Singles, Albums, EPs, Mixtapes, and Videos that get the HHD thumbs up.
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.
A fan favorite, Skeezo, is back at crafting some newness by releasing, not one, but two singles. No Seeds is a track that is completely smoothed out with some saxophone laced production by Ruen, while Full Moon has a little more bounce to it. Both tracks feature some very focused lyricism from Skeezo, who seems even more poised then ever to take audio waves by storm.
Here’s a new single from Vanderslice featuring one of the hottest names in independent hip hop, Skrewtape. The production features an 80s synthetic vibe to it and Skrewtape lends his raspy flow credentials to the joint to create a gritty banger. The album, Smuggle Rap, drops on May 26th.
One of my all time favorite emcees is back with a single from his forthcoming album, Gold Standard. If I could use one word to describe Supastition it would be ‘authentic’. When you listen to his music you are getting the real deal…his thoughts…his music…his vision. This track, Flawless, produced by Praise, sounds like a celebration of lyrical integrity to me. Also, a special set of props is deserved for that Great Kabuki line….(I know most of you won’t get that one…)
Rome Cee is back with some new music and this is something to vibe to in a dark room while plotting on improving some things. Producer, Ancient Soundz, crafts an Asian inspired instrumentation so that Rome Cee can hit the listener with a deluge of crisp and poignant lyricism.
His new project, Sevencees, is dropping on May 28th.
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