Joyful jubilations in the bass department today, with  B. Rich showing the love with the release of a free EP of remixes of his massive track “We Ball Harder”, with takes on the track from J. Rabbit, HavocNdeed and DZ, along with the original.  Each artist puts their own special blend of dirty on the track, and the end result is a thumper of an EP.

B. Rich – We Ball Harder

B. Rich – We Ball Harder (DZ’s Spy Harder Remix)

B. Rich – We Ball Harder (HavocNdeeD Remix)

B. Rich – We Ball Harder (J. Rabbit Remix)

Continuining with the love, B. Rich also sent over his latest mix, ripe with some reaaal fresh tracks.  Hit the mix and tracklist after the jump, don’t sleep on it!

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This new year has had me blathering a ton about the LA based crew wedidit, a group of guys with a similar mindset on the whole beat-making, thunder-stealing thing. One of the members Juj just dropped a new beat on their blog which utilizes some warped guitar chords and 70’s funk samples to dangerous effect. If you dig, catch a whole free CD of beats here and show him some love on myspace.

Juj – My Room

You don’t need an expert to tell you that Brick Squad are probably the most prolific rap group in the South right now. The output ratio of free mixtapes to albums is around 10:1, making it almost impossible to keep up with all the great tracks both lyrically and instrumentally. These past two weeks saw a great surge from two of the crew’s members, OJ da Juiceman and Waka Flaka Flame. Both artists launched new mixtapes, one with an especially awesome cover to play on Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange”. “Orange” is Bouldercrest Shawty’s answer to my favorite rap song of last year, Gucci’s “Lemonade“, with a central focus on everything being orange.

OJ da Juiceman – Orange

OJ da Juiceman – It’s A Go

Definitely the up and coming member of the crew, Flaka flows about his steady grind in the grand pursuit of an Italian automobile. Anyone looking for some motivation in their lives needs to listen to this song right now.

Waka Flaka Flame – Lamborghini this Summer

For more on all of the Brick Squad family, visit their myspace for all mixtape downloads and show info. BURRR!

Couple weeks behind on this one, but definitely worth a post: Amp Live, producer behind bay-area hip-hop group Zion I and creator of a fabulous album of remixes of Radiohead’s “In Rainbows”, has returned, with a free 5-track EP of remixes of Why’s new album Eskimo Snow.  Amp’s production talents have not waned in recent months, and the remix EP stands as evidence of that.  Grab the whole she-bang right hurr.

Why – Against You (Amp Live Remix feat. Zumbi of Zion I)

Why – Bezerkley (Amp Live Remix)

Ever since Dizzee Rascal dropped ‘Boy In Da Corner’ in 2003 (waddup Ben Firke) I have had a very soft spot for grime music and the scene’s artists. The scene has had an incredibly interesting development from a very ragtag genre with some ghetto ass beats (i.e. Dizzee Rascal – Jezebel) that I loved for what they were, to the newer, far more advanced stuff (i.e. Wiley & Chew Fu – Take That). Along with that, the artists have also started collaborating with a wider array of artists and that brings us to today’s song.

Wiley, as noted on Chemical Jump, decided to do a remake of the White Town song ‘Your Woman’. The track drops along with remixes on February 21st but until then enjoy this delicious Hervé rework. Some really nice sounds combined with a pretty female voice and Wiley just cannot go wrong.

Wiley – Never Be Your Woman (Herve Re-work)

I always have so much respect for people who put their music out for free to the public. They obviously care immensely about what they do and are happy to share their work. This week’s find comes courtesy of Ghostly Internation signee Mux Mool, another major player in the experimental hip-hop scene right now. Pick this EP up and his other press on Ghostly here, but test the sound out with one of my favorite tracks from the free download, “Drum Babylon”.

Mux Mool – Drum Babylon

Boy 8-Bit x Justice x Amusement Park

I don’t think it’s at all preposterous to say that if there was one producer whose skills I would want, a leading candidate would be Boy 8-Bit. In fact, he just might be my pick. His versatility is ridiculously impressive and every song is something new. Lately he’s had a knack for creating longer, more melodic, 4 minute buildup-type songs (a la ‘Drumming Song’) and it’s doing wonders for him. His newest remix along those lines is that of M.A.N.D.Y and Booka Shade’s newest track ‘Donut’. It takes about 4 minutes to build up but if you turn it off before then you’re making a big mistake. Go!

M.A.N.D.Y & Booka Shade – Donut (Boy 8-Bit Remix)

More rough-around-the edges tunage from yours truly today.  Been working on a spot o’ the dubstep, with the intention of having a sort of mystical, middle eastern vibe to it, with sitars and tabla drums and whatnot.  Starts off pretty generic and a bit boring, but definitely gets more interesting about a minute and a half in, so don’t give up early.  Enjoy, and lemme know what you think.

Mr. Scribbles – Meditation Dub

I posted up DJ SnipaZ’s last mix and was eager to get at his next one!  And he did not disappoint.  This one packed full of of the beaten trail bangers, like new stuff from KGB, Physical, and a delicious remix of b.rich’s “We Ball Harder,” by DZ and Sam XL, and it is power.  Also got some tasty 320’s courtesy of the man himself.  Blouse muncher is insane, loving it at the moment, super bouncy, just moves.  And Chillbox is pretty much implied in the name, deep bass on the easier side, still sick and pretty groovy.  Check em out below, and get at his new mix!  Packed tracklist after the jump.

Dj SnipaZ – February 2010 *OH DEAR* Mix (Mediafire)

DJ SnipaZ – ChillBox

DJ SnipaZ – Blouse Muncher Please kindly download this, I love it.

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If you don’t know already there is something wrong with you.

Shlohmo – Mix for Mary Anne Hobbs

1. Shlohmo – Tomato Squeeze (Shlohmo Remix)

2. Shlohmo – Glue Stick

3. Shlohmo – VOR/0FF

4. Shlohmo – Brown Note Research

5. Shlohmo – Garbage