Okayplayer and Mick Boogie catches your attention without a doubt with the title alone. ‘illadelph/matic, a unique mix of rarities and remixes featuring Nas and The Roots. Mick put the mix together for Madden Bowl 2012; part of this year’s Superbowl event’s which takes place today in Indianapolis. Madden Bowl 2012 features live performances from Nas, The Roots and Mick Boogie. Both artists have many unheard gems and remixes and Mick has done yet another great job mixing a another catalog.

Download: Mick Boogie’s “”illadelph/matic” (Nas & The Roots) Mixtape

It’s that time of the year again, when film critics and cool kids flock Utah for the annual Sundance Film Festival. Apart from checking out what new great movies will potentially hit the film market, there’s a few other engagements that will keep you entertained. Mick Boogie will be present DJ’ing at a few celebrity gifting suites during the weekend and at one of the premier events for the weekend, the Friday Night party at Bing Bar.

Download: sunDANCE 2012 Mix by Mick Boogie & Terry Urban

Check out Steve Aoki on the road during his summer European tour here. In this video series, you will get a behind-the-scenes look as Aoki talks about DJ lifestyle and ventures on a scuba diving trip on Steve Wynn’s and Bono’s private boat.

Known for his vast collaborations with multiple artists across various genres, Aoki has teamed up with an elite team of guest artists for his next album, Wonderland, including Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, Travis Barker, LMFAO, CSS and Kid Cudi. “Earthquakey People,” featuring Cuomo on vocals, is the first single from the album. A portion of the proceeds from “Earthquakey People” to be donated to Music For Relief. For more information about Music For Relief, please click on www.musicforrelief.org.

In early January 2012, AOKI will set sail on the inaugural Holy Ship! electronic music cruise where he’ll join over 20 artists aboard a massive luxury cruise liner before embarking on a massive nationwide tour alongside dubstep’s newest star, Datsik.

STEVE AOKI tour dates are as follows:

Written by John Dixon

Photography by Courtne Smith and Oliver

If there was one thing we could learn from the industry, it’s that success is a bitch. A big ass, overweight bitch that will eat you out of the house and home that she built you. We see artists blow up like party favors and disappear like point guards at Memphis on a regular basis. It’s no longer surprising for a rapper bouncing his feet against that silly suede couch, sitting in between Julissa and Terrence (106& Park) promoting their new album, and a year later be working full time at the post office licking stamps. Most artists just aren’t built for that type of pressure. However, Our main man Drake rose to the occasion, and showed some sac on this second album.

Maybe not officially, but So Far Gone was served and digested as Drake’s debut album. It was how we got to know Drake and most certainly the rubric of comparison for his later work. Easily one of the best bodies of music in the last ten years, it was followed up by a, safely played, Thank me Later. It’s easy to go platinum when you have the biggest buzz since Curtis in ‘03 and put out a compilation album with Hip Hop’s ’92 Dream Team.  Although an economic success, generating record sales of platinum status and yielding hyper profitable tours across the globe, for those who do this music shit, who live it and breath it, TML was not the self-proclaimed classic that Drake said it was. It was just another album that you got out of your system in a few months. It lacked the timeless adhesive used to assemble So Far Gone. October’s Very Own rushed through that album like 2 grams on the tour bus. Months after the album was released, Drake acknowledged this himself, “Thank Me Later was a rushed album, I didn’t get to take the time that I wanted to on that record, I rushed a lot of the songs and sonically, I didn’t get to sit with the record, it was like once it was done, it was like its done.” Drake said in a sit down with 1Xtra’s DJ Semtex. Time, isn’t something you can’t fake. You either Take Care, or you don’t.

Take Care, is the album that Drake fans, who that waited up till midnight on 2.13.09 to download So Far Gone, (only for it to be pushed back until 3am because Omarion couldn’t get his vocals right), wanted last year! So Far Gone showed us Drake’s range of musical appreciation from songs with Wayne over Jay-Z’s Ignorant Shit to love ballads with Lykke Li. The… almost lefty approach that Drake took on So Far Gone is what made all four corners of the states embrace him like their own and buy into his movement. Those clever arrangements return on this album with features from Mr. shoulder pads and grass skirts himself, Andre 3000, on The Real Her and warm riffs on the harmonica from Stevie Wonder on Doing it Wrong.

The album starts off a little sleepy with Over my Dead Body and Shot for Me. One more added to the “I’m better than you” play list, and something for the ladies. Crew Love, aside from having the funniest line on the album,

“Take your nose off my keyboard/ what you bothering me for/ there’s a room full of niggas/ what you following me for?”

brings us some more of that dark, arrogant, hedonistic, stick-your-tongue-out-and-let-this-E-pill-dissolve, Weekend music with big drum patterns asymmetrically sprinkled over the melodies. That Toronto synergy is a strong thing right now.

Title track Take Care, featuring Rihanna, is definitely a stand out record and is set off by that Gil Scott sample over up-tempo dub step rhythm. Even though this is the 5^th Gil Scott sample we’ve heard in Hip Hop in the last 5 years (Kanye, Common, etc.), Jamie XX pulls it off.  Kendrick Lamar was a pleasant surprise on the Buried Alive interlude. Not an expected collab, but if anyone is “next”, it’s Kendrick.

The middle of the album is full of big energy, machismo, and poignant tales of loving strippers. This is clearly the windows up, system bumping section. And the way Just Blaze volleyed and served Aubrey and Ross with the anthemic Lord Knows is sinful.  We love the flowery singsong hybrids, but sometimes we just want 3 minutes and 15 seconds of rapping.

He takes his foot off of the accelerator, and brings us under a microscope with Cameras. Tales of his girl going bat shit, as Drake borrows the cool of Denzel in the 80’s, (not Denzel in Pelham 123) and plays kissy face with some PYT in a music video. Not something most of us can relate to, but I can see that being a problem. Different. Hard.

3 Stacks doesn’t disappoint, not even a little bit, on The Real Her. Dre, Drake, and Wayne share stories of the cycle of women in the industry and the search for the real her.

A song better than the title would suggest, HYFR (Hell Yeah Fuckin’ Right) embodies a flow we don’t here often from Drake, that rapid fire, Chicago sniping, vehemently annoyed at the stupid questions of reporters. Dope!

Drake nails the landing with a moving song dedicated to his mother and uncle, Look What You’ve Done. Sounds like it’s the prior months to when it all started. You can never go wrong with a song for mama. The album closes with remake of the Juvenile’s Back That Azz Up. 40 and Drake took one of Rap’s most over played songs and made it palatable again. Nicely done.

The Hundreds has partnered with hip-hop artist Gilbere Forte to present his newest EP entitled “Some Dreams Never Sleep” Beyond an apparel brand, The Hundreds is considered a lifestyle project, influenced by a spectrum of youth culture’s defining traits – with flagship stores on both the west and east coasts of the United States, drawing inspiration from hip-hop culture, and the pre-existing friendship between Forte and The Hundreds, it’s only natural for The Hundreds to join forces with the Philadelphia-based artist.

Forte, who first garnered attention from the hip hop industry with his debut album “87 Dreams” has since gained notoriety as a guest on a slew of tracks by well-known artists, including: Stromae’s “Alors On Danse” remix, also featuring Kanye West; the Yeasayer remix of Florence + The Machine’s “Dog Days Are Over;” and the Diplo-produced “Up All Night” by Alex Clare. The “Some Dreams Never Sleep EP” is the third official release from Gilbere and has already created a buzz with the remix to his breakout single “Black Chukkas,” featuring Asher Roth and Bun B. The song is only a taste of what to expect from the mixtape which features production from Don Cannon, Raak and more, and appearances by Pusha T, Jim Jones, Big K.R.I.T., Casey Veggies, Tyga and others.

Download: Gilbere Forte’ – “Some Dreams Never Sleep” EP

We’re giving one reader or die-hard Pink Floyd fan a chance to win the above items. The rules are pretty simple; head over to our new Facebook page, “like” us and within 7 days we’ll pick a winner. Contest ends on Wednesday Sept. 28th.

The first round of giveaways is as follows…
- 2CD Remastered version of Dark Side of the Moon (details below)
- Tshirt & Poster

Originally released in 1973, The Dark Side of The Moon became Pink Floyd’s first number 1 album in the US, remaining on the chart for 741 weeks between 1973 and 1988. One of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed albums of all time, The Dark Side of The Moon also introduced the iconic album cover artwork by Hipgnosis, after a request for a ‘simple and bold’ design. The new Discovery version presents the original studio album, digitally remastered by James Guthrie and reissued with newly designed Digipak and a new 12 page booklet designed by Storm Thorgerson.

CD1: The Dark Side Of The Moon digitally remastered by James Guthrie
CD2: The Dark Side Of The Moon performed live at Wembley 1974 (previously unreleased, CD2 is the same as disc 2 of the Immersion edition).

Fans of Red Hot Chili Peppers will be able to get their first listen to the band’s upcoming album I’m With You today via a series of live streams broadcast from listening events around the world, and a free full-album stream on iTunes.

Beginning at noon PST, the band is launching the official Global Listening Party for I’m With You via a series of events taking place in London, Toronto, New York, Tokyo, Sydney, and Los Angeles that are being broadcast live on redhotchilipeppers.com. Fans can visit the website and locate the event locations on Google maps to watch everything as it unfolds in each city.

Those who live near any of the parties are invited to go to the event spot and listen live with other RHCP fans. Each venue was chosen for its special meaning to the band. Lee’s Palace in Toronto is the first venue the Chili Peppers ever performed at in Toronto, while the Venice Boardwalk in Los Angeles is where they shot the video for their current single “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie.” In New York, fans will be able to skate at House of Vans while they listen to the album.
In addition to the Global Listening Parties I’m With You will be streamed in its entirety free on iTunes from today at noon PST until the album’s release on August 29 at www.itunes.com/rhcp, where fans can also pre-order the album.

London, England @ Zigfrid: 12:00 PM  3:00 PM PST
Toronto, Canada @ Lee’s Palace: 3:00 PM  7:00 PM PST
New York, NY @ House Of Vans: 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM PST
Tokyo, Japan @ Rockaholic: 9:00 PM  12:00 AM PST
Sydney, Australia @ InterContinental Hotel:  12:00 AM  3:00 AM PST
Los Angeles, CA @ Venice Beach Boardwalk: 7:00 AM  12:00 PM PST

After the success of the Record Collection CD by the multi-talented artist Mark Ronson, fashion brand Kitsune present a re-edition of the album with remixes by Perseus, Plastic Plates and Logo. As always, Kitsune have surprised us with their unique mix of music and fashion, in a truly original style.

Now, the Kitsune brand have managed to bring Ronson on board to create new mixes of the songs from his album, in collaboration with Moonlight Matters, Plastic Plates, CSS, Database and Logo. The result is Record Collection 2012, a new version of his disco tunes.

Kitsune is the fashion brand led by Gildas Loaec and Masaya Kuroki. Their aim was to create a brand that would be linked to the music work – that’s why they also created a music label. The brand has character and a really unique identity that redefines the concept of new classics in fashion.

Jazz is like a hedge maze. From the outside it seems complex and compelling, those first tentative steps inside can be overwhelming, and if you take a couple of wrong turns you can quickly descend through confusion into annoyance, finally ending up at rage. What you really need is a guide, someone who knows the territory who can keep you away from the dead ends.

This is exactly what French hip-hop artist and beatmaker Onra is offering with this ESCAPSIM mix: safe passage. Now, sit back let Onra take you on a guided tour of jazz, stopping off at Buster Williams, Alice Coltrane and Leon Thomas, with a bit of Kool & The Gang thrown in there for light relief.

Here’s the new Big K.R.I.T. mixtape “Last King 2 (God’s Machine)” presented by DJ Wally Sparks and DJ Breakem Off. This is a collection of unreleased songs and features from the past year that may have been overlooked. Lots of quality production from K.R.I.T., 9th Wonder, DJ Khalil and DJ Burn One. Also, on this mixtape you’ll get to hear K.R.I.T. alongside other great artists like Pimp C, Bun B, Killer Mike, Yelawolf, Dom Kennedy, Cyhi Da Prynce and many more. Track listing after the jump. Enjoy!

Download: Big K.R.I.T. – Last King 2 (God’s Machine)

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01. Intro
02. Big K.R.I.T. – The Big Payback (Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.)
03. Big K.R.I.T., Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, & Berner – Yoko (Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.)
04. Big K.R.I.T. and Dom Kennedy – 2 MPH
05. Big K.R.I.T. and Mike Jaggerr – Cruise Control
06. Big K.R.I.T., 2 Chainz & Bun B – Pimps (Remix)
07. Big K.R.I.T., Cyhi Da Prynce & Wes Fif – Hometeam
08. Big K.R.I.T., Yelawolf & RITTZ – Fulla Shit
09. Big K.R.I.T., Pimp C, & Bun B – Grippin On The Wood
10. Big K.R.I.T. feat. Big Sant – 4eva And A Day (Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.)
11. Big K.R.I.T. and Cory Mo – Where It’s At
12. Big K.R.I.T., Slim Thug, & J-Dawg – Comin’ From
13. Big K.R.I.T. Smoke DZA & Bun B – On The Corner (Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.)
14. Big K.R.I.T. feat. Bobby Creekwater – 4 Tha 1′s (Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.)
15. Big K.R.I.T. and Tha Joker – Home Again
16. Big K.R.I.T. feat. Big Sant – Ova Da Sky (Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.)
17. Big K.R.I.T. feat. Yelawolf – Happy Birthday Hip Hop (Prod. By Big K.R.I.T.)
18. Big K.R.I.T. and Self Scientific – War Stories
19. Big K.R.I.T., Laws & Emilio Rojas – Hold You Down (Remix)
20. Big K.R.I.T., Killer Mike & Big Sid – Born On The Block
21. Big K.R.I.T. and Rapsody – So Be It
22. Big K.R.I.T., Wiz Khalifa and Bun B – Rotating Valets (DJ Breakem Off Mix)