Singles, Albums, EPs, Mixtapes, and Videos that get the HHD thumbs up.
Who wants to party with the mayor of Toronto? Silent Knight uses the antics of one Rob Ford to provide material for his new cut. This is the lead off for his forthcoming (and yet untitled) mixtape dropping later this Spring. Stay tuned because any music from SK is Grade A.
This joint sounds sooooo good to me. There’s always a lot of depth in a Homeboy Sandman’s music simply because of his unorthodox flow but if you couple that fact with this Paul White production then you have the sureshot. Their new collaborative project, White Sands is out now.
The Wrecking Crew represents on this Curly Castro single from his (now out) project, Brody. Zilla Rocca laces the camp with something extra funky and some scathing drums. And the crew is not unfamiliar to rocking over said production, the each contribute dope verses to complete the trifecta.
Here’s a video single from the Orleans, France and Baltimore , Maryland collaboration, Pardon My French. Macabeats handles the M-I-C while Cool FD is the man in charge of the boards. The album is made up of that dusty, jazzy, boom-bap that heads around the world will appreciate, so make sure you cop that!
Grieves makes some GREAT music. This song is just another testament to that. Shreds also gives us some great visuals. It’s not your typical low budget ‘sitting-on-your-front-porch-rapping’ type of steez. His new album, Winter & the Wolves drops on March 25th.
This came out in late January but I missed it and when I listened to it today it was just TOO inspiring not to share in hopes that I can help more people catch on to what Gotham Green is doing. I am not sure who produced this beat but they did a hella great job. JoJo Pellegrino was also the perfect choice to guest on this track. He murks his verse. Altogether this is one of my favorite tracks this year. Be on the lookout for Green’s new project, Child Of An Immigrant, due out a little later this year.
Kue The Vandal and Dope Antelope are kicking the music into a high gear. When you hear this song do you feel the Apocalypse coming on? It sounds like it was made at death’s door it is so ominous. This emcee and producer combination is really working well. The two feed off of each other very well creatively. The new EP should hopefully be here very soon. Also be on the lookout for the HHD feature on Dope Antelope coming soon.
I was peeping Mic Blaque’s newest release, Respect The Cool, because I just got a PR release for it (a few months late but whatever). This is the first track from the project and I knew instantly that I had to feature this joint. When I went searching, I saw that there was a video for this and it was a no-brainer to share. This track has a high dope factor. I played it so loud I saw my next door neighbor bobbing his head to the beat. I like the way the track just keeps building the ferocity. Hopefully you like it as much as I do.
Good lawd! Two things: Reks flow and wordplay on this track are microphone phenomenal! And in case you didn’t know, 54 pertains to the amount of bars Reks just dropped on you. The second item up for discussion is when was hte last time you heard a producer absolutely KILL IT with a dusty horn sample?!? Hazardis Soundz just did that to you…wow.
New collaborative album from the artists is due out sometime this spring (ambiguous, I know) entitled Eyes Watching God.
I missed this video when it dropped a few weeks ago. This song is lifted and visualized from The Narcicyst’s new EP WeAreTheMedium which is available for Free Download (so why not?) I always find the man’s music and videos compelling and interesting. Also Meryem Saci shows that she’s just not another pretty face (or your average type, haha)…the girl packs a verbal arsenal. Dope song.
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