Singles, Albums, EPs, Mixtapes, and Videos that get the HHD thumbs up.
The fire for hire is back! One Dae is set to drop his album, Daes and Times later this month and he makes a great impression with this Marco Polo produced head knocker. And please don’t think that One Dae is a new jack making his first move in the game. He’s been putting in work for years, this is just the first you have probably have heard of him. But if you didn’t know before, now you know.
Rite Hook’s album, From The Wrong, drops on Monday. This is the last single to drop before the arrival of the album, and it’s a doozy. Lu Balz’ production it really effective. It’s not so big that it ‘covers’ the emcees but still knocks. Rite Hook, Vinnie Paz, and Slaine all have had to struggle for what they have and no…that ain’t easy. Lace your boots up and cop the album when it drops in a couple of days.
Spit Gemz is releasing his new project, End The TV in just a couple of days, and I for one simply can’t wait. Ice Rocks laces some beautiful music for Spit Gemz to flow over for the single, El Estudiante. The track plays like a new school version of the Black Sheep classic, The Choice Is Yours. The track and project will come courtesy of 2Dopeboyz and Nahright respectively. Check it!
If you’re not down with homie Skeezo, you can simply exit stage left. This guy continuously drops real bars. This time he links up with Napoleon Da Legend. The two exchange sixteens over a dope beat by Ghettoblaster. The EP that this is coming off of is called Stuck In Da 90s. With this track you can see and hear why the project earned it’s title. Skeezo is bringing back to the forefront that boom-bap sound that he loves, and we love too. The project has a drop date of November 29th and you can preorder it now.
This EP is probably flying pretty low on the radar but I am about to bring truth to the light so to speak. Anything OnlyOne puts out gets posted on the regular here on HHD. We also featured 9DM here a couple of years ago with his collaboration with Lawz Spoken, You’ll Never Be Famous. That project was impressive. This one is equally so. It’s short, sweet, and FREE. You’ve also got dope production from Hippie Sabotage and Chase Moore. OnlyOne and 9DM are vets in the battle scene and they bring that combative element to their music as well. Their lyrics do not compromise and they hit opponents and listeners the same…mercilessly. The two soundlcoud singles are below although my favorite tracks from the project are the last two: Robbed A Bank and Stole A Car. The production on those songs are exceptional.
If you enjoy Sandpeople music or are a fan of these artists on the battle circuit you should download this. You can get it HERE.
I saw this posted over at Kevin Nottingham’s spread and I thought it was definitely worthy of one of our five posts today. The production from Sinima Beatz is spot on. He cinched it with that sample right from the get go. ATAK 1 also represents his flaws really well in his gift of rhyme. And, no, he’s not perfect, but he’s blessed enough to spit some bars for us and that’s good enough here on HHD. This is off of his mixtape, ComonDante- The Che Guevera of Rap Vol.5.
Very few people work as hard as Ruste Juxx does. He always optimizes each and every project he does. We always get tons of dope visuals from him along with a grip of singles. That way there should be no reason for you NOT to cop his new album. Gimme Da Loot is off of his latest album, Ready To Juxx which was produced entirely by VS The Best. The story, it turns out, is prompted by a stolen umbrella. Go figure.
This video straight up made me want to go visit Paris. This is where dope meets charming. Gustave also has a nice flow, and the fact he can go from English to French is pretty impressive. If the French want to entice a bunch of hip hop heads to come across the pond, perhaps they should use this video? This single was lifted from Tim Gustave’s new EP, Fragments Of A Dream which I have not heard but may be checking out shortly.
True to my commitment to post more projects on HHD (minus the lengthy review) I bring you the newest EP from SGT. Over, School Of Hard Knoxx. This project is short coming in at under 15 minutes but it’s really meant as a teaser for what is yet to come. What that is, is his forthcoming album, Big Music, from which we have already showcased cuts featuring, Ras Kass and Ransom. That album is going to be fully loaded and will drop in early 2014. But in the meantime enjoy this moment in time produced by Knoxx. The whole thing is certified but I am especially feeling the track, Sarge. That one really sets the tone for what I think SGT Over is about.
Are the Sandpeople in the building? Hell yeah! We got some new music featuring some Illmaculate and OnlyOne teamwork from their forthcoming project, ONLY & ILL. The fire production comes from their long time affiliate Chase Moore who has been cranking out that fire recently. He plays the El Mariachi of the trio. Can’t wait to hear this album!
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