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the DMV mixtape: august ‘08.

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

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19 comments ↓

#1 G*Two on 08.20.08 at 6:50 AM

Somebody tag me up.

#2 Keezy Carter on 08.20.08 at 9:01 AM

God lord! I didnt see this was up!….

#3 EF Lifestyle on 08.20.08 at 9:20 AM

Yea shout out to the EF sponsored artist Cayan, the dude got talent…peep him at “Best of the City” this Friday…

#4 Keezy Carter on 08.20.08 at 9:35 AM

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…

#5 THE DMV MIXTAPE « I’M WIL on 08.20.08 at 12:47 PM

[...] SOTL, DCtoBC and KNOWxONE presents The DMV Mixtape. I’m really feeling these songs coming out of the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia). I know I should be more supportive of the music out of my own backyard.. I try. It’s just I don’t exactly like the majority. Enjoy this one! Read more for the tracklist. Via DCtoBC. [...]

#6 Keezy Carter on 08.20.08 at 12:55 PM