Harlem World is back at it once more and some of the best from Uptown are in attendance. Harlem Heist 3 is this months DJ Mixtape Roundup feature. When three of the most popular DJ's get together its always a good look and DJ Hood, DJ Grady & DJ Diggz put together an ill assortment of some of Harlem's finest tracks released this summer. When you think of Harlem, the long line of emcees who smashed the mixtape circuit are endless. Ma$e, Big L (RIP) McGruff and Max B come to mind. Then you have the newer class of underground artists like Charlie Hamiliton, Charlie Clips, Tom Gist, Alpac and ASAP Rocky. Cam'Ron ushered in the trend setting Dip Set era with Jim Jones, Freeky Zeeky and Juelz Santana. Vado has being seeing success and earlier this year signed a solo deal with Interscope Records, and the Diplomats are back together after a brief split working on brand new material. Jae Millz is signed to the popular Young Money label. A-Mafia has been pushing his product successfully on the independent route, and 40 Cal as well as JR Writer both released projects recently.
Ironically, the CD starts off with a Brooklyn emcee, Uncle Murda who has put together one of the toughest NYC posse cuts in a minute. 'Warning' (RMX) features Killa Cam, Jim Jones and Vado as well as French Montana, Jadakiss & Styles P, who all do damage to this track. Other standouts include the JR Writer and Cassidy collabo 'Rewind Back' and then there's the 'From The Bottom' (RMX) with Cam, Hell Rell & Grafh on the hook. The Vado solo 'Let it Burn' is ridiculous and producer Jungle Beats keeps his hot streak going with 'I'll be Back' featuring Jim Jones, Fred the Godson and the Philly favorite right now, Meek Mill. Harlem Heist 3 has plenty of hardbody street joints heavy with freestyles as well as original tracks and some exclusives. There is a lot of flavor on this release and the track sequence moves well to keep the vibe going without skipping through. If you missed out on the individual projects that dropped out Harlem in the past few months, this is like a best of collection of all those joints.
August 2011 notable releases include the following: (in no particular order)
DJ Bedtyme357 & Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes - Coast 2 Coast 170 Hosted by Skyzoo
DJ Blazita - Club Heat 4
DJ Superstar Jay - I am Mixtapes Pt. 92
DJ Mustard & DJ Slowpoke - The Bay 2 L.A. Chronicals Vol. 1
DJ OP - Jadakiss, Beanie Sigel & Styles P 'Reservoir Dogs'
DJ Ben Frank - Stay Smokin' Vol. 18
DJ Castro - The Lennox Ave Beast: Charlie Clips
DJ 837 - Everyday Struggle Vol. 10 (Chopped & Screwed)
DJ Whiteowl - Drop That 178
DJ Fonzy - 2Pac & Notorious B.I.G 'Tragedy Life'
Alternative Mixtape: The Weekend - 'Thursday'
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