Here’s something new that I am absolutely loving! A producer out of Poland, Tuelv, sent this over to me and I was very impressed. The beat is laid back and jazzy while this emcee out of Omaha, Verze can really handle his business on the microphone. The track is off of Verze’s new album, Invizible Art, which is out now. Very tempted to check that project out after hearing this track.
Single You Out: Fluent – Take You Down (ft. Joe Budden)
Fluent gets Joe Budden on board for his new single, Take You Down. The track has a trippy down tempo feel to it. It’s almost psychedelic, like the sound of a record being played backwards. At any rate it’s a pretty nice track and is the foreruner for his album, Supreme Victory due out on July 15th.
Single You Out: Benjamin Miles – Wolves & Sheep (ft. Britney Stoney)
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.
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.
Shabaam Sahdeeq – Keepers of the Lost Art (Video)
Shabaam Sahdeeq holds down the hip hop culture with the title track from his latest album, Keepers of the Lost Art. Do the knowledge and understand the math behind what it means to be a hip hop artist….Sahdeeq emplores you to study up before you hit a stage or do a mixtape. The new album is everything that is right about hip hop, so make sure you cop it at the earliest convenience.
Daytona & Peter Leo- Indiana Jones (Official Video)
Daytona and Peter Leo’s track is the video single, Indiana Jones, released the same day as it’s parent project, Oppotunity Knocks Vol. 2 (Out Now Fools!) I think the song is hot. Leo and and Dayton are a good combination. There flows and energy play off of each other well, especially over this DJ Insite production.
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!
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…
Ruste Juxx – BK’s The Best (ft. Skyzoo) (Video)
One of the doper tracks from Ruste Juxx and VSthebest’s collaborative project, Ready To Juxx. The whole album knocks, but this joint right here, featuring Skyzoo, knocks the hardest. The trio takes heads to schools with lyricism that is rooted in the foundations of hip hop over a beat that was simply meant for some BK representatives to rock over. Nothing artificial found here!
Single You Out: 7evenThirty – Filthy Rich (prod. Gensu Dean)
7evenThirty and Gensu Dean are giving listeners a nice taste of what their album, The Problem, is going to be like. This is the third single from the project, and while it’s not my personal favorite (Hook Heavy is my joint) it showcases yet a another style from the emcee and producer.
The album drops July 8th, which will be upon us before we know it.
