The third installment in The Weeknd‘s 2011 experiment in mixtape madness has finally arrived. Echoes of Silence can be downloaded direct from us here and you can digest along with us. More details as they emerge, for now LISTEN, DOWNLOAD and share your comments below.

*** Merry XOmas ***

The Weeknd – Montreal
The Weeknd – Same Old Song

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After a few hours of more careful examination on this Blue Dream & Lean mixtape, I realize I nearly forgot to mention this other video featuring Kreayshawn which, you know … is definitely one of the highlights, both of the mixtape and of her short but illustrious career in rap. These are not complicated songs, they’re all about getting high as fuck which, if you are reading this, you either really like to do or you’d like to really like to do.

Or, maybe, you used to really like to do it and now you let Juicy & Kreayshawn have all the fun for you. “Damn son, where’d ya find this?”

Juicy J – U Trippy Mane (feat. Kreayshawn) [Produced by Key]

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HOLD UP A MINUTE, WHAT? What did you just ask me? Oh, my bad… I was just, you know… I was too busy not really giving a fuck what anyone was asking me right then because I’m too busy uh you know, just .. listening to the much-anticipated Blue Dream & Lean mixtape from Memphis’ own Juicy J. Hosted by DJ Scream with tracks produced by Lex Luger, Drumma Boy, Sonny Digital, Juicy J and others, this mixtape features guestos from Project Pat, Wiz Khalifa, A$AP Rocky, Kreayshawn, 2 Chainz, Alley Boy, Casey Veggies and a bunch more.

All you gotta do is download this junt, grab you up some trippy sticks, a zip and a double cup, make sure your rims spin, the whip is clean and you okay to drive, grab up a couple of college girls and head to the party with this on notch.

Now look here lil’ mama: some of you around my part of town think that Three 6 Mafia click haven’t been getting it in, and you would be wrong. So, if you callin’ this a comeback, don’t fix your lips improperly — you’re the one you hasn’t been paying attention, and you damn sure missed out on Rubbaband Business 2 — which, of course, you’re gonna need to know before you can proceed. “Stooooooners night…”

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The first video from this mixtape dropped last month, in case you missed that, too, here it is.

Juicy J – I Don’t Play With Guns (feat. Alley Boy & Project Pat)

Instead of writing a review, I’m gonna copy and paste this chat log between me and an anonymous friend regarding the new GRIM mixtape, FADED Re-Edits Vol. 1. Feel free to read along as you listen.

(12:37:29 PM) loudersoft: have you ever heard of a Memphis label called Voodoo Village? I read that they have this mixtape out or something.
(12:37:42 PM) loudersoft: 6RIM might have songs on it or something
(12:37:45 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: …;.
(12:37:47 PM) loudersoft: idk you know about stuff like this
(12:37:55 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: i hear is mad underground
(12:38:03 PM) loudersoft: MAD
(12:38:03 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: not like allot of other music
(12:38:08 PM) loudersoft: underground
(12:38:17 PM) loudersoft: like MAD Magazine or ….?
(12:38:30 PM) loudersoft: Alfred E Neuman-step
(12:38:34 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: it might have to do with living in a shit town or being an outsider
(12:38:35 PM) loudersoft: ?
(12:38:44 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: it might be about drugs
(12:38:49 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: i cant figure it out
(12:38:49 PM) loudersoft:
(12:38:57 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: haha
(12:38:58 PM) loudersoft: haha
(12:39:01 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: i just got it too, did you listen?
(12:39:04 PM) loudersoft: to what
(12:39:16 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: the mixtape
(12:39:25 PM) loudersoft: nah i am still at the trap
(12:39:30 PM) loudersoft: this shit is post-trap
(12:39:37 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: i didnt knwo what to make of it
(12:39:48 PM) loudersoft: post-death
(12:39:49 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: after the scond listen its like gospel
(12:39:58 PM) loudersoft: mommybahton
(12:40:10 PM) loudersoft: iwantmymommybahton
(12:40:21 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: man its doesnt even need a genra tag. Its like slow death
(12:40:35 PM) loudersoft: its tropical like a pina colada that sat out in the sun too long
(12:40:42 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: not even
(12:40:55 PM) loudersoft: like rotting pineapples n shit
(12:40:59 PM) loudersoft: covered in cocoa butter
(12:41:01 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: its like if you were stuck at viewing life at 1000 frames per second
(12:41:10 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: and all you could see is poverty and distruction
(12:41:14 PM) loudersoft: LIKE IF YOU WERE SMOKING DMT EVERY SECOND OF EVERY DAY
(12:41:22 PM) loudersoft: OUT OF A VAPE
(12:41:25 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: kinda exactly
(12:42:06 PM) loudersoft: its like slow evisceration with a dull butter knife
(12:42:16 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: … but better
(12:42:28 PM) loudersoft: covered in actual butter
(12:42:36 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: it really needs to be on the fader
(12:42:39 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: or something big
(12:42:43 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: its fucking nuts
(12:43:17 PM) loudersoft: completely unrecognizable shit
(12:45:21 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: it should be number 1 on tumblr tho
(12:45:43 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: i wanna get a vitamin water sponser so I can build an actual witch house tho
(12:45:54 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: i dont want to drive a tarus tho
(12:46:02 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: I need some new glasses tho
(12:46:11 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: I gotta get my dog some shots tho
(12:46:37 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: I want to smoke the finest dmt tho
(12:47:00 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: i wanna fuck anything with hands tho
(12:47:05 PM) anonymous friend of loudersoft: i want a smoothie tho
(12:52:57 PM) loudersoft is offline

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Diamond Bass – Nomada/All That
Three Six Mafia – South Memphis Bitch
Clicks & Whistles – Hello
Lil Daggers – Pair of Lives
Lil Wayne – I Feel Like Dying
Project Pat – I Keep That
Courtesy – Life, Man
Wiz Khalifa – On My Level
Com Truise – Colorvision
Koreless – Made In
Cities Aviv – Sixsixsixes
Gorillaz – Empire Ants
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Released by: Voodoo Village
Release/catalogue number: VVMX003
Release date: Oct 5, 2011

Cities Aviv – Die Young (GRIM Re-Edit)

The good people at The Very Best have dropped a mixtape just for Mother’s Day full of beat buffets, remixes, re-edits and other goodness guaranteed to show Mom just how much you love her. To all the mothers out there, including my own, Happy Mother’s Day. Download the entire mixtape by clicking here.

The Very Best with Cee-Lo – What Part of Forever

A few weeks back, Pigeons & Planes clued me in on UK duo Oh My!, who had just come out with a new track called “Run This Town” (not to be confused with the Jay-Z track of the same name.

::: EXHIBIT A ::: Oh My! – Run This Town

Here’s a TMS remix of said song, punched up a bit to become an electropop dancefloor banger.

Check out the ‘trailer’ for “Run This Town” (while we’re here and all) –

::: AND IF THAT WASNT ENOUGH :::

Get the Oh My! mixtape right here for your downloading pleasure.

I have a feeling that Brooklyn producer Codes spent a lot of time digging the crates and tripping over house & disco classics before stumbling into the world of production & everything I’ve heard from him so far is consistently high-quality house/disco — the dirty, nasty, funky kind that makes the whole place jump. Check out “Guzzlin’ Champagne”, then head over and download his mixtape, Around The House in 80 Minutes. I guarantee this to turn a party out.

[ DL Around The House In 80 Minutes Mix Here or Here ]

One listen and I expect you’ll be hooked on this R&B/soul/hip-hop mixtape which just dropped from Manchester indie instrumental hip-hop mixologist/DJ/producer Star Slinger. Everybody if you’re with me, say yeahhhhhhhhhh.

::: TRACKLIST :::

ONE: HUDSON MOHAWKE – 3.30
TWO: 213 – ANOTHER SUMMER
THREE: KINDRED THE FAMILY SOUL – YOU GOT LOVE
FOUR: DAEDELUS – ASSEMBLY LINES
FIVE: MTUME – JUICY FRUIT
SIX: CHANGE – WARM
SEVEN: SA-RA – MY LADY
EIGHT: RICK JAMES – MARY JANE
NINE: ZAPP & ROGER – COMPUTER LOVE
TEN: THE SPINNERS – AIN’T NO PRICE ON HAPPINESS
ELEVEN: ELLA FITZGERALD – MISTY (LIVE IN BERLIN)
TWELVE: STAPLE SINGERS – AFTER SEX
THIRTEEN: J DILLA – SO FAR TO GO (FEAT. COMMON & D’ANGELO)

This day seemed like it was going nowhere, and now there’s two hot tracks that have surfaced. I don’t know anything about this new joint from Chiddy Bang except they (along with Mac Miller) went in over a remake of the Martha & The Vandellas classic. In addition, Xaphoon just dropped a mixtape you can snatch from Illroots, but this track? I don’t know what this is. But I like it.

[ MP3 ]

I’m coming off a horribly shitty day. I’ve been abused by friends, talked shit about, put in the corner and given a virtual timeout, and now I’m so angry I’m seeing spots. My thoughts are so jumbled, I feel like I have to censor myself with every keystroke. I keep backing up and starting over as if I’m trying to compose one lengthy email I’ll never actually send wherein I tell everyone that I have ever had any kind of a beef with to go fuck themselves.

You know that feeling, right?

You probably have go-to songs that you’ll hit up when feeling like you, too, want to blow up the world, some of them played so many times you could recite the words as you sleep. I have my fair share of those songs. A couple of weeks ago, though, they were all suddenly replaced by The Weeknd’s soon-to-be-bigger-than-life song “Wicked Games” from their recently-released free mixtape House of Balloons, a stunning piece of R&B/soul music that came out of nowhere and shattered the glass ceiling of the genre. Since I first laid ears on this song, I feel like it’s taken the upside down parts of my life and put them right side up again. Even if I ended up back in that place, there was some momentary comfort from the act of playing this one song over and over again.

The Weeknd – Wicked Games by The_Weeknd

Yeah, I know, every music blog and music publication on the internet has shit themselves about The Weeknd already for weeks. But you? You’re probably so cool you downloaded it the day it was posted to October’s Very Own or maybe the day Drake tweeted about it.

In case you didn’t or you haven’t and you don’t know what The Weeknd is, I’m here to share with you that Toronto’s Abel Tesfaye is the thing of the moment with good reason. And for his part, the previously unknown 20-year-old Tesfaye (backed by the ill beats of Doc Mckinney & Illangelo) seems to have maintained radio silence through it all. The swagger and sadness, the raw honesty and the unbridled highs and lows that come out of the songs on House of Balloons aren’t likely to be the victim of any hyperbole by the press. There’s something about this collection that defies any definition besides, simply put, real.

Who Tesafaye is and what he’s out to do may still be up for debate, but one thing certainly isn’t: there’s an unholy sadness and pain in his voice on this song that takes my pain away. For that, I am thankful today.

[ You can download The Weeknd's mixtape House Of Balloons by clicking here. ]

For two years now, I have waited impatiently for the Mobroder mixtape to arrive, and at long last, the glory eagle has landed. The Mobroder concept looks like this: add one part Spank Rock, one part HOFF and one part Blu Jemz & find yourself transported back to 1983 Miami with disco legend Mobroder as he struggles to remain relevant in a world where Italo-Disco could bring an end to his once glorious career and love life.

Inspired by Cerrone‘s classic “Love in C MINOR”, the mixtape is fueled by skits & filled with solid disco classics and mixes from Flagranti, Shazam, Nile Delta, and Turotito. Expect to hear guest appearances from Amanda Blank, Maluca, Hussle Club, Da Hardy Boyz, Gumshoe, Eli Escobar, Posso, and Roxy Cottontail along the way.

[ Download the Mobroder Mixtape Here ]

*** EDITOR’S NOTE: If you downloaded this on the day it went live, 3/29/2011, you should download it again — HOFF & Jemz alerted me that there was an error in the mix the day it went live. Find the email you received & you can use the same download code that was emailed to you before. Thanxxx.

[ PS: Here's the video for Mobroder’s “Rush (Nile Delta Remix)" (apparently it won't work until 10am PDT on 3/30) ]

Like I’ve been screaming since 2009, Skewby is coming for the title. He blew up at his SXSW showcase this year, having built up his rep by consistently releasing raw tracks and fresh mixtapes like his latest, More Or Less. Maintaining that consistently high standard, Skewby’s newest cut, “Don’t Understand”, is certified to receive the Good Hoodkeeping Seal of Approval.

Skewby – Don’t Understand

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In it’s original release, the now-classic (and still bumping as f**k) mixtape Couche Tard pulled together elements from all over the place — an untouchable generational and cultural crossbreed mixing tracks from Spank Rock with comedy drops, jazz, reggae, disco, funk, breakdance and even doo-wop, the crew of Xxxchange, Devlin and Darko completely outdid themselves.

According to Xxxchange, “Couche Tard is the name of a convenience store in the french part of Canada. It translates roughly to “we go to bed late” or “we stay up late”. Luckily, the sessions made it to Soundcloud (in advance of the crew’s soon-to-come CD/DVD project Win Win) where you can drop them at your party, get together, powerpuff circle, shindig, or you know … just so you can put on something ill to listen to. Or, if you want the full CD/DVD experience, you can still purchase the deluxe edition from Underground Hip-Hop here.

“Couche Tard” Mix CD by Xxxchange, Devlin and Darko

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Cut Copy‘s latest album Zonoscope will be released on 8 March stateside. Check out their hand-curated “Modcast” (courtesy of the fine folks at Modular) entitled A Tale of Two Journeys.

Cut Copy – A Tale of Two Journeys [89 MB MP3]

Big ups to Frolab for hipping us to this new fro-laboration between Ski Beatz and Black Dante aka Mos Def. I guess the long-anticipated 24 Hour Karate School sees daylight on 7 September. Aiight?