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Single You Out: Benjamin Miles – Wolves & Sheep (ft. Britney Stoney)

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I featured Benjamin Miles a couple of years when he and his compadres dropped an album called Bottles & Bones under the group name Of Mice and Musicians.  I love that album and to this day I play it occasionally (even though I always have a ton of music to listen to).  Now he’s back with a new album entitled, The Wishing Tree.  Miles’ is really a peoples’ emcee.  He focuses on real world issues and problems and doesn’t get caught in the phony bravado that prevails in hip hop these days.   I chose to feature Wolves & Sheep because that’s a track the relates to us all.  We all have to keep a close eye on those around us and sometimes we have to guess if they are are there to help or harm.   It doesn’t hurt that the production is top notch.

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Blueprint – Perspective (Video)

Blueprint is an extremely well-informed and talented emcee.   This is a great track that gives you insight into other things that are going on in the world that may make you own circumstances pale in comparison.  He’s not trying to diminish feelings, but merely give you you, well,…perspective.   The track is soulful, meaningful, and enlightening.

Check out his album, Respect The Architect.

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Single You Out: Don Streat – Pistol Grip (ft. Sullee J & Lord Baltimore DDS)

Oh…so Brooklyn represented earlier but not to be outdone are these B-More boys!  Don Streat, Sullee J, and Lord Baltimore DDS slaughter this production from D.R.U.G.S. Beats.  I was really captivated by the bars from Sullee J.  He was spitting with a rapid fire and intense delivery.  It got me amped just sitting here.   I am not sure if this song is off of any project in particular but it certainly belongs in your collection!

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Raf Almighty – Slumz (ft. Snook Da Crook and Wyld Bunch) (Video)

What do you know about the slumz?  Not a thing.  Not a thing.   But Raf Almighty and his compatriots, Snook and Wyld Bunch, are familiar with those surroundings and they break out the pain brushes and give you the picture with this cut.  And having Brans on the boards is like a the seal of approval for freshness.

If you haven’t checked out Raf’s new album, G.T.F.O.M.Y., you should get on checking it.  A lot of people giving it top consideration for one of the best albums this years.  Heads recognize…

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Goldini Bagwell – Desire Is… (Video)

I am just going to go ahead and say it as I see it: Every year Goldini Bagwell drops an album, you are guaranteed to get a Top Ten track for the year from the project, and this one very well might be that joint for 2014.  Bagwell is just the type of artist whose flow sometimes just defies description.   It’s mesmerizing at times.  It’s even moreso on this joint because the beat and the vocals are simply hypnotic leaving me the listener entrances by the song.  The video is produced by cohort Sapient and he did an excellent job with the visuals and transitions.

The album drops next week so…take that!

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John Robinson & PVD – All of the World (Video)

This is embarrassing….I haven’t checked out the album Modern Vintage yet.  John Robinson & PVD dropped the album on Tuesday and I have yet to get my hands on it but that’s going to change shortly.  I really am enjoying the laid back vibe that this track embraces.   It makes hip hop cool in an era where not much else is.   A lot of artists embrace the tough guy music while others look to make headway on the radio with watered down music. This music that Robinson and PVD are doing, just moves you.