One of the biggest surprises for me this year was Curren$y’s “Pilot Talk” album. With his signature laidback flow, lots of weed talk and equipped with some top notch production, the New Orleans MC won me over a few minutes in. Today he’s set to release his second major label release, “Pilot Talk 2″, originally scheduled to drop last month. As with the previous installment, the subject matter often evolves around Curren$y’s favorite pastime and the album features some great production by Ski Beatz once again. Guest appearances include Raekwon, Fiend, Young Roddy, Trademark and one of our favorites, Dom Kennedy. I feel this one is even better than the previous, so make sure to check it out. Out today on Blu Roc/DD172!

Curren$y – Flight Briefing (featuring Young Roddy & Trademark)

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Curren$y – Real Estates (featuring Dom Kennedy)

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written by Deluge \\ tags: creative control, curren$y, dame dash, dd172, dom kennedy, new orleans, pilot talk, pilot talk 2, ski beatz, trademark, young roddy

First of all I’d like to give due props to Osman for gettin’ is hip to Stalley. He sent us a video a few months back and we liked it a lot, but I personally never digged deeper than that. Now my man Deluge recently did and in light of his On-Point interview, I thought it would be only right to get ya’ll hip to Madstalley as well.

This Ohio native hailing from New York dropped his mixtape “MadStalley: The Autobiography” last year, done over re-workings of Madlib beats showcasing his potential. Now 2010 is definitely Stalley’s year to blow. Stalley’s heavily featured on Ski Beatz upcoming “24 Hour Karate School” mixtape (on Dame Dash’ Creative Control label) and is also set to release a project in collaboration with Sa-Ra Creative Partners.

Stalley – Babblin’

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Stalley – Stay Feat. Jesse Boykins III

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written by nilez \\ tags: 24 hour karate school, babblin', creative control, dame dash, deluge, jesse boykins III, madlib, madstalley, madstalley: the autobiography, mixtape, new york, ohio, on point, osman, sa-ra, sa-ra creative partners, ski beatz, stalley, stay