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In a particularly brilliant display of clairvoyance, I featured mindfucking mixtape up and comers The Hood Internet in last week’s Be Shareful column. Well yesterday afternoon, when I finished listening to every song they’ve ever created and was at a loss as to what I would listen to next, I headed over to their blog and have since spiraled even further into the depths of addiction because of it.

The Chicago-based duo premiered their third mixtape on Monday in a unique display of nonexistant pre-release hype, particularly compared to the kind of press Girl Talk got leading up to the release of this summer’s Feed The Animals. With the kind of work these guys are putting in though, it’s only a matter of time before there isn’t a loft in Williamsburg that hasn’t heard of them, so get downloading now or you’ll be more passé than your dork ass wayfarers.

While the album isn’t necessarily their far and away best effort yet, it’s certainly the most creative of the three and easily holds its own next to their previous releases. Additionally, The Mixtape Volume Three is the longest of their full lengths, clocking in at a monstrous 34 tracks long, spanning perhaps the most diverse array of samples The Hood Internet have ransacked yet. It probably also breaks some record for number of Lil’ Wayne appearances, and would come close on the T. Pain front as well if not for mainstream hip hop, which currently requires songs to feature a T. Pain vocal to be considered part of the genre. Read More ›