Sup people. I'm a total noob when it comes to DLing illegally as I usually dont have a need. I will always pay for the shit I like/want but I lost something dear to my music collection a while back and I wouldn't even know where to look for it. Its a mixtape from probably my favorite hip-hop Producer/MC, EL-P. It's called weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixx2. Any help would be hot. One of my sons really digs it as well and can only hear it on Youtube. I would love to surprise him with it for his B-Day in a couple weeks. Thanks.

Just google it, you'll get a shit-ton of links.

You could also try and download it from Youtube directly, but be warned: the quality will most likely be complete garbage, since Youtube compresses the audio and video quality, even if it says 1080p.

So of these links, is it a crap-shoot as far as safety is concerned. Again I'm a total noob so if my ideas of rampant viruses is overdramatic please let me know.

youtube > youtube downloader > convert to whatever you like > enjoy

well there is what.cd but it requires an interview to get an account for.  and since i don't have an account i really don't know exactly the extent of rare music they have on there.

aside from that, unfortunately in my experience, for rare music it's either crafty search engine use or buying/importing the physical.

there are/used to be a lot of blogspot blogs which would post rare music downloads so sometimes adding the term "blogspot" to your search can help you. there is a wide variety of torrent tracker sites of course but whether they will have what you're looking for is anybody's guess. i have gotten lucky before and hit the jackpot with entire discographies of rare artists. if you want to buy the physicals i'd recommend Discogs.com, it's a database of physical music releases with an integrated eBay-style marketplace.

and if what you're looking for is on YouTube then just use a downloader lol. quality can be kind of random tho.

Yeah thanks guys for now I've got the YT converter going. I do notice a degraded quality but it may have to do.

@ Basil, I will look into your suggestions and I appreciate the detailed post.

use this site just paste the link from youtube and click download/convert video

http://www.youtube-mp3.org/

Thats the one I'm using ATM

Easy to find on soulseek, if you're happy with youtube rips then it's cool.