Check out New York State Of Mind, a dope new mixtape by blogger/D.J Or Amit, which features Israeli rappers rhyming over classic Rap tracks, mainly by D.J Premier. Among the artists featured are Sagol 59, Ortega, Peled, Vulkan, Nechi Nech and many others. The mixtape is available for free download on Mediafire or through Bandcamp. Enjoy!

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El-Haqed

Enjoy! (YouTube Link)

(The original track can be found on this free digital album)

Sagol & Vulkan

Last week, a group of 8 notable Israeli MC’s gathered to record “List Of Demands”, a track that supports the recent demonstrations held in Israel’s cities and also calls for equality among The Country’s citizens and residents. Israeli Jews, Arabs, Russian and Ethiopian rappers are all represented on the track.

Quami, Sagol 59, Vulkan, M.C Klin, Big Fishy, Elparvar, Kalkidan, Mohammed Mugrabi – List Of Demands (Youtube Link)

(The 2011 Israeli housing protests, which are also referred to by various other names in the media, are a series of ongoing demonstrations in Israel beginning in July 2011 involving hundreds of thousands of protesters from a variety of socio-economic and religious backgrounds opposing the continuing rise in the cost of living in Israel, and particularly the relatively high housing prices in Israel as well as the lack of affordable housing solutions in the country.

As the protests expanded, the demonstrations began to also focus on other issues, such as the deteriorating state of the Israeli education system, the indirect costs of raising children and issues relating to the social order in Israel.)

Read a statement from JDub’s C.E.O Aaron Bisman.

Over the past few months, our friends at N.Y label Nomadic Wax have been reaching out to Arab hip hop artists around the world. They wanted to hear directly from them how hip hop was affecting the Arab uprisings and how the momentous events that were sweeping across North Africa and the Middle East were inspiring them to write music. The Nomadic Wax team, made up of DJ Magee, DJ Nio, and British journalist Rose Hackman bring you an original mix of in-depth reporting and authentic Arab and Arab-American sounds and perspectives, giving you the story behind the music – or rather the music behind the story.

Listen to the mixtape here