J. Cole - Visionz Of Home

J. Cole may have lived in New York to get his big break, but he has always put Fayetteville on his back no matter where he is. To celebrate J. Cole's success, the city has declared March 1st J. Cole Day, and this entire weekend Dreamville Weekend. And what's Dreamville Weekend without a theme song? Check out the Elite-produced "Visionz Of Home" below! NC STAND UP!

J. Cole - Visionz Of Home

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Props to Rap-Up

Previously: Melanie Fiona ft. J. Cole - This Time

Elite - Dreamer

According to this bonus track from his free album Awaken, Elite's got a pretty hopeful outlook on the year. Check out his self-produced track below, and make sure you're not sleeping on Awaken!

Elite - Dreamer [Mobile Friendly Stream/Download]

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Props to DJ Booth

Previously: Elite - Awaken [New Mixtape]

Elite - Awaken [New Mixtape]

Rapper/producer Elite has been paying his dues long before linking up with J. Cole as an in house producer for the Ruff Ryders, and now he's finally getting the recognition he deserves with his own solo project, Awaken.  

Download Awaken and peep the full tracklisting below, which includes features and production from J. Cole, Alchemist, Omen, and Voli!

New Music: Elite - Everybody But Me

Elite samples indie favorite Lykke Li for "Everybody But Me," his second single from the upcoming 11.11.11 project Awaken.  Check out the self produced track below, and make sure you come back to download the project!

Elite - Everybody But Me

Upcoming Releases: 10.31.11 & 11.1.11

Is the world ending in a few days or something (Knock on wood)? I feel like I should be releasing a mixtape or something tomorrow just because it seems like the thing to do.  Monday and Tuesday will undeniably be a music blogger's simultaneous dream and nightmare, but I'm excited for everything coming out so that I can work on overcoming the candy relapse that seems imminent this Halloween.

Where do I begin? With Wale, Black Milk & Danny Brown, Rapper Big Pooh, Torae leading the iTunes Hip Hop takeover, there are also artists like 2 Chainz, Elite, Young Chris, A$AP Rocky, Fat Joe, Trey Songz providing free downloads.  Hit the jump to get a breakdown of all the projects dropping Monday (10.31.11) and Tuesday!

New Music: Elite - Gone

Rapper/producer Elite has been paying his dues long before linking up with J. Cole as a producer for the Ruff Ryders, and now he's finally getting the recognition he deserves with his own solo project, Awaken.  Check out the debut single, "Gone," below, and be on the lookout for Awaken to drop on November 1st!

Elite - Gone