Free music is ALWAYS welcome here.   Beatnick & K-Salaam come hard on the production as well as the features every time they drop these albums.  Just as thorough as all their previous joints, a hot album that I would pay money for over damn near anything people are buying in the store.

Standout tracks:
Young Buck ft. Lil Wayne - "From The Gutter"  aka "Ups & Downs"
[audio:http://www.mickings.com/hood_blog/young_buck_ft_lil_wayne-from_the_gutter.mp3]

Mikkey Halsted - "Chi-Town Streets"
[audio:http://www.mickings.com/hood_blog/mikkey_halsted-chitown_streets.mp3]

There are a couple other bangers on this (Truck North, Bun B, K'Naan) but I didn't want to post the entire album.

From Beatnick & K-Salaam:
We world premiered our latest Project "Where The Streets Have No Name" this weekend on imeem.com, our music player got over 260,000 views in just 2 days. Featuring our production as the backdrop for street anthems from the likes of: Lil Wayne, Bun B, Young Buck, Talib Kweli, K'naan, & much more; the project is already being heralded as a classic. Now we are making the entire album available for free download. I would suggest that you download it, and then listen to it all the way through.

Along with the album comes 12 different album covers, as well as Blackberry & iPhone wallpaper for each of the separate covers. Shouts to imeem.com and illroots.com who worked with us extensively on the project.

Peep the cover art, tracklist and download link after the jump!

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Look, I'm not even gonna try to explain how hot this remix album is.  Just download it.  Just know every time I post "FREE MUSIC" thats exactly what it is.  It costs you nothing and there's no illegal after taste like that Burnetts Major and Phro drink every show.

Cop this joint, I'm bumpin it right now and its pure fire, dude can produce his ASS off.  Makes me not wanna sell this Korg Triton.*  Beatnik you're a nut!!

DOWNLOAD: Common - S.T.O.R.Y. (K-Salaam & Beatnik Remix album)

Shouts to IllRoots too, dudes get it IN.

Get more info on the album + a preview here if you need to be sold on downloading a FREE ALBUM FOR ABSOLUTELY FREE WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED.  You lazy bastard.

*yo im really selling my korg triton extreme, email me for details if you're interested.  jmack@hoodhype.com

Another classic Beatnick & K-Salaam remix.  Beatnick is killin' it with the classic remixes lately.  Talented dude.

LISTEN: Stevie Wonder - "My Cherie Amour" (Remix)

What a phenomenal remix.  THIS is a remix.  Major props to Beatnick and & K-Salaam for turning a motown classic into a modern day banger without swappin out the original vocals.  My apologies to Tito by the way, your fro wouldnt fit in the pic cuzzin.

LISTEN: Jackson 5 - "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Beatnick &  K-Salaam Remix)

From K-Salaam:

"Okay, so this is our first blast of the New Year. A lot of things have changed since 2008. Despite the fact that the Israeli army is out at this moment murdering women, elders, and children for sport; and Oakland police shot an innocent Black man in the back while he was face down with his hands behind his back; I still remain optimistic that things can and will change for the better.

I want to send a shout out to the family of Oscar Grant, and everybody out there who died at the hands of police brutality (too many to name.) I also want to send love to all my people in Gaza who are experiencing some of the most extreme forms of apartheid, genocide, and ethnic cleansing. (Sorry, bombing a public school doesn't exactly equate to "fighting terrorism" in my book.) I can't really believe all this is happening right now under our noses and we just accept it.

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