Substantial - Jackin' Jill (Mixtape)

QN5 and Mello Music have joined forces again to bring us a brand new mixtape from DMV native, Substantial. And if that aint enough, Stan drew that amazing cover art too. Dude has got some serious talent. Anyways, Substantial has always been a big fan of Jill Scott, and this is his Jill Scott inspired project. Featuring 17 joints of unofficial remixes, and new songs using Jill Scott samples. Stan is an incredibly dope emcee, so do not sleep on this tape.

DOWNLOAD/STREAM: Substantial - Jackin' Jill

Tonedeff - Glutton EP

Tonedeff is reinventing the album release. As we have evolved into an ADD nation, Tone has evolved with us. With his latest release, he brings us the Glutton EP. The first of 4 stylistically different EPs that together become his sophomore album, Polymer. Each EP consists of 5 songs, and will be available on bandcamp at the low low price of "name your own price." So you can grab it for free, you can contribute whatever you feel, or (and this is where it gets fun), you can pre-order the full Polymer CD/DVD now, giving you access to the first 3 digital EPs as they are released, and the exclusive 4th EP only available in the physical format to those who pre-order. And Tone will only be pressing as many copies as are pre-ordered, so if you want a piece of QN5 history, get your pre-order in now!

STREAM/DOWNLOAD: Tonedeff - Glutton
PRE-ORDER STANDARD or DELUXE EDITION: Tonedeff - Polymer Pre Order

Kokayi (Performing as CZRS) - Pro Deo Et Patria (Album)

If you're into rappers taking a big step outside of the box, bending genres, producing every song, singing, rapping, harmonizing, and all that good stuff, to make one big mesh of MUSIC GOODNESS... Then this album is for you. It's amazing. It's $10 to take with you, and free to listen to now. Oh, and that Latin that you don't understand means "For God And Country."

PURCHASE: Kokayi - Pro Deo Et Patria

Substantial - Home Is Where The Art Is (Album)

The brand new album from QN5's Substantial is finally upon us. This time around Stan links up with his DMV brethren, Oddisee, to release his latest project on Mello Music Group. Super excited about this one, Stan never fails to put out some dope, smooth, music.

PURCHASE/STREAM: Substantial - Home Is Where The Art Is | iTunes

PackFM - Featured Material Vol. 4 (Mixtape)

New material from QN5's PackFM. Before he drops his new album, Human Highlight Reel, he lets go of a quick new mixtape full of remixes, b-sides, features, and a handful of new joints. Cop it below for $5 digitally. $10 physically. Or stream it for free. YODEL!

PURCHASE: PackFM - Featured Material Vol. 4

Tonedeff & PackFM - Tacos And Chocolate Milk Podcast

Back in 2005, Tonedeff, PackFM, and the QN5 extended family (no big puns intended), dropped one of the first record label podcasts ever, entitled, "WQN5." They were stupid funny. Even if it only lasted two episodes. WELL, Tone and Pack are back at it with a brand new podcast. The title, "Tacos And Chocolate Milk" stems from a line used in Tone and Pack's song "Good Combinations" from way way back in the day. There is no format here. Just two dudes who love hip hop, shooting the shit for an hour at a time. They are already 7 episodes in (hands in late pass), so go grab all 7 below!

DOWNLOAD: Tacos And Chocolate Milk Podcast
SUBSCRIBE: via iTunes
LIKE: The Facebook Page

PackFM - Want What's Mine (BTSTU Remix)

Still pretty fresh off of Pack's, I Fucking Hate Rappers, he's already prepping a new album entitled, The Human Highlight Reel. I know IFHR came out like a year and a half ago, but anything released within 2 years of their last project is HUGE for a QN5 rapper hahaha. NO SHOTS, I'm just still waiting on that Chico and the Man album (and Spicasso, which will never come out). So anyway, check out Pack's new video up top, and download the song below if you dig it...

DOWNLOAD: PackFM - Want Whats Mine (BTSTU Remix)

Niggaz With Latitude - Final Call (Video)

I'm gonna need to see if I can find any Sheisty Khrist solo albums. This NWL album has really made me a huge fan of his.

Tonedeff - What Part Of Forever (Cee-Lo Cover)

Originally released on Tone's 2-disc collection Cold.Killed.Collected earlier this year, his cover of Cee-Lo's song from one of the Twilight Movie soundtracks gets the visual treatment. If you enjoy the cover, grab the mp3 from QN5 below...

DOWNLOAD: Tonedeff - What Part Of Forever

QN5 Evolution Documentary Part 3 - Future

I guess I forgot to post this one up a few days ago when it was released... And just in case you havent seen the first 2 parts, they are available HERE and HERE and are much more entertaining than this one.

QN5 Evolution Documentary (Part 2: Present)

Amazing. Watch Part 1 Here.

QN5 Evolution Documentary (Part 1: Past)

The wonderfully creative minds at QN5 have put together this incredible documentary for their Megashow in New York City last week. During the show, they performed classic records from the labels past, bangers from the present, and some brand new material for the future... This is part one of their three part documentary that aired at the beginning of each of the three acts of their show. Parts two and three will be coming this week and I can only imagine that they will be equally amazing.

Cashmere The Pro - The Secret Tapes (EP)

Cashmere pops his head up for a quick minute to drop off a 6-track EP of previously unreleased material via QN5.com.

DOWNLOAD: Cashmere The Pro - The Secret Tapes

1. Rumors – feat Nuke [Produced By Oh No]
2. In the Building – [Produced By L1 Productions]
3. Welcome to the Dirtay – [Produced by Khrysis]
4. South City (feat J Bully) – [From ‘Educated Thug Music Vol 2’]
5. Breakdown – [Produced By Sol The B-Side Frakenstein]
6. Holla At Cha Dude – [Produced by K-Slack]

Session ft. Darien - Hope

*Hands in late pass* Former QN5 emcee and Extended F@mm member, Session, dropped off this joint on twitter a little over a month ago. It's not a NEW song, but its newly released. He hasnt recorded any new music a hot minute, as he has started working as a "model scout" for worldstarhiphop (as you can see above, it appears to be a decent job). But I always dug Session, so I thought i'd throw this up here.

DOWNLOAD: Session ft. Darien - Hope.mp3

DJ JS-1 ft. Tonedeff - Last To Know

Last week, we brought you the video for the first single off DJ JS-1's upcoming album, No One Cares. The song is, "Last To Know," and the rapper is QN5's Tonedeff. The album drops next week, June 21st, on Fat Beats. In other news, if you have any suggestions for what Tonedeff and/or JS-1 could do to possibly improve their music, they would love to hear from you over at the QN5 forums!

DOWNLOAD: DJ JS-1 ft. Tonedeff - Last To Know.mp3

Kokayi - R3TS&DNSR5 RE1MAG1NED

QN5's Kokayi drops off a free EP of remixes from his Robots And Dinosaurs album (Which is quite good, if I do say so myself). So grab it. Because its awesome. And its free.

DOWNLOAD: Kokayi - R3TS&DNSR5 RE1MAG1NED

1. Intro (Let’s Get Live)
2. Ninety5 [Billy The Gent RMX]
3. Autumn Rules [D. Painter RMX]
4. Chanticleer [Cam Jus RMX]
5. DJ Tunji Interlude
6. Only [Nick tha 1Da RMX]
7. Believe It [DJ Outllaw RMX]
8. Hiya [J.Laine RMX]
9. Over There [Man Mantis RMX]
10. RoxTar (feat. Substantial) [DJ Roddy Rod RMX]

Throwback Of The Day: Tonedeff & Fresh Chest Edition

Tonedeff just recently released his 46 track, 2 disc compilation entitled, Cold.Killed.Collected, via QN5 music. Only 500 copies were pressed, so if you want a piece of QN5 history, order yours before they run out by clicking the title there in sentence number 1...

Anyways, in honor of his release, I decided to post up one of my favorite tracks from the album. Originally released in the summer of 2004 on the New York based label, Fresh Chest records, this joint featured all of your favorite underground NY emcees, plus two random guys who call themselves, "The Understudies." The catch? It's The Understudies' song. In the long run, I dont think they ever even put out an album. Or if they did, it went out of print before I could ever get my hands on a copy. And I tried. But nevertheless, this song is super dope. To this day, it remains in my top 5 "posse cuts" ever. Plus it made its way onto Monk and my Chillin Like A Villain Vol. 2 tape... SO YEAH... Here is the obligatory posse cut, BANANAS.

DOWNLOAD: Tonedeff ft. The Understudies, CunninLynguists, Mr. SOS, Cashmere & Oktober - Bananas.mp3


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DJ JS-1 ft. Tonedeff - Last To Know (Video)

Dope video from QN5's in house DJ, DJ JS-1, featuring the QN5 front man, Tonedeff. The video is up now, the single will be available for download next week, and JS-1's album Ground Original 3: No One Cares, drops June 21st.

Kokayi - 8bit Ubermentals

The QN5 representative, and emcee/singer/producer, releases a brand new instrumental LP for free. All of these tracks were made between 1995-2003 on a Roland W-30 machine. This is just his selections from the 1,000+ song catalog he had created using the machine... Grab it for free over at bandcamp...

Mr. SOS - Listen

Mr. SOS drops the first single from his upcoming LP, Cassette Verité, dropping on QN5. This joing is produced by RickyRaw. And you can pre-order the LP on QN5.com starting next week... Stay tuned.

DOWNLOAD: Mr. SOS - Listen


Also, grab the Clean Version and Instrumental over at QN5