Top 5 Mixtapes of the Month (March)

Its been a fluctuating stream of good projects for the month of march with the release of certain major label LP’s like Ross’s Mastermind and Pharrel’s G I R L but as always I still manage to deliver a list of the only mixtapes you should be listening from the month of march so peep them out and I hope you enjoy as always.   

1. Vince Staples – Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2: Long Beach’s promising rapper vince releases the second installment of his Shyne Coldchain mixtape series with only two features from recent collaborator Jhene Aiko and James Fauntleroy and is mainly produced by Legendary producer No I.D and others like Childish Major, Evidence and DJ Babu, definitely a great body of work and is a must listen for fans of that graphic and truthful LA gangsta rap.  D/L Link: http://www.datpiff.com/Vince-Staples-Shyne-Coldchain-Vol-2-mixtape.590712.html

2. Jon Connor - Best in the World: He’s Back! Recently Aftermath signee Jon Connor returns and gives us another highly impressive mixtape for his Best in the World Series, this time him displaying his lyrical abilities over Kanye west records. Alternative title for this mixtape is The Late Registration of a College Dropout Who Had a Dark Twisted Fantasy of 808 and Heartbreaks and is definitely a must listen for those who still appreciate the foundation of how mixtapes were constructed. D/L Link: http://www.datpiff.com/Jon-Connor-The-Late-Registration-of-a-College-Dropout-Who-Had-mixtape.592179.html

3. De La Soul – Smell the D.A.I.S.Y:  Legendary Hip Hop Collective De La Soul releases a new project with all the tracks being of J Dilla production and is just a warm up for the album they are currently working on so take a listen and enjoy. D/L Link: http://www.datpiff.com/De-La-Soul-Smell-The-Daisy-mixtape.594813.html

4. XV – Elite Eight: In The spirit Of March Madness and him being a huge college basketball fan XV been providing his fans with a ton of new music and this is the third project he’s done since the beginning of the madness series which consists of all original tracks with production from Swiff D, Big Blizz, Pete Pine and many others. D/L Link: http://www.datpiff.com/XV-March-Madness-Vol-3-Elite-Eight-EP-mixtape.595823.html

5. King Los – Zero Gravity: King Los drops the second attachment to the Zero Gravity mixtape he dropped back in 2010 with features from Kid Ink, Jeremih , Mark Battles, Devin Cruise and many others with production from Dot N Pro, Devin Cruise , Peter Pan and Los Himself. D/L Link: http://www.datpiff.com/King-Los-Zero-Gravity-2-mixtape.592172.html