yerp. brought to you by the DMV music blog cartel, also known as StartOfTheLine (dylan), DCtoBC (yzr!), and KNOWxONE (ges). huge shout out to my fellow cartel members for helping put it all together, and another huge shout out to dylan for the incredible album art. hit the link(s) below to scoop it.
DL: the DMV Mixtape - august ‘08 (via sendspace) or (via megaupload)
read my letter to the blogs and supporters, as well as a tracklisting (complete with all artists’ myspace pages) after the jump.
“The face of hip hop, my DC audience”
what’s up, world.
this is modi from DCtoBC, a DMV-based blog. myself, along with fellow DMV blogs StartOfTheLine and KNOWxONE, debuted the first edition of a monthly mixtape featuring some of the finest talent in DC, Maryland, & VA. thankfully, we received an incredible amount of support on the project, as
dozens of sites such as 2dopeboyz and hip hop update showed us love by throwing the mixtape up. the feedback was very positive, and people from all over the map praised the effort.
we’re not here to whine about how our region is overlooked when it comes to hip hop; we’ve already made progress. wale had arguably the best mixtape of the year, and sold out that show at S.O.B.’s in NYC last month. tabi bonney’s videos were all over cable, and one even earned an MTV awards nomination. we have definitely made an impression on the music industry, and are on the way to a movement.
people are hungry to see what else the region has to offer, so we went extra hard in creating the best possible august edition of the DMV mixtape. in addition to the names you already know, we wanted to introduce a few that you may not. we got exclusives, we got unreleased tracks, we have some major label talent, and we have people who grinded out their tracks in their basements on makeshift studio equipment. and we can honestly say it all cranks. so take a second and check it out.
if you dig it, please feel free to give feedback and post it on your blogs/sites. and of course, we’re ready for more artists from the area to show what else they have for us.
hope you like the music, and thanks for taking the time to read all this.
- modi
“Much love to VA & MD. That’s why the new DC is the DMV”
StartOfTheLine x DCtoBC x KNOWxONE present: the DMV mixtape | sendspace
tracklisting/artist links:
1. wale – breakdown! (dj infamous / levi’s 501 remix)
2. blaqstarr – bang hard
3. dirty water – love your style
4. X.O. – i swear
5. G5 clive – tweeters n’ cones (feat. Arafat Yates & scoopay)
6. ra the mc – what else
7. high society – pityfulville
8. T.E.F.L.O.N. – sure thing
9. marky – moping around
10. top notch teamsters (TNT) – After The Go-Go
11. Lyriciss Flowz – The Willie Lynch Chip
12. Magnum Dollar$ - I am the streets
13. al great – make it
14. tabi bonney – kick rocks
15. benji – i just want the papers
16. bishop – down
17. nando mcflyy and mouse – under dog
18. k-beta – watch fo’
19. deron – 3 A.M.
20. cayan – get it shawty
21. the package – the drug
22. R.E.U.B. – the pain
23. d. omen and G*Two – dear winter
wiz khalifa - star power. best trunk music. ever.
the native soul - an evolution. it's $ulaiman of blind i. rapping!
christian rich - the decay mixtape [think electrorock meets hip hop and dates it for a bit.]
the paxtons - members only. chi-town/dc-bred dudes. nice rhymes, crazy beats.
evidence - the layover mixtape. this joint is CRAZY.
crucial mix by PFOP's lo. love songs and such!
if coldplay and jay-z made a album, it'd sound like this.
GLC - i ain't even yet: the mixtape. kanye's G.O.O.D. music artist's latest offering.
dandiggity's eclecticuts vol. 2. assortment of eclectic cuts. obviously.
dj klever - flashback. CRUCIAL mix of 80's jams that you've probably never heard before.
g*two - one man army. newest talent out the DMV. he's nice.
Somebody tag me up.
God lord! I didnt see this was up!….
Yea shout out to the EF sponsored artist Cayan, the dude got talent…peep him at “Best of the City” this Friday…
Yo, Modi
U mind if i upload that tape on megaupload or else cuz it takes too long with that sendspace…Ive been waiting for 25 minutes for it to download on sendspace…
I see u got Magnum Dollar$ on that tape…Is that the same Magnum Dollar from the ILl community on Allhiphop?
You are definitely missin the Holadizza joint with Lil Boosie & Raheem DeVaughn.. other than that it looks good
Thank you again!
nah we ain’t miss the holadizza joint. we wanted to make it all DMV! lil boosie is from the NO.
yeah man. thats whats up! thanks for the package include! respect!
I’m mad modi put my soundclick link in the tag =/
and holltime I ain’t do nothin on G*Two track cept mix and yell “AWWUUUHGGH THE RUNNERS” lmao
shoulda fixed the way you sent it to me then.
Gotta love the DMV Movement…puttin this joint up on my blog too!
@ Keezy Carter…yes this is the same Magnum Dollar$ from the allhiphop.com Ill Community Mixtapes (Vol 1&2)
I dont know u from the mixtapes cuz i was unaware they ever finished those tapes….I saw u posting track in the forums….I was a Donkey poster…
shit crank
i wanna submit music for the monthly dmv mixtape