You all have got to check out the Southwest-Connection mixtape series. They are compiled by TRMNDUS featuring mainstream and underground rappers throughout the country. What he's basically done is filtered out a whole bunch of material and put out only the tightest shit. I was feeling about 3/4 of the tracks on pretty much all of them.
Right now he's got many volumes from South, Midwest, West & Northwest, featuring the guys everybody's heard of but what really impressed me was a lot of the artists I ain't never heard. These compilations are a wonderful showcase of the geographic diversity of rap music nowadays (he's probably got somebody repping your spot on one of those comps). They are also a wonderful showcase of all the talent that is out there besides the guys you see on MTV. He'll have a big name guy's track on there right next to somebody who probably didn't sell 2,000 copies and odds are both tracks will be tight.
My collection improved a lot with all these mixtapes, I would suggest everybody peep the track lists and maybe order one if they haven't heard a lot of the stuff, b/c odds on it will be very good. These are great b/c you're buying an album with more tight tracks for about 1/2 the price (they're $7). This is real talk. I've had nothin but the SW Connection mixtapes in my cd player, in my car, for about the past 3 weeks (when my shipment came in the mail).
Check them out at
http://southwest-connection.com/mixtapes.html
Right now he's got many volumes from South, Midwest, West & Northwest, featuring the guys everybody's heard of but what really impressed me was a lot of the artists I ain't never heard. These compilations are a wonderful showcase of the geographic diversity of rap music nowadays (he's probably got somebody repping your spot on one of those comps). They are also a wonderful showcase of all the talent that is out there besides the guys you see on MTV. He'll have a big name guy's track on there right next to somebody who probably didn't sell 2,000 copies and odds are both tracks will be tight.
My collection improved a lot with all these mixtapes, I would suggest everybody peep the track lists and maybe order one if they haven't heard a lot of the stuff, b/c odds on it will be very good. These are great b/c you're buying an album with more tight tracks for about 1/2 the price (they're $7). This is real talk. I've had nothin but the SW Connection mixtapes in my cd player, in my car, for about the past 3 weeks (when my shipment came in the mail).
Check them out at
http://southwest-connection.com/mixtapes.html