Thursday, March 13, 2008

The Hood Internet: Bringing Indie and Rap Together for Some Seriously Fierce Mash-ups


Since March 2007, two extremely creative guys have teamed up to create the website known as thehoodinternet, which mixes indie rock and rap together to make some really awesome and completely original sounds. Aaron Brink (known as ABX) and Steve Reidell (known as STV STL) work separately to mix their songs, but post and update their site on a daily basis for listeners.
Since they began a year ago, the two have released three CD (The Hood Internet Mixtape Volumes 1 and 2, The Hood Internet vs. The Pack Mixtape) and have also released 137 single tracks for public download. While the word of the website is slowly starting to spread, another thing that makes this website unique is one amazing factor:
Everything is free.
Yup, that's right, I said it. Everything is free. You can preview and download every album or single track, and you won't be charged a single penny for any of it. All you have to do is select one of the three file sharing sites that you want to download it from, and the site takes care of the rest. After the download is complete simply open the file with your music player of choice, and the files are loaded in complete with album art and all.
So even if you aren't a big fan of rap, you might as well give this site a try and be amazed over some of the stuff they mash together for our ears. After all, the only thing you might end up losing is some space on your hard drive.

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