Singles, Albums, EPs, Mixtapes, and Videos that get the HHD thumbs up.
This is my favorite cut off of Eff Yoo’s Papa Dios album. I love the ‘Forbidden Fruit’ vibe from the name of the song to the content therein. The instrumentation is dope and of course you’ve got Spit Gemz rocking the mic with Eff Yoo. Also one of the blessings of the songs is I get to hear Carmen Indhira albeit all so subtly.
Check the album if you have not already.
It’s time to buck a few trends and Jelani Lateef may very well be an artist capable of doing just that. Are you tired of verses dedicated to money, drugs, and hoes? Lateef has the cure for what ails you. It’s all about lyrical content and concepts when it comes to this choice cut. This is my first time hearing from Lateef and I also heard a little bit of his album, Cold Days and Dark Nights. is music is very consistent….meaning consistently good. I am definitely going to listen to the album in full when it drops on April 30th. He’s a breath of fresh air.
Cool FD laces a Spanish flavored banger for Mitch L. Hennessy’s latest single, Tres Gigantes. The song features King Of Spade and Jamil Honesty each delivering an assortment of dope rhymes alongside Hennessy. There is no shortage of talent on this track.
Can a man get some elbow room here? Red Pill is about as distinct as they come, both as a person, and as an artist. He is not going to live or make music to make other people happy. He is going to make the music he wants to make. Either you relate or you don’t. His music is certainly introspective and more than a tad self-deprecating, but that’s what makes him a must listen. He spits on what he knows and in his own words, he would rather live for ten years doing what he want, than live for seventy doing what someone else wants him to do.
If you found this song hanging out in the haunts of your brain, check out the album, Look What This World Did To Us.
This is our first time featuring the artist, Clean. And he hits us hard with a soulful tale of man glutting for punishment by staying in and returning to a hurtful relationship. Sometimes trying to do the right thing just makes the suffering more intense. The instrumentation is on point and appropriate as Clean weaves the feelings and emotions of a man being trapped. I would think most of us have been there at one time or another.
Not sure if this is part of a larger project but I will stay tuned.
Oh shit. We have featured Nomad Carlos before but let me tell say, if you didn’t remember him then, you will remember him now. L.P.H. is a quick hitting banger that will certainly have you nodding your head and anticipating his upcoming EP, Distants. That will be coming available on April 28th. In the meantime, knock this in your whip at the max level.
William Cooper and guests, Sean Price and Stoneface hop on this high energy beat provided by BP. The BPMs are ramped up for a fast paced banger in prelude to Cooper’s album release for God’s Will. The album is going to drop on May 5th.
Goldini Bagwell continues with his Smoker’s Jacket Series with some more laid back, lyrical goodness. This is probably my favorite track thus far from the series. All of the music has been relatively laid back but I find this one to be exceptionally accessible. Bagwell narrates and the listener is captivated. This seems to be a resounding theme with the music he makes.
This is the third single from Dirt Platoon’s latest album, Bare Face Robbery. This has been a ‘go-to’ album for me since it came out. I have at least bumped it ten times since it dropped, and that almost never happens in this day and age. Dirt Platoon and DJ Low Cut put a project together that’s simply laced with banger after banger. You never get any weak shit from these guys. They drop it strong and heavy.
If you are feeling this cut, be sure to check that album.
Dope new video from Starvin’ B’s new album, The Foreigner. The visuals on this cut kept me captured for the duration of the five minutes. Everything was on point from the story line to the lighting. Often times I feel that the videos artists put out aren’t half as dope as the song itself, but this one is truly on point.
Check the album…it’s definitely ill.
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