Southerngold

This mixtape is worth the post just for the artwork. As of late, hip-hop artists have been using Santigold on a lot of their music (Jay-Z - Brooklyn Go Hard and Drake - Unstoppable for example) so you can understand the motivation for these blends. Download here.

Chiddy Bang

Chiddy Bang is a rap and electronica group consisting of four college freshman hailing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Usually the aforementioned genres are hard to mesh, but this group does it effortlessly and the result is amazing. Their songs sample a wide range of artists: Radiohead, Passion Pit, MGMT, and even Tom Waits. Don't be surprised if you start hearing them on your local college campus in the near future. You can download five of their tracks here. My favorites are "Because" and "Kids."

Jay-Z - Death of Autotune (prod. by NoID)

This is the street single off of Jay-Z's upcoming Blueprint 3. The second single for the radio will be titled "Off That" and will feature Drake.

DOWNLOAD: Jay-Z - D.O.A. (Radio Rip)

Lil Wayne - Kobe Bryant

"Kobe doin work, 2-4 on my shirt/ He da greatest on da court, I'm da greatest on da verse"

Weezy dedicates a track to one of our generation's greatest athletes. This kind of reminds me of the Mike Tyson track he did a while back.

DOWNLOAD: Lil Wayne - Kobe Bryant

Kid Cudi - Heaven at Nite

Fix Your Face 2 - TRV$DJAM

This is the second installment of Travis Barker and DJ AM's Fix Your Face mixtape series. It features a bunch of mash-ups from music ranging from 80s to Hip-Hop to Rock: dopeness incarnate. Apparently this was released via twitter but you can download it HERE via 2dopeboyz. Enjoy some of Travis Barkers renditions of popular music below.

DOWNLOAD: Jay-Z - Jockin Jay-Z (TB Remix), Rich Boy - Throw Some D's (TB Remix)