After a long process, the Diggers Union store is now open.  I still have much to do actually, but we do have about 20 titles that are up for sale.  As of right now, all orders have to be placed through Paypal, so if you do not have an account, head over to their official website and sign up.  All mixtapes are eight dollars and that includes the shipping charge.  We are only shipping to USA residents at this time, but we will expand that to international orders very soon.  Please make sure the address you have in your paypal account is the correct one. If you need the mixtape shipped to a different address, please let me know. More items will be added throughout the next couple of weeks, so keep checking back if you are looking for something in particular.

UPDATE (10/29): Just added a brand new Hevehitta and DJ Unexpected mixtape to the web store. T.I: Southern Royalty! Go cop it!!

The Diggers Union Official Web Store

Lupe did his thing on this remix. Definitely the stand out of the track.

Download: Dirty Money Feat. Lupe Fiasco – Angels (Remix)

Before I Self Destruct is in stores right now!

Large Professor visits Amoeba Records to do some vinyl shopping, and talk a little history. Enjoy the video.

Previous: DJ Q-Bert – What’s In My Bag?

Brand new Snoop Dogg mixtape to hold you over until his brand new album, Malice In Wonderland, drops on December 8th. Thank you to Radio Planet TV for the heads up.

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Hitting you with another DJ Books mixtape and this time around he gives respect to one of the most well respected MC’s on the mic, Kool G Rap. Enjoy and be educated!

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Good to finally see some new Ras Kass material. I haven’t heard anything new from him in a minute. Grab after the jump.

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Off Jim Jones’s new project The Ghost of Rich Porter. Thank you to OnSMASH for the heads up.

Download: Jim Jones Feat. Maino – Tryna Win

Mixtapes:

Hevehitta & DJ Unexpected – T.I: Southern Royalty
B.O.B Presents The Features
DJ Kayslay – Blockstars 2
Pill – 4075: The Refill
Doo Wop & Funkmaster Flex – Face Off
DJ Easy – The Return of the God MC
DJ Krylon – Fo The Heads Pt.7
DJ Books – Old Wayz, New Days (Best of Mobb Deep) (2 CD)
DJ Folk & DJ Got Now – Lil Boosie: The 25th Hour

Enjoy and Be Educated:

DJ Marley Marl & DJ Clark Kent – “In Control” Radio Show (1989)
DJ Red Alert – B.D.P Radio Mix (1987)

The Greatest Mixtapes:

DJ Break – Tape 11: Feenin

What the hell is with artists dropping mixtapes on Holidays?

“The last six months, it’s been like, ‘I gotta really, really go out there and show that I’m nicer than all of them,’ ” Lupe said. “It’s like, ‘All right, so be it. If it takes three more albums to do it, then so be it.’ That’s what I got left with Atlantic. Three more after Lasers. I’m already done with two. The mixtape is coming Thanksgiving. It’ll be another mixtape after that and an album after that. It’s really to get that status and lock it in and [and have people] be like, ‘Look at this positive dude, the underdog. The positive one who came and murdered all these dudes. And he’s there, and he’s good.’ ”

Lupe said he isn’t concerned about what he has to do — he’s going to prove he’s the best.

“I’m finnin’ to house every single mode and arena I can get into,” Fiasco promised. “If y’all had somewhere where it’s live performances, I’m finnin to have the best live performances. If it’s mixtapes, I’m finnin’ to have the best mixtapes. If it’s albums again, it’s gonna be the best verse. If it’s the best dressed, I’m going hard as well.”

Lupe said the yet-untitled mixtape will be him going in over other MCs’ beats. “I got four days to figure it out,” he said about the title. “I’ve been dabbling with some names. I don’t know yet.”

Concerning the production, Lupe said he’s not going to let any original production go.

“Why waste it?” he said. “I still got my plan. I’m not finnin’ to diverge off my plan and my career and how I wanna roll my music out.”

Credit: MTV Mixtape Daily

I thought I would start off the week with a brand new pick for the “Greatest Mixtapes” list. This time around I picked the highly successful and popular Champ Is Here mixtape brought to you by DJ Green Lantern and Jadakiss. This is definitely a collectors item, and proved that mixtapes still can be successfully done if done correctly. Most people feel that all the classic mixtapes are from the 90’s, but some DJ’s have put out classic material in the 2000’s.

This mixtape still gets play from me to this day, and I feel it’s some of Jadakiss’s and Green Lantern best work. This is when aritst mixtapes were done correctly, and gave you more than just songs from that artist. You had blends on this mixtape, original production from DJ Green Lantern, and some actual DJ skill as well. I remember the streets buzzing like crazy when this mixtape dropped, and my local mixtape spot sold out of this mixtape in only a couple of hours. I still see some mixtape websites selling this one, so it shows me how popular the mixtape still is.

I hope you have enjoyed the picks Tapemasta, S.O.U.L and I have brought you so far on the “Greatest Mixtapes” list. We will have more picks very soon.

Grab this mixtape after the jump.

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