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We last heard from this MC in the summer of ’09, when he dropped a nifty lil’ project, The Buzz EP, with fellow Cali-based spitter Intuition. VerBS also made several guest appearances on records since then, most notably Nocando’s underrated Jimmy The Lock and Murs & 9th Wonder’s good, but not great, Fornever. But here, it’s all about VerBS and his second Progress EP, which he’s dubbed Fuck YEa MAn. It boasts 17 new(ish) tracks with features from Nocando, Thavius Beck, Versis, and Sirah, among others.

You can stream the track “I’m On” below, which appeared on Jimmy The Lock, and download the whole project after the jump.

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While I had seen his name here and there previously, I was acquainted with DiBia$e through his production on two Intuition projects. He provided one of the best beats on both Girls Like Me (“Al Bundy”) and the Buzz EP with VeRBS (“Really”). DiBia$e’s builds on the style so many like to dub as post-Dilla, abstract-hop without sounding like a biter or bandwagon’er. Instead, he just makes damn good instrumentals that some MCs and singers are lucky enough to lay their vocals over. For this week’s Under The Radar, I thought I’d link to a few of this producer’s tracks that he has offered for free on his SoundCloud page for your enjoyment.

Hit the skip to hear some freshness from Mr. DiBia$e.

In between rocking stages on the West Coast and snoozing during the long van rides, NoCanDo and his touring pals Intuition, Open Mike Eagle, and Dumbfoundead along with Murs linked up for a remix to “Hurry Up and Wait”. The glitched-up, stuttering beat from Nobody was already the perfect complementary piece to NoCanDo’s excellent laid-back rhymes. But, even though Murs’ verse is slightly disappointing at first, the track got that much better when it turned into an all-out posse cut. And like I wrote over at Prefix, I have to give Intuition top honors on here, though everyone does the damn thing. Props to Jeff Weiss on premiering this remix yesterday. Hit the skip to download.

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I have hyped the shit out of this project over the past few weeks, but can you blame me? The leaked tracks have been a trip down memory lane to the days when we would make mixtapes for friends or prospective love interests and inject some personal touches. In Intuition’s case, those personal touches are killer verses that match up with the content found within each track. That means he goes along with the story told on Grizzly Bear’s “Two Weeks”, for example, and other tracks by acts like the Black Keys and Portishead. Get ready to have some of your favorite songs “ruined” by this MC.

Download: Intuition – I Ruined These Songs For You

Intuition “ruined” two excellent tracks last week when he injected bars into Grizzly Bear’s “Two Weeks” and Mayer  Hawthorne’s “Make Her Mine”. Well, the California-by-way-of-Alaska MC wasn’t done. This week, he’s revealed two more tracks of his I Ruined These Songs For You mixtape. The first features him spitting over The Black Keys’ “Psychotic Girl”, another dope-as-hell choice, and Portishead’s gorgeous “Humming” (excellent pick, again, Intuition). Get your mixtape on, people, and enjoy Intuition’s creative take on some of the best non-hip-hop tracks of the past 15 years. The full project drops March 23. Hit the jump for the track list.

Download: The Black Keys – “Psychotic Girl” feat. Intuition [Right Click Save-As]

Download: Portishead – “Humming” feat. Intuition [Right Click Save-As]

Say hello to the first two leaks off Intuition’s upcoming side project dubbed I Ruined These Songs For You. This free mixtape brings it back to the day you would make actual cassettes for your friends or a girl who caught your eye. But instead of straight-up tracks, Intuition spits over portions of them with complementary lyrics that maintain the original song’s tone and story. There are no chopped samples or anything like that, just some great cuts from across the gamut — I’m talking from soul to indie rock — with this MC adding a lil’ flair. The first two leaks feature Intuition going in over Grizzly Bear’s fantastic “Two Weeks” and Mayer Hawthorne’s silky “Make Her Mine”. Enjoy and let us know your thoughts. And, of course, check back soon to get the full project.

Download: Grizzly Bear – “Two Weeks” f. Intuition [Right Click Save-As]
Download: Mayer Hawthorne – “Make Her Mine” f. Intuition [Right Click Save-As]