Mike Ladd "Kids and Animals"

Everyone has a few artists who they believe are incredible and do not understand why more people who are fans of the same sort of music, do not really know that artists music. (Could I have made that sentence any more confusing? Well yes but that isn't the point.) For me, one of the artists on the top of that list is Mike Ladd. Whether it is his solo work, his classic projects with Vijay Iyer, or in the brilliant battle of the Infesticons and Majesticons, the guy shines as a true artist, not just an MC. What's that you say? You are not familiar with Mr. Ladd, well then, why not check out this project and see what you are missing.

You can download the album here.

Eratic "Negative Balance"

Keeping on with the #ATFU theme, let me inform you about Eratic, while he may not be putting out the number of projects of some of the other members...do not think this is because he is lacking in talent. Eratic goes hard and does a great job of tying the sound of 5 different producers into one cohesive project. So check out the project and realize the world isn't all peaches and cream.

You can stream and download the album here.

Rusty Redenbacher "The Minion"

It is almost impossible to keep up with the music coming out of the Tornado Alley camp lately, but we should all be doing just that. First let me tell you about the new project by Rusty Redenbacher "The Minion" a FreeEp coming to whet your appetites before he drops "The Tinkerer" but do not think this is subpar because it is free, it is what I have learned to expect from Russ..high quality music. So check it out now and see what you've been missing. You might as well check out his maxi-single "Hello" which features A-Sky, E Dot Spencer, and Mr. Kinetik here.

You can download the album here.

Gajah and Graves33 "Two Headed Dragon"

I have been slowly working on getting reviews done and as this has happened I have been slipping on letting my loyal reader(s) know about dope new music being released. So, I figured why not let you know about a few dope releases tonight. Let us start with Gajah and Grave33 and their release "Two Headed Dragon." It is always interesting when two MCs come together to create an album, who will take the lead, how will they mesh, etc...these are the questions that always seem to come up and often are what you think about while listening to the album instead of actually enjoying. Luckily, Graves33 and Gajah got it right on this project. The two mesh perfectly while still remaining themselves (which if you do not know are two very talented MCs) so check out the album and enjoy.

You can stream and download the album here.

Bil Basmala "Nobody Beats...Volume Three"

Bil Basmala is back again with another in his series of "Nobody Beats..." this time we are on Volume Three (normally what comes after One and Two) if you enjoyed the first two (if you haven't checked out those peep my post on them here) you will not be let down by volume three.

You can stream and download the album here.

J. Sands "Jobs"

J. Sands is getting ready to release his debut solo album "The Poet Tree of Life" and has made a video for the first single "Jobs" where Sands handles production as well as the mic. I have been anticipating "The Poet Tree of Life" for a while and "Jobs" doesn't disappoint at all, so check it out now.

Creature "Chester Himes EP" produced by Prefuse 73

What's that, you want me to suggest to you some more great free music that I probably should actually review instead of just sharing the link, well here is some for you. How about an EP by Creature with Prefuse 73 handling the production. Does that sound good to you? If it doesn't then I do not know what is wrong with you, the EP is dope and hope this means they are working on a full length together, but we shall see.

Stream and download the album here.