There are three releases that you can get online for free right now that I'm going to share short little reviews of right here;
1. At www.definitivejux.com you can get a two song Aesop Rock 'holiday gift' with some art by Jeremy Fish (the genius who did the art for "None Shall Pass"). "Tomorrow Morning" is catchy although a little heavy on the audio clips, a little light on the level of wordplay I've come to expect from Aesop's best writing. Obviously worth it because of its free-ness although it is certainly not his best work. The instrumental actually is kind of more listenable than the version with lyrics (that just sounds mean but it's some awfully catchy music).
2. At www.mattpondpa.com there is a free nine song ep (cleverly/not-so-cleverly titled "Freeep") available for download. Incredibly pleasant, I could (and have) wake up to turn this on to get dressed and put myself in a good mood. "Imperfect" is just nice. "Amazing Life" is almost a country-ish Pixies, clearly a compliment. The instrumentals ("#1", "#3", and "#5") are pleasant. And I guess I could just go on and on about how pleasant it all is but that's really all I have to say about it. Good background music to life but not the soundtrack to it.
3. Go to http://www.raptalk.net/skeetv/ and you can download the DJ Skee mixtape of the new album from Expensive Taste (the self proclaimed "supergroup" of Paul Wall, Skinhead Rob, and Travis Barker - that's not really that super). Good lord this album is terrible. Aside from the god-awful DJ'ing that is being perpetrated on this, Skinhead Rob barely appears on it, Travis Barker is replaced by samples much of the time, and Paul Wall proves that he is only capable of talking about purple booze and grills. Download this only if you are interested in never respecting any of the three of them again.