Water levels rise hire more cops, Lord of the flies Piggies on top, a wolf in disguise eats from the flock, the Revolution’s televised see it on FOX. Franz Thomas

“Olympics got money and so did G20 but when it comes to feed the hungry they ain’t got none. Adam bomb

“Crime makes money, justice moves slow, jobs get lost, jails overflow”. Frankie Payne

I interviewed Adam Bomb when he was in London a few weeks ago with D-Sisive, it should be coming out very soon. Arizona Bay from Freedom Writers touches on everything of Democracy, 9-11, Haiti, The G20 and much more. This is the type of Hip-Hop you would hear in the 90′s pure political saying something, making you think of the times we are living in. Enjoy the video below and let me know what you think.

Download: Freedom Writers ft Franz Thomas- Arizona Bay

Ladies, is #phonesex pointless or does it have its place? If your man said THIS one night would u appreciate it? Shaun Boothe

Shaun debut album Waiting Room is releasing this July 12 and I’m really excited for it. I have been a fan of Shaun for around 3-4 years now, I interviewed for the first time at the Atmosphere show and again in Waterloo during the Classified show. You can check out our interview with Shaun Boothe if you missed it. Check out the track below to hold you over till the album and search Shaun Boothe on The Come Up Show search engine for his brand new music videos, unauthorized biography on Oprah and much more.

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Download: Shaun Boothe- Phone Sex

The Boombox Saints, holding down Van City, recently dropped visuals for their track “Gotta Let You Know” off the Bringin’ The Boom Back (EP). The crew consists of 3 emcees, Adlib, Freeky P, Huggy Fresh, & DJ Relik. Check out the video below:

Download: Boombox Saints – Bringin’ The Boom Back: Based On A True Story (EP)

I would like to introduce a good friend of mine from Chicago who has been working hard on his acting career but has had Hip Hop in his heart since day one. His resume includes appearances on the movie Barbershop 2, TV shows like Private Practice, Without a Trace and Breaking Bad just to name a few. MaxSoul is now taking his Hip Hop career serious and wants the world to hear his new single titled Big Leagues featuring Karim Diane off his mixtape Lucid Dreams coming soon.

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Download: MaxSoul feat Karim Diane – “Big Leagues”

BADBADNOTGOOD is a jazz trio from Toronto (Keys, drums, bass) that re-imagines hip-hop tunes in their own post bop-harmonic and melodic language. It appears BBNG’s talented constituents are college students, since most of their performance videos and pictures posted up on their tumblr are shot in various classrooms. Staffed wipe boards and retractable desks in mid-sized rooms further suggest they’re property of some lucky music faculty.

The present self-titled EP is a collection of previously released covers from artists like Odd Future, Waka Flocka Flame, and A Tribe Called Quest. It’s tip top. Get the EP over on their bandcamp, and watch “The Odd Future Sessions Part 1″ below.

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D.O. is back with his latest album Heavy In The Game releasing for free in the fall. Here is the first single She Likes You produced by Classified. Join D.O. on facebook and make sure to check out our interview with Art of Fresh, which D.O. is a part of.

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Download: D.O.- She Likes You

“My inspiration is a mosaic of older artists like Roger Troutman, Curtis Mayfield and Herbie Hancock, blended with newer artists like James Blake, Baths and Pretty lights” – David Matisse

Spotted this at 1 Love T.O. shouts to Bryan Brock. If you remember Keys N Krates they been to London a few times now, the last time was opening for Classified at The Music Hall. One of the members of KNK, David Matisse who is the keyboardist & producer created a 4-song piano and vocal mixtape titled “Short Days, Long Nights – Piano Soundtrack One.” Check it out and let me know what you think. I’m definitely playing this on The Come Up Show this Saturday.

Download: David Matisse- “Short Days, Long Nights- Piano Soundtrack One”

The “Fuck a tracklist, figure it out” mentality of certain mix artists is the reason I am going to have a gummy worm squiggling around in my head for the rest of the summer. FlyLo’s Lovers Melt 2 has me all up on google desperately trying to figure out where the HELL some of its amazing sounds call home. Mick Boogie and Dj Jazzy Jeff’s recent Summertime 2 mix is more merciful, as they’ve divvied it up into individual tracks which file into your itunes neatly. But Tyler, The Creator’s Summer Camp mix, like FlyLo’s, is a little more of an exercise for the hippocampus because it loads into your player in a huge MP3 file with no further hint of the music’s sources except for the sounds themselves.

Tyler’s Summer Camp has more mainstream and present-day choices than FlyLo’s Lovers Melt 2, however, with a lot of N.E.R.D., T.I., Badu … you get the idea. If you’re too old for the summer camp you went to as a kid, now’s the time to start a new one.

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Download: Tyler, The Creator – Summer Camp [Odd Future]

LOVERS MELT 2 is an over two hour collection of some of Flying Lotus’s “favorite songs ever … some you may know, some you might not.”  The theme is in line with the first edition of Lovers Melt, a podcast of awesome tunage that FlyLo put together for Stones Throw’s podcast series back in May. Numero dos comes in the form of a gigantic mp3 on which there are a ton of analog sounds, live beats, melismatic singing, tablas, violins, plugged in guitars, and funkage to be heard.

Download: Flying Lotus – LOVE MELT 2

I took in Mick’s and Jazzy Jeff’s Summertime mixtape last year and I was in love with it. The mix, the feelings it gave me, the variety and the flow was WHOA (Black Rob Voice). They are back at it again and I hope they do this every summer. Peep the tracklist below and share if you like it. If you want to stream the mixtape you head over to Mick Boogie’s website, download link is below.

Download: Mick Boogie + DJ Jazzy Jeff- Summertime 2

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On this edition of E Day, Emerson Brooks remixes Marvins room. If you have any requests of what you would like Emerson to remix and cover let us know, he makes every song better in my opinion.

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Download: Emerson Brooks- Marvins Room