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To celebrate this holiday season, Gummy Soul has put together a 30 minute mix of some of their favorite Christmas songs from past and present. Featuring original tracks from Amerigo Gazaway, Gummy Soul, Magic in Threes, Creative Control, Oddisee, Kev Brown, and many more, this playlist is sure to get you into the holiday spirit.  Please listen here http://www.mixcloud.com/gummysoul/gummy-soul-christmas/ and check out the official tracklisting below. 1. Amerigo Gazaway - Beenie Weather 2. Creative Control - Coming Down The Chimney 3. Paul Mccartney - Wonderful Christmas Time 4. Kev Brown - We're Caroling 5. Gummy Soul - Christmas Day 6. Oddisee - Kissin Clause 7. Yu - We Three Kings 8. Magic In Threes - We Three Kings 9. Augie Rios - Donde Esta Santa Claus 10. Amerig

Coming on the heels of a prolific 2012, which included a 45-city tour with Mac Miller in the first half of 2012 and a recently completed West Coast run with Pac Div in the fall of 2012 and becoming a full-fledged member of Curren$y's Jet Life crew, Sir Michael Rocks took the music world by storm with the advanced and mature sound found on his stellar Lap of Lux mixtape as he continues to show why he is one of Hip-Hop's top emerging talents. Lap Of Lux has been featured in XXL Magazine, Wall Street Journal, MTV, Playboy and a virtual who's who of A-List Print magazine, net sites and blogs and even became a "Trending Topic" on Twitter. With over 150K downloads alone on Datpiff.com (where it was also the top download performer for the month of August 2012) Mikey also premiered videos from

New Jeru rap veteran Rah Digga joins forces with Australia's go-to producer M-Phazes for the maxi-single "Never Back Down." Consisting of two versions, the original mix featuring Fresno's Fashawn and Beantown's REKS, in addition to the previously leaked remix featuring the Michigan born, Florida raised and now NYC transplant Nitty Scott, MC, "Never Back Down" showcases top notch lyricism and wordplay over M-Phazes fusion of glitched-out dubstep and gritty guitar riffs. "Never Back Down" is now available via Coalmine Records and is bundled for sale with both the main and clean edit passes of both versions, along with the instrumental and acapella of the original version, all for just $2.99. Please visit https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/never-back-down-remixes-ep/id575436586 to support

Armenia is a small country of fewer than four million people sitting in the south caucus region of Asia and landlocked between Turkey, Azerbadjian, Georgia, and Iran. You should know this because Los Angeles is in fact home to one of the largest Armenian immigrant enclaves in the world. Celebrities Serj Tankian and Kim Kardashian (who both grew up in Los Angeles) have each made a powerful impact on their respective fields of alternative music and reality television, introducing disparate and unique takes on Armenian identity into American pop culture. And now, with lyrical prowess and melodious flow, Los Angeles-born, overtly-Armenian rapper R-Mean is bringing word of his mountainous ancestral republic to one of our biggest cultural expressions of all: hip-hop. In Early 2013, R-

WD4D, aka Waylon Dungan, is one of Seattle’s most talented and ambitious beat scientists whose bold style has injected new sonic fusions into the city’s hip hop and electronic music communities. Versatile and always fresh, WD4D’s sound ranges from left-field experimental beats and funky upbeat dance music to jazzed-up hip hop and soulful underground rap. He has just released a new mix, recorded live at a recent Live n' Love production with Sweatson Klank, Kid Smpl & Introcut. In regards to the mix, available for a limited time, WD4D says, "There are a few exclusive WD tracks, but mostly just a bunch of super fresh music that needs to be heard. A lot of these songs will never be heard in this way ever again, as most are being blended with something else (other songs, loops, etc.

On November 20th, Wu-Tang Clan affiliate/Guinness World Record Freestylist M-Eighty will release "Home Grown Internationally Known". The LP pays tribute to the rappers hometown of Toledo, OH by featuring all Toledo-based Emcees and Producers alongside the pairing of M-Eighty & newcomer and fellow Toledo native Nino Graye. The duo known as "Glass City", will be embarking on a 15-date Midwest tour in November alongside the likes of Kid Ink, Cappadonna, & Bronze Nazareth in support of their debut. Fans can expect several videos spawning from the LP's release including featured tracks "Hip-Hop Glory", "911", "Burn it Up", "Lose My Sheeeit!" and the collegiate-anthem "FAH-Q". When asked how the duo came up with the name for their group and the title for their debut, M-Eighty remar