Singles, Albums, EPs, Mixtapes, and Videos that get the HHD thumbs up.
Another single released from Pardon My French, which is the collaborative effort from Macabeats and Cool FD. And they bring plenty of heavy artillery to assist on the mic in the personas of Dready Kruger, Mic Handz, and Dirt Platoon. Definitely peep the album…
Third video released from N.B.S.’ latest album, The Smokefest. The production on the track is handled by Scrilla Ventura so we can just check this track off as being ‘certifiable’. This is one of the best tracks off of the latest release, which I encourage you all to peep. It gets no realer.
No rest for one of our most featured emcees, Big O. He went right back to the lab and crafted a “two-for-one” with the Wake Up Freestyle, and You Can’t Stop. The second joint actually self produced. He is hard at work with the forthcoming release of The Delegation 2 which has a drop date of February 22nd. If you missed out before make sure you check out his interview Here.
I’ve been supporting these Mr. Morbid & Melph (out of the Netherlands) the moment I heard their first single. Their album, Close To The End, will be dropping on March 25th. For their latest track they solicit the rhyme stylings of house favorite, Little Vic, along with others. The track is in the same vein as their other efforts that focus on banging drums and dark orchestral samples. I am a fan.
MadKem puts the visuals to a track from La Vie en Bleu. On the song, The Breeze, he links up with affiliate K-Hill for some added narration. This track is about ambition, persistence, and the pursuit of utilizing one’s abilities to the fullest extent. At least that’s how I see it.
I first heard Frank Knight on that Fraternity 10 Man Cypher video we debuted a week or so ago. I was impressed with his bars so I thought I would search out some more music from the man. It turns out that he has a new single, So High, that was just released a few days ago. The track is dope and should encourage more folks to be checking for Knight.
Verbal Kent has been tearing it down lately. I can’t wait to hear the album, Sound Of The Weapon, which is entirely produced by Khrysis. The album is dropping on February 18th (that feels too fay away).
Eff Yoo is releasing some dope from his vaults and his first salvo comes in the form of The Tri-Lateral Commission which features the usual suspects of Spit Gemz and Starvin B. Led by a guitar riff, the three emcees spit nothing but bars and leave a hook unnecessary. I hope Eff Yoo has some more gems locked away. It’s too good to leave unheard.
Illa Ghee make us fiend for the album with his release of the single, Salute The General. This track by DJ Skizz is saturated in the realness which suits Illa Ghee just fine because that’s his M.O. He has a real nice flow, where at the end he promises to bust all shots on the “skinny jean” culture. I am all for that. His album Social Graffiti is dropping in the second quarter of this year. Fakes and frauds beware!
Prince Po and Oh No will be releasing their collaborative project, Animal Serum, on February 4th. This is the type of sound you can expect to hear from the project. The production and the flow are very sophisticated. But the most important part…it sounds really nice to me. I have always been a fan of Prince Po’s material and looking forward to getting this album.
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