M-Dot x DJ Nelson – Tedium (prod. by Zoom and Rectape) (Video)

Well what do you know…it’s another M-Dot sighting on a dope record.  Fancy that.  As redundant as I sound, if M-Dot is a part of your project, it’s going to be good.

On Tedium, M-Dot goes in over a Zoom & Rectape production discussing the issues and circumstances in our lives that cause us to teeter on the edge.   Musically, this song has a lot going for it with snapping drums and ill scratched from DJ Nelson.  Lyrically, you know M-Dot is going to do more than just hold it down…he excels over the rhythm.

This cut can be found on Zoom & Rectape’s album, Delivery.

Nelson Dialect x Must Volkoff – Storm Boy (Video)

This song is illy of the best kind!  I am really loving the vibe.  The production from Must Volkoff is almost like taking an auditory vacation.    It lets the mind drift a little, while the lyrics from Nelson Dialect keep you guided on the journey.    It’s just beautiful hip hop being made.

Really enjoying this so I am probably going to enjoy the album Magnetism when it drops on June 22nd.

Australia representing!!!

Single You Out: DBA – Million Dollar Slang Shit (ft. Recognize Ali x Born Unique)

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Baltimore producer, DBA,  puts together a beat that proves to be a stalker.  It’s a little ominous, perhaps a little unsettling.  It’s like listening to a horror movie score and not know what’s coming around the corner.  Except in this case it’s the raw lyrics from Recognize Ali and Born Unique, which sound really good on a track together.

This cut will be surfacing on DBA’s project, Official Crate Music, which is do out a little later this year.

Enjoy!

Longshot and Lazerbeak – Here For A Reason (Video)

Longshot and Lazerbeak release a little optimism and a lot of purpose in their latest single, Here For A Reason.  It’s uptempo and high energy track that will leave an indelible impression upon you.   Not a lot of people are making music in this fashion, so we have something that is unique, yet irresistibly dope.

Longshot has been doing his thing in Chicago for quite a while and I have oft thought about him as an unheralded talent.  But I think there is some more recognition coming here.

New collaborative album arrives on June 8th, Parades.

Skeptika – The Hour of Death f. SPNDA, Relentless and REKS (Video)

Oh now this is ill on so many different levels!  Skeptika concocted a toxically addictive brew by fusing that boom bap and some East Indian rhythms.  The rhymes from SPNDA, Relentless, and Reks are all on point.

But the concept of the video is pretty unique and epic having female actors mouth the emcee’s lyrics while articulating an all out action scene.

What’s not to love here?  Nothing.  You love everything!  And you should.

Skeptika has an album dropping in the fall called West Of Eden.  I am going to keep my eyes peeled.

Single You Out: Milano Constatine – Attache Case

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Milano Constatine’s forthcoming album, Attache Case, is easily one of our most anticipated projects of 2018.  Producer Oh Jay captures darkness and turns it into cascading boom bap, giving Constatine  the audio sinister necessary to rip a seriously refined and dope flow.  This guy is a consummate professional.

I am not exactly sure when this is due out but you best believe when it drops, it shall be owned.  You should make a similar promise.