Cool Fridays:Happy New Years Edition

Today is New Years eve and The Academy is

Wishing all of you crazy kids a happy and

Blessed New Year.

We urge you, if you are spending it

with loved ones then love right, spending it with friends, then 

party smart. And Lastly give glory to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

for giving you and everyone else another year.

Good luck in 2011.

Oh and as a present here's Nottz and Asher Roth's new Ep.

 "Rawth Ep"

Asher Roth goes in....

Amsterdam represents

One of my favorite emcees, Pete Philly,
just came out with an Lp entitled "Open Loops".
For 14 weeks he released a single from the Lp and
just this week he finally released the whole thing. And
trust me when I say this is soul with a high fly theme,
and something different all at the same time.

"Open Loops"

Curren$y-Hold On ft. Young Roddy and Trademark Da Skydiver

Curren$y - "Hold On" Feat. Young Roddy and Trademark from Creative Control on Vimeo.

Old School Mondays-Sending This One Out to Teena Marie

"Naked To The World"

R.I.P. to Teena Marie

Teena Marie was found dead yesterday morning by

her daughter and her manager. There saying she

died in her sleep, but officially at this point

it is unknown causes.

God Bless and prayers go out to her

and all of her family.

The Academy is sorry for your lost.  

My Bad!!!

Okay so the Gorillaz lp that I posted was
apparently a fake and not better than the
original. So here is the real one and the
"Phoner to Arizona" video-

"The Fall"

and again sorry about the confusion

Part 2 of Richard Pryor

"Live On The Sunset Strip Pt. 2"

Good Old Pryor

For a late Christmas present, im going to give
yall Richard Pryor on vinyl. Here's part 1,
Live On The Sunset Strip-

"Live On The Sunset Strip Pt.1"

Blue Scholars

Since I wont be posting on Christmas day I decided to
give yall one more gift. The Blue Scholars own Sabzi
(Producer) released an Ep with a singer named Kelsey.
I got this in my inbox; check the email.

Hellooooooo, Saba here.

Hope you're having a pleasant winter season! Geo and I are happy to announce that Cinemetropolis is fully mixed and on its way to mastering. Soon we'll have a finished album to share with all of you. It's been long time coming and we're very excited for you to hear it. Anyway, you're probably on this email list cuz you like Blue Scholars beats, so I'm assuming you'll wanna hear about this new side project. Last week I got together with a good friend of mine (her name is Kelsey) and formed duo named MADE IN HEIGHTS and in a matter of days we produced a little EP. As friends of Blue Scholars, all of you have been such supportive folks over the years so I thought it'd be cool to share this with you first.
Consider it a gift from us to you. Please feel free to share the link with friends and fam. Be well!

"Winter Pigeons(Songs to raise your dead spirits)"

Ya I know great timing.

Merry Christmas to all

God Bless

Merry Christmas

Here you go, this is a compilation of Nat King Cole remixes.
it's something you can listen to for Christmas time. Love it and
bask in his greatness-

"Regeneration"

yo i just edited the link its the right

one for sure, sorry... 

It's some kind of Oldies

The young emcee Diggy Simmons just put out
a new mixtape with Dj Premier. He goes in over
7 different old school beats, which he holds his own
on. I cannot front I may not be a fan of Diggy, but he
brings the boom bap back on this one.

"PastPresentsFuture"

Virginia is Complicated

At least according to one of my favorite hip hop groups called the Five One. This Lp is actually one
thier first lp entitled the "Virginia Complex". Live
instrumentation, good lyrics and versatile beats.
Love it-

"Virginia Complex"

Blu release

Okay I been slippen on Blu posts but Ima
make it up to yall. This is a zip compiled of
the four tracks that was released by BLu in
the last few weeks. Four tracks, great Blu,
what else do you want. Well I guess the
album would be nice-

"Blu Leaks"

Also here's the new video

By the way Blu I saw you trip,

you ain't slick!!!!!!lol

This is a Get To Know

This is Copywrite's new single from his insane Lp

"The Life and Times of Peter Nelson". I got this

in my inbox and overlooked it and finally got a chance

to listen to it. And let me tell you this is one of the

lyrical masterpieces that will get Copywrite lots of

lovin.

Copywrite has been doing it for a minute but is finally gettin some

recognition. The Ohio bread emcee raps with that

gansta passion. His new Lp is his life in 20 tracks.

Something like this back in the 90's would have been

some kind of wonderful. To bad we're in 2010.

Tracklist

1.It (Parts 1, 2 & 3) (produced by Surock)
2.Trooper f/Sean Price (produced by !llmind)
3.Wish You Were Here (produced by Twiz The Beat Pro)
4.Smile (produced by Joe Benny)
5.Y.O.G.A. Stretch
6.Best In Show f/ Planet Asia & Tage Future (produced by Khrysis)
7.Mega Mega FT Camu Tao, Tage Future, RJD2 & Jakki Da Motormouth (aka MHz) (produced by Surock)
8.Forever And A Day f/ Middle Distance Runner (produced by RJD2)
9.Bored (produced by DJ Rhettmatic)
10.Seratonin (produced by Josh Gabriel)
11.Future Throwback f/ Jet Jaguar (produced by Twiz The Beat Pro)
12.Three Story Building f/ Dilated Peoples & MF Grimm (produced by Twiz The Beat Pro)
13.Rob The Club (produced by Camu Tao)
14.Confessional (produced by Rob Stern)
15.Alive f/ Motion Man (produced by Kount Fif)
16.Shotgun (produced by Dank Charnley)
17.Don’t Kill Me (produced by the Intalec)
18.Crooked Cop f/ Crooked I (produced by Twiz The Beat Pro)
19.Mother May I (produced by !llmind)
20.Tic Toc (produced by RJD2)

Download-"Life and Times of Peter Nelson"

Runnin and Runnin

Ya, so I don't care what anyone says,
Nipsey Hussle is putin out some dope
music. His newest outing "The Marathon"
is definitely something from the left side
of the US.

"The Marathon"

Stuck in Some rapper's journey to find soul

I just found this new mixtape by the
Emcee SIN entitled "Stuck In Nowhere".
This tape is real becasue it takes you on
a journey through his thoughts. Download
and take the journey.

"Stuck In Nowhere"

Old School Mondays

So yesterday I was looking for some new or old
Madlib music. Then I stumbled upon an old album
that him and Talib Kweli did back in '06. Entitled
"Liberation", the lp was for free for a couple of days.
It's 9 original tracks with the same Talib flow. So
how can you complain.

"Liberation"

Talib + Madlib=Some Kind of Wonderful

Sundays are for God and good music

One of my favorite producers Apple Juice Kid
just put out his new Ep. For the Christmas spirit
he decided to remix Frank Sinatra. Not only is
it one of the best remixes that I've heard in a while,
but its probably going to be a Christmas tradition to
listen to this every year.
Check it, I'm sure you'll get a kick out of this one-

"Frank Sinatra Remixed"

Tabi Bonney-Nuthin But A Hero

A Reference from a Fresh Fellow

Here goes another installment of my reference series.
This reference comes from my fellow Jet brother
Jae who told me about Tabi Bonney's new Lp "Fresh".
This Lp is his best yet and you will be bumping this
for a minute. With features from Wale, Pusha T, Curren$y
and more. This is what I like to call a DMV classic.

"Fresh"

Old and Busted, New Hottness

Tennille just put out a new mixtape entitled
10illmatic/10MFdoom where she goes in over
some of her favorite Nas and Mf Doom beats.
5 of each to be exact. It pretty dope and chilled
out. So check this one out-

"10Illmatic/10MfDoom"

Man this relates to me

Alright my bad for not posting in a while but
I been preparing and taking exams this week
so please excuse me for trying to make some-
thing of myself. But I had to represent the
west coast by posting my man Casey Veggies
with his new offering "Sleeping In Class".
With features and productions from dom, Nero
Brandun Deshay and more. This is sure to be a good
one, Love It-

"Sleeping In Class"

Cool Fridays

Last day of classes and I am feeling great.

So to celebrate I am going to give you some

new music fromt the beatles.

Okay I lied; this is actually Evidence's new project

that just dropped today which is inspired by

the beatle's White album.

Check it and love, actually you don't need love.

"I don't Need Love" 

Shawn Chrystopher, No sophmore slump

Shawn decides to finaly drop his sophmore Lp
"You, And Only You". Shawn Definitely does it
again. If your not a fan, then you'll definitely be one
after you listen to this.

"You, And Only You"

Old School Mondays- Pac Div unreleased songs

"A Bunch of Songs"

1. Ditch The Ugly Friend

2. Golden Lady

3. Suffer

4. If That Ain’t Love f. Diz Gibran

5. Feel

6. Hey Baby

7. Cringe f. Blu



Sundays are for God and good music:Blu's stamp of approval

Blu himself has approved this group and
thier 2009 Lp "World B. Free". Muamin
Collective is an underground hip-hop group
from the left coast. They preech what I like to
call "free mindstate". Check it you may find you-
self feelin a little lighter-

"World B. Free"

Just one Date

One of my favorite upcoming Cali Artist
Chuuwee, just hooked up with Cookin
Soul and released a new concept tap entitled
"The Date Tape". Check it-

"The Date Tape"

Cool Fridays

Ya you know what time it is;

Cool Fridays.

And this week i'm bringing you Neako's

new project "LOUDpack: Love and Other drugs".

Its real dope and Neako with every release

reinvents himself. If he keeps at this rate he may get the official 

Academy stamp.

"LOUDpack:Love & Other drugs"  

Long Away

Kris Kasanova  drops his long awaited
debut "The Long Way Home Ep" with 11 original tracks.
Which is pretty dope. Check it-

"The Long Way Home Ep"

Issue #3

Trademark Da Skydiver decides to drop his 3rd
installment of his issues series. Issue number 3
is now on Itunes and is probably the best.

"Issue#3; Villain Reign Supreme"

Oh by the way here it is for free lol.