Singles, Albums, EPs, Mixtapes, and Videos that get the HHD thumbs up.
Swerve offers us a remix of his track, All By Myself. The joint is the epitome of smooth. But that’s really what Swerve has become known for…dropping smooth joints that you let marinate and soak in. The original of this particular track can be found on Cold Winters & Warm Whiskey 2. Please do check that out.
Comet releases a single, NOT from his forthcoming album, Mr. Rugby. This beat is a subtle banger. It creeps on you and then all of the sudden you have your neck snapping. Be on the lookout for more music from Comet in the near future.
Sound Of The Weapon from Verbal Kent and Khrysis are in full effect! I am not sure which number single this is from the album. They have released several, but with each release, video or otherwise, they articulate how dope the project is. Make sure you give it a listen!
Supastition and producer Croup are bringing us the good vibes with the track Nothing Like It. Supa is the most relate able emcees doing it right now. His rhyme writing always seems very similar to my own thought process. Make sure you grab the DL of, Honest Living, if you have not as of yet.
Word has been buzzin’ about Shabaam Sahdeeq’s forthcoming album, Keepers Of The Lost Art, for at least a year and now. On April 22nd, that talk can reach a boil as the album will finally drop. This single should also be perking up ears. The production by DJ Skizz absolutely bangs. while Sahdeeq, Wais P, and Sha Stimuli keep the conversation lively.
It’s been a minute since I have posted, so I apologize for that. I wanted to put you all onto this artist, Ian “Creo” Walters. This track is intoxicating and it’s coming off of his forthcoming EP, Big Dreams, dropping on April 29th. Vibe out and enjoy
Locksmith is ready to drop his album, A Thousand Cuts, in a couple of weeks, but before he does so he drops the video single for the Hardest Song Ever. When I first saw the song title I naturally assumed that this was going to be a cut simply about bodying bars. I could not be more long. This is a song in which Locksmith talks about an incident in which he was abused and exploited by a babysitter when he was very young.
If I tell you the song is deep, it would be a vast misunderstatement. Hip Hop is all about machismo and here you have an emcee entering his most vulnerable state to air out a painful part of his past. It is both brave and brilliant, and appreciated.
Typ-iLL taps one of the hardest working men in the indie hip hop scene and HHD Artist Of The Year, Nutso, to drop some bars for the joint, Work Horse. That makes this an extremely appropriately titled track. Work Horse goes from high energy to a dark place courtesy of producer Sickness. It start off very uptempo and then becomes more subdued when the bars are dropped. Just an ill song.
Premrock once again smites convention with his latest Quelle Chris produced track, Lens. The rhythm has a jazz type vibe to it, with a lot of cymbal being featured instead of relying on the snare. It sounds much like, Premrock creates his own rhythm and cadence that the beat follows, instead of vice versa.
It’s just another example of what makes Premrock unique. His album, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, will grace us on April 15th.
