The FreeIceCream.net crew is back with yet another dope FREE underground hip-hop release. “The Flaming Clipse” is a mixtape produced entirely by label co-founder, rapper and producer Domer. The album combines the dirty south raps of Virginia natives Clipse with the epic sonic wash of indie-rock innovators The Flaming Lips. Click below to download Domer’s “The Flaming Clipse” for FREE:

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The FreeIceCream.net crew is back with a new FREE mixtape – the fourth installment to the Almost Fameless series. “Almost Fameless Volume 4″ is a collaboration between Brooklyn-based emcees Kats and Domer, and hosted by DJ SmutVillain. The album features some of my favorite artists from the NYC and regional underground, including illspokinn, Ryan O’Neil, Bisco Smith, Jake Lefco, Folklore, Renaissance and the Metermaids. Click the link below to download for FREE:

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This is the second leak from Kats and Domer’s next FREE mixtape “Almost Fameless Vol. 4,” which will feature some of the best of the NYC underground, including illspokinn, Ryan O’Neil, Bisco Smith, Jake Lefco, Folklore, Renaissance and the Metermaids. Moanin’ features Bisco Smith and Renaissance. “Almost Fameless Vol. 4″ is scheduled for late September release. Click below to listen to Moanin’:

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This track is the first leak from Kats & Domer’s next FREE mixtape “Almost Fameless Vol. 4,” which features some of the best of the NYC underground, including illspokinn, Ryan O’Neil, Bisc 1, Jake Lefco, Folklore, Renaissance and the Metermaids. Push Come To Shove is one of the few tracks that will feature just Kats & Domer. “Almost Fameless Vol. 4″ will be available for FREE download soon! Click below to listen to Push Come To Shove:

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This is a brand new video for Run Amok, one of my favorite tracks from the FreeIceCream.net crew, which gives all their music away for FREE download here. Run Amok features underground NYC emcees Kats, Domer and iLLspoKinN.

This week’s underground hip-hop track of the week is Kats and Domer’s Never, off their mixtape “Almost Fameless Volume 3,” which you can download for FREE here. I basically like this track because of the dope beat by UK producer Miss Tofelees, and because of the two tight verses dropped by the emcees. Click below to listen to the track:

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[Verse 1 – Kats]
From the jump never been a chump/
Never been punked/
But I’ve been jumped by punks/
And once was enough/
Now I always hit first ‘til my fist hurts/
‘Til your lips burst and your friends disperse/
Then it gets worse/
Rather overreact and go on attack/
Then end up on my back, fuck that/
Never I never mind/
What I think ‘cause I never lie/
Sever ties when I drink and I testify/
To the truth I observe through the reddest eyes/
Get it right I put it all on the line/
Took it in stride/
Come inside the world’s crookedest mind/
What you got in your heart? Part of Brooklyn in mine/
The smartest minds don’t learn just by looking behind/
But looking ahead instead of pressing rewind/
I picture the future all to my perception of time/
I’m burning the candle at both ends flying/
Turning back and forth the hands of time/
Smiling, finding my own piece of mind/
Co-signed by the most fly/
I’ma do a Jay, hope you don’t mind/

[Chorus]
Never been fraud/
Overly dependent on applause/
Never been a rebel with no cause/
Always on my own two, strong two/
Always been a fan of doing exactly what I want to/
Never been afraid to make my own way/
Never got it right, but it’s okay/

[Verse 2 – Domer]
I’ve never been the type to do one thing at a time/
Never had the patience or the presence of mind/
I never slack, never lack on the grind or the rhymes/
Never wack, never that, never behind the times/
Never take a day off and never take it easy/
Never make soft beats, never been cheesy/
Never had to question if I was meant to do this/
Never had an old track iller than my new shit/
Never regret and never repent but never the less/
I’ve never been cursed and never been blessed/
Never depressed or upset, never settle for less/
I’m that never lose dude that you never bet against/
Never had a friend that I didn’t really trust/
‘Cause I never let those fools get close enough/
I never act tough, never made a claim that I couldn’t back up/
Never lightweight made like a Mack truck/
That’s us – you’d never imagine/
But fuck anyone who said it’s never gonna happen/
Never had a chance, it was never concerned/
I never had a dimebag that never got burned/
Never made a mistake without a few lessons learned/
So never say never man, that’s my word/

[Chorus]
Never been fraud/
Overly dependent on applause/
Never been a rebel with no cause/
Always on my own two, strong two/
Always been a fan of doing exactly what I want to/
Never been afraid to make my own way/
Never got it right, but it’s okay/

The FreeIceCream.net crew is back with a new FREE mixtape. “Almost Fameless Volume 3″ is another collaboration between Brooklyn-based emcees Kats and Domer, and hosted by DJ SmutVillain. The album features some of my favorite artists from the NYC and regional underground, including Jake Lefco, Ryan O’Neil, Illspokinn, ScholarMan, and 8thW1. Click the link below to download for FREE:

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This is a brand new video for former HHL quotable of the week Leave ‘Em Behind, a track from DJ Smut Villain’s “The World’s Strongest Millionaire” – which you can download for FREE here. Leave ‘Em Behind features verses from NYC underground emcees Domer, Kats and Jake Lefco.

I just got around to listening to this mixtape over the weekend, and now I’m glad I did. Business Casual is a group composed of some of my favorite of the NYC underground, including the Metermaids, Kats, Domer and brokeMC. This mixtape is basically those emcees spitting over a bunch of indie rock remixes mixed by Domer. Domer remixes tracks from indie rock sensations like Spoon, MGMT, the Black Lips and Vampire Weekend. Click below to download the mixtape for FREE!

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Kats & Domer “Almost Famless Vol. 2″ Mixtape Review
What do you get when you take a handful of underground rappers in New York City, mix in a couple local beat makers, and scatter them throughout a ten-track compilation album? Well, you get the “Almost Fameless Mixtape Vol. 2” – and boy is it worth the free download. Kats & Domer’s project is one of my favorite albums in a while – and I normally don’t even fuck with mixtapes!

Why I Like This Album:

1. Guest spots. Although the concept of this album was created by Brooklyn emcees Kats and Domer, it features many local underground hip-hop artists. Each guest emcee is unique, and each guest emcee shines. Folklore and Illspokinn both spit fire on The Bellamy; Renaissance articulates a great verse and makes the chorus on Behind; Ryan O’Neil kills it on Here Now; Jake Lefco drops two dope verses in Day by Day and Weekend Lover; RabbiD makes a statement in Never Enough; ScholarMan does what ScholarMan do on my personal favorite The Truth; and brokeMC and Bisc1 seem to close the album out perfectly with Classic Rock.

2. This is feel good hip-hop. I never thought I’d say this, but I’m getting a little tired of all the overly-conscious hip-hop I been getting lately. I need a little fun shit now and then also! While Kats & Domer’s “Almost Fameless Mixtape Vol. 2” contains a lot of conscious and introspective verses and topics, the overall vibe of this album is good, old-fashioned, rhyme-spitting fun. For the past week, I’ve been that dude on the train laughing hysterically at the contents of his iPod while everyone watches bewildered. This album has fit in perfectly with the type of hip-hop I need to hear right now, and I’ve been unable to take it out of my rotation for over a week now.

3. I know these cats. I know some motherfuckers are going to call foul on this one, as if I would ever jeopardize the credibility of my site by posting shit just because I knew somebody. But if you frequent the NYC underground hip-hop scene, it’s difficult to not run into most of these emcees from time to time. I see many of these cats at weekend shows, and we often find ourselves drinking brews, taking shots of tequila, or tokin’ a spliff after shows. And when you get to build with artists, it often breeds a better understanding of and appreciation for their music.

For example, when Kats drops the first verse on The Truth, many people might not get what he’s talking about. But because we built at a show recently, and I recall him talking about how he quit his job as a school teacher, I was able to understand and appreciate the following verse better:

I gotta network ‘cause my net worth just isn’t sufficient/
I gotta push through and improve my existent conditions/
What these kids are missing is parents at home to teach them/
That’s easy to say, but some parents don’t know how to reach them/
That leaves them to teachers in public schools struggling daily/
And nah, I ain’t mad at all of the trouble you gave me/
My troublesome babies becoming young men and young ladies/
Going through changes, doing 180s like crazy/
It made me remember myself at that age – what a mess/
My greatest stress wasn’t test but the opposite sex/
Sloppily dressed, couple of hairs popping out of my chest/
Dreaming of copping a feel, eyes popping for breasts/
But I digress, my guess is we’re all doomed/
All consumed by our own views, but it’s all good/
So confused, so exhausted from so many rules/
So stressed, I’ll be so impressed if you showed me the truth/

Another good example is in recent HHL quotable of the week Weekend Lover. If I would’ve heard anyone else drop this verse, I might think they were bullshitting just trying to tell a funny or amusing story. But because I’ve seen the manner in which Domer interacts with ladies at many a show, I can definitely see this happening:

I met this career girl and tried to befriend her/
‘Cause she was making mad dough and had no time to spend it/
And she thinks she needs someone to bring some fun in her life/
And I’m like, ‘New friend relax, this is what I do best,’ right?/
So okay yo I’ll play the role, it isn’t too bad/
I can take you out to dinner if you pick up the tab/
She liked my music but I griped my tools are old and useless/
So she’d throw me dough to go and cop the dopest new shit/
Well thanks baby, I really appreciate it/
I keep my shows on the weekends ‘cause weeknights she can’t make it/
And that’s fine with me, I don’t mind being in a nice piece on the Upper East/
Sippin’ a glass of iced tea and flippin’ around on her widescreen/
But after a while she’s all, ‘Why don’t you get motivated?/
I could get you a job,’ and I’m like, ‘Fuck that you know I’ll hate it’/
So she broke it off clean said the hope was lost for me/
But I stay optimistic for the next chick who’s wallet’s deep/

4. It’s FREE! I hate to take it there, but in case you haven’t been keeping tabs, the economy is fucked up right now dogg! Motherfuckers are out of work and broke. So you throw them an album with all the characteristics listed above, something both fun and entertaining – AND put it up for free download –you’re probably going to get my vote. And even if you don’t agree, at least you didn’t pay for it, right?

Overall: Download this shit man! What have you got to lose? It will make you bob your head, smile, laugh at times, and introduce you to some of the best of the NYC underground. Favorite tracks include The Truth, The Bellamy, Weekend Lover, Behind, The Flood, and Classic Rock. Peace.

Album Track Listing:

1. Day By Day (ft.JakeLefco)
2. The Bellamy (ft.Folklore & Illspokinn)
3. Behind (ft.Renaissance)
4. Here Now (ft.Ryan O’Neil)
5. Weekend Lover (ft.JakeLefco)
6. Never Enough (ft.RabbiD)
7. The Flood
8. It Ain’t Nothin’
9. The Truth (ft.Scholarman)
10. Classic Rock (ft.brokeMC & Bisc1)