Here's the final mastered version of the song, for those of you who value sound quality. There's a couple new lyrics too.
I'm not entirely sure how dilligently Print has been keeping up with this 'Beat of the Week' series, but here's a new one I just dug up. Name that sample people, it should likely take less than five seconds of the song for you to recognize.
LeBron James apparently couldn't recruit Jay-Z, so he enlisted some no-name weed carriers to make a track in promotion of his recent documentary. Just playin'. I believe the New Music Cartel was responsible for leaking this track.
A new joint from one of my favorite emcees in hip-hop today. And it's nails. No surprise there.
This song will be featured on Young Son's Dreamer's Poetry, which will be presented by 2DopeBoyz and DJBooth.net. 
The Cool Kids were initally slated to perform in Madison on August 22 at the Orpheum Theatre, a ritzy, ornate venue with plenty of seating and not so much standing room. However, in a serendipitous turn of events, the concert was transferred to a new location: The Majestic Theatre. The new setting couldn't have been more fitting for Chicago's rambunctious hip-hop duo. The floor was packed shoulder-to-shoulder with sweaty college students, all ready to nod their heads to the group's unique hipster boom bap sound.
Add-2 really outdid himself with this one. Wow. Tale of Two's City, Vol. 3 will be coming out on Friday. Prepare yourselves.
D/Will really does bring the heat on the boards. This beat is fresh.
Black Milk comes back with his second self-produced song in just a few days. Once again, it's a little short, but beggers can't be choosers. Props to Shake.
Franz Diego has been putting out a slew of mixtapes and various other tracks lately, and it all leads up to his self-titled solo album, scheduled for an early September release. In the meantime, here's a breezy, smooth summertime jam for you to vibe with (if only it would stop raining here in Madison). Shouts to Jon Jon for the debut.In January 2009, Israel launched an assault on the Gaza Strip, causing massive damage to civilian infrastructure, killing more than 1,300 Palestinians and wounding 5,300. Israel has held Gaza under siege, controlling the borders, air and water space, preventing even the most basic humanitarian goods from entering.
The Emperor's Clothes is a call to action. One of the most effective strategies we can pursue right now is boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns against Israel, as we demand an end to Israel's 60-plus years of occupation and war on Palestinian life.
So it turns out XV is from Kansas — who knew? It's about time an artist from The Sunflower State got some love on Midwest Broadcast. Apparently this song didn't make the cut for XV's latest mixtape, Everybody's Nobody, which I supposed I listen to, ha! Props to 2DopeBoyz for the premiere. 
Keeping things Detroit-centric 2DopeBoyz posted a new Black Milk track — good to hear from him again. As expected, this beat is pretty crazy.ETA reveals the connection between people & places by creating media that resists displacement, gentrification, colonization, occupation, obstruction of movement, denial of the right to leave, and denial of the right to return. ETA is beyond borders, checkpoints, deportations, passports and dehumanizing immigration application processes. Our journey will begin here, online, and continue until we can all travel or stay where our hearts desire.And here's a caption from the site describing the intentions behind this particular video:
Finale and Invincible spent over five years writing "Locusts." The song writing process began with them each collecting oral histories from friends, mentors, and family. Finale's grandfather drove him around Detroit and showed him the sites of his old stomping grounds, now long gone. He told Finale stories of how the city had changed in his lifetime. Invincible spent time with her mentors learning about the history of anti-displacement organizing in Detroit.
Here's some new Trey Lane, featuring a handful of his Flame On Entertainment coworkers.
There was a Double-O remix of this song that appeared on Naledge's Chicago Picasso mixtape. This, however, is the original cut. Spotted at 2DopeBoyz.
"Felt 3, the final frontier." -Murs
No Bird Sing's self-titled debut album is on it's way in just a matter of weeks. Here's a cut from the project, "Dead Leaves." Also, their CD release party will be at the Triple Rock in Minneapolis on September 12. The digital flier is included below, in case you're interested in attending.
From Rhymesayers: "This producer once attended a New York City movie premiere with this leading lady."Eyedea discusses the identity crisis he faced touring the country with Atmosphere at age 17. Referred to by Slug as a child prodigy, he discusses the book he co-wrote with Abilities' brother Derek before finishing high school: the main character having spawned his alias Oliver Heart. Heartbreak, addiction, death, regret and... dealing shrooms to his boss back when he worked as a medical records clerk form the underpinnings of a life Eyedea claims to be book worthy. Will there be an Eyedea autobiography in the near future?
Analyrical of the Background Noise Crew recorded this song back in 2008 for the Rhymesayers/Jake One contest, if you remember that. This track, featuring Analyrical going in over the "Kissing The Curb" instrumental, did not make the cut to be among the finalists, so it has not been heard until now. Props to Egypto for the assist.
Reallly Doe made his first mainstream appearance years ago back on Kanye's Late Registration. Now, the G.O.O.D. Music artist is finally putting out his debut album, First Impressions, on August 18. This is the second single from that album, "Marvelous."
Upon the completion of the group's upcoming full-length LP, Uprising, A.R.M. has decided to release one of their favorite tracks, "I Shine," featuring North Carolina rapper Supastition. Though this song will not be featured on their album, it is yet another gem trio, and a preview of what's more to come. 
The Saint Paul 'Soap Boxing' slam poetry team, which includes local emcee Kyle "Guante" Myhre, just won the slam poetry national championship. Congrats to the local poets; following is the press release, written by the team's coach, about their tremendous accomplishment: The St. Paul ‘Soap Boxing’ Slam team has been crowned the champions of the 2009 National Poetry Slam.The 20th annual National Poetry Slam (NPS) was held in West Palm Beach, Florida from August 4thth. This competition (basically the Olympics for poetry) brought 68 4 to 5 person teams together from the US, Canada and Europe. through 8
This is the third year that the Soap Boxing Poetry Slam (held at the Artists’ Quarter every first Monday) has sent a team to NPS. The team advanced to semi-finals the first two times it was at NPS. The team ranked 15th place overall in 2007 and 13th place in 2008 but did not make it to finals (reserved for the top 4 teams) until this year.
This year’s finals set St. Paul against 3 teams who were not new to the finals stage: Albuquerque - who won NPS in 2005, San Francisco - who won in 1999, and the always-tough Nuyorican team from NYC.
Team members Khary "6 is 9" Jackson, Michael Mlekoday, Kyle "Guante" Myhre, Sierra DeMulder and team alternate Jenn Parks had been writing, rehearsing and fundraising since the team was selected in May, coached by St Paul SlamMaster Matthew Rucker. All That hard work paid off as this is the first time a team from Minnesota has even made the finals stage, let alone took home the trophy.
On behalf of the St. Paul Slam team, I would like to personally thank everyone who supported us by coming to the Slams, buying raffle tickets and team DVDs, and making contributions of money and/or goods. We couldn’t have done it without you.
Members of the team will be at the Artists’ Quarter tonight (Monday August 10th) to perform and answer questions from 9pm until 11pm, during the Artists’ Quarter’s weekly open mic.
Add-2's upcoming mixtape Tale of Two's City, Vol. 3, will be dropping on — you guessed it — August 28th. In the meantime, here's him going in over the popular Clipse instrumental. This track will not be featured on the mixtape.One half of the duo Eyedea & Abilities, MC Eyedea lies down (literally) on the grass with UGHH's Van Stylez (no, yes, maybe homo) for a conversation, which immediately veers away from music and into the metaphysical. The time-space continuum, existence, the afterlife, the soul and energy are all pondered in this offbeat discussion.
So Blueprint has been doing a "Beat of the Week" series, and uploading the songs to YouTube. This is the third or fourth installment in the series, but I neglected to post them on Midwest Broadcast until now. You can check out all the rest of his songs on Blueprint's YouTube page.
The Bloody Beetroots (yeah, me neither) are an Itallian production duo, and managed to snag Chicago's The Cool Kids to jump on one of their tracks. This should be featured on the Beetroots upcoming studio album, Romborama, due out on September 7. Props due to the City Pages.
I posted a new Naledge joint this morning, and lo and behold a new Kidz In The Hall track follows right after that. This is the lead single to the duo's upcoming album, Land of Make Believe, which should be in stores on October 13, 2009. I only posted the song for streaming, but you can purchase it on the iTunes store.
The Kidz In The Hall rapper spits some lines over what I believe is the instrumental to Lil' Wayne's ode to condoms. Strap up, children!
