FCC Fridays.

We're proud to announce that we have a new member of the Fresh Coast Collective, and it's a blog I'm sure all a-ya'll have visited on the regular. They drop some of the dopest music on the internet and rep the Left Coast to the fullest. I'm talking about 2dopeboyz.com. Please give a big welcome to Shake & Meka and make sure to include them in your daily ritual. Stay tuned for more moves from us. The FCC is spreading faster than Karrine Steffans thighs. This is just the beginning...

Let's take a look around the rest of the Fresh Coast Collective to see what's poppin'

DJ DVious Mindz Presents: Beats That I Would Have Gave Nas.

Meka's Soul Mix: Blow Me Up

Livesoul - "The Birth of Soul" EP





J*Davey x Thomas Whitmore

Throwback Thursday.

Nas and Pac Div @ the Nokia Theater.





Common - "S.T.O.R.Y" (Mixtape)

Forget 808s and Heartbreak, cop 501s and Drumbreaks.

Get FITTED w/ this fresh New Era from White Wash x Keith Herring.





The Dark Knight campaigns hard for Best Pciture.

Convinced gets love on Sound Session.

Black Milk and Elzhi Interview with DJ Hyphen.


See you next Friday.

Fresh Coast Collective Presents Tassho Pearce: The Leak (Week 5)

Here goes the last leak from Tassho’s upcoming album, The Opening Act. This one features the one & only Apathy. Stay tuned for some FCC Tassho Pearce x J-Traxx exclusives, coming soon! Shout out to Ges for the weekly leaks. Now you know...

DOWNLOAD: Week 5: Tassho Pierce - Own The World (ft. Apathy)

Fresh Coast Collective Presents Tassho Pearce: The Leak (Week 4)

This week's leak from Tassho features 3 other prominent MCs also hailing from the city of Honolulu, inclding Slo-Mo (Fortilive) Mushmouf (Fortilive) and Omega Cix. Nothing but razor sharp lyricism on this track. Stop sleeping.

DOWNLOAD: Week 4: Tasho Pearce - "WMD"

Courtesy of KNOWxONE.

FCC Fridays.

Let's check in with what's popping around the Fresh Coast Collective, shall we? Because 4 blogs are better than 1. You should be checking these spots on the regular, but because you're probably lazy, here is your weekly roundup.

Eazee x Melo KAN present the Vault Series.

Pac Div & The Cool Kids backstage in Las Vegas.

Step your shoe game up with new drops from Nike.






Introducing G.O.O.D. Music’s Mr. Hudson

Download DJ Neil Armstrong's Mixtape, Return To D-Day

Step into the lab with 6th Sense.






This is where you should be on Friday night.

The Alchemist and Evidence interview with DJ Hyphen.

Cop Diz Gibran's first mixtape from 2005, Spin City: Vol. 1

[NEW] Ludacris - "M.V.P." (prod by DJ Premier)

Luda teams up with the legendary DJ Premier for this track off his upcoming album, Theater Of The Mind. The album hits stores Monday, Nov 24th and I'm actually excited about this one. I'll admit, I'm not the biggest Luda fan - never have been. But this album is going to be different. He seems really focused and has collaborated with some super dope producers this time around, so I think his sound will be more diverse. Shout out to KNOWxONE for the track.

DOWNLOAD: Ludacris - "M.V.P." (prod by DJ Premier)

Below, check out the behind the scenes footage of Preemo and Luda in the studio.

Diz Gibran Takes Over.

The homie Diz Gibran is guest blogging over fellow FCC spot: Knowxone's Business. Go over there and check it out, he's posting some of his music, thoughts, and what have you. He'll even have some exclusive music lined up for us real soon.

FCC Presents Tassho Pearce.

FCC partner Ges put me on to this cat outta Hawaii who is doing his thing. His name is Tassho Pearce. Every week, starting today, Ges will leak a brand new track fro his upcoming album, The Opening Act.

Not only is Tassho a great lyricist, he's an entreprenurial force to be reckoned with, owning a succesful clothing label - Flip The Bird which has been seen on the backs of Kanye West, Method Man, Raekwon and even a Russell Simmons co-signage. So you know it's official! Tassho also runs in the same circles as the Dilated Junkies (Dilated Peoples and Beat Junkies), has collaborated with DJ / turntablist pioneer DJ Q-bert and is also working on a project with B. Money who produced The Prelude on Jay-Z's Kingdom Come."

DOWNLOAD: Week 1: Tassho Pearce - "The Opening Act (ft. J Scholar)"

FCC Fridays.

For those of you who are unfamiliar, The FCC (Fresh Coast Collective) is a collection of equally minded blogs representing for the westcoast. If you havent't checked out their sites, you should be everyday. There's a fresh mix of dopeness floating around there. Here's a rundown of what went down on their sites this past week...

EAZEE ST.

+DNEZ drops his street album, exclusively at Eazee St.
+ECCO is the first nightclub to go green.
+Diz Gibran revists a Issac Hayes classic.


KNOWxONE'S Business

+Kanye West - "Go Hard" (Remix ft. T-Pain & Twista)
+Obama, Biden, Palin, and McCain star in "Top Gov"
+KNOWxONE's Business Official Mixtape (featuring music from Kanye, Cool Kids, and Santogold)


What Eye Thought

+Common performs live in the ATL.
+Spittin in an alley with Tunji, Convinced, El Prez, and Grizz.
+The Last Dragon Remake? Ah Hell Naw!

Sade x Paul Nice: Blends

Maaaaa, I love me some Sade. Fellow FCC member, KNOWxONE sent this super dope, highly limited time link over and I had to post it. Limited time link? Yup...it will only be available for 3 days! It's a mix of highly beautiful Sade songs blended with some of your favorite hip hop tracks. Sounds intriguing, doesn't it? Jump on this now or you'll be mad at yourself that you didn't. Perfect Sunday music.

DOWNLOAD HERE.

Tracklist

01. Intro
02. Keep Looking
03. Love Is Stronger Than Pride
04. I Couldn’t Love You More
05. Jezebel
06. Cherish The Dre
07. Immigrant
08. No Ordinary Love
09. Sweetest Taboo
10. Never As Good As The First Time
11. Hang On To Your Love
12. Nothing Can Come Between Us
13. Kiss Of Life
14. War Of The Hearts
15. By Your Side
16. Bonus Track