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Serge Severe & 5th Sequence – Boom Bap & Bars (2013)

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Artist: Serge Severe & 5th Sequence

Album:  Boom Bap & Bars Vol. 1

Source: Artist

Tracklisting:

1. Strong Coffee
2. Hold It Down
3. It’s Like That
4. James Worthy
5. French Toast
6. No Love
7. Don Draper

Note:

Serge Severe is not about just sitting on one particular sound.  Over the course of the last eighteen months, Severe has solicited the talents of a variety of producers.   Boom Bap & Bars is the end result of building with the producer 5th Sequence.  The project initially comes off as perhaps jazzy and mellow but there’s also an underlying boom bap that exists in the sound.

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Nutso – PAIN [Prod. 5th Seal] (Video)

Some songs just draw the emotion out of you.  PAIN is one of those joints for me.  Nutso and 5th Seal bring child and sexual abuse front and center.  The first verse deals with a story about a little girl who is being abused by her stepfather and her mother doesn’t believer her. The second verse tackles the subject on a whole.

The music is of course dope but what I like about this track is that someone with the credibility of Nutso is bold enough to tackle this topic.  It would be equivalent to Kool G Rap talking about it in 1992.  Eyes be open…

This song is a cut off of the free EP, I Plead The 5th, out now…

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Matt Black – Free Refills (Video)

Spotted a new artist that has a massive amount of talent and polish in his sound.  That man is Matt Black.  He has a new album out entitled, Oak Street Market. I asked him if I could release, Free Refills as a single on the site before I realized he had already made a video for the track.  Perfect.  I love the mix of the bass line and guitar on the track. Black has  a laid back flow and deep voice that sounds perfect over the production.

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Single You Out: Hannibal Stax & Marco Polo – Warriorz Drum (ft. Torae)

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No…it’s not King Just (if you don’t get this reference then we are not from the same era), it’s Hannibal Stax and Marco Polo dropping that hardcore alongside a ope guest in the form of one Torae.  This is a sick beat with dope lines galore.  I just finished listening to Hannibal and Marco’s album, Seize the Day, and lets just say that it’s worth the dolo.  Marco Polo is never to be associated with the weak shit!

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Single You Out: Dragon Fli Empire – The Daily News Pt. 2 (ft. Sadat X)

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Here’s another secret locked in the inbox for way too long.  I have been familiar with Dragon Fli Empire for the past four or five years.  They are known for that laid back and jazzy vibe hip hop.  And everyone know Sadat X (if you don’t, get up and leave your computer now, I need a moment).

In short, this is a dope joint.  The production has the horns buzzing and the emcees all capture the moment for a really chill joint.

This is the first single to the Empire’s forthcoming album, Mission Statement.

 

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Single You Out: Focus… – Just Don’t Know

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Oh, you’re not a fan of Focus…?  GTFOH.  Focus… is one of the few artists out there that is an incredible producer and talented emcee and can do so simultaneously.  I can’t think of ten other guys on his level right now.  This beat and his insightful lyricism made me shed a tear of happiness.   This is a single off the forthcoming, FP : 1172 II (which I have no information about.

Remember…sound without Focus…is just noise.