Singles, Albums, EPs, Mixtapes, and Videos that get the HHD thumbs up.
Ras Kass, El Gant, and J57 are giving the kids a glimpse of the Golden Era on their latest single from the incredible Self-Titled EP. Remarkably, the project is available for FREE. I mean, I would have bought this project like five or six times over, so the fact you get it for free should speak volumes.
This project is impeccable.
Here’s another loose from Supreme Cerebral, this time laced with a somber track from Rob Viktum. It’s one of those short yet deadly tracks. You should definitely be feeling this. Cerebral has been dropping nothing but heat in the last couple of months. Just song after song of dopeness.
I know for a while there was talk of a Broken Home album dropping. I am not sure what happened to that, but this video just resurrected the thought. Spit Gemz and Banga K flexing their musical muscle over some tight production from DJ Larry Lo. This is that realness that you prepare for!
Here’s a single from Cloud City Project’s album, No White Flags, which has been out for a couple of months now and remains exceptionally ill. If you love that hardcore boom bap, this is going to be right up your alley. This beat is like street gospel right here and all of the emcees really deliver the goods on the quality of bars, plus you get that EMS flavor when Revalation knocks out his sixteen.
Sav Killz unleashes a hidden banger from the vaults that features an electric line up of emcees including Planet Asia and Killa Ben. Gold Chain Military in full effect! These gents are rocking over an instrumental crafted by Dirty Diggs. The strings over the drums give this track a hard hitting yet funky vibe. How this track was unreleased until now is beyond me. This track is ill. Banger & B-Sides 2 is coming!
I have been waiting for Staalin to drop some new music for the longest time. He dropped one of the the hottest songs (strictly on a lyrical level), State Of Emergency, back in 2015. I hadn’t heard anything since, and then this EP drops. F.R.W.L. 2 is a really amazing release. There are only seven cuts but they all range from the really good to the exceptional. Lyrically you would be hard pressed to beat the title track F.R.W.L. This man has bars!!
Y’all recreated a monster/ that’s sponsored/ without the energy drink,
My enemies think that I’m gone I’m back/ before they can blink.
Been the missing link in the chain/ before Lincoln came and unlinked,
The chains of the slaves/ at least that’s what all the history books say. Right?
Never liked me/ they like Staalin behave,
He’s a bully/ he’s a beast/ I bet his booth in a cave.
With all this venom I produce/ I’ll put dey youts in a grave,
So they aint gotta avenge they fathers death/ I spare them the shame. (Geeze)
My pictures/ sicker/ than Hitler/ at a bar mitzvah/ nigga,
Pulling a trigger/ while yelling mazeltov/ I’m a killa.
Call me Attila/ these rappers/ after the scrilla,
But they really don’t excite me/ they rapping pattern’s vanilla.
(ugh) Makes me wanna go back to the trap/ and tackle them down to the mat,
And slap em with vinyl/ like when Lion-o attacks.
These Thunder cats/ are just making noise when they rap,
With out the lightning/ they bout as frightening/ as two dykes in a bath.
I’ve always enjoyed Matlock’s unique sound. His energy and delivery are all together different than what other artists bring to the table. His new track, Follow Me, has a psychedelic vibe to it which correlates to the Jim Jones cover art. HIs references to other hip hop artists are well placed humor as well. So I raise my glass of Kool Aid to you all!
Nutso releases the video for his dope single, Red Light. Nutso makes regular appearances at HHD because he is sooooo consistent as an artist. Year after year he drops straight bangers. He and his team also have a level of professionalism when it comes to marketing their craft that not a lot of artists have.
That’s an aside. Ride with Nutso on this video and bang this in your whip on this solemn Sunday!
I have featured Siyah on the site way back in 2013, but I recently received an email from him featuring a song from his new project, Steadfast. I am glad he is making music still because this song is pretty dope, which in turn is going to make me cop the project.
This cut produced by iSample, is mellow but also has plenty of edge about it. There is a definite spiritual element with this track. Siyah is well versed in religious knowledge but it’s all done as a point of reference. The track also features bars from Kingdom Kome. All together very dope…
I had to re-showcase some material from this album, Chemical Monkeywrench, from Organik Poisons. The song dropped almost a year ago, but the album was just recently released. I am really feeling the guitar licks and drums from the song Respect Fire. Plus it features bars from the much respected Spit Gemz and Mitchell Aims. This is some pure head not effect on here.
Definitely check the album, it’s a dope listen that I don’t think should be left to go gently into the night. Lots of bangers on deck here!
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