The Academy

Jabee - That's So Raven

Some new Jabee for ya'll to jam out to. Man, I used to have such a crush on Raven Simone back in the day.

I can't believe we never posted this guy before. The face of Canada has been Drake lately, but there are many artists from Toronto that are just as dope (perhaps better?). This Canadian bred emcee, JD Era, has been grinding lately and has been making alot of noise in the underground circuit. His latest mixtape Th1rteen got him a notable mention for this year's XXL Freshman class, however didn't have enough material to make the cover. Here is his highly acclaimed mixtape featuring the likes of Freddie Gibbs, Drake, and many more.

JD Era - Th1rteen (Mixtape)

Curren$y's Mythblazers Series

So as I was looking for some recent Curren$y interviews (as I posted for you previously) I found this hilarious series that Spitta has been quietly making. It is a web-show where Curren$y breaks down the myths of weed smoking. Funny right? He first started it back in 2008, and his latest excerpt was done a few months ago. I found these highly entertaining as well as informative lol

Episode 1:

Episode 2:

Episode 3:

New People Remix

Blue Scholars does it again!!!
They decided to sample some rock
band's song and use it to remix their
song "New People" off their EP "OOF!!!"
Check out this message from the crew-

"Geo and I listen to a whole lot of music. Some of it is dope music people think is garbage, some of it is garbage that people think is dope music, some of it is simply garbage, and occasionally, some of it is Garbage.

Back in 2008, one of the tunes that was in (figurative) rotation on the iPhone was a little Australian hit called "Walking On A Dream" by a group called Empire Of The Sun. Whether or not that song is garbage is up to you. Either way, I snatched the best loops in that song, added some extra percussion, and chopped a Biggie sample for the bridge and we came up with what is now known as New People.

Since we wanted to release New People on the OOF! EP we ended up making a different version of it because a) the Empire version didn't match the sonic texture of OOF!, and b) you can't really do an official release of a song with such a recognizable sample anyway. You know, lawyers and such.

Long story short, this "remix" (aka original version) didn't come out until a year later in August '09 and even then I don't remember exactly how we put it out. We were so busy with the release of the actual EP and the Hawaii trip that I must have overlooked the fact that this remix only made it onto some crappy jewel-cased promo CD sampler that nobody listened to. 'Cause seriously, who the hell listens to CDs? Every time I'm at an event and somebody gives me a demo or sampler on CD it's like they're saying, "Hey man, will YOU throw this away for me?" (RIP Mitch Hedburg).

Anyway, I guess we waited too long on making this version known 'cause after the shows this weekend I was getting Twitter questions about this song from people like they never heard it before. What's likely more of a kick-in-the-hip-hop-testes is that, although we made this joint a year and a half ago, Wiz Khalifa has his own version that came out sometime (I think) in the last 6 months. This of course helped make an awkward moment at the show we did with Wiz Khalifa the other day when we rocked the New People {Empire Way Remix} in front of some of his fans"

Blah blah blah blah blah, nobody cares about your apologetic late-pass rants, Saba. Shut up and gimme the download already. No problem, friend. Here you go. Click the link, below, for instant download. - Sabzi

"New People (Empire Way Remix)"

illRoots Interview w/ Curren$y (Video)

"Pilot Talk, it was supposed to be released March 23rd but I'm looking at first or second week of April." - Curren$y

Fast Times At 30,000 Feet

Since Curren$y and his new label Bluroc
want to be very gay and not release his
album "Pilot Talk" and "24 Hour Karate School"
(Ya I know they can eat a dick).
I decided to post two of my favorite Curren$y
mixtapes. So here you go enjoy something that
was released ON TIME!!!!!!