ILL BREAKS CREW

Sometimes music can have a big effect on us. So here’s some music for your mind, heart and soul. And it’s free, good, and legal, provided by the artists themselves. We’re gonna update often so keep checking back. Download’em quick too cuz many of the links can be temporary (depending on what media the artists/labels use. Let us know if any are broken). We hope that we’re a good resource for dope hip-hop for you. Enjoy.

Get a free download, The Forty Hour Famine Mixtape: Visions For The World, from The Bureau of Australia when you donate $5 or more (in Australian funds) to World Vision Australia. Click on the album cover to head to their Bandcamp site to get that.



Free download from Canada’s own, highly underrated emcee and producer, Relic. Click here for the track “Why The Distance?” off his Note To Self EP. Word is that we can expect new music from Relic in late 2010!

AudioSketchBook Records presents a couple free downloads. The first is This Is For… by Humble Modesto. The second is While I Was Away EP by Legal Alien. Click on the respective album covers to go and cop those.


A couple singles for you. The first is “Gotta Get Away” by Saint Warhead featuring Lauren Light. The second is “Focus Or Fold” by Mark Aurthur featuring Stephen The Levite. Click on the respective pictures to head over to their pages to download’em free and legally. Enjoy.


The world has been waiting and now it’s finally here. Canada’s own Sean Prominent has released The Love Spectacle! Guest spots by Mikey Ital and Zay Zay Redlion. Beats by Sean Prominent himself, Brotha SouL, Relic, and Knowbody. If you don’t know, now you know.



Download the single “Keep It Movin’” from the combo of Mistapool and Jupiter 7 by clicking on the cover, courtesy of Sphere of Hip-Hop. If you’d like to check out a promo video for this single, click here. For a music video of Jupiter 7′s song “Move”, click here.



To commemorate J. Dilla’s legacy, MC (Till) recorded the lyrics from his own album, Beautiful Raw, over Dilla’s masterpiece, Ruff Draft. The result is Beautiful Raw: The Rough Draft Version. To get the free download, click on the album cover.



Canada’s own, ParablePOET, from the crew, Poetic Pilgrims, has a new album out called Matters Most. Click here to download the first single, “Reach For The Sky” featuring Braille. Click here to download the remix to “Why”. These are courtesy of Sphere of Hip-Hop’s Daily Download.


Free mixtape by Toronto’s own, Spoken. We heard about this from our homies at Ginseng Radio. Click on the album cover to head to their page for more details about the album, Up By 13, and a music video.




Nomadic The Journeyman is giving away a few albums: For The Friends, the never before released Banner Of The Blood Stained, Neighbourhood Watch, and The Argyle Pimps. Click on the underlined album title to get those. Enjoy.

After long deliberation, and after many years of hard work, Darwin James has decided to retire his music career. As a way to give back to the fans, he is offering his last two albums free for people to download. Click on the album covers to go and get them.

Canada’s own, N.I.F.T.Y. (Nubian Intelligence From The Yahweh), is giving away his latest EP called ‘Free’ and a book that he’s written. Get them both by clicking the EP album cover on the left and heading to his site. Tell’em ILL BREAKS CREW sent ya.

Download the 25-tracks free sampler, Mind The Rap Vol. 1, from Illect Recordings. It’s all in a zip file here.

For a very limited time, Spoken Nerd is giving away his album in honour of his 30th birthday. Head over to his Bandcamp page by clicking on the album cover to the left. Then clicki on ‘buy now’ and enter zero. (Of course, give’em more if you like). He’ll send it to your email address and then enjoy! If you’d like to see a music video for the track “Snake Assassin” and a short Q&A that he did with us, click here.

El*7 is offering up a few free tracks. Click here to head to their Bandcamp page check out their discography section to get them.

Congrats to The Runaway! Canada’s own, The Runaway, entered a contest to win a beat by Theory Hazit. He had to record something over it and won. Download the track “Extra Admiration” by clicking here.

In case you missed it, Playdough released a mixtape of his Don’t Drink The Water album. It’s mixed by DJ Sean P. (who nicely put the cuts on our ILL BREAKS CREW Theme Song). Head over to Playdough’s Bandcamp page to cop this free download by clicking here.




Jesus Disciple almost decided to dump most of these songs to move on to a brand new full length album, but then he realized what a waste it would be to never release them, so here they are! Download the album What You Almost Missed: The Mixtape by clicking on the album cover and heading to his bandcamp page.

The new mixtape from the Holy Collective is available for free download. They are a collective of artists from around the world, and consists of multiple groups and solo artists coming together to spread the message of Christ Jesus through the medium of rap music. Click on the album cover to the left to head over to their bandcamp page to cop the mixtape.

Thrill Da Playa, formally from the multi platinum group “69 Boyz”, is giving you a free album called User Friendly as a free download. Click here to go to the direct link.




The Runaway is giving away the single “Away We Go” from his newest album, Round Two, for free! Click on the album cover to head over to his blog about the history of the song, a video, and the Bandcamp link. Check out the rest of his site while you’re there too. Canada stand up!



Sphere of Hip-Hop has a great MP3 page. You can listen to and download tons of free songs by clicking here: Sphere of Hip-Hop. You’ll also find links to their Daily Download, Podcast, and Radio shows. Dope site for sure.



Download the instrumentals to Dre & Wit Murrary’s album, Hell’s Paradise, by clicking on the album cover. Go there, click on ‘buy now’, and then put in the amount you’d like to pay, even if it’s $0!



Free song by Mr. J. Medeiros and Talib Kwali! Go to this page to listen to it and/or download it.

Nomis of Gallery Drive is dropping his album called Rosario Dawson as a free download! It features such guests as Blame One, Cas Metah, Deadmanwalking, ManCHILD (of Mars ILL and Deepspace5), and iAMe (of Sandpeople/Oldominion). Click on the album cover to head over to the bandcamp site to get that. What are you waiting for?

Mysterium Media Group has released this free download: ‘Graffiti Post Mixtape Vol. 1′ by Soul The Interrogator and DJ Peg. Click on the album cover to grab the zip file and click here to check out Mysterium Media Group.


Calmplex is giving away a couple free downloads. The 1st is a solo album called ‘demoLISTEN’. The 2nd is ‘Thoughtomatic Weaponry’, an EP by the crew G.U.N. To download’em click on their respective album covers. To learn more about Calmplex, click here: www.plexhop.com.

Holyculture.net has a lot of free music available. To go to their website, click  the logo to the left. If you want to go straight to some downloads, click on the respective links below.
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Dan “Listener” Smith of Deepspace5 has been spearheading his Talk Music genre for a grip of years now. He is giving away the poems from his latest album, Wooden Heart, for free. Click the album cover on the left to go to the page. Click on ‘digital album’ or ‘buy now’, type in $0 for the amount to pay (of course, you can probably donate something if you like), and have the file sent to your email. Not too much work for some good stuff. It might not be what you’re used to, but it’s good.

In case you missed it the first time, Deacon Music is hosting the supercrew Deepspace5′s mixtape, Blueprint 3 Outtakes. Click on the album cover to go to Deacon Music’s site. They have a free mixtapes to download and interesting articles to read. Click here to download the mixtape zip file directly.

Jordan Santana and Conduct Lionheart (of Legion of Sub Par Emcees) are The Royal Applebaums. Their new album ‘Bipolar Backspin’ is available for free off their site. Click on the album cover (on the left) to head there.

Here are three more downloads that I found over at Ginseng Radio, an “online radio station that focuses on the North American East-Asian culture…and unique Christian content”. They are ‘The 5 Solas’ by S.O., ‘The Illsong Project’ by Twyse and Tee-Wyla, and ‘Hell’s Paradise’ by Wit & Dre Murrary. Click on the respective album covers to go and get the music.

Do you still like free downloads? Check back here often as we try to update often. Dr. No & Dr. Blue: Sojournalism Revisited is a 5-track offering from Sojourn, an original member of the crew, Future Shock. Click on the album cover to head over to his Bandcamp page to get the download.

From the group: “Good hip-hop starts from within. It’s conceived and birthed out of the desire to communicate thoughts, actions, and beliefs from one’s self to the world. Aaron Paul and BillyBo formed Inner Sessions to do just that…” Now for the month of July you cop the digital download their full album at any price you want on Bandcamp, including $0! Physical copies are still available for purchase. Click on the album cover to go to their page, get that download and thank’em!

Due to the crazy response, Relic is extending this giving away through July. Download The Green Light for free! You’ve heard his beats and raps on joints from Shad to Sev Statik as well as his own projects. Rapper, producer, singer, engineer (with his own studio), this guy does it all. Click here or on the album cover on the left to head to the link. After July, you can buy it on iTunes, but download it now. And remember: spread the word on this good hip-hop!

Our good friends at Sphere of Hip-Hop have posted up the link to a 10 minute remix treatment from producer SD. It features Propaganda, Othello, Theory Hazit, Poems and Braille. Click the picture on the left to go to the Sphere page. Enjoy and tell’em ILL BREAKS CREW sent ya.

Eleven – 11! – free albums from the Canadian hip-hop label, Prophetic Poetic. Click here to go and get the downloads. They include music from The Runaway, ILL Seer, Relic, Promise, Qu-C, Shad, and more!

Canada’s own, Promise, is on a project by Canada’s own, Marco Polo. Their track together, on Marco Polo’s album, is available for download. Click the album cover on the left to head to the site for the link. Tell’em Ill Breaks Crew sent ya.

To hear a full album with an interview and music by Promise, check out Prophetic Poetic’s free giveaway by clicking here to download the zip file.

New track from JustMe: “Just added some rhymes and scratches to what had previously been an instrumental cut off of Peace 586′s heAr album.” Click on the album cover on the left to go to his bandcamp page. Enjoy. And tell’em that you saw it from Ill Breaks Crew!

FREE – New mixtape from Deepspace5 member, Playdough. ‘Bible Bus Mixtape’ is mixed by DJ Sean P. Beats by Just Blaze, Madlib, Rob Viktum, J-Zone, Harry Krum, Ohno, and DJ Muggs. Click the album cover for his page where you can download it.

Check out this hotness: two full album downloads from the Scribbling Idiots crew. Click on the individual album covers to go to the respective websites for descriptions and the download links. Tell’em ILL BREAKS CREW sent ya.

Seriously?! Newly formed label Humble Beast is giving away full album downloads from Odd Thomas, Propaganda, Braille&Symbolic One, Sivion, and Surreal&DJ Balance?! Do not ignore this one folks. These are good albums. Click on any of the album covers to go to the Humble Beast download page and get’em now. (You can donate $ there too.)

New free track from Mr. J. Medeiros. To get “Pink Light” and links to other free music, click here.

Do you like beattapes? Here’s one from Canada’s own DJ Clutch. He’s a member of a few musical projects: Captain Bear, The CDN Custodians (with The Runaway, Crisis, and Qu-C), and The AMU (Altonas Most Underrated). These are a collection of beats that are inspired by everything from Graffiti to Walking to Moving away from people. For a quick sample, click here and then download the album by clicking here.

DJ Digital Josh has more than a grip of free mixtapes and albums for download. Get’em by simply going his site by clicking here.

War Tour is back on the grind with a free 17 track album sampler download featuring new and recently released music from their roster of artists. War Tour is comprised of Bay Area MC’s Jupiter 7, Big P, Chef/Camer1, and new comer Doloto. These guys are no strangers to the game. Combining forces with End of Earth Records, these guys are really looking to push the boundaries of quality hip-hop music. To download the album, go to their site by clicking here.

Sev Statik has done a lot of guest features over the years. Severed Remaynz III is the third collection of those works and he’s now made it available for free! Click on the album cover on the left to go to his site for it.

And in case you missed it, check below for his new EP (released June 2010), School Shooting, and four other albums, all as free downloads!

A brand new EP from Sev Statik, with production by DeeJay Tone. Cop this here for free by clicking on the album cover on the left. Also, check out the four free previous albums by Sev by clicking on the covers below. Big ups to Sev for all the free joints!

Big ups to Sev Statik for making these four albums available for free download! Y’all gotta cop these. Click on each of the four album covers below to go to their respective links.

More free music and a stream of his latest album! Catch these jewels by Relic by clicking here.

DJ Manwell of Deepspace5 has a mixtape available for free. To cop it, check out his Bandcamp page by clicking here.

Cop the Green EP by Malachi Perez by clicking here.

Ginseng Radio has provided a link to Jerrell’s mixtape, Peanut Butter & Jealousy. Check it out by clicking here.

Wonder Brown has generously allowed our ILL BREAKS CREW site to be the first to tell you that he’s offering his album, The Gallows, for any price you like – including free! He’s also granted our request for thoughts about each track. To Wonder Brown, thanks for all this. To e’ybody else, click here.

Jin, known for his freestyle championship on BET’s 106&Park, has a new mixtape out. Download Say Something by clicking here.

It’s nice to peep up-and-coming talent. Check out this track called “Unlimited” by Captain Bear of Canada. About it, they say, ” I know its pretty heavy but I still call it hip hop.  Basically, we are a 4-piece Hip-Hop/Hardcore/Acoustic Band from Altona, Manitoba and we are releasing our debut album called The Maiden Voyage.” Download the track by right-clicking on the link here and clicking ‘save link as…’ from the menu.

The new single off of Shad’s new album. Download the MP3 here.

RELIC! Listen to tracks and download 8 of them free by clicking here.

“Beatsmith Beatdowns” by Chef Camer1 and Ray Vizara, brought to you by End of Earth Records. Click here.

DJ Rhino offering up another Hot Mix @ 6 goodie. Cop it by clicking here.

Tha GIM has two free EPs available. Read some info and get the links by clicking here.

Scribbling Idiots are giving away their Idiomatic Mixtape Vol. 1! Cop the download by clicking here: Sphere of Hip-Hop

Another free one from DJ Rhino!  Click here for the zip file: Mix #22.

Great tracks courtesy of Sphere of Hip-Hop:

– JustMe &Cas Metah: Theory Hazit beatdown remixes (2004) – for info and download click here.

- Mike Beats: Euphonic Roots instrumental album – for info and download click here.

- The Custodians: “My Organs Are Yours” – for info and download click here.

Fab Da Eclectic has dropped a new free album. Cop it by going to his website: click here.

Download a track, “T.W.O.R. (The Wrath of Rel)”, by Canada’s own, Relic, by clicking here. It’s a dope ode to Big Daddy Kane!

Download the zip file of DJ Rhino‘s “Hot Mix #15” by clicking here.

Lots of mixtapes from Sacred Apparel by clicking here. Free, but donations are also accepted.

A free mixtape from Gallery Drive! Cop it for free by clicking here: Super Group of Tomorrow. If you missed the post with their new video, click here: Psycho.

Illect Recordings is offering 6 tracks from 6 different albums here.

Mr. J. Medeiros has just made his 2009 EP “The Art of Broken Glass” free for download. Get it by clicking here. He’s also got remixes available for free download off his site. Click here for them.

DJ Sean P has four free mixtapes to download @ his site: http://djseanp.blogspot.com.

Antioch Alumni is making Cram Sessions volumes 1-4 available for free (or donation). Click here.

Download “Right Out Loud” from Ruslan (of theBREAX) and DJ Rek here.

Stream “Dialogue of the Downtrodden” by Illtripp of Labklik and Deepspace5 fame here.

For a limited time only, get DJ Stibs’ “The DJ That Lives In The Selahdor Attic” by clicking here. It releases on iTunes after that. Thanks to DJ Stibs for allowing us to put up the link.

And get MaxOne‘s “Multi-Tasking” by clicking here. Thanks to Syntax Records for providing the link.

Tell your friends, tell your foes. But don’t worry, your mother already knows. haha.

Download “M.A.S.K.” from Strange Fruit Project by clicking here.

Download “Sesame Street Sampler” from Adam L. by clicking here.

Download “American Idols” Mixtape from Jordan Santana by clicking here.

Download “Customer Development” from Jeremiah Bonds by clicking here.

Get the “Sliver LP” from Sev Statik by clicking here.

Download “Rocketship Down“, a full-length instrumental album by Michael Manasseh, by clicking here.

Don’t miss “Live At The Palendrome” by The Runaway Jam. Get it by clicking here.

Good, free, and legal. There are more coming soon so check back often. And enjoy.

Freddie Bruno – “The Bruce Lee Mixtape” @ http://www.sphereofhiphop.com/splash/freddie-bruno-bruce-lee-mixtape.htm

Playdough‘s beat-tape “Who’s Harry Krum?” @ http://playdough.deepspace5.com

Dert – Talk Strange: A Beat Tape Inspired By Bjork @ http://www.sphereofhiphop.com/splash/dert-talk-strange.htm

Davey Rockit (f.k.a. DJ EQ) – Broken Heart Beats (an instrumental) @ http://www.zshare.net/download/618334849b1ee1bb/

Everyday Martyrs – ‘Def Defying Mixtape’ @

http://www.sphereofhiphop.com/ezine/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=716&Itemid=1

Cookbook’s “I Love The 80′s” LP @ http://www.sphereofhiphop.com/splash/cookbook-i-love-the-80s-album-download.htm

Michael Manasseh’s “Mike Stands (the re-issue)” @ http://manasseh.bandcamp.com/

MotionPlus – Heart On My Sleeve EP @ http://www.multiupload.com/T0QM9L8IUU

Surreal – Pardon My Dust @

http://www.rappersiknow.com/2008/11/10/surreal-pardon-my-dust/

Cookbook and Uno Mas (both of LA Symphony) – ‘The Overflow @

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=41950075&blogID=441080344

Kaboose – Bits and Pieces mixtape @

http://www.hiphopmp3downloads.com/promo-downloads/kaboose-bits-and-pieces-mixtape.zip

Braille – Box Of History Mixtape @ http://www.hiphopismusic.com/boh

Change’s “The Stimulus Plan” EP @ http://www.sphereofhiphop.com/splash/change-the-stimulus-plan.htm

Comunalien’s “Comunique” album @ http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1010342/Comunalien%20-%20Comunique%20%28MP3%29.zip