Kevin Bronson on October 4th, 2010

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I think this got buried in my e-mail because it was the same week Das Racist released their mixtape [which, scientists say, has been downloaded so many times that if you stretched the mp3s end to end they would encircle the earth 4 1/2 times], but local rapper Kenan Bell has released a free mixtape that pays respects to a lot of artists who’ve gone away: 2Pac, Biggie, O.D.B, Guru, Jam Master Jay and J Dilla. Bell is also working on the follow-up to last March’s album “Until the Future” and getting ready for a West coast mini-tour with Hesta Prynn (of Northern State).

||| Live: Kenan Bell and Hesta Prynn perform Oct. 14 at the Basement Lounge in Long Beach and Oct. 16 at the Bootleg Theater.

||| Download: After the jump, check the tracklist and download “Hip Hop R.I.P.”:

1. Notorious BIG-“Party & Bull$#!+”2. Big L-“Flamboyant”
3. Fat Boys-“Can You Feel It?”
4. Run DMC-“Peter Piper”
5. N.W.A.-“Express Yourself”
6. Big Pun-“You Came Up”
7. Pete Rock & CL Smooth-“T.R.O.Y.”
8. Wu Tang Clan-“C.R.E.A.M.”
9. Gangstarr-“Mass Appeal”
10. The Pharcyde-“Runnin'”
11. Tupac Shakur-“Staring at the World Through My Rearview”
12. D12-“My Band”