Endless Mic - The All New Super Exclusive Al Gore Bongwater Club Mixtape Vol. 1

Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered at home by Deez in Greensboro, NC | Track 9 was produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by the Apple Juice Kid in Raleigh, NC

What do you get when you mix Similac with Cognac? You get the hip-hop crew, Endless Mic. Coming to you out of Chapel Hill, N.C. with The All New Super Exclusive Al Gore Bongwater Club Mixtape Vol. 1, the band's free digital mixtape fuses conscious lyrics over familiar beats from the '80s, '90s and now.

Written and recorded over the course of a month, much of the mixtape features first-take verses spontaneously composed during late night recording sessions. Endless Mic approaches this recording much like a wrestling match, tag-teaming verses without hesitation. The MCs' seamless rhymes flow directly into the next track, hence the group's name.

Endless Mic makes a mockery of 50 Cent's "I Get Money" with its rendition entitled, "I Need Money." Here, the group uses a humorous approach to tackle the familiar struggles of being caught in the rat race.

Sampling from Daft Punk, the track "Confessions From The Doo-Doo Nation" is so brutality honest that it will beat up your eardrums and have you hitting repeat for another licking. Hands down the best song of the mixtape, each group member strips himself naked in each revealing verse. A standout line from the song is, "You see we've all got monsters in the closet / If you don't wanna hear about mine then you can pause it."

Not since Eminem has the envelope been pushed this far. While the controversial group often opts for shock value, the act simultaneously promotes conscious thought. Endless Mic's witty wordplay is sure to satisfy your insides right before gut punching you. (Trekky Records)

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-Chas Jackson