Surprisingly, the Adult Swim website is a great online source for free music. I'm not refering to musicfrom any of their hit shows, either; Adult Swim features entire albums featuring the best and brightest in the music industry today, featuring everything from Alternative rock to Trance to Hip-hop. I'll give you a rundown on what they have to offer:
Worldwide Renewal Program is their most recent release and is easily my favorite as well. This is some wildly innovative and creative hip-hop, it's almost hard to define properly. Featuring The Cool Kids, Diverse, Vast Aire and Kovas; The cool thing about this album is that is has this retro undercurrent-- the majority of the tracks feel like throwbacks to 1980's B-boy era of hip-hop. Definetly a must for hardcore hip-hop fans, but everyone can find something they'll like here.
Ghostly Swim is very experimental. Showcasing artists on Ghostly International Records, it features some of the best in trip-hop, trance, drum n bass and electronic music. There is a lot of cool stuff here by Ben Benjamin, Kill Memory Crash, and Dark Party and more. that even the most fair-weather Dance music fan should check out.
Warm & Scratchy is the most star-studded release so far, featuring music from Jesu, TV on the Radio, The Ravonettes, Les Savy & The Good, The Bad and The Queen. This one is a bit of a departure from the other selections, focusing more on Acoustic, Alt. Rock and Indie Music. Much like it's name suggests, these 14 tracks are gritty and abrasive and also really fun to listen to.
Definitive SwimIs a bit more features artists from El-P's Definitive Jux Record label, and I can honestly say that these are some of the best Emcees in the game right now. This is another one of my absolute favorites, featuring tracks by Aesop Rock, El-P, Cannibal Ox, Cage Kennylz and more. I would definetly recommend this to anyone who's on the fence when it comes to hip-hop.
You'll need winzip or a similar program to unzip the files once you download them. If you're having trouble, hit me up on AOL Instant Messanger and I'll just send you the files that way. Happy Listening!