Welcome to another installment of “The Beat Goes On” where we present you with the hottest rap joints on the Internet. I hope you guys are enjoying the summer, so far. We are going to flip the script on this column and present this week’s hottest mixtapes, first. So without further ado . . .
Just in time for summer, apparel company UNDRCRWN teamed up with DJs Jazzy Jeff and Mick Boogie to present Summertime the Mixtape that is hotter than an armadillo’s butt at a Texas picnic on the Fourth of July. It’s a FREE 49-song mixtape of classic summer jams that’s perfect for your next pool party. Just download and play.
DOWNLOAD: DJ Jazzy Jeff x DJ Mick Boogie – Summer The Mixtape
Although he’s a day late, Cleveland, Ohio rhyme-spitter Chip Tha Rapper shows his American pride with his latest mixtape offering, Independence Day. DJ Steph Floss is on hosting duties.
DOWNLOAD: Chip Tha Rapper – Independence Day
Houston rapper Paul Wall (aka “The People’s Champ”) is a changed man. Through the years, Wall’s unhealthy diet of pill poppin’, fast-food eatin’ and beer drinkin’ turned him into the “People’s Heavyweight Champ.” Last year, the rapper weighed in at a hefty 320 pounds and was struggling with weight-related issues, including diabetes. He went on a diet but that proved to be unsuccessful. “I tried doing it the legit way. I stopped sippin’ syrup, stopped taking pills . . . but it ain’t work,” Wall tells BallerStatus.com. “So I went out . . . and got [the gastric bypass] surgery. I lost 100 pounds, so I’m back at my fight weight. I’m ready. The champ is back.”
Paul Wall is indeed back. His new mixtape Sole Music features him spitting rhymes over head-nodding, guitar-tinged southern rap jams. Guests include Yelawolf, Pitbull and fellow Lone Star rappers Slim Thug and Dorrough. Now this is some good ‘ol sole food.
DOWNLOAD: Paul Wall – Sole Music (via Rap Radar)
Big Boi’s new solo LP Sir Lucious Left Foot . . . the Son of Chico Dusty is in stores now. But before you go out and cop the stankiest album of the summer, check out his new mixtape Big Boi’s Mixtape for Dummies: A Guide To Global Greatness. It’s a great music retrospective of Big Boi’s career both as a soloist and as one-half of OutKast. Tracks feature on the mixtape include, “B.O.B,” “Shutterbugg,” “Elevators,” “Kryptonite,” “Playa’s Ball” and others.
By the way, Big Boi’s Sir Lucious LP is one of the best rap albums of 2010. It’s a crunk-filled ride of beat-pounding southern rap that knocks harder than anything in music right now. If you need an OutKast fix, pick this up — it’s a great album.
DOWNLOAD: Big Boi – The Big Boi Mixtape for Dummies
**BONUS**: Big Boi — “Follow Us” (featuring Vonnegutt)
Tanya Morgan rapper Von Pea just dropped a mixtape that should get you motivated for some hot quality music. So Motivational: The Most Skullduggery of Mixtapes is a teaser of great things to come from Von Pea on his solo debut LP Pea’s Gotta Have It (due Sept. 7). I included some of my favorite joints from his mixtape below. Enjoy.
Show em Up (featuring Che Grand) by Von Pea
Lookin Fly (featuring Donwill & Trackademicks) by Von Pea
Other Mixtapes:
Charles Hamilton – Well This Isn’t Akward (Winner Takes All) Mixtape
(via Rap Radar)
Gucci Mane & DJ Drama – Mr. Zone 6 Mixtape (via Hip-Hop Wired)
Capone-N-Norega – Camouflage Summer Mixtape (via XXL.com)
dead prez & DJ Drama – Revolutionary But Gangsta Grillz Mixtape
(via Hip-Hop Wired)
More music after the jump . . .
