New Album: Otitis - Audioraincloud

Ok. not necessarily "new" (it's been out since February) but the latest release from the extraordinarily talented producer Otitis is worth every spotlight it can catch. Otitis has been doing his thing since 2006 and since then has released a plethora of material, from solo projects to collaboration albums with MCs to entire remix albums. His style is the definition of versatile, ranging from club bangars to soundtracks to the most underground while sampling soul music to rock. Audioraincloud is his fourth instrumental-only release. His goal with this project was to make a beat for every part of a storm - the calm before, the violent parts, the eye of the storm, and the most relaxing parts. The accuracy of the emotions that Otitis tries to convey is incredible with this project and every instrumental hip-hop junkie WILL love this album and even if you don't dig the instrumental side of the hip-hop world, there is no reason not to appreciate the fresh breath of air that this concept album brings. Check it and love it.

You can stream the album below or download it for free (or buy it for a price that you name) here .

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New Mixtape: Just S.T.R.E.S.S. - Bouncing Hi-Hat and Spoken Words

As you probably know based off of some of our past features, I'm a sucker for sweet beat tapes. I stumbled upon this gold nugget while looking up beats that sampled the late great Gil Scott-Heron. Just S.T.R.E.S.S. samples the legendary voice in all 8 tracks of this short but sweet little tape. Gil Scott-Heron and hip-hop goes hand in hand so a project like this was long overdue. Plus, it's got an awesome cover. Who doesn't like a creative cover? Give it a listen and drop a comment below.

You can stream the tape below or download it here.

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New Beattape: Paradox - Habits

Paradox is a very talented 18 year-old hip-hop producer hailing from Upstate New York. With aspiritions to work with a wide range of rappers, Paradox is on a mission to construct an impressive instrumental hip-hop catalog to showcase the talents that he was blessed with. Everybody has different taste buds in beats, and Paradox is trying to satisfy as many as he can. Paradox likes to think of himself as a sound engineer as well as a beatsmith; mixing a very impressive ear for samples (which is evident by "Ohf" and "Boom Slap" on Habits) and an expert mastering ability. Paradox does not believe in being strapped down by a niche, and as a result he does not stick to a particular "signature sound". Habits is his 2nd beattape and is by far his best work.

Also, Paradox runs a very impressive blog called The Roll Off. He is always on top of the latest happenings in the entertainment world and is always covering the latest free music releases. I strongly recommend following the site.

Download Habits for free off Paradox's Bandcamp here or stream it here:

 Paradox's Bandcamp: http://paradoxproduction.bandcamp.com/

Paradox's Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/zmparadox 

Paradox's Blog:  http://therolloff.com/

Follow Paradox on Twitter: @ZachMiller12

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