Singles, Albums, EPs, Mixtapes, and Videos that get the HHD thumbs up.
Rahim Samad keeps the momentum building for his Travel Properly: The Soundtrack. For the single, Do Your Thing, it’s an Ontario and Tampa connection as Samad taps Elaquent for the joint’s production. The track is vibrant, uptempo, with a good nature. It’s that feel good music with an edge.
Racism is rooted deep in the history of the United States and Slum Pritt! isn’t afraid to give you a little historical perspective. Pritt’s rhymes reflect a local incident that occurred approximately 34 years ago in which five people were killed by Ku Klux Klansmen. Do yourself a favor and do the knowledge.
I was waiting for a way to show case this song, Sanctuary, from Rayce, and this evening I get wind of this new video. It’s an ‘ask an you shall receive’ sort of thing. Anyway…Rayce invites the many elements of hip hop into this track from the krylon to the B-Boy stance, you get a little taste of it all over this DJ Impact beat. Rayce is a guy you should be looking out for. He’s got good command of his craft and makes good music.
Rayce never told me if this track was destined for a particular project, so you will just have to enjoy for the sake of enjoyment.
One Dae drops the title track from his forthcoming album dropping in a couple of weeks. This time he solicits the excellence of C-Rayz Walz to share the mic duties and Ayatollah to craft the production. And that my friends is how audio crack is created!
New video off of Estoeric and Stu Bangas’ upcoming album, Machete Mode. The album is available for preorder on itunes right now and is slated to drop on November 26th. This particular cut has a tag team battle taking place over some ill Stu Bangas’ production. It’s Planetary and Blacastan taking on Reef and Esoteric. You decide the victor!
Artist: Curtessy x The Militia
Album: Expectations
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One thing that I have learned for certain in 2013 is that The Militia is an elite production outfit. They concoct some raw and innovative boom bap for artists, in this case, Curtessy to spit over.
Expectations is an interesting title for this album, because not really knowing what Curtessy was about, I really had no expectations for this release. But as it turns out, with this release, he’s starting to set those expectations with this release. And he sets that bar high.
The project of course features spine-snapping drums and soulful rhythms from The Militia but also a very driven Curtessy. It sounds like he is a man who has been doubted before. But on this release, he shows that South Central emcees can come with the lyrics too. He got the nice wordplay but it is derived from his real life experiences and what’s what makes this joint special.
Expectations on the whole is dope but some of my favorite cuts are One, the posse cut Expectations, and All My Life. These three cuts illustrate the incredible production from The Militia and Curtessy’s complete repertoire. Give this project a chance and become a fan.
Tales From Tha’ Dopeside will finally surface in approximately two weeks. Meanwhile Famoso leaks this Thorotracks produced single featuring Shabaam Sahdeeq.
I am not sure how old this track actually is as I see it is referenced on the web all the way back in 2009. But no matter how old the material, the joint still knocks.
This is a track was originally featured on M-Dot’s Layer Cake mixtape last year. It’s now been resurrected and embedded on producer Midiflash’s new mixtape, Fresh Out The Boombox. Regardless of where you hear it, you know it’s dope. The song features two of the most respected emcees…period. M-Dot and Nutso have the talent and know work…respect the game!
I saw that nanigan nickleby was doing work with Tokyo Cigar, of whom I am a fan, so I decided I would check his project, Dead Letters in Exile, out. I was pleasantly surprised. This release is different than what is offered by the status quo. The word ‘refreshing’ seems appropriate. One of my favorite cuts from the album is Old Ben Kenobi. Nickelby shows off his clever writing skills, refuting the bandwagon and offering listeners something new. The singer, Eddy Shanks, also does a good job of injecting that soulful/rock element to the cut.
If you dig this cut, make sure you check the album.
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