Cymarshall Law is back with another video single from his terrific album, Imperfectly Perfect. This time he is taking and imparting sage advice from martial arts master, Bruce Lee, over an asian inspired instrumentation. Law’s lyricism and intensity are unquestionably distinctive. Enjoy!
Reef The Lost Cause – Stay Golden (Video)
Here is the first video single from Reef The Lost Cause’s next album, The Majestic. Stay Golden offers what you have come to expect from Reef over the years. He’s got those sharp bars and a knack for formulating them into some ill verses. He does just that over some production from Caliph-NOW.
Nowaah the Flood x DirtyDiggs – GYHOMP (Video)
Nowaah The Flood follows the flute and drums of Dirty Diggs instrumental for the track GYHOMP (Get Your Hands Out My Pockets). Just like the rest of their project, Private Stock, this song is smooth, yet aggressive, and just plain fresh. One of my favorite projects this year for sure.
Single You Out: Gillateen – Be A Hero (prod. By Sultan Mir)
Here’s a dope cut I wanted to share from Gillateen and Sultan Mir’s project, The Wrench: Tighten Up. I really enjoy the way Mir flipped the Ruelle song, Hero on a hip hop level. He’s at the top of his game for sure. Gillateen also sounds razor sharp over this track. It’s a song about the come-up! I am sure you will enjoy.
Single You Out: Mykill Miers – Crime After Crime
Here’s a dope cut from Mykill Miers new EP, Crime Stories! This whole project is conceived as a storytelling revolving around multiple characters of the same plot. It’s really well done conceptually and musically. The single, Crime After Crime, can easily be taken out of the fold and stand on its own. The production is impressive, that Biggie sample is one of the best uses of his likeness in a looooong time! Killed it!
Single You Out: Kore – Milo
Kore of the revered EMS camp releases an uptempo head-nodding party anthem as a single for his forthcoming album, KOREiculum, which is due out on October 31st. It’s short but clever and to the point metaphor for an evening of chasing the ladies.
Single You Out: DJ Illegal & Side Effect – Flowers On Your Grave
DJ Illegal and Side Effect have a project dropping on Halloween called Musica De Los Muertos, and Flowers On Your Grave give you the first dark and ominous offering from the album. It sounds completely dope to me.
I have quite a few Side Effect projects and he is definitely underrated in my opinion. He always delivers a premium product.
Alfred Banks – This Is True (Video)
This cut is so refreshing! Alfred Banks is taking creativity both audibly and visually to new heights with his video for This Is True. The vibe of the production is so easy on the ears that the track is just effortless, and when you combine that with Banks’ delivery and the artist’s concept…I think you have something really special here. I haven’t seen it quite done like that before so major props from HHD…
This is off of Alfred Banks’ new project, Mere-Exposure Effect.
Hermit and the Recluse – Oedipus (Video)
KA brings us his distinctive flow, insight, and artistic flair with this video for Oedipus as a member of The Hermit and the Recluse, with Animoss and the album, Orpheus vs. The Sirens.
…if we ain’t family, we can’t relate…
Single You Out: Ca$ablanca & Supreme Cerebral – Inglorious Bastards (Prod Yashmallah)
Ca$ablanca comes back with yet another banger, and he has a string of them this year. He’s riding with the straight shooter, Supreme Cerebral. Producer Yashmallah provides us something different with a sound that distorts and bends throughout the song, that’s just edgy enough to compliment our emcees.
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