California’s best kept hip hop secret is about to be let out of the bag! Strong Arm Steady have worked the mixtape circuit to the bone and are ready to step up their game. Their debut album, Deep Hearted, is expected to cause major traffic jams outside stores lucky enough to carry it on its release date - August 28th. The album is being dropped by Nature Sounds Music and features collaborations with Chamillionaire, Juvenile, Black Thought of The Roots, Xzibit, Talib Kweli, Dilated Peoples, Ras Kass and more! ([More →])

Is it the fire and brimstone? Is it the burning chalwa? I need to listen to more of this mixtape to find out! I heard about this over at DJ/Rupture’s site - mudd up! Jr. Reid has dropped a mixtape titled Why I’m Hot, a collaboration with DJ Power. Rupture gives it a great review and reports that the title is not pure empty boasting, and indeed, Mr. One Blood is HOT on this album. I need to hear the rest of it to find out why… You can download it from iChoons, listen to 2 songs on mudd up! or purchase it from various places.

Go directly to mudd up! for more. Thanks for the free listen Rupture!