December Mix 2011

Toast to a great year of music!

Leaving 2011 with bang! Hip Hop is alive and breathing well. The internet has done wonders for independent artist. No longer is radio and TV the main source for new music. Artists are able to succeed and strive through hard work, innovative marketing, and of course opportunity. It's no longer filthy rich white men in suites, who give two shits about the genre, deciding what music the masses are subject to. Although we have this freedom to stray away from the same 40 radio hits, there is still much work to be done before the music industry is truly an equal playing ground. But enough of my two cents, now on to December...

First off, this song has to be the hardest shit since "Niggaz in Paris".

"So the most you'll get from is cab money hahaaha"

With production from the mastermind behind "Black & Yellow", you know Cardo is bound to lace Phil Ade with a beat that knocks so hard that heads turn wherever you drive. M.O.B. was so 2000 & late... (no homo). Another random stand out, and which proves that Kendrick Lamar can hop on any track and make it classic certified, is "Rossi Wine (Free My Mind)".

"I'm out cheaaa!!"

Give this track a few spins and you'll be sippin' wine out of a red plastic cup in no time.

While the December mix is filled with independent artist making their way up the success ladder, several major labels had huge releases. Warner Bro's put out Common's much needed come back album, The Dreamer, The Believer, and Def Jam released The Roots' first concept album, Undun, which is argued to be one of their best pieces of work. Other notable artists found on this playlist are The Kid Daytona, Naledge, Danny Brown, El Prez and just about everyone else on here. 2011 was a great year for Hip Hop; can't wait to see what 2012 brings! (*fingers crossed for that Kendrick Lamar & J. Cole project*)

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