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Definitive Jux Free Amazon Sampler [Explicit]

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This Definitive Jux sampler (which should be free) is a good record to throw in the mix. If you like hip hop - especially this "indie-hop" stuff that I guess you could call some of this - you'll like the value (FREE), the names (El-P, Mighty Underdogs, etc.), and what you may very well discover if you're not familiar. Usually, free music is relegated to severely underground independent label compilations or heavily edited mainstream tracks - this sampler is the opposite, with lushly produced tracks and completely unedited songs. That's right, kids - Parental Advisory!

I recommend downloading this if you have the time, the Amazon.com MP3 downloader (it's required?), and a want for some fresh new sounding hip-hop!

Def Jux has released a really good primer to the alt rap/alt hip hop movement. While you don't get anything like the old skool minimalism you'll find in a kool kids cut or vocoder style from T-Pain/lil Wayne/your gramma (thank god), what you do get is folks who are trying to make music that isn't simply someome rhyming over smapled cuts but making music that rap is a part of. The El-P, Aesop Rock and Murs tracks have been around for a while, so if you like the alt stuff you probably have heard them for years already, but everything else on here was new (to me anyway), and I thuroughly enjoyed them.

I'm pretty new to Def Jux, but so far I am a huge fan. I started by listening to Cage's free EP on Amazon, then found this. I absolutly love the El-P track. It's quite good. This is rap.

If you are a Definitive Jux fan you have probably already heard/have most of these songs, but if you dont, enjoy. Def Jux is the epitome of music.

Most of these songs are really bad, both musically and lyrically. There are a few good ones, though. I downloaded "Want You Back" by The Mighty Underdogs which I swear I've heard before somewhere. It's actually pretty good. I also downloaded "Rock the Convoy" and "Bakin Soda". Not bad for free. I also really like Dizzee Rascal, but his track on this album is far from his best. As for the rest of this mix, no thank you.

I normally don't like to say negative things about artists work but this album drove me to comment. Free is too much to pay for this one. Do yourself a favor and just skip it!