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For those of you that haven’t heard of Grind Time, or didn’t see our previous post on them, it’s The World’s #1 Rap Battle League started by emcee’s for emcee’s. I’ve been a huge fan of Grind Time, and a lot of the rappers involved for as long as I’ve known about the league, and certain battlers based on performances prior to the league’s formation. When I first heard about Battle Of LA 3, I knew I had to be there, and I waited impatiently for a few months till that day finally came. The event, better known as “BOLA 3” was held on New Years Eve at The Airliner, in Los Angeles, and I couldn’t think of a better way for me to have brought in 2010 than being at this event. It was my first time at a Grind Time event, and it was easily one of the funnest nights of my life, a jam packed night of entertainment from start to finish! Grind Time has single-handedly taken the battle scene to new heights, and I look forward to another big year from them. Much love to @LushOne, and everyone else involved in making this event happen! I hope they hold more events in Los Angeles, cause I will definitely be there every time!

To stay updated with their events, and latest battles visit the following links:
GrindTimeNow.com | Youtube.com/Drect (SUBSCRIBE!) | TWITTER | Myspace

Continue Here To See BOLA 3 Battles + Release Date Schedule

One of the most humble, nicest, genuine people you could ever come across recently passed away on Jan 23rd, 2010. He was also a rapper, a very talented one at that, and he was as passionate about making music as a person could be. His name is Brandon “Point Game” Burris.

Although a lot of people that knew him online, never met him in person, he still was able to touch a lot of our lives. He was known to give advice, and encouraging words to rappers trying to perfect their craft, and collabing with almost anyone interested in being on a song with him, no matter how much better of an artist he was than them. In his music he shared his deepest, and most personal thoughts, that helped you get an idea of who he was, and what he was going through in life, which is why a lot of us felt like we knew him.

I took the time to look through a bunch of old burned cd’s, and other files that I haven’t accessed in years, and was extremely happy when I came across a bunch of his old music, and the freestyle video I posted above. I uploaded the video, and as much music as I had of his to share with everyone that may never got a chance to hear some of it. This includes albums I purchased from him dating back to 2003 that I ripped to my computer, and uploaded. You can definitely say I’ve been a long time fan of Point Game, and this news was shocking, and sad to hear.

He will live on through his music.

I uploaded everything I had of his that I could find, but his catalogue goes even deeper than this, from various collab tracks, battle tracks, remixes, and songs I just don’t have of his.

Point Game Music Collection Directory 2003-2008

Point Game – Official EP (2003)
Point Game – Not Him LP
Point Game – 05 Gone Ride Mixtape
Point Game – The Game Gets Deeper Album (2005) (Zshare)
Point Game – No Privacy EP (2007) (Zshare)
Point Game – HipHopCrisy (2008) (Zshare)
Instant Legend & Point Game – Conceited Humility 2.0 (ReverbNation)

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If you don’t know what Grind Time is (where the hell have you been?), they are a popular rap battle league, featuring some of the best battlers, and best battles that you will ever see in your life. They host events with a full line up of battles scheduled, in places like Oakland, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, and other major cities around the USA. The battles are released online over time for FREE on Youtube & WorldStarHipHop, and the most historical event yet, “Battle Of The Bay 5” will be released on DVD in December after all the battles have come out. They are continuing to raise the bar with every major event they hold, and it’s been great to witness the growth since the early stages of Grind Time. I support this movement 100% and think it’s some of the best entertainment for every type of hip hop fan out there. Huge shoutout to everyone involved in keeping Grind Time going, from the battlers, the staff, the hosts, the judges, the camera guys, the video editors, photographers, graphic designers, sponsors, and more, for bringing us these great battles. And big ups to @LushOne for shouting out KarmaloopCodes.com, and holding down Grind Time West Coast in a major way!

To stay updated with their events, and latest battles visit the following links.
GrindTimeNow.com | Youtube.com/Drect | Grind Time on TWITTER | Grind Time on Myspace

Don’t forget to pick up the Fresh Coast: Non Perishables Vol. 1 CD at one of the following:
Hardcopy on Paypal | Amazon.com | Itunes

Continue Here for rest of the battle, more shoutouts, and a list of the best GT Battles!

Not much to say, but Budden drops a dope verse.

Continue Here for Joe Budden’s Lyrics to the BET Awards Cypher 2009

Here’s the music video for the song “Forever” which features Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Eminem. Slaughterhouse makes an appearance during Eminem’s verse. Let’s hope they do some work together, or at least a Royce & Eminem track.

The OFFICIAL video for Slaughterhouse (Royce Da 5′9″, Crooked I, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz) “The One” produced by DJ Khalil off of the self titled album dropping on August 11th! The single is available on Itunes now, and be sure to pick up the album when it drops to support real hip hop! They are currently on tour for the Rock The Bells hip hop festival, you can check the dates and locations on the site. SLAUGHTERHOUSEEEEEE!

Joell Ortiz new mixtape titled “Joell Ortiz Covers The Classics“, just came out, and it features him spitting over classic hip hop beats. Joell Ortiz is always spittin real hip hop, and I’m expecting nothing but good things from this mixtape.

Download Joell Ortiz Covers The Classics On MediaFire

Source & Download Link Courtesy of OnSmash.com

This is the 3rd song that was scheduled to leak off of Relapse, coming out May 19th. I hope the album has better material then what we’ve heard so far, I’m starting to get annoyed with the accent voice. The next song to come out will be called “Beautiful”

Eminem ft. Dr. Dre – Old Times Sake (Zshare)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/59615839281a93e2

Lyrics Coming Soon!

This is the 2nd single of Eminem’s highly anticipated new album “Relapse“. I’ll get the lyrics to this as soon as I can.

Eminem – 3 a.m. (Zshare) (Re-Upped)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/59252681fa582ce6/

Continue Here For Eminem – 3 a.m. Lyrics

Joe Budden & Royce Da 5′9 both spit over this beat separately, and I figured I’d mix the verses together for anyone that might want it. The Royce version is off his mixtape Bar Exam 3, and it features Kid Vishis. The original beat is from the Red Cafe song, “Hottest In The Hood”.

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Continue Here To Download This Exclusive Spits Mix & Joe Budden’s Lyrics