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Money Mouth and Shells

Money Mouth is a force to be reckoned with. He brings some of the best underground bangers I've heard in a long time. Better believe you'll be hearing him on the radio real soon. Check out his music if you haven't yet at http://www.youtube.com/user/MoneyMouthMusic and if you like what you hear come out December 1st to Elixir Lounge, only $10 for one of the best shows of 2010.

Also, Shells dropped the first installment of Round the Track Series (EP Race 1 - Winter) today. I just got a chance to hear it earlier today and loved it. Some of her best efforts were put into this album. Hurry quick, first 100 downloads are free!! After that it's only 5 bucks and you get some bonus tracks, well worth the money if you ask me.

Team Shells - Round the Track Series

Shells has been hard at work! She's been grinding in the studio, song after song, day after day, night after night. To showcase all her grinding Team Shells brings you a multi-series album titled "Round the Track Series". Each series will focus on one area and type of sound. The first installment to be released is "Race 1: Winter". Each album will be released seasonly, 4 times a year (Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall).

The first Race features a tribute to the Twin Cities and the Midwest sound. It's a 10 song EP, which will be released on Thanksgiving. The day it drops, it'll be avaliable for a free download that day only! After that, it will be available on the Team Shells bandcamp for $5 bucks for the entire album, and $1 a song.

You can find more info about it here:
http://teamshells.com/album/round-the-track-series-race-1-winter

And you can catch the first leak "Fire"
http://teamshells.com/track/fire-coming-soon

If you wanna get ahold of Shells or anyone else on the team, stop by www.teamshells.com and drop a line!

Witness - .45 Sweetheart

A few months ago some friends and I went to go see my buddy Kaz aka Kaznasty perform a small free show at a local eagles club..

Pulling up to this place we really questioned if there was a hip-hop show going on there or not. Walking in wasn't any different, the bar was filled with what looked to be like the regulars all in their mid 50's. I didn't quite know what to expect at this point but we stuck it out because Kaznasty is a great artist (I'll have to post some of his stuff here soon).

The first act up (Hyphon and Def Mek) actually did a damn good job, with a more or less twisted sense of rap. It was definitely respectable. Then, up walks this white guy in a sweater vest. We looked around at each other not knowing what to expect. As soon as he spoke I knew we were in for a treat. His voice was sharp over melodic beats with lyrics that stuck inside you. I'd finally found Witness, the perfect poet/artist. We spoke with him after his set and told him how much we enjoyed it. We bough his album "The Evermore EP" and he gave us a free copy of this album ".45 Sweetheart". We kept both CD's of his on replay up until today. Beautiful music from a man who hails from the East coast and is now residing in Minneapolis. If you're a fan of artwork in any form check out his mixtape ".45 Sweetheart" and enjoy.

http://www.recollectiverecords.com/45sweetheart/

Mally - Leaks of Integrity

Mally from the 612 recently dropped another mixtape following his '09 smash "The Passion" (which you can also download for free on his bandcamp site). Gritty back to it's roots hip-hop is something you can always expect from Mally and his newest mixtape "Leaks of Integrity" is nothing short of that. Free download as always, enjoy!

http://mally.bandcamp.com/album/leaks-of-integrity

Team Shells

Shells Valentin is one of the most talented producers to hit the Twin Cities in a long time.

She comes right from the heart of hip-hop in New York and has worked with a long list of artists. Check out her bandcamp for some great free downloads ft. Feedback, Eclipse, Orikal Uno and more. You won't be disappointed!

http://teamshells.bandcamp.com/

Alicia Leafgreen

Let me say one thing; Alicia Leafgreen puts it down for the twin cities. They're tons of male rappers and artists in the cities (almost too many..) but as far as females go they are few and far between, especially ones worth listening to. Alicia Leafgreen has got some major talent, and an old-school feel to her. She also was involved with Intermedia Art's B-Girl Be over the last year which showcases local female talent as far as the hip-hop and artistic community goes. Check out her new mixtape "Old School Vs. New School"

http://rs360.rapidshare.com/files/338619980/Old_School_Vs._New_School_mixtape.zip