betterPropaganda offers 100 percent independent music. The magazine showcases artists from more than 600 independent labels. On betterPropaganda you’ll find thousands of free and legal downloads.
The site is easy to use. Look in the top menu for “find music” and go to the divers music collection pages. Choose between new MP3s, Popular music, artist lists, … I lets you play all the songs on the page by clicking the play link. A player with cover art, similar songs, playlists, … will popup. Or you can download the music.
Don’t know what to pick? Read the many reviews and news items under the “our picks” menu. Interested in what the guys at bP like? Browse the “staff picks”.
If you want to search by genre go to the “find music” menu and choose “most popular”. On the right there is a window listing “other charts”. There is a section for Hip Hop, Rock and Electronic. The “show somilar music” link in the player is particularly handy for browsing the site by genre.
At ACIDplanet.com you can create, upload, and listen to music from artists around the world. ACIDplanet.com is a forum for aspiring new artists to showcase or remix music. It’s home to a growing online community of exciting, individual digital musicians and videographers.
Most of the songs can be downloaded, if you register. Some of the music is podsafe, such music can be safely distributed or shared. ACIDplanet features charts, a top 25, sharing, friends and downloads.
This song “WATCH THIS” is the lead single from the album “HEAVY” from the Canadian group Swollen Members released in 2003. Swollen Members’ site offers a few free MP3 downloads. Look here.
Datpiff is a popular American music site providing thousands of hip hop and rap music underground mixtapes downloadable for free. To download you do need to register though, but the basic account – offering max 3 downloads a day – is totally free and registering is very simple. Every album on Datpiff can be listened to, embedded or commented on.
Mick Boogie is een bekende Amerikaanse hiphop DJ en mixtape composer die samengewerkt heeft met o.a. Jay-z en Eminem. Zijn mixtape uit 2006 The Pre-up, had promo tracks van Eminem en stond genoteerd in de top 10 beste mixtapes van 2006.
Op de website van Mick Boogie zijn een grote hoeveelheid mixen gratis te downloaden, zoals de Grammy Remix Project, een ode aan de genomineerden voor de awards in 2009.
Stereokiller is een muziekcommunity van liefhebbers van de genres hardcore, emo, metal, rock en hip hop. De site biedt gratis MP3’s aan om te downloaden, profielen van groepen en cd-reviews.
