Canadian emcee Muneshine and producer Vinyl Frontiers blessed us last week with the bangers –”Easy Does It” and “Freeze”. And while we here at SmashHype loved both joints, we wanted more. Well ask and you shall receive. Available for download now, the 8 track EP “Larger Than Life” featuring Ghettosocks and D-Sisive, Termanology and Sean Price. Trust us, this is worth downloading…even if you had to pay for it! Download  Read More →

The DJ Green Lantern x Famous Stars and Straps mixtape featuring Emilio Rojas is now available! To download “Life Without Shame”,click here. The new mixtape project includes features from DJ Green Lantern, B.o.B., Yelawolf, Mike Bigga, Mickey Factz, Laws, Big K.R.I.T., The J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Needlz, Dante Ross, Illmind, M-Phazes, and more. Life Without Shame available now!!  Read More →

Whether you’re looking for some calming white noise to help you drift off to sleep at night, or you just moved to the desert and desperately miss the sound of falling rain, this unique piece of vinyl should fill that void in your life. On one side of the endless rain record you’ll find a long track of, you guessed it, falling rain, while the other side features looped grooves that play a continuous stream of more distinct rain drops. $39 from... 

28 years ago today, Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike and Ralph officially formed as New Edition. We at SmashHype wanted to take a moment to recognize N.E. for their contributions to popular music and look forward to future releases! And just for your time, here’s a remix of “Can You Stand The Rain”  Read More →

First single from brand new group FORTILIVE, consisting of !llmind (on the beats), Mushmouf (mc) and Slo-Mo (mc). It’s called the “Fuck You Song”. DOWNLOAD IT HERE The Story Behind Fortilive (As told by !llmind) Back in like ’99 when I was a youngin’, I used to post a lot of my beats on www.ughh.com. Back then, this was a relatively new concept, especially since most people were rocking dial-up connections. I remember... 

Othello and DJ Vajra just released the digital version if their new album, The Required Taste, off Humble Beast.Order now via Humble Beast and get the full The Required Taste album, the instrumentals and the bonus “AM:NEJA” EP all for $10. Can you say a steal? Add an extra $5 and get the physical when it drops on the 31st this month, as well as everything above. Tracklisting: We’re Coming Go! Same Team Suckas (Feat. Theory Hazit) John... 

Kanye West, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver – Monster Kanye West & Jay-Z – Power (Remix) Kanye West, Jay-Z and Nas – We Major (Mick Boogie Mix) Kanye West & Jay-Z – Never Let Me Down (9th Wonder Remix) Kanye West – Everything I Am (Terry Urban Remix) Kanye West & Jay-Z – Diamonds (Remix) Kanye West, Jay-Z & Rihanna – Run This Town Kanye West & Jay-Z – The Bounce Kanye West &... 

Kanye West may or may not be releasing an album Nov. 16 that may or may not be called Good Ass Job. But one thing he’s not being cagey about: when you’ll hear his next new tunes. West tweeted he’ll be giving away a new song every Friday starting this week (Aug. 27). And the social-media convert has dubbed his new project “Good Fridays.” “I know yall need the music so I’m dropping 1 new song every weekend... 

“Authenticity” is the 3rd full-length from indie-soul duo The Foreign Exchange. Picking up where their 2008 Grammy-nominated “Leave It All Behind” set left off, “Authenticity” is the group’s most diverse work to date, with a tight, 11-track song cycle spanning the duo’s trademark brand of lush electronic soul, to stripped down acoustic pieces that recall the heyday of 70′s singer-songwriter driven... 

Anyone who reads this blog will soon learn that I am, and have always been, a die-hard Michael Jackson fan…long before his passing and peoples re-acceptance of him. That said, I ran across this gem of a track by former Floetry singer Marsha Ambrosius called “I Want You To Stay” which was written for Michael Jackson’s upcoming album. It’s a beautiful song, and in this live performance from Jazz Cafe, you can only imagine...