Hypetrak's Weekly Set - Volume 44

Welcome back to the latest edition of Hypetrak’s Weekly Set-series. Due to Soundcloud’s upgraded filter last week’s most notable record – Kanye and Jigga’s “H.A.M.” won’t appear on today’s set. Anyways, let’s get going with Number 2 to 11. Staten Island-veteran raekwon is gearing up for the release of his next solo endeavor Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang. The Chef offered the title track and pleased his fans by the fact that he has not changed any of his recipes and ingredients. DJ Khaled united some of Florida’s finest acts – remember Lil’ Wayne resided in the MIA – and welcome listeners to their hood. Los Angeles-MC Murs has been one consistent fella for years. Thus, he offers a more than solid preview of his forthcoming Varsity Blues 2-project. Never one to shy away from complex remix work, Nacey interpreted OutKast’s funky jam “Spottieottiedopalicious” and added some dubstep twist to it. In addition, one of Cali’s most sought-after Hip Hop collectives, Pac Div, returned to the scene in style with your funking song.
Further favorites encompass the Huoratron-remix of M.I.A.’s “Internet Connection”, DJ Premier’s mix of Madonna’s “Don’t Tell Me”, Wale’s clueful “I Don’t Know”, Sound Remedy’s tuneful refix of James Blake’s “I Never Learnt To Share” and Jeru The Damaja’s interpretation of Biggie’s “Ten Crack Commandments”.

Regarding music videos we have certainly seen some interesting contributions that heat up the anticipation for this year’s upcoming musical visualizations. Colorado’s marital duo Tennis turned in “Pigeon”, Chilly Gonzalez came correct with his bootyful “You Can Dance”, Beady Eye did their thing with “The Roller”, New Jersey’s legendary Naughty By Nature enlisted the help of Ice-T to educate the younger folks with “Flags”, Wyclef has showns some musical support for his native Haiti with his song “Earthquake”, Cold War Kids proved that their “Louder Than Ever”, Ireland’s Two Door Cinema Club bounced back with “What You Know”, PJ Harvey visualized the “Words That Maketh You Murder” while Crystal Castles and Robert Smith guaranteed that they’re “Not In Love”.

On the mixtape-scene, up and coming rapper Mike Jaggerr and Kid Sister deserved noteworthy mentions with their respective projects – The Eleventh Hour and Kiss Kiss Kiss.