale, this is your last chance to do so.

Please read the FAQ for further details about HipHopSite Digital, including full instructions on how to use the site. Thanks for your support in the new era!!

    We are proud to announce that Stones Throw Records has released it's entire full-length catalog to HipHopSite Digital to celebrate the launch of the new digital download venture. From their most recent release, Madlib's "Beat Konducta In India" all the way back to the classic Lootpack debut "Soundpieces" (which is out of print on CD and vinyl), virtually every Stones Throw release is in place, or will be added soon.  

   As an added bonus, many of Stones Throw's digital releases will include bonus tracks on HipHopSite.Com. At launch time, each Madlib "Beat Konducta In India", Yesterday's New Quintet "Yesterday's Universe", and Oh No "Dr. No's Oxperiment" include special bonus tracks that are not found on their physical product counterparts. Plus, all Stones Throw products on HipHopSite Digital are 320kpbs.   

   We would like to thank Stones Throw for being the first label to jump on board, and we look forward to getting everyone else in place soon.

    With their new album, Rocket Surgery, dropping 2008 on Mike Shinoda's Machine Shop Music imprint, Styles Of Beyond have teamed with DJ Green Lantern to bring you "Razor Tag", a collection of exclusive tracks and freestyles put together like only the Evil Genius can.

    To help kick off the launch of HipHopSite Digital, Styles Of Beyond have delivered "Razor Tag Key Cuts", which includes select tracks from the mixtape, unmixed, unaltered, and uncut! Including collaborations with the Demigodz (Apathy, Celph Titled, Motive) and Bishop Lamont, you can get these exclusive non-album, stand alone treats for $1.39 each, ready for your digital music player or digital deejay set up. As an added bonus, ordering all of the songs together will also grab you the full, uncut Razor Tag mix in it's entirety as one long MP3 that you can listen to without interruption. 

  Selected as one of Urb Magazine's Next 100, DJ Benzi is always ahead of the game with new styles, sounds, and trends of the industry. He made a name for himself with 2006's Clipse "We Got The Remix" release, and followed up in 2007 with the Lil' Wayne "None Higher" disc. Both received critical acclaim and are certified street classics, thanks to the seamless flow and high production value, not to mention exclusive remixes by Diplo, A-Trak, Jake One, Ghislain Poirier, & DJ Mighty Mi, just to name few.

   HipHopSite Digital is proud to announce that DJ Benzi has brought exclusive "Key Cuts" EP's for both releases, which feature select songs from both Clipse's "We Got The Remix" and Lil' Wayne's "None Higher". The Key Cuts EP's feature select, uncut, full-length songs from the mixes, without blend outs or drops on top of them, perfect for digital DJ set ups or single track listening on digital music players. As an added bonus, buying the whole EP includes a special bonus track of the full uncut mixes for both releases.

   The trailblazing DJ Benzi has also delivered the first digi-12 to HipHopSite Digital, with the single for "Grey Goose (Diplo Remix)" b/w "Gone Bad (Mr. JPatt Remix)", which includes vocal and instrumental versions for both songs. DJ Benzi is the second artist to deliver to HipHopSite Digital's Key Cuts series, following Styles Of Beyond and DJ Green Lantern's "Razor Tag", also available now.

  We've got a long road ahead of us, but little by little we are adding new and classic titles to HipHopSite Digital. Today's crop of selections are all back catalog releases, each available now in the MP3 format and ready to download. Today's additions are as follows...

FULL-LENGTH:
- Masta Ace - "A Long Hot Summer"
- Exile - "Dirty Science"
- Sadat X - "Black October"
- Game Tight!: The Very Best of Game Recordings
- Buff1 (Atheltic Mic League) - "Pure" (feat. Elzhi, Guilty Simpson, One Be Lo) 
- Affiliate - "Trash Bag Money" (feat. Ali Vegas)

DIGI-12:
- Bad Meets Evil (Eminem + Royce 5'9) - "Nuttin To Do / Scary Movies"
- Blu (w/ Exile) - "The Narrow Path / Party of 2"
- Cash Brown - "Clubber Lang" (feat. Agallah, Sean Price (Heltah Skeltah), Labba, Matt Fingaz)

More to come.....

    Before Murs hooked up with the guys at Definitive Jux, and before he even met 9th Wonder, he released a handful of independent albums as a member of the Living Legends crew. HipHopSite Digital is proud to announce that we are now stocking Murs' classic CD releases, each of which helped him become the artist he is today! The new additions are available now for download as full albums or individual tracks.

- Murs - "F'Real"
- Murs - "Good Music"
- Murs - "Rules The World"
- Murs - "Varsity Blues EP"  

Remember all of those poorly produced CD-R releases you bought directly from guys like Qwel, Offwhyte, Mestizo, Robust, Maker, Meaty Ogre, and Jackson Jones at thier shows? No? Well, anyway, those hard-to-find tour releases and promo CD's have all been released to HipHopSite.Com as digital albums.... Check them at below, in all their xeroxed artwork glory.... Regular G4 catalog is coming soon....

We are proud to announce the Big Dada back catalog is now available for sale at HipHopSite Digital.... Check out the releases below.... Duck Down catalog is coming up next....

  Last week we brought you a handful of titles from the Galapagos 4 tour disc collection, now HipHopSite Digital is proud to announce the addition of the full G4 back catalog, including new albums from Mestizo, Robust, and DJ Om. Check out the full listing below, or go directly to the catalog here.

   Duck Down brings it's catalog of recent releases, including everything since they broke away from Priority and Nervous Records - led by the all new Stereotypez LP from Special Teamz (including 2 exclusive bonus tracks!). Get the new classics from Black Moon, Sean Price, Boot Camp Click, Smif N Wesson, and the crew available now from HiphopSite Digital. Check out the releases below, or see the whole catalog.

Copywrite "The Jerk Vol. 0 (Mixed)" - $8

Copywrite "The Jerk Vol. 0 (Unmixed Key Cuts)" - $13

    It's been a while, but Ohio's resident super-lyricist (whom you might know from his classics on Eastern Conference Records and High Times Records) is back with his long-awaited The Jerk Vol. 0 release. Mixed by Mick Boogie and Joey Fingaz, you can get The Jerk Vol. 0 "mixed" in it's entirety as one long MP3 megamix at HipHopSite Digital for the low price of $8, or even better, you can get all 26 individual tracks (+ 4 non album joints) in the "Unmixed Key Cuts" version for $13. This version not only includes every song from The Jerk in it's entirety, but also without the mix-outs, blends, or drops that you'll find on the "mixed" version. The "Unmixed Key Cuts" edition of "The Jerk Vol. 0" is available EXCLUSIVELY @ HipHopSite Digital. You can get it, get it, get it.....

G&D "Endure / Shine On" Digi-12

   Hot off the heals of their release for Look Records, G & D (that's Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins) have teamed up with MelloMusicGroup for another project called "SomeOthaShip Connect" with a new full-length release coming this winter. HipHopSite Digital has teamed up directly with MelloMusicGroup to deliver the first "digi-12" from the project, featuring the first two songs from the forthcoming album, "Endure" and "Shine On", as well as an exclusive remix by Oh No. "Endure" features guest vocals from M.E.D. and Little Brother's Rapper Big Pooh, while the Black Milk produced "Shine On" graces the "b-side". 

   HipHopSite Digital is the only store in the world with the release, currently slated for release October 30th everywhere else.

   Glow In The Dark Records is the latest label to join in at HipHopSite Digital, now offering their entire back catalog for download, including digi-12inch singles for deejays. Get releases from each Time Machine, Panacea, Mekalek, Zimbabwe Legit and more instantly here and now. Plus, the brand new digital only release Time Machine "Live From Montana" is also ready to go.

   The Hall Of Justus Music Group / Justus League family plans to take over the entire month of October, with new releases from 9th Wonder, Little Brother, and The Away Team, which is why we've dubbed it "Hall Of Justus Month" at HipHopSite Digital.

   Using our long-standing close ties to the H.O.J. camp, each week during October we will spotlight products from the crew, including exclusive releases and special offers you won't find anywhere else. Kicking things off is 9th Wonder, with his long-awaited debut album "The Dream Merchant Vol. 2", featuring collaborations with Saigon, Little Brother, Sean Price, L.E.G.A.C.Y., Chaundon, Mos Def, Jean Grae, Memphis Bleek, Royce 5'9, Joe Scudda, Camp Lo, Strange Fruit Project, Median, Buckshot, Skyzoo, and many more.

   We've arranged an exclusive offer for customers that purchase 9th's new album from HipHopSite Digital - our version is packed with 11 exclusive bonus tracks of select instrumentals from the LP, direct from 9th's vault. You won't find this offer anywhere else online. Stay tuned for HOJ Month: Week Two, coming next week.....

    We are proud to announce that the entire Eastern Conference Records Digi-12inch catalog is now available for download, exclusively at HipHopSite Digital. We've got digital versions of all of the label's signature 12inch singles, dating back to the first Eastern Conference 12inch "All In Together", as well as it's follow-up "Hands On Experience" (feat. Kool Keith & El-P), both of which have been out of print for almost ten years. All bases are covered, as vinyl classics like Mad Skillz' "Lick The Balls" and the original "B-Boy Document" are available digitally for the first time ever, including all 12inch mixes, and even some never released before acapella versions. Many of the singles have been transferred from the original DAT masters (although in some cases, missing DATS were taken from the vinyl itself), mastered to the highest quality and encoded in 320kbps. Each single is available for purchase separately, or, for high-end DJ's wishing to purchase the entire Eastern Conference collection, you can save a few bucks by getting the CRATES, each of which contain 50+ songs for $40. There are four volumes of crates, The High & Mighty Crate, The Smut Peddlers Crate, E.C. Classics 1 Crate, and E.C. Classics 2 Crate. Load up your laptop or digital music player with the E.C. digi-12 catalog!

Eastern Conference Digi-Crate Vol. 1 - High & Mighty (55 Songs) - $40

Eastern Conference Digi-Crate Vol. 2 - Smut Peddlers (51 Songs) - $40

Eastern Conference Digi-Crate Vol. 3 - E.C. Classic 1 (53 Songs) - $40

Eastern Conference Digi-Crate Vol. 4 - E.C. Classic 2 (52 Songs) - $40

Check out the entire Eastern Conference Digi-12 catalog here.

    Hall of Justus month continues here at HipHopSite Digital, now in it's second week. Edgar Allen Floe takes the top spot this week, delivering "Floe Almighty: The Remixture", which finds all 15 of the original album tracks, with all new remixes by 9th Wonder, Khrysis, and others. We've got the digital release exclusively, which isn't dropping until mid-November on physical CD, and as an added bonus, we're packing the digital full-length with 15 BONUS INSTRUMENTALS of every track. This is only the beginning, as "Floe Almighty: The Remixture" marks the first release for Edgar's new MCEO Records imprint, with his forthcoming Streetwise LP, dropping early 2008. Meanwhile, In honor of HOJ Month, we're busy obtaining the entire Justus League / Hall of Justus Music Group classic mixtape series. This week sees the first twelve releases, with more to come next week. All of those independently released albums from Little Brother, 9th Wonder, Phonte, LEGACY, Chaundon, and others are available now, with more to come.

We are proud to announce that we have now added the complete OM Records hip-hop catalog to HipHopSite Digital... This includes every People Under The Stairs album and digi-12inch, the Deep Concentration compilation series, plus newer releases from groups like Zion & The Grouch, Strange Fruit Project, Ladybug Mecca (Digable Planets) and many more.

   The latest label to jump on board HipHopSite Digital is David Schrager's Halftooth Records imprint, based out of NYC. Halftooth recently released Median's Relief from Justus League member Median, which was a best selling title here during September. The label also has released full-length projects with Wordsworth, Oddisee, and Kenn Starr, and has recorded high-profile collaborations with artists like 9th Wonder, J-Live, Talib Kweli, Masta Ace, and Little Brother, all released within their catalog. HipHopSite Digital now stocks all of the label's full-length and digital 12inch releases.

    It started off with 9th Wonder, followed up with Edgar Allen Floe, and now Hall Of Justus Month kicks into high gear with the release of Little Brother's third LP, Get Back. The album was released on Tuesday, October 23rd, and it quickly became the top selling item yet on HipHopSite's new digital download service.

   Perhaps this is because of the album's exclusive bonus track and full instrumentals being offered exclusively at HipHopSite Digital? That's part of it, but another part of it is the long history the group shares with HipHopSite.Com. In HipHopSite's eleven year history, Little Brother's The Listening was  not only the top selling album on the website ever, selling an upwards of almost 3000 copies on CD and vinyl, but also, HipHopSite has remained the top-selling indie retailer in the world on this release for many years. Whether or not Get Back will top that in the digital realm remains to be seen, but it's off to a good start. The album is available now for download, in deluxe and standard editions.

Attention Serato deejays!! New digi-12inches are available for download now at HipHopSite Digital, including all of those clean, dirty, instrumental, and acapella edits you need for your club, gig, or radio show. There are a handful of exclusives in that batch below. Check them out and get to spinnin'.....

    Embarking on almost the tenth anniversary since the release of Show and A.G.'s Full Scale EP, the group hasn't released a full-length project since, until now. HipHopSite Digital is proud to announce the release of Showbiz and A.G.'s new "The Show and A Experience: Live Hard", available exclusively here and now.

    The new project includes all new studio tracks - plus instrumentals - and is not a live album, as one might think from the title. With no CD or vinyl release date on set, currently this digital only release is only available here at HipHopSite.Com.

    We are also happy to announce that we now stock the entire Show and AG back-catalog. All of the group's full/mid length projects are here: "Soul Clap / Party Groove" (+2 Bonus Tracks), "Runaway Slave", "Goodfellas", and "Full Scale (Extended Edition)"; plus, we've got digi-12inches for every single released from each those albums. Check them out below.

The One aka Jah Free - "Amuses-Bouches" - Om Records - FREE

    FREE WITH ANY ORDER! Om: Hip Hop's new artist The One aka JahFree delivers an exclusive FREE download of his new series of promo albums called "Iron Chef". The first in the series is called "AMUSES-BOUCHES" and is full of his original unreleased beats. Check out for a second free promo album coming soon called "BEEF". The One's debut artist album "SUPERPSYCHOSEXY" drops in spring of 2008. You can check out his current single, "Beautiful Wonderful / Pistol Whipped" w/ Remixes from Vikter Duplaix and Wajeed.

The Away Team - "Training Day (+ 5 Bonus Tracks) - HOJ Music Group - $13

    Hall Of Justus Month at HipHopSite Digital concludes, after each Little Brother, 9th Wonder, and Edgar Allen Floe ran tings in October, as The Away Team (Khrysis + Sean Boog) deliver their second full-length, Training Day. The crew has hooked us up with five bonus tracks for HHS customers that purchase the whole album, including 1 new song, and four instrumentals from the LP.

Statik Selektah - "Spell My Name Right: The Album (+ 2 Bonus Tracks) - Showoff/Brick Records - $12

    EARLY EXCLUSIVE + 2 BONUS TRACKS!! Showoff Records founder, mixtape legend, Shade 45 deejay, and Beantown resident delivers his new album, "Spell My Name Right" one week early to HipHopSite.Com, including two non-album bonus tracks when your purchase the whole thing. If single song downloads are your thing, there's songs on this one from DJ Premier, Q-Tip, Talib Kweli, Consequence, Freeway, Termanology, The Lox, Big Shug, Royce 5'9, Cormega, Esoteric, Slum Village, A.G., KRS-One, Large Professor and many more. But it's cheaper just to get all 23 tracks for $12, right? More stuff from the Showoff Records archives coming soon...

Madlib - "Beat Konducta 0: Earth Sounds" - Stones Throw - $11

EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL-ONLY RELEASE. Another digital exclusive, Madlib delivers this lost chapter of the famed Beat Konducta series to HipHopSite, which up until now has never been available in digital format. This release includes 13 instrumental tracks from the Beat Konducta archives, ready for your Serato or digital music player. Not available on Beat Konducta 1-4...!

   D.I.T.C. Records have brought their classic digital singles collection and full-length release, "D.I.T.C. Essentials" to HipHopSite Digital. Classic tracks like "Day One", "Internationally Known", and "The Enemy" are here and ready for download in clean, dirty, instrumental, plus rare import remixes and acapella mixes, each encoded in 256kbps. Check them out below....

Kool Keith & Kut Masta Kurt - "Sex Style: The Unreleased Archives" (+1 Bonus Tracks) - Threshold - $12

Prince Po & TomC3 - "The Saga of The Simian Samurai (+1 Bonus Track) - Threshold - $12

    Kut Masta Kurt digs up classic recordings from Kool Keith's "Sex Style" recording sessions on "Sex Style: The Unreleased Archives", collecting many of the vinyl only tracks from the Funky Ass Recordings catalog, and other lost gems from what is arguably Keith's strongest era as a solo artist.... Meanwhile, Prince Po of Organized Konfusion teams with producer TomC3 for "The Saga of The Simian Samurai" LP, also available now on Threshold Records. Both releases come with exclusive HipHopSite Digital bonus tracks.

Motive (Demigodz) - "Mo-llinium: The Takeover Begins" (prod. Apathy) - A.M.E. - $12

    Demigodz most mysterious member, Motive, finally comes to the forefront with "Mo-llinium: The Takeover Begins" to kick off Demigodz Month at HipHopSite Digital. All November long we will be treating you to new and exclusive releases from the Demigodz camp. Mo's debut is produced entirely by Apathy, and features guest shots from Celph Titled, Emilio Lopez, and many more.

J-Live "Reveal The Secret" - BBE - $10

J-Live offers a taste from his forthcoming 2008 BBE release with "Reveal The Secret", a collection of brand new songs that may or may not be included on the full-length. Six brand new tracks from The Livest One, including production from DJ Jazzy Jeff, Oddisee, Mr Walt, Marco Polo and DJ Spinna. This release is not available on CD.

    For real? Yeah, believe us, we'd love to be selling what could be one of the hottest mixtapes of the year, but it's on a giveaway only basis, at the request of the artist. Aftermath's Bishop Lamont teams up with Detroit's Black Milk (Slum Village) for this download-only mixtape, CalTroit, featuring 100% exclusive material with Slum Village, Guilty Simpson, Dr. Dre, Busta Rhymes, Ras Kass, Tash, Royce 5'9, Mistah FAB, Planet Asia, Phat Kat, Diverse, Kardinal Offishal, and more, produced entirely by Black Milk. Best of all? It's free. Just add it to your cart when you make your purchases and download it today. Meanwhile, if you missed it, Bishop's debut mix cd, "N***** Noise" is also available now for free download.

   Effective immediately Darin Gloe aka CEO will be taking over as Reviews Editor for HipHopSite.com.  This position was previously held by Andreas Hale. Darin, who has supplied interviews and album reviews for the site over the last few years will now be in charge of the site's weekly editorial content, excluding News On The DL. Interviews have been put on hiatus as we are still making upgrades and changes to the new version of HipHopSite, but will return soon. Congrats Darin! 

You can reach him at ceolatenightprod@mchsi.com or thepurist@tmail.com .

D. HUSTON FEATURES EXCLUSIVE DIGI-EP: Mello Music Group delivers this new digi-EP featuring their new artist, D. Huston. This star studded release includes collaborations with Big Pooh Of Little Brother, Black Milk, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Dudley Perkins, Oddisee, Kenn Star, and Kev Brown. Digital only, exclusive early release on HipHopSite Digital.

   Statik Selektah has delivered us the digital only release of "Spell My Name Right INSTRUMENTALS" this week. Even more exciting, Statik has opened up the Showoff Records vaults and brought four exclusive KEY CUTS EP's from some of his classic mixtapes. Get unmixed & no-drop versions of select tracks from each "The Bar Exam (Royce 5'9)", "The Prophecy (Nas)", and "The Empire Strikes Back (G-Unit)". Perfect for single song listening or Serato deejay use, without explosions, shouts, or blend-outs.

CASUAL SAX (SVEN BARTH & INDUCE) - "BABY I'M BLACK" DIGI-12: The thing we are most excited about this week is the exclusive release of the "Baby I'm Black (From The Waist Down)" single from Casual Sax, a new group consisting of Sven Barth & Induce (of Cutical Scrapes fame). Whether or not you are familiar with these guys doesn't really matter, just check out their new YouTube video that's been catching on like wildfire over the past week or two, and we think you'll be sold. Download the single now exclusively at HipHopSite Digital.

   Lootpack partner in rhyme Wildchild returns with his second album, that already has HHS reviews editor Darin Gloe abuzz. "Jack Of All Trades" is not on Stones Throw like his first release, but features some of the usual suspects, Madlib, Oh No, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Black Milk, Percee P, Special Ed, Masta Ace, MC Lyte, Frank-N-Dank, Prince Po, and M.E.D. Download from HipHopSite and get instrumentals for the whole album included with your purchase. Encoded @ 320 kbps.

   The CunninLynguists are back, with their patented brand of "southernderground" hip-hop, as producer Kno and emcees Deacon The Villain & Natti team up once again. Star studded release includes collaborations with Devin The Dude, Phonte of Little Brother, Witchdoctor, Big Rube, and Shiesty Khrist. Download the EXCLUSIVE "Deluxe Edition" here at HipHopSite Digital, including the full album and instrumentals for $15. Or, purchase either the regular album and/or instrumentals separately for $10 each. Encoded @ 320 kbps.

   Is Dillagence the mixtape of the year? Ma Dukes approved mix by The Commissioner Mick Boogie pits Busta Rhymes over classic and never heard before beats from the late, great J. Dilla. Virtually all of the material on the mix is exclusive, and we have the UNMIXED KEY CUTS without the blends or mixouts, perfect for single song listening. The unmixed key cuts are available exclusively here at HipHopSite.Com, plus, when you purchase the entire set, you get the full mixed version of "Dillagence" included with your purchase. Encoded @ 320 kbps.

MelloMusicGroup keeps on coming with more & more hits, this time with the brand new EP from G&D, "SomeOthaShip: Connect Game EP". This EP is not available as a physical product release, and is a HipHopSite.Com timed exclusive. Includes collaborations with Rapper Big Pooh, Black Milk, Oh No, Prince Po, M.E.D, and Illicit Child.

    Murder Mass super-emcee Termanology has been putting it down on the mixtape scene for a minute, under the watchful eye of Statik Selektah, Tony Touch, and DJ Premier, not to mention collaborating with fellow rhyme animals like Royce 5'9, Canibus, Nas, Akrobatik, & Papoose. We now carry all of Term's mix catalog, including the long out of print, impossible-to-find "Hood Politics" Volumes 1 & 2.

HipHopSite is proud to announce the addition of Bling47 products to it's catalog! The label delivers two exclusive digital-only releases, Jay Dee's "V.3: Instrumentals (E-Version)" and Waajeed's "B.P.M. (E-Version)". Both releases are deluxe, extended versions of their CD/vinyl counterparts, packed with exclusive bonus tracks. Encoded @ 320 kbps.

   One Be Lo is back on the scene with The R.E.B.I.R.T.H. He continues the lyrical and conceptual mastery he displayed as a member of Binary Star and on his debut solo record S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. Production is handled by heavyweights Jake One (De La Soul, G-Unit), Vitamin D (Gift of Gab, Redman), Bean One (Jurassic 5, Black Sheep), Memo of the Molemen, and more. This latest offering from Lo proves that hip-hop remains alive and well. Encoded @ 320kbps.

Just in case you are still in the dark on Wale (pronounced "wah-lay"), we're here to school you. The D.C. based artist has been picked up by Mark Ronson's label, and is carrying a huge buzz around with him, recently gracing the cover of the landmark 150th issue of URB Magazine, not to mention picked as Entertainment Weekly's Top 8 People To Watch In 2008. He was also written up in XXL's Show & Prove section and shared the stage with Ronson at the MTV VMA's here in Las Vegas. We've snatched up all 3 of Wale's mix CD's "100 Miles & Running", "Hate Is The New Love", and "Paint A Picture". You can download ALL of them for FREE when you purchase anything here at HipHopSite Digital.

Detroit new emcee, Nametag, last heard on The Dirty District 2 delivers his new mix CD project, "The Rhyme Royal", which follows up his debut mix "Ahead Of The Basics". Both releases feature production from Black Milk, Magnif, and Black Bethoven, and you can download both of them free with any purchase this week at HipHopSite Digital.

More and more artists are delivering digital-only releases, thanks to the decline of physical CD and vinyl sales. This week, we have a digi-12 from Planet Asia & Kut Masta Kurt "Dynamic Duo" on Threshold Records, and KRS-One's "We Will Rock You" EP on X-Ray.

   Hi-Tek returns with the third volume in his Hi-Teknology series, while Black Sheep delivers their most recent LP,8wm/Novakane. Download both releases right now, encoded at 320 kbps, at the low price of $10 each.

Murs delivers this brand new self-released album, Murs and The Misadventures Of The Nova Express, on his own MURS 3:16 imprint, available exclusively for digital download at HipHopSite.Com. The new project spotlights all new music from himself, as well as his Nova Express crew, with new acts like Supreeme, Isaiah, and Asek. 15 brand new tracks, featuring production from 9th Wonder & Sixtoo (among others), including two special bonus tracks.

    Ohio is known for it's bubbling underground scene, producing artists like RJD2, Hi-Tek, Copywrite, Blueprint, Illogic, and tons more, and there is more where that came from. Piakhan - a name you might remember from the classic Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek "Reflection Eternal" LP brings his new solo release "Khankrete" (dig that spelling), featuring collaborations with Maker, Bootsy Collins, Ill Poetic, and others.... Meanwhile, producer Walter Rocktight brings "School Of Rocktight" featuring many stars of the Ohio indie scene - Copywrite, Illogic, Jakki, Tage, Catalyst, and more. Plus, the album comes with one exclusive bonus track for HipHopSite.Com customers.

   The freebies just keep on coming. Kidz In The Hall have delivered the very likable new single