Shouts to OnSMASH on the world premiere…

R.A.R.E. (Reliving A Real Experience) is the latest and most introspective project from Richmond, VA artist Nickelus F. It’s a passion project that delves into Nick’s thoughts about his career, life & music.

Nickelus F gives new life to Portishead’s classic material on this project without taking away from the original mean and sound of Portishead’s production and lyrics.

R.A.R.E. (Reliving A Real Experience) is also a lead into more original work with Portishead that will surface in Fall/Winter 2009. Nickelus F & his band Silverust are working on music with Portishead front man Geoff Borrow that will be released in the UK and of course can be found online.

Tracklist + Download link after the jump…

DOWNLOAD: Nickelus F & Portishead – R.A.R.E. [via OS]

Here goes the final leak off Nickelus F & Portishead’s upcoming project, R.A.R.E. (Reliving A Real Experience), dropping this Friday. You might remember a portion of this song as it played at the end of the video we posted last week. Now it’s time to enjoy the full version…

DOWNLOAD: Nickelus F – Mean It | Mediafire

…but only by a week. A few loose ends needed to be tied together. You can now expect the R.A.R.E. (Reliving A Real Experience) LP w/ Portishead to drop on June 26th!

Before the official project drops June 19th, Nickelus is giving you a taste of his new Portishead-influenced album. Tracklist, album art and link under the cut.

01. Wandering Star
02. Cowboys
03. Abandoned
04. Over
05. Roads

DOWNLOAD: Nickelus F & Portishead – R.A.R.E (Reliving A Real Experience) (Sampler)

New shit from the Nickelus F x Portishead mash-up Rare, dropping next month. Got some catching up to do…

DOWNLOAD: Nickelus F & Portishead – Wandering Star | Mediafire

Another joint off the upcoming mixtape, Thank You Version: Pi. This time Nickelus goes in over some Portishead. You can also expect to see this featured on Rare, an album dropping this April. One of three projects Nick has coming out between now and Summer. I also included another Nickelus F x Portishhead mash ups in case ya’ll never got it.

DOWNLOAD: Nickelus F & Portishead – Cowboys | Mediafire
BONUS: Nickelus F & Portishead -  Roads | Mediaifre

When I mentioned this tape in the Pass the Roc (Demo) post, the dopeboyz/girlz were going nuts. I’ve been bumping a review copy for the past 24 and this shit is dope. Definite download if your a fan of any of the artists. Crazy rare, unreleased and demo joints from the likes of Jay-Z, Big Daddy Kane & Biggie. Including Biggie rhyming at the age of 12, Hov at the age of 17 and more!

Tracklist + Download link after the jump…

01. Notorious B.I.G – Intro
02. Shakespeare – KingsCounty (Brooklyn Bullshit Anthem)
03. biggie spittin at 12
04. biggie – music video box freestyle
05. biggie – soul power197 rhymes
06. Fulton St. battle at 17
07. big daddy kane & jayz – bday party freestyle 9-10-91
08. biggie – guranteed raw
09. big daddy kane/kool g rap – raw (demo)
10. jay-z/sauce money – rippin it up
11. big daddy kane – aint no half steppin (demo)
12. biggie – blind alley freestyle (demo)
13. biggie-i love you (teenage recording)
14. biggie – dont love no hoe
15. jay-z/sauce money – nothing but love (demo)
16. biggie – biggie got the hype shit (demo)
17. big daddy kane – raw attitude (unreleased)
18. jay-z – high powered (at age 17)
19. jay-z/sauce money – broken english & drug selling (demo)
20. notorious big – party and bullshit (extended version)
21. biggie – 16 bars at the lyrical lounge in 1993
22. jay-z – whats in a name (demo)
23. big daddy kane – sing my song (unreleased)
24. jay-z – pass the roc
25. big daddy kane – set it off (unreleased remix)
26. big daddy kane – for your own concern (demo)
27. biggie – childhood rhymes
28. jay-z – greatest mc (demo)
29. biggie/sadat x – come on (1st take demo version)
30. biggie – niggaz bleed
31. notorious big – big millionaire (unreleased verse)

DOWNLOAD: DJ Mike Nice – Brooklyn Bullshit*

*OS provided a sharebee link if the one above doesn’t work for you.

Alright, I had to make another post before I get back to this project as I couldn’t have the craptastic video on the top anymore. While Rock the Bells jumps off in Chicago this weekend, leave it up to Andrew to drop a CDQ version of this rare Lupe joint. Yes, it’s been put on random projects but not at this quality apparently. Sounds good to me, and speaking of RTB 2008, I should be posting this incredibly dope HipHopDX x DJ Wristpect mixtape soon.

DOWNLOAD: Lupe Fiasco – The Commercial (prod. Soundtrakk) [via FSD]

As promised, I figured I would start the Gym Class posting with a quite rare joint that was on GCH’s independent album, Hed Candy. Oh you didn’t know about that one did you? Haha, all jokes… this might surprise some as it has a more rock based sound. But since Shake gets down with that, it’s very enjoyable.

DOWNLOAD: Gym Class Heroes – Don’t Let Me Down

So the homies over at illRoots came across some unreleased and rare Nas videos. Above is a partial video to Nas’ Unauthorized Biography of Rakim. While These Are Our Heroes is after the jump…