Shizzio – 1st Things 1st: The Life & Times Of Joe Daki Vol.1 (2008)

A fast-becoming-famous UK rapper from East London released this unique gem last year, with a flurry of freestyles over own-produced beats and those well know. The mixtape is hosted by the amusing Kat Man, whom some of you may recognise from MTV and other channels.

IMO: Out of the depths of East London emerges Shizzio, someone whose hustle I truly respect. You may or may not have heard of him, so a quick run down goes: his biggest release to date is ‘Arabian Dance’ which was screened on all the major music channels, he recently went to the top of the charts in Miami and Venezuela with his refix of that Strokes tune called ‘Put Up Your Breitling’, and his new single is with US singer TQ. Oh, and he made it to the top 50 bachelors of 2008 in Asiana Mag too. All this, before he’s blown up. This was his first mixtape after his debut EP. Look out for his new mixtape called ‘Invasion Of Privacy’, which is on it’s way onto here too. See below for the links.

Download Page:

http://shizzio.com/1stthings1st/

Direct Link:

http://shizzio.com/1stthings1st/1st%20Things%201st%20-%20Shizzio.zip

Ace Hood – All Bets On Ace (2008)

The new name recently making waves in the hip-hop indsutry gives us a rap freebie that showcases his style for those who haven’t heard him yet.

IMO: Will Ace ever be able to shrug off the comparisons to Lil Wayne because of his barnet? It doesn’t matter, because this post is based solely on his performance on the BET Cypher. Ace Hood spat fire flows on that clip (which is in the blog somewhere), and this is an official offering from him before his upcoming album release ‘Gutta’, which should be out in the next week. He is also on DJ Khaled’s roster, who hosts this mixtape, so no doubt you’ll hear Khaled soundbites, and Khaled sentences without verbs. See below for the link.

Tracklisting:

01. All Bets On Ace
02. Gutta (Feat. Trick Daddy)
03. Who Hotter Than Me Freestyle
04. I Don’t See Y’all (Feat. Brisco)
05. Get Em
06. Face Good (Feat. Flo Rida)
07. Ace Hood “Gutta” In Stores Oct. 14
08. Put On
09. Final Warning (Feat. DJ Khaled, Bun B, Blood Raw, Brisco, Bali, Lil Scrappy, Shawty Lo & Rock City)
10. Gutta Bitch (Remix)
11. Blood Money (Feat. Brisco, Rick Ross & Birdman)
12. Ride (Feat. Trey Songz)
13. From A Small City
14. Khaled Speaks…

Download Link:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/teqi84

http://www.sendspace.com/file/0ag300

http://rapidshare.com/Ace_Hood-All_Bets_On_Ace_DJ_Khaled_2008.rar

Fabolous – The Monster’s Ball (2008)

Fabolous touches down on the latest beats in hip-hop, with the endorsement/hosting of a ‘Quan Da Bomb‘.

IMO: Fabolous is good. Although it must be difficult trying to promote a mixtape with a private profile on MySpace. Not Fab’s profile, that is. See below for the link.

Download Page:

http://www.hiphopforfree.com/2008/10/14/fabolous-the-monsters-ball-mixtape-2008/

Direct Links:

http://rapidshare.com/files/154002597/FAb.MB-DUNKS-.part1.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/153986475/FAb.MB-DUNKS-.part2.rar

DJ Haze & DJ L-Gee: Heavy Rotation (2008)

DJ Haze & DJ L-Gee touch down for a hip-hop mix. Innit.

IMO: Bare tunes. And it’s official. And it’s free. See below for the link.

01. T.I. Feat. Kanye West, Jay-Z & Lil Wayne – Swagger Like Us
02. T.I. Feat. Rihanna – Live Your Life
03. T-Pain Feat. Ludacris – Chopped N Screwed
04. Ne-Yo Feat. Jamie Foxx & Fabolous – She Got Her Own
05. Keri Hilson Feat. Lil Wayne – Turn Off
06. Jazmine Sullivan – Bust Your Windows
07. Slim Feat. Jadakiss, Busta Rhymes & Freeway – So Fly (Rmx)
08. Ron Browz Feat. Jim Jones & Juelz Santana – Pop Champagne (Rmx)
09. Kanye West – Love Lockdown
10. Dj Khaled Feat. T-Pain & Kanye West – Go Hard
11. Jay-Z – Dope Boy Fresh (Jockin Jay-Z)
12. Lil Wayne Feat. Bobby Valentino – Mrs. Officer
13. Bun B Feat. Rick Ross, David Banner, 8Ball & MJG – You’re Everything
14. Young Jeezy Feat. Anthony Hamilton & Lil Boosie – Everything
15. Maino Feat. Trey Songz – Hood Love
16. Young Jeezy – Vacation
17. The Game Feat. Bilal – Cali Sunshine
18. The Game Feat. Raheem Devaughn – Touchdown
19. The Game Feat. Lil Kim – Get Up On It
20. Ll Cool J Feat. Ryan Leslie – Like A Radio
21. Ludacris Feat. Chris Brown & Sean Garrett – What Them Girls Like
22. Brandy – Right Here (Departed)
23. David Banner Feat. Lil Wayne – Shawty Say
24. Ciara Feat. T-Pain – Go Girl
25. Plies Feat. Jamie Foxx & The Dream – Please Excuse My Hands
26. Willie The Kid Feat. Gucci Mane, Yung Joc, La The Darkman, Bun B, Flo-Rida & Trey Songz – Love For Money
27. Busta Rhymes Feat. Ron Browz – Arab Money
28. Q Tip – Gettin Up

Download Page:

http://sharebee.com/70e0d33d

Direct Links:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RS8M63D3

http://www.badongo.com/file/11701019

http://www.zshare.net/download/204958425d6660a2/

DJ Trudos – 4×4 Sessions Vol. 7 (2008)

FREE DOWNLOAD!

Mixed CD by DJ Trudos featuring bassline, niche, house & garage and the likes of.

IMO: Heard some of it. Another mixed CD that’s tracked separately – hooray! And there’s a tracklisting – hooray! And there’s album art too – hooray! And the songs aren’t half bad – hooray! About time the bar was raised on the dance mixtape scene. Stumbled onto this while doing the MySpace wander. The fact that this is Vol. 7, and the DJ has already notified us of a forthcoming Vol. 8, means that he means business. Hey, he’s made the effort, the least one can do is shack out to it. See below for the link.

Download Page:

http://files.filefront.com/Dj+Trudos+4×4+Sessions+7zip/;11918572;/fileinfo.html

Sway – The Signature LP Mixtape (2008)

FREE DOWNLOAD!

Worthy ambassador of UK Hip-Hop Sway, releases a mixtape in promotion of his latest release ‘The Signature LP’.

IMO: Ain’t heard it properly yet. Another artist who maintains consistency is Sway. Having recently been signed by Akon’s music label (I think), he may finally be able to break the American market. Sway’s style is very flexible, he can go fast or slow. His lyrics are always interesting, with a nack for rhyming humourous anecdotes. For those in the know, Charlie Boy makes a return on this mixtape. One of the funniest alter egos/skit characters/whoevers, ever. Only thing is, you have to enter your email on the site below to get the download link. See below for the link.

Download Page:

http://www.sway.uk.com