This is my debut album, and im giv­ing it away for free..my album soul search­ing has some­thing for every­body, fea­tur­ing pro­duc­tion from illmind, khry­sis, cookin soul, kee­lay and zaire and up and com­ers like playa haze from l.a. and infi­nite tracks from the bay area..with fea­tures from well respected mcs such as skyzoo,fashawn, el prez, coss, torae, naledge from kidz in the hall, and kam moye..this project is just the begin­ning for me and the a great look for bay area acts in the future try­ing to break the stereo­type of our music..peep it out and enjoy and thank you.

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"A Long Story Short" is finally here! After a phe­nom­e­nal dis­play of lyri­cism, wit, charm, appeal and ded­i­ca­tion on his fresh­man solo mix­tape "Great Expectations", URB Magazine NEXT 1000 can­di­date Element, of the crit­i­cally acclaimed Los Angeles based Hip-Hop col­lec­tive, Custom Made returns with his highly antic­i­pated suc­ces­sion "A Long Story Short."

After wrap­ping up the lat­est Custom Made mix­tape "The Lost Weekend", the offi­cial group LP under Babygrande "Original Dynasty," and sell­ing over 43,000 copies world­wide of his first solo project "Great Expectations," Element con­tin­ues to deliver an array of pas­sion­ate, real life sto­ries that his fans yearn for. “Its extremely impor­tant that I spit the truth,” explains Element. “Things I see in my every­day life, things I‟ve been through, sto­ries that were told to me from my elders, or just a reg­u­lar con­ver­sa­tions I've had; I feed off of all of that then write about what touches me the most. That‟s where the pas­sion comes from.”

Even though this is a mix­tape; with all orig­i­nal pro­duc­tion and all new music, it sounds more like an album. This time around, All of the pro­duc­tion is han­dled by Custom Made pro­ducer, Abstrakt Soundz.

"A Long Story Short" fea­tures Custom Made cohorts Bluff, Scoobs, Six, Skitzo and the lovely voice of singer Dena Fleming. It is the sec­ond install­ment of Element's mix­tape series and is also here to hold fans over while he pol­ishes up his Official LP titled “Battle Cry.” With this release, Element is def­i­nitely defin­ing his tal­ents as a poet, his unique­ness as an emcee and his sin­cer­ity as a per­son all in “A Long Story Short.”

CUSTOM MADE PROUDLY PRESENTS A LONG STORY SHORT (DOWNLOAD HERE)

Custom Made Presents: A Long Story Short

Artist: Element (of Custom Made) // Produced by Abstrakt Soundz

Label: Custom Made Recordings

1. Radio ft Scoobs

2. Controlled Media (interLISTEN)

3. The Shining

4. My Dawgz ft Bluff, Scoobs, Six and Skitzo

5. Mic 2 The Thrizzoat

6. Self Explanatory

7. Black History Month

8. The Truth

9. Story (interLISTEN)

10. EveryDay

11. Got It Made

12. A Long Story Short ft Dena

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Jern Eye, com­ing strong off the release of his new album Vision, has teamed up with pro­ducer BOAC for a remix of the album's first sin­gle offi­cial sin­gle, "Get Down" fea­tur­ing fel­low West Coast emcee Z-Man!. The track doesn’t stray from the up-tempo style that the orig­i­nal brought forth, but does have its own fla­vor. BOAC stuck to play­ing every­thing him­self, avoid­ing sam­ples on his ver­sion, which gives the remix a live feel. A funky syn­the­sizer and piano melody are preva­lent through­out the song with added per­cus­sion rhythms to fill out the beat. BOAC had this to say about the remix ver­sion, "The orig­i­nal 'Get Down' is real fresh. Keelay and Zaire pro­duced the per­fect funky beat for Jern Eye, who killed it lyri­cally. I like the chal­lenge of tak­ing a clas­sic song and flip­ping the vibe com­pletely. I was almost fin­ished with it, when I real­ized Z-Man would sound dope on it. I played it for Z, he was feel­ing it and the rest is his­tory." Z-Man! also deliv­ered a stel­lar verse that shines on the track in it's own right. Z-Man!'s tongue twist­ing flow doesn’t bore the lis­tener at all as he raps, "I'm a human car­toon makin' moves and keep a sharp tongue through these dizzy inter­views, rip­pin' any­one of you's, I'm a real rapper-the ill rap­per that'll kid­nap the kid­nap­pers kid­nap­per." Make sure to check out Jern Eye's newest release Vision now avail­able every­where via MYX Music Label.

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For those chomp­ing at the bit to get their hands on the offi­cial release of Diamond District's debut album, In The Ruff, Christmas may have just come a week early. While the album's offi­cial release date remains October 27th, District tri­umvi­rate Oddisee, X.O., and YU have come bear­ing gifts this week.

First, the sin­gle "Hologram" is drop­ping this week. One of the brand new songs on In the Ruff, "Hologram" has a raw, tough sound. Producer/Rapper Oddisee says "we wanted some­thing a bit grim­ier… the offi­cial release is com­ing out in the fall, towards win­ter, so we wanted some­thing to fit the atti­tude of the sea­son that the album is going to be com­ing out in." With a woozy beat, vin­tage soul sam­ple cho­rus, and mat­ter of fact lyrics, the track is per­fect for head­phones on a cold sidewalk.

Who I Be & I Mean Business are cur­rently avail­able for pur­chase on iTunes.

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Inspired by Indian cin­ema of the 70's and Jay-Z's crit­i­cally acclaimed album "American Gangster," "Hindustani Gangster" tells the pas­sion­ate tale of a Mumbai hustler's sor­did lifestyle.

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Colour Me Free hit stores Tuesday.