Spit Gemz and Eff Yoo put razor sharp verse together over this Necro instrumental. I love everything about this track…from name to bars to production. The crazy thing to think about is this is probably just them messing around in the lab on some evil genius shit. Enjoy!
Locksmith – Hardest Song Ever (ft. Leah Tysse) (Video)
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.
Single You Out: Typ-iLL – Work Horse (ft. Nutso)
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.
Single You Out: Premrock – Lens (ft. Chris Quelle)
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.
Starvin B – Blue Note (Video)
Starvin B does not rest! The man stays making that music. Producer One-Take utilizes the dusty horn to perfection over the kicks and snares. Starvin’ does his thing over the beat and has a great perspective to give to listeners when they are out there pursuing their dreams and goals. Don’t hate, just wall away and move on…
His new album hit bandcamp yesterday, so cop Blood From A Stone at the first available moment!
Single You Out: Rozewood – Story Of My Life (prod. by Apollo Brown)
Brand new single released by DigiCrates Records, with HHD favorite Rozewood on the mic and all around favorite, Apollo Brown, on the production. The result is a smoothed out, introspective song, that will keep you captivated for nearly five minutes. Rozewood’s next mixtape, Radio Raheem is going to drop a little later this month.
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Single You Out: AWAR – Let It Shine (prod. by Vanderslice)
AWAR is back to rocking mics and staying busy, this time hopping on a Vanderslice instrumental that was originally featured on the latters’ instrumental project, Oh My God EP. AWAR add some venom on the vocals and takes the listener to church over this gospel-esque production.
Be on the lookout for AWAR and Vanderslice’s new album, The Winning Team, slated to drop later this year.
Single You Out: Theo3 x Korry Deez x Adam Bomb – Significant Remix (prod. by Cool FD)
This single only just came out last week but if the homie Cool FD wants to put his special twist to the cut, no one will complain. Dopeness!
Single You Out: V-Zilla – Kill Everything (ft. Lawrence Arnell) (Prod. Skammadix)
You know when V-Zilla drops some new music because the ground starts to shake and ear drums go into a panic. This man knows nothing BUT dropping bangers! This time he has Lawrence Arnell and Skammadix lending hands.
This track is the preface to the forthcoming opus, Martyr Musick, which is due out in June!
N.B.S. – Green Flag Gang (Ft. Slaine + Blakheart Broadway)
Some pretty heavy Beantown representation going on in this track. This is my favorite track off of N.B.S.’ latest album, The Smokefest. It’s very munch an anthem, and even if you aren’t from Boston, you can’t help but get caught up in the vibe of the song.
