go to
http://www.mirc.com
download the program, install it, and open it
Go to connect options (it should load up automatically), enter your nickname and alternative nickname, and click invisble mode.
Then change the IRC Network to EFnet.
In the drop down box below that, find an EFnet server in the US near you. Click ok, then go to File, then Connect. If you can't connect, try another server in the US until you can connect.
Once you are connected, go to Commands, then Join Channel, and put in #rapmp3z
Basically, you get albums on IRC through bots. Every 5 minutes or so, each bot will make a list of the albums they have that you can download off them. Each bot will have a unique screen name, and each albums will have its own number (called a pack)
You will see something like this:
** 1 pack ** 0 of 10 slots open, Queue: 15/40, Min: 5.0KB/s
** Bandwidth Usage ** Current: 1174.6KB/s, Record: 1217.6KB/s
** To request a file type: "/msg RMZ|080 xdcc send #x" **
#1 0x [ 96M] 50_Cent-Get_Rich_Or_Die_Tryin-2003-RNS.tar
** [RMZ] Brought To You Bye #RapMp3z [RMZ] **
Total Offered: 95.7 MB Total Transferred: 545.34 MB
To download the album, you would simply type in
/msg RMZ|080 xdcc send #1
Try to find a bot that has a slot open, otherwise you will be queued and will have to wait to download.
Let me know if you have any other questions
Oh yeah, one more thing. Before you connect, click on DCC, then go to Options: For On-Send Request, make sure Auto Get File is selected and everyhting else is unselected. For "if file exists" make the box say Ask. And for On-Chat request, make sure auto-accept is slected and everything else is unselected.