Singles, Albums, EPs, Mixtapes, and Videos that get the HHD thumbs up.
Goldini Bagwell is anything but ordinary, as a matter of fact, he may be the most artistic emcees I have ever come across. That artistry comes across in his music and in these videos. In all honesty, I didn’t know what was happeneing until the very end, so a credit to the director and the artist on this one. Really brilliant work. Easily a candidate for video of the year.
If you dug this song, make sure you check out the entire album, produced by Pmpee, Secondhand Smoke (The Extended Cut).
New single from Bo Jankans, from the forthcoming project, The Motormouth EP: Act II. For the purposes of this track he brings in Kane Mayfield and Reef the Lost Cause, making this track bang a little extra hard. I am guessing Scrilla Ventura is behind the boards though no credit was listed. It sounds like one of his concoctions to be sure. I really enjoyed the first project and am looking forward to this one.
There is no stopping this Cool FD and Don Streat connection. They are running this dopeness by listeners time and time again. I don’t see an end in sight to their collaborative effort and there should be no talk of that any way. These guys are going about the art the right way, with big beats and sharp lyricism.
When Apollo Brown and Ras Kass first announced their collaborative album, Blasphemy (due out Oct 28th), it instantly became one of the most anticipated albums for 2014. H2O is the first single from the project and this should put all heads on notice. It’s a smooth and soulful offering featuring incredible lyricism. You would be hard pressed to find something as dope as this track out now. Enjoy!
I missed this track from the Creative Juices’ camp when I was on my move back to Virginia. Jise narrates a story about a man who has fallen in life over a melancholy (yeah, I said it) Q-Unique beat. The track is of of the the forthcoming album, The Passion Of Jise which every head should be checking for.
Damn this song is addictive. Once it starts playing, I just can’t get it out of my head. It’s the hypnotic type of hip hop. The Other Guys go in on discussing money matters with their latest video, 15 Cents. So if you can whistle, you might find yourself along for the ride more often than not once you listen to this song.
The track is from their most recent album, Seeds Of Ambition.
Diabolic scores a major win for his forthcoming album, Fightin’ Words, with this DJ Premier produced single. Now to be perfectly honest, if I didn’t see the credit, I wouldn’t have been able to ID this as Primo production. It certainly has a dark sound which suits Diabolic just fine. He flings words at the listener that leave us scrambling to keep up with the ill metaphors and wordplay. Album drops in late September.
Check this!
CF drops the last single before his album, Ascension, drops on Tuesday. Immortal Technique joins the line up as the two articulate thoughts on the world around us. They specifically address the situation in the Occupied Territories and Iraq. It’s just another good example of meaningful music being made in today’s day age. Stay up.
On my hiatus I missed this joint from Sleep of 2ManCypher and it HAS TO be mentioned. This joint is hot! Dope Antelope can’t be beat in the production game right now. I don’t know if anyone is producing bangers like this guy. (Now if I could just get him to do this feature with me…another story). Sleep is no stranger to Antelope’s production and he wrecks hell all over this joint. Just some real hard bodied hip hop shit for your speakers. Recognize!
Just listened to The Other Guys’ new album, Seeds Of Ambition earlier today. I enjoyed the album, but this track is one of the standouts for sure. The original promo snippet for this track got it spot on when it said the track was “addictively catchy”. I will let you decide though.
Hip Hop Dependency 