RefinedHype Weekly Re-Up - Holiday Edition (Download & Vote!) Posted by Nathan S. on 12/22/10 | Filed under Downloads, Weekly Re-Up

Starting tonight, RefinedHype and the mothership will be taking a much needed break over the holidays, but before we go I wanted to drop off an abbreviated holiday edition of our critically acclaimed "Weekly Re-Up" series featuring Ghostface Killah, XV, Big K.R.I.T. and more. Listen, download and vote...

Meet the Mystery Booty of the Week, Summer Walker (Pics) Posted by Nathan S. on 12/22/10 | Filed under Features, MBOW

Everyone's favorite, and I do mean favorite, RefinedHype series, "Mystery Booty of the Week (MBOW)" is back. Is the series a shameless and sexist way to keep your eyeballs glued to RefinedHype? You bet it is. Do I hear any complaints? Yeah, that's what I thought.

Kevin Kartier is “Preachin’ to the Choir” (Listen & Download) Posted by Nathan S. on 12/22/10 | Filed under Downloads, Kevin Kartier

Every so often an emcee comes along who's so dedicated, so passionate about his music, I really have no choice but to support them, and that's exactly what happened with Kevin Kartier. A young rapper out of Biloxi, Mississippi, whose determined to show hip-hop nation the talent coming out of the Gulf Coast, Kartier's making his debut on these pages with new single "Preachin to the Choir." Listen and download...

Premiere: Shane Eli Asks “Can I Kick It?” (Premiere Listen & Download) Posted by Nathan S. on 12/22/10 | Filed under Downloads, Shane Eli

I know everyone's minds are turning to thoughts of egg nog, presents and getting hammered on egg nog while opening presents - or is that just me? - but before the holiday season officially arrives L.A. based producer/rapper/modern day Rennaisance man Shane Eli wanted to drop off an audio stocking stuffer in the form of "Can I Kick It?" Listen and download...

Big K.R.I.T., Curren$y & Killa Kyleon See the “Moon & Stars (Remix)” (Video & Download) Posted by Nathan S. on 12/22/10 | Filed under Downloads, Remixes, Big K.R.I.T., Currensy, Killa Kyleon

Although the original dropped way back in April, Big K.R.I.T.'s mixtape standout "Moon & Stars" is just now getting the remix treatment. Joining Mr. Krit over the self-produced, superbly mellow beat are consummate smoker Curren$y, who fills his 16 with THC-soaked rhymes (surprise), and Killa Kyleon, who I haven't heard from in a minute, to give the record a change of pace with a tightly wound guest verse of his own. Listen and download...

Hypemen Episode 20 ft. Dan Levy (Podcast Listen & Download) Posted by Nathan S. on 12/22/10 | Filed under Downloads, Hypemen, Podcasts

We're both hip-hop nerds. We were both fascinated by that Big Pun "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It (Remix)". We're brothers in hype. It was only natural that RefinedHype linked up with The Hypemen (a.k.a. the good folks behind ItsTheReal.com and Jensen Karp) to become the official download source for their podcast series. We now present to you episode twenty featuring comedian Dan Levy. Listen and download...

XV Provides a “Night to Remember” (Listen & Download) Posted by Nathan S. on 12/21/10 | Filed under Downloads, XV

I had this whole prom night thing worked out involving several teen pregnancy and drinking jokes, but I'm being told by our legal department that some of those jokes may in fact be crimes, so I'm just going to turn things over to XV's constant production partner Seven to explain "A Night to Remember". Listen and download...

Jones Andrews & Swayze Jones Drop a Full “64 Bars” (Listen & Download) Posted by Nathan S. on 12/21/10 | Filed under Downloads, Jones Andrews, Thirty-Two Tuesdays

In honor of Jones birthday, this week he decided to switch things up and drop "64 Bars", splitting the mic work with his "The Honesty" compatriot Swayze Jones over a seriously funkdafied beat courtesy of JSWISS. (What's that? You haven't downloaded "The Honesty" yet? Shame on you.) If you hate dope rappers, you're going to hate the hell out of "64 Bars". Listen and download...

Tech N9ne & Travis Barker Down Some “Hard Liquor” (Listen & Download) Posted by Nathan S. on 12/21/10 | Filed under Top Stories, Downloads, Tech N9ne, Travis Barker

Considering Tech N9ne was overwhelmingly voted the best rapper alive - which is yet another sign that Tech has such a hardcore following they'll flood any site running a "Is Tech the Best Rapper Alive Poll?", I thought it was only right to start to bring 2010 to a close with some of Mr. N9ne's infamous hard living. Or to be more exact, some hard liquor. Listen and download...

The Last “Rap Lines That Make No F**king Sense” of 2010 Posted by Nathan S. on 12/20/10 | Filed under Top Stories, Features, Rap Lines That Make No F**king Sense

With 2010 about to draw to a close, I thought we'd sneak in one last edition of RefinedHype's non-booty-related column, "Rap Lines That Make No F**king Sense". And don't worry, something tells me I could do one of these every week for the next ten years and we'd still have new dumb ass rap lines to go over. So without further ado....enjoy. See more...