Singles, Albums, EPs, Mixtapes, and Videos that get the HHD thumbs up.
Focus The Truth drops an extremely mellow and scaled down track, that really allows the listener to focus on the exceptionally well constructed lyricism. If you love that dope wordplay, you are going to really dig this.
I was aware of the project Q85 that dropped earlier this year with the track Basquiat which I really felt, but did not know he dropped an album, Love Will Get You Killed, which is from hence where this track came. I am going to have to check that out.
Last single before the Jamo Gang EP drops on January 31st. You know that shit is going to be flames…and no…not lighter flames. Like California Forrest Fire type arson! J57 laces ANOTHER incredible uptempo banger, that accomplished wordsmiths, El Gant and Ras Kass stake claim to another bout of verbal armageddon. Does that sound over-dramatic? Not really.
Cayoz is back to releasing personal fire in 2018. Fire & Ice features production from long time collaborator O*Zee and vocals of Phoenix Pagliacci. The music is the perfect mixture for Cayoz’ subject matter of relationships, and the good and bad that comes when you encounter people of different mindsets. Each verse relates a different aspect of how opposing mental forces mingle together. It’s clever and relatable, and memorable.
It’s really hard to believe that the last time I featured Forbidden Dialect was back in 2011. That would make them one of my initial submissions back when we were back in our infancy. I recently received an email from one of the members asking me to check out their new project, Wi-Fi on the South Side. I did a couple of days ago, and this album they put together is fantastic. Some great rhyme, super production, well incorporated samples and GREAT all around song making. I am going to hit you off with the track Old School and then hit you with an album review soon. Check it! The album is free!!!!!
This is a release that snuck up on me which reminds me I really need to get up on my game since I am a huge Team Thoro supporter and have been for years. Lord Of Kingz is an eight track odyssey that features the heavy hitting lyricism of AbSoulJah, Halfabrick, and Spicco.
Abundant Thoughts is a nice intro to the project and hopefully I will be able to hit you all off with a full review in the coming weeks. If you like this track, I all but guarantee you are going to feel the album. Production is coming from Barz4thehood.
First off, Born Unique and producer Pete Twist ARE Grime Lords. Secondly, I have heard several of their collaborations in the past and they ALWAYS create dope bangers that hit eardrums heavy and Violent Violins is no different.
But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Unique and Twist are uniting for a Grime Lords album, that is said to be due out soon and is bound to be one of the toughest releases of the year with a slew of dope guest spots. Stay tuned for that.
Apathy is delivering the first single from his forthcoming album, The Widow’s Son. This banger, and it is a true banger, features Apathy unleashing salvo after salvo of bars stating his intention to keep delivering dope music to the masses. If you thought it was over, you thought wrong. Now you know. Production comes from the highly respected and talented Nottz.
ZoomOutPt1 is just one of the many powerful sounds coming from Escapism’s (Taboo x Tab) new self-titled album that I believe is a must have. The lyricism and the energy in the track makes the song feel like it is taking a casual ride in your brain while triggering those synapses. It’s soulful intelligence forcing the listener into introspection. Listen and be enlightened. Then check this amazing album!
It’s early, but this track from Jamo Gang (El Gant, Ras Kass, J57) could be one of the toughest tracks of 2018. Good lawd! That bass line, the scratching, the bars, all the way down to the additional vocals makes this joint a legitimate threat to anyone’s ears. This song was so dope to the senses I almost suffered stigmata.
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