Favela Clash - Cassiano (Nossa) (HTML→MP3)

Gotta admit I took my time cracking this mix open. I've been overwhelmed with a ton of mediocre Baile Funk mixes lately and they are all starting to sound the same. Within the genre there are a few stand out mixes (Diplo, Sujinho, Marlboro) that are floating around. But there are also HUNDREDS of lackluster baile funk mixes with the same 12 songs! Well let me take full blame - MY BAD! Cassiano (partner in Nossa with Sujinho) brings the fun back to Baile Funk with this mix made up of Brazillian flavors mixed up with some new dancefloor heat. Def. recommended (even if it is a damn zShare link!)

Genres: baile funk, club, funk, hip-hop, techno

Source: http://www.nossadesign.com/

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Junior Sanchez - Big Shot Guest Mix (MP3)

First of all - get to know Big Shot! Whew some awesome writing/music/etc going on over there! But almost as importantly - check out this mix from Junior Sanchez. All over the map from the get go (from Apotheosis to van Helden and back to Black Sheep!) with lots of electro niceness blent into the mix. This dude is one of the top DJs in NYC and finding his mixes online is a bit of a rarity. Kudos to Big Shot for sharing!

Genres: blends, electro, hip-hop, house

Source: http://newsflash.bigshotmag.com/?p=1036

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Balkan Hot Step Sound System - Gypsy Funk (MP3)

HOPA! Get ready to bust your best Trepak dance moves as we get served up another heaping helping of Gypsy mashed up funk from the mighty Balkan Hot Step Soundsystem! Take 2 parts traditional gypsy songs and then mix in 1 part of hip-hop beats and you've got a great mix that helps map out a new genre (Balkan Beats). Also be sure to snoop around The New Worck for more fwd thinking mixes from some excellent DJs.

Genres: balkan, balkan booty, gypsy funk, hip-hop

Source: http://tnieuwewerck.blogspot.com/2008/07/new-worck-173-of-ba

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Zizek Urban Beats Club - XLR8R mix (MP3)

Cued up and ready to drop on unsuspecting heads is the cool hip-hop funk from Argentinia. Whew! We had a sneak peek at what that sound is like with that Villa Diamante - ZZK Record mixtape posted up a while back. But now with a true state-side blast comes the fine taste-buds of San Fran's XLR8R.com and they are putting Mr. Villa Diamante on full podcast blast for all to hear. Check-it-out!

Genres: cumbia, electro, hip-hop, mash-ups, reggaeton

Source: http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2008/07/zizek-urban-beats-club

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The Fo Show - Math & Music Edition (MP3)

The Twin Cities based High School for Recording Arts is for kids who have been kicked out of school or are living on the streets to learn their academics while motivating them thru their interest in music. Within the school kids hit academic milestones in order to earn recording studio time. Recently the HSRA math class put together a Math & Music edition for the school radio show - with tracks that relied on their trig class for material. Keep an ear out for two of the stand out tracks Nuni G -"A Story of SOHCAHTOA" & Rubi P's "Amplifrequinshift".

Genres: hip-hop, math, trigonometry

Source: http://minnesota.hsra.org/

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K-Salaam & Beatnick - NY is Burning Street-tape (HTML→MP3)

Yo man you want a hit of this shit? Some finely ground up dancehall leaf sprinkled over some sticky-icky hip-hop. Wow this mix totally reminds me of those 90s NYC hiphop tapes that sample all of the classics jam and mix n blend em together with some new shit - giving the whole tape a historical classic feel. K-Salaam and Beatnick have a new record dropping this summer (you wont forget that thanks to the everpresent voice drops) with some serious heavy hitters rocking the mic (Mos Def, Sizzla, Damian Marley, Collie Budz and others). Link is to Sharebee so you choose your fave fileshare site.

Genres: blends, dancehall, hip-hop, nyc, reggae, remixes

Source: http://myspace.com/ksalaammusic

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Taliesin - BassBinShit (MP3)

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE! - thud thud thud! - Whoomp Whoomp Whoomp! B-A-S-S . . . . . . . . . . . . . It is pretty hard to get across the thunderous bowel-juggling power of this extra thick bassbin cleansing mix with the written word. New New Yorker Taliesin brings some serious low end infused remixes and orig cuts to the party and let it all flow. (* Scope the extra nice remix of Orig Nuttah!)

Genres: bass, blends, hip-hop, remixes

Source: http://myspace.com/umbralnights

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Villa Diamante - ZZK Records Mixtape (MP3)

You might have caught a whiff of the ZZK Records stank thats been going around for a month or so. With a crucial nod from Diplo the Argentinian sound is poised to become next year's Baile Funk - stay tuned for a genre name! But regardless of the hype - peep the game they've got going on down under! A mix-up of the some Aregntine representative cuts from Villa Diamante as well as other gems from the ZZK catalog. The sound is hard to describe - a reggaeton beat is at the base of most of it - but then there is a def. Cumbia Digital sound as well as your standard crunked up sound that is moving the floor worldwide. Check it out - for future reference!

Genres: argentina, cumbia digital, hip-hop, reggaeton

Source: http://www.diamantestyle.com.ar/

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Blentcast no.10 - Chicken George (MP3)

Blentwell's tenth Podcast radio show devoted to bringing exclusive mixes to you from the best new DJs around the world. This episode is brought to us from three time Blentcaster Chicken George.The soulful beat merchant comes at us from a live recording made recently at the Darkroom in Chicago. Get ready for some seriously smoothed out beat and rhythms paired with some outstanding neo-soul refixes and white labels.

Genres: broken beat, downbeat, downtempo, hip-hop, reggae, soul

Source: http://www.blentwell.com/blentcast/blentcast10.html

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The Tape - Mixtape pt III (MP3)

Berlin's Tape vs. RQM has a new mixtape out on Kitty Yo Digital called PUBLIC TRANSPORT (which can be copped for $5.49 on Bleep.com). To hype this release The Tape put together this masterpiece-mix of current hip-hop and beats that are moving the streets in Berlin. Tons of Jahcoozi exclusives, and Tape vs RQM productions line the tracklist on this one. Whew its a scorcher!

Genres: berlin, blends, hip-hop, remixes

Source: http://www.thetape.de/

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