The Dopehouse has teamed up with the homie Mark over at StrictlyCassette who has really been doing his thing, cooking up a slew of dope new, modern releases and pressing them onto that little slice of plastic nostalgia we call tapes. For their latest project, they managed to track down and re-master a collaboration the late, great Guru laid down with DJ Lord Ron, “the first and only West Coast producer to work with Guru.”

There are two versions of the cassette: Exhibit A (limited to 75 copies) and Exhibit B (limited to 25 copies). Pre-orders are being taken now with the official release date landing on May 28th, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Elam family. However, there are two ways you can enter your chance to win this extremely limited cassette: In the c-section, name your favorite song off Guru’s Jazzmatazz Vol 1 (which marks it’s 20th anniversary TODAY) or hop on Instagram and follow (@2dbz, @strictlycassette & @justice__67) and repost the image we put up with the hashtag #rememberguru. We’ll choose a winner on May 28th! Good luck!

Sacramento residents of the dopehouse: On Sunday, May 19th, Mobb Deep is set to perform at Ace of Spades (1417 R St), and here’s your chance to win passes to catch them and more perform. How do you enter to win? Simple: enter your full, real name and legit email in the c-section down below where applicable (not in the comment itself, unless you want some random spam bot flooding your inbox for the next 50-11 years), and answer the question in the c-section. So, my fellow members of the dopehouse, we got ONE question for you:

What’s your favorite lyric from Mobb Deep’s The Infamous?

I’ll pick the two people with the best answers (a pair of tickets each). It’s not that hard, right? Sacramento residents/those who actually plan on being in Sacramento the time of the event enter only. Get tickets here. Good luck.

PREVIOUS: Mobb Deep Live In Chicago (Video)

Dopeheads of the Bay Area: this Sunday (May 19th) Slander P and Loso’s The Life Is So Exciting Tour will touch down at The Mezzanine, and and the DopeHaus is giving its denizens a chance to win a pair of tickets, as well as a commemorative t-shirt. To win? Simple:

Enter your full, real name and legit email in the c-section down below where applicable (not in the comment itself, unless you want some random spam bot flooding your inbox for the next 50-11 years), and write “#Life” as your comment

and I’ll pick one person who has done both as the winner. It’s not that hard, right? Good luck. Check out the t-shirt down bottom.

On May 29th Phonte Coleman’s object of desire is holding court at Manhattan’s SOBs for SingersRoom.Com’s The Rhythm Effect concert hosted by Power 105′s Angela Yee, and the DopeHous is giving its denizens a chance to win a pair of tickets. To win? Simple:

Enter your full, real name and legit email in the c-section down below where applicable (not in the comment itself, unless you want some random spam bot flooding your inbox for the next 50-11 years), and write “#Teedra” as your comment

and I’ll pick one person for each set out of the mix who has done both as the winner. It’s not that hard, right? You can also cop tickets here if you don’t win. Good luck.

PREVIOUS: Teedra Moses – Can’t Be Luv

Macklemore at Soundset 2012. Photo: Shake.

May 26th is quickly approaching and tickets are pretty much sold out for Sountset 2013 (check the line-up below if you haven’t already). Thankfully the DopeHouse has you covered as we’ve got two pairs (VIP + GA) of tickets to giveaway to a couple dopeboyz/girlz.

Atmosphere, Snoop Dogg, Mac Miller, Tech N9ne, Busta Rhymes, Brother Ali, Juicy J, P.O.S, Schoolboy Q, Aesop Rock with Rob Sonic & DJ Big Wiz, Joey Bada$$, Step Brothers , Sean Price, A$AP Ferg, Dizzy Wright, Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson, R.A. The Rugged Man, Abstract Rude & Musab, Melo D – Beat Junkies, Diamond D , Kid Koala, Skratch Bastid, Psalm One & Oh No, The Reminders, Mixed Blood Majority, The Chalice, Open Mike Eagle, Greg Grease, Haphduzn, Meta, Major G, DJ Top Speed, Dan Speak, Jimmy2Times, Verb X, DJ Mad Mardigan, DJ Lean Rock and Edison.

Hosted by Sway Calloway, Blueprint, J Pratt.

For your chance to win, hit Twitter with the following message (“May 26: @Soundset Festival 2013 #2dopeboyz”) and I’ll choose two winners at random. Good luck!

This weekend Downtown Records is throwing their annual Downtown Festival in New York City. And with scheduled performances from Black Hippy (Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul & Jay Rock), Purity Ring, Ryan Hemsworth, Ratking, Kilo Kish and plenty others, the DopeHouse and our friends at Rocksmith are giving y’all a chance to win some tickets. All you’ve gotta do is follow the directions on the flyer above and we’ll pick two winners at random by tomorrow. Good luck.

To celebrate the release of his new mixtape, In My Opinion, Rich Kidd teamed up with Marc Eckō for a limited edition (100) “ProBlem” tee sold exclusively at the Eckō store in Toronto’s Scarborough Town Centre and 498 Queen Street West. Hit Twitter and tweet out the message below and we’ll pick a winner at random for that crispy new tee as well as a pair of tickets to attend Rich Kidd’s In My Opinion release party going down tonight at Wrongbar in Toronto hosted by LowKey from YouHeardThatNew with 2DBZ’s very Meka on the 1′s and 2′s.

TWEET: Download @richkiddbeats free album #IMO #2DBZ — http://bit.ly/11acup9

We’ve teamed up with our friends at Green Label Sound for a dope giveaway. We’re giving away two prize packs consisting of a Dew USB drive, Unorthodox poster, Beast Coastal tour poster, stickers, pins, towel, water bottle, pennant and a XL Beast Coastal tour shirt. How do you enter to win? Simple:

enter your full, real name and legit email in the c-section down below where applicable (not in the comment itself, unless you want some random spam bot flooding your inbox for the next 50-11 years), follow @DEW_GLS on Twitter and write “#BEASTCOAST” as your comment.

I’ll pick two persons out of the mix as the winners. Good luck!

PREVIOUS: 2013 XXL Freshmen Cypher ep.1 w/ Joey Bada$$, Action Bronson, Ab-Soul Travi$ Scott (Video)

Seattle residents of the dopehouse: On Sunday, April 14th, IAMSU! x Problem is set to perform at Neumos (925 E Pike St), and here’s your chance to win passes to catch IAMSU! x Problem and more perform. How do you enter to win? Simple: enter your full, real name and legit email in the c-section down below where applicable (not in the comment itself, unless you want some random spam bot flooding your inbox for the next 50-11 years). If you’d like some tickets, just hit the c-section with your favorite IAMSU! x Problem song.

I’ll pick the two people with the best answers (a pair of tickets each). It’s not that hard, right? Seattle residents/those who actually plan on being in Seattle the time of the event enter only. Get tickets here. Good luck.

To continue celebrating 20 (+) years of The World Famous Beat Junkies Sound, the turntablist conglomerate will be releasing a limited edition 12″ picture disc along with a limited edition B-Sides & Bootlegs on a 4 GB cassette tape USB drive. The picture disc will be available for sale on Record Store Day (4/20) at Fat Beats and select indy retail record stores such as Amoeba’s in LA & SF & Dusty Grooves in Chicago & websites such as Turntable Lab, & UGHH. But hold up though. You don’t have to wait until Record Store day to grab yours (still, we suggest you support your local record store when 4/20 rolls around). You can have your chance to win the picture disc, USB drive and a bunch of stickers by simply answering the following question(s): Name the other group affiliations of the following Beat Junkies members – J Rocc, Rhettmatic, DJ Babu, Shortkut, D-Styles, Mr. Choc and Melo-D. The first two people to answer correctly wins. Hint: Google is your best friend.

UPDATE: Contest over. Congrats to Kang Munir and Restless. Expect an email from me here shortly.

On April 10th, Blu, TiRon & Ayomari are kick starting their new tour (check the full list of cities/dates after the jump) in NYC at Public Assembly. The DopeHouse’s very own Meka will be handling the 1s and 2s with Nemo Achida, Stoop Kids (ScienZe x Sene), Fugitive 9 and Adrian Lau acting as the supporting acts. We’ve got a pair of tickets to give away and all you’ve gotta do is hit the c-section with your favorite song from any of the artists on the bill. Be sure to include your correct email in the proper field as I’ll be choosing one winner at random. Good luck.

Last year, Jabee teamed up with El-P to record “Stephanie” featuring Carlitta Durand (check the video here). Now, the DopeHouse has a copy of the limited-edition 7-inch as well as an exclusive t-shirt for one lucky dopeboy/girl. All you’ve gotta do for your chance to win is share your favorite Jabee song in the c-section below. Be sure to include your correct email address in the proper field as I’ll be picking one winner at random. Good luck.