Singles, Albums, EPs, Mixtapes, and Videos that get the HHD thumbs up.
This video is the title track from NBS and Snowgoons upcoming collaborative album, Trapped In America. There’s definitely some poignant imagery and lyricism to be had on this track as it pertains to abuses of authorities upon the Black Community in many different locales. It’s powerful stuff laced into your daily hip hop dose. It certainly helps that the Snowgoons laced a real banger.
The new album drops on July 4th and don’t think for one second that’s a coincidence.
Who is on a bigger roll than Starvin B? No one. That’s who. He’s an emcee that is at the top of his game right now and when he flips over this Fel Sweetenberg beat, you can hear what all the fervor is about. The talent is real and I am sure he hasn’t even quite started yet. The sky is the limit for Starvin B.
Make sure you check out the entire Soul Museum project.
Another “oh shit” moment that I had today was when I heard this new joint from Allen Poe and Deejay Element, which happens to be the title track from their forthcoming project dropping on June 9th.
First off this beat is one of the sickest I have heard this year or perhaps even the last. It’s soulful. It’s funky. It’s that boom bap. If this cut doesn’t get you open, you don’t have a pulse homie. And the verbals that Poe is dropping in his verses are legitimate jewels. The Frodo wordplay was just one of many notable moments during the track. I am anxious to hear this entire project. A possible Top 10 track for this year, ya heard?
MarQ Spekt releases more fire from his soon to be released album, The Grilchy Era. Spekt really attacks this synthed out goodness from Back Row. His aggressive demeanor gives the cut a certain amount of vibrancy as the production has a more of ethereal tone. A most certain dope product.
Swerve 916 surfaces on this DJ Psycho track, Who Is That?. The track is part of a greater compilation that features a vairety of different genres that happen to include hip hop. Swerve 916 represents well just by doing what he was blessed to do…rock mics. The production is a subtlety as the emcee identifies himself to the listener letting you know indeed, who he is.
It’s still yet more smooth from Goldini Bagwell’s Smoker’s Jacket monthly series. This delicate masterpiece is produced by DJ Epik and compliments Bagwell’s narrations perfectly.
King RA and Bunty Beats build on an old school foundation with new school flair with their latest track, Chillin. It’s artists like this who are keeping hip hop’s good name clean. Bunty provides the head nodder and RA attacks the mic. It’s just fundamentally dope which is the whole concept of their album, Back To The Essence.
There’s some intelligent music coming from Saga. Make A Choice, in both song and video, demonstrate the choices and the consequences we face. But is also speak on the greater impact of those decisions if you listen hard enough.
His project which in entirely produced by Marco Polo, From Out The Shadows, is free for your listening pleasure.
I love it when Vorheez drops new music. He doesn’t drop new joints all that often, and I have been waiting for an album for three years, but when he does put out something new…magic seems to happen. His delivery is so fluid and the words just seem to cascade off the tongue. The man has a gift as you can hear on this track, No Mullets.
Crown is responsible for the Spanish horn infused beat.
Ill Methods comes with this a new soulful banger in the form of the new track, Civil Warriors. The production consists of a soulful vocal sample, slick strings, and some thumping drums. Rockness (Heltah Skeltah) performs the chorus while Ill Methods, MastaofCeremoniez, and Phrase flip the linguistics.
Enjoy this track as it comes off of their just released album, W-ILL.
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