Free mixtapes and EPs are usually unpolished and gritty. Slapped together on tight schedules and low budgets, they’re a way for rappers and producers to generate noise without much expense (and, sometimes, effort). The prevalence of mixtapes and EPs in hip-hop is probably due to a combination of several things, including the culture’s DIY aesthetic, […]
2 Hungry Bros – Back for Seconds
Yesterday, producers Deep and Ben Boogie – collectively known as 2 Hungry Bros – released Back for Seconds, a free mixtape. And it’s damn good. The album’s beats are incredibly diverse, ranging from rare funk and jazz grooves to more recent House tunes like Lady (!) and Music Sounds Better With You. They’re not samples […]
Little Brother Release First Single from Last Album
Little Brother has released “Curtain Call,” the first single from their forthcoming and final album, LeftBack. The track features a rad ’80s sample, embellished with synth drum fills and a smooth bass line. Lyrically, “Curtain Call” has got to be one of their finest efforts. It’s littered with the kind of witty punch lines and […]
Blogger Takes On Popular Music Blogs
Earlier today, Pitchfork reported that Blogger, the venerable Google-owned blogging service, has shut down several music blogs, including Pop Tarts Suck Toasted, I Rock Cleveland, Living Ears and It’s a Rap (none of which I have admittedly ever visited). Apparently, the free music offered on the blogs violated Blogger’s terms of services. As of about 11 […]
Free music from Del the Funky Homosapien
Huge props to p.o.b over at Metafilter for posting this. Apparently Del decided that people need a bit of a pick-me-up in these tough economic times, so he has released a couple of small EPs for free (and legal) download. The two song packs available for free download aren’t very long or anything, but they […]
LastSharp lets you jack music from Last.fm
Lifehacker has run a post on a program called LastSharp. At a glance, LastSharp will let you download those Last.fm tunes that you so greatly admire. Not that we endorse it, of course. Use it here.
Wale’s ‘Mixtape About Nothing’ drops (Free Download)
For those of you who’ve been paying attention, we’ve been hyping up Wale for a little while now. Wale has been working on a Seinfield-inspired mixtape, amusingly called the “Mixtape about Nothing“. I haven’t given it a listen yet, but it’s up and available for download thanks to Elitaste. Click here to go download it. […]
Deezer is free music
In the latest of our string of posts about ways to listen to music online for free, 4080Records proudly presents Deezer. As far as we can tell, Deezer is a french website that lets you stream popular music from a variety of wicked bands. For example, click here to check out Portishead’s album Third, which […]
Major music label exec supports file sharing
The news seems to be getting better and better for music lovers who prefer the digital atmosphere for this sort of thing. CNET News.com reports that a former Google Executive has become the President of the digital music division of EMI, one of the major labels. This is potentially huge news for music fans of […]