Singles, Albums, EPs, Mixtapes, and Videos that get the HHD thumbs up.
Social Grafitti (dropping July 18th) is shaping up t be one hell of an album. Every track that I have heard from the project has been top notch. What I love about this Illa Ghee track is it shows that he can not only flip over classic bangers, but that he can drop the same skills on a more laid back joint. Of course it doesn’t hurt that the laid back joint of which I speak is produced on the back of a legend, Large Professor! Definitely make sure you peep the album!
Break up songs can be a dime a dozen but leave it to Jus Daze to take something mundane and make it special. Legenda does his part with the production with making it ooze the blues and soul by incorporating an appropriate Bob James sample. This track once again showcases Daze’s song writing ability, as if you didn’t already know. Enjoy…
Famoso and Taj Mahal are verbal street sweepers on their latest track, Crooklyn Bars. They each serve up a steady diet of dopeness over a J-Classic banger. Famoso and Taj sound really good together over this beat ala some Mobb Deeo classic shit circa 1996.
They both have mixtapes dropping next month: Famoso – Tales From Tha Dopeside and Taj Mahal – Power so make sure you give those a look.
Git & Hubbs drop the video single for the tracks Another Day and Commencement. It’s a two part joint where the first single gives way to the second in the middle of the video. Another day is a little bit darker in content and sound, while Commencement is a little bit lighter for your auditory palette. I think it gives a nice contrast. Hubbs has a pretty unique flow. His delivery relies a lot on pace and his content is anything but average. Pretty intelligent stuff.
If you are diggin’ these joints, make sure you check out their collaborative album, Piece Of Mind.
One of my favorite things to do in running HHD is introducing completely new and dope artists to our audience. It’s few and far between that I do this because lets face it…the talent pool has been watered down. But I found a gem in seventeen year old Pharaoh Takari. That’s right, this artists is seventeen years old but he has an incredibly mature sound. And I am referencing the word mature not only to describe his voice but also content. His linguistic prowess is pretty advanced and very contrary to what I am hearing from other artists his age.
I listened to his album, A Peer Amid from front to back last night and it’s quite impressive. There are some little subtleties in the mixdown that can be improved upon but otherwise I think most in our audience will enjoy.
The single dropped a couple of weeks ago and subsequently we get the visuals. The concept is almost like a basement cypher. As we said when we brought you the single a couple of weeks ago each of these emcees goes in with their verses. There is no weak link in the armor. In the description of the video there is a comparison of Bekay to ODB for this particular cut and that seems appropriate. I mean, dude is giving himself a haircut while spittin’ a dope sixteen…
This again is off of Rediculous’ forthcoming album, In Response: Dee-Fi.
Unbeknownst to me, the team at Effiscienz was holding a remix competition for producers to flip an original song from Fel Sweetenberg’s album, The Invisible Garden. Well guess who came thru as the winner? It should come as no surprise that oft-featured producer, Cool FD stole the show by remixing the Dirt Platoon featured track, The End Of The Book.
This is that new tough stuff from Donnie Darko’s latest album, Redemption. Interstate Mook and Sutter Kain join Darko over Kain’s alternate persona, DJ Bless’ beat. If there is one word I could use to describe Donnie Darko’s sound on the singles from his new album, it would be determined. He sounds like he is spitting those bars as if they were hollow points aimed at your heart.
The album is out NOW at all major online retailers so make sure you check it and support!
Every time I feel a little bit of misgiving about the music that’s collecting in my mail box I get that one gem that lightens the load. Today that gem is Nutso and Dee Metto video, This Is What They Like, from their extremely fresh EP, Fluushang Metto. The music is raw and the video adds a not of a seductive element with the women masquerading in the red and black backdrop.
Bottom line: If you want that REAL Hip Hop…you should have already copped this album.
This is the third and final single leading up to D Strong’s next album dropping in July. Sound In Variables. This track is a tag team of individuals who stay true to hip hop’s ideals. Vanderslice continues to impress with his boom bap productions and Strong is truly delivering that ‘hardcore sound’ while other emcees are just paying lip service to it.
The album is dropping in July.
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