Hood Internet Mixtape Expected to Drop Tuesday

They've blamed their lack of posts for single songs on their efforts behind the scenes where they've been working on a mixtape (I wish we could blame our lack of posts on a secret mixtape). The Hood Internet says they've been pacing their time with, "The Hood Internet vs Chicago," a compilation of 23 new tracks, and they're going to release it Tuesday, May 27.

Some of the artists making appearances on the mixtape include Kid Sister, Kanye West (in combination with Wilco and the 1985 Chicago Bears), Chin Up Chin Up, Rhymefest and Andrew Bird. R. Kelly's in there, too.

You can expect sweet match-ups and, as always, more clever and dramatic Photoshopped representations of the artists together on their description of the mixtape.

Download:
The Hood Internet - "The Hood Internet vs. Chicago" (full mix, 320kps)
The Hood Internet - "The Hood Internet vs. Chicago" (split tracks, 320kps)

Not Just the Cool Kids Tonight

As much as we flat out love the Cools Kids, it would be a crime to not mention the other acts for Wesleyan's spring concert that is happening tonight. I just stumbled upon this now, but GZA will be headlining and not only that, he'll be playing Liquid Swords front to back.

Liquid Swords, in case you don't know, is acclaimed as one of the best rap albums ever. Yes, it is that good. And you could hear it all live. Rather insane to think about. The Hold Steady will be supporting. You may remember their album that everyone loved in 2006 - Boys and Girls in America. They are currently working on/wrapping up their follow-up, Stay Positive, which will drop in July.

Of course, the Cool Kids will be there too. Their EP to precedes their highly anticipated full-length drops this month. If that wasn't enough for one night, The Hood Internet will be spinning between sets. This horrendous quote was put in Wesleyan's newspaper regarding the Hood Internet:

“Instead of listening to Creed or Counting Crows between each set, we’ll skip the usual lulls and maintain the awesomeness indefinitely,” said Social Committee member Derek Silverman ’09.

How groundbreaking, a Creed dig. 

Side note: Why would you have acts like Talib Kweli (previously came to Wesleyan) and the ones mentioned above playing live and then have someone playing Creed in between sets? How is that even possible? It's not by the way, which is why that dig is even dumber because the dude had to go out of his way to make it. Yes, that did bother me.

Edit: Oops. Looks like we dropped the ball on this one. As I type this (almost 5 p.m.) Cool Kids and Hold Steady already went on. I assume GZA will be on soon. Oh well. If you went let me know how it was.