Mintys Year End List: Top 10 Tracks 2012

Here are my top 10 tracks that have kept me going this year (mix of UK and US)

Ruste Juxx ft. Vinnie Paz & Rock - Three the Squad Way

Datkid - Home by 8

Action Bronson & Statik Selektah - Strictly Business pt 1 & 2

The Four Owls - Three Hits To The Dome

Chiddy Bang - Ray Charles

Skittles - Shottin

Gangrene - Vodka & Ayahuasca

Sean Price ft Pharoahe Monch - BBQ Sauce

Fizzyology - Fizzyology

Mystro - UK Rap Up 2011

Joey Bada$$

Its been over 6 months since my last post so I have to post something crazy dope.

This kid is fresh2death!!!

Bringing back that old school hip hop flavour. Check out his mixtape here

Rap Ratz

Check out these funny hip hop comics courtesy of IndieHipHop.net

Justin Timberlake & Jimmy Fallon know hip hop

Justin Timberlake & Jimmy Fallon have joined twice now to bring us the history of rap with the Roots and I have to admit its pretty dope.

Wackness - VNasty

A couple of weeks ago I posted a wack tune by Kreayshawn but here is a freestyle from one of the members of her White Girl Mob. This freestyle is probably one of the WACKEST things I have seen in the last few years.

She is no Black Thought that is for sure

Onra and Quetzal representin'

This is my first post for Fresh2Death and I thought there is no better way of introducing my musical taste than by what I have been listening to lately and that is these amazing producer duo Onra and Quetzal (a.k.a. Al Quetz). Onra french hip hop beat maker, Al Quetz more of a character in the shadow not too much info around and certainly not highly commercial, doing good shit for those who appreciate. Onra and Quetzal put out this Tribute album featuring the most interesting fusion of music, from jazzy soulful tunes that remind me of a smoother and darker Mayer Hawthorne to beats that are intricate mixtures of afro-beats combined with some trip-hop and reggae greatness more for those Ayatollah lovers.

Together, I am not shy to say they might be on to something massive, maybe even bigger and better than J-Dilla.

Their album Tribute is features on their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/tribute2006
Gotta Have It from Tribute 2006


Wait, also from Tribute


Ready produced by Quetzal

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Random Axe

The newest hip hop supergroup coming out of Duck Down Records.... Random Axe comprised of Sean Price, Guilty Simpson and Black Milk.

UK Mix

Here is a cheeky UK Mix I did last night

Mainsteam UK Grime/Garage Mix by Minty on Mixcloud

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?8tuh2xx26te0buz

Summer Mixes

Now that the radio show is finished. (Note: you can check out all the old shows here ). I will be starting a new fortnightly series of themed mixes much like the radio show. To start off with two summer mixes that I made the other day. The 'softcore' mix is full of more soulful beats and the 'hardcore' mix is full of more hard hitting beats.

Summer Mix (Softcore) by Minty on Mixcloud

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?3vi63694qyw3vhq

Summer Mix (Hardcore) by Minty on Mixcloud

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?3p3ri39klwj1o6e

Here is another great summertime track:

The Essence

For me, this is the essence of hip hop. Three hip hop greats vibing out on stage:

Logos

Here are some random logos for fresh2death.

This is the original logo that inspired the fresh2death movement, props to Matt for this:

Another logo that nearly became the logo for the blog (pretty rookie logo), props to Scott for this:

This is the final logo designed by Mooly along with the "certified dope" tags:

A tasty "Aggressive Scratch" logo done by my girl Lucy for all you hardcore scratch DJs:

Rapsody

Rapsody is a female MC signed to 9th Wonders lable and she is

Props to my man Kid Just Play for putting me on her (check out his blog here). Here are two tasty tracks for her:

Sneaker Fiend

I like sneakers but this guy is insane, check this out if you like your sneakers:

RIP Gil Scott-Heron

RIP to one of the best soulmen out there!

Adele Vs Hip Hop

Right now adele is an unstoppable force at the moment and she has had a big influence on hip hop! Couple of months I showed a dope adele remix mixtape. Check it out here

Checkout these hip hop remakes of Adele tracks:

The Incomparable Shakespeare - Hometown



If you are feeling Incomparable Shakespeare check out his mixtape "The British Invasion" here

BIG Krit - Hometown



Arrogant - Hometown



Childish Gambino - Do Ya Like

Wackness: Hip Hop vs House

According to wikipedia the mix of house and hip hop is called hip house. I am not really feeling all these hip hop cats making these house tunes.

Here are some examples:

UPDATE: 23/07/2011

Ludacris & Taio Cruz have linked up with David Guetta for another wack hip hop / house tune.

STICK TO WHAT YOU DO BEST!

Hip Hop Gifs

Check out these funny hip hop related gifs. You can check more out here.

Gutter Rainbows

Support the fam!

Check out my man Kid Just Play's blog: Gutter Rainbows

Action Bronson

I mentioned this cat in a previous blog. This guy is a new rapper on the scene from New York bringing back that oldschool new york flavour that the scene is missing. A lot of people call him the "white ghostface killah" because of his flow and his stream of conciousness rap style.

Make sure to check out his album Dr Lecter. Click here for a review of his album.

UPDATE: Pitchfork media have reviewed the Dr Lecter album and given it a 8.1 which is AMAZING by their standards. Check the interview here

Here are some of his tracks from his album:





He gets on his reggae flex with this track:



He collaborated with my fav producer check it out here:

Ill Bill - White Nigger

Interesting track:



Check out Ill Bills breakdown of the track: