J-Live makes timeless hip hop. He was an innovator decades ago and still continues to flex innovation and talent. Here he shows off not only on the mic but on the production tip as well. Lose No Time is the first single off of the forthcoming album, Face Value. Surely to be all hip hop and no facade.
I’ve got to put you onto this new project from Skrewtape and producer Icerocks. It takes a special artist to drop $30 on a digital release, but I have a lot of faith in these guys. I didn’t listen to a snippet before I purchased. I knew what I was going to be getting. It’s the soulful uncut hip hop music that can do no wrong. On the track Chimney Fish, Icerocks laces that neck snapping rhythm, while Skrewtape delivers that gravelly flow in the cut like no one else can. Highly recommend you checking this album out: Shoebox Sonata.
I missed out earlier this month when the single Walk With Me from Blame One and Preed One came out, and it’s time for some atonement because this song is so good. Blame One’s bars hit clearly and cleverly over some really smooth and soulful production from Preed and DJ TMB (a renowned turntabalist) puts the finishing touches on the song. This song is a beautiful presentation of what hip hop is capable of.
Automatic like an uzi going rapid fire / I struck / And now you know you suck / Like a pacifier
Producer Circa 97 (out of Poland I think) just dropped this song with the King Of Cool (at least that’s my moniker for him), Lord Juco. He couldn’t have picked a better artist to feature on this beautiful production. This just defines smooth. This vocal sample is glorious.
So if you are feeling this, then for sure you are going to enjoy his new project dropping in May, Opera House Shootouts.
Only truths out of my mouth / Only love in my house…
I’ve been meaning to showcase this joint for a minute. I saw the features and tracklisting on Enoch’s new album, Waiting For Something To Happen, and felt compelled to pick it up. You can hear the vibe, on this track S.O.S. with Estee Nack and Pro Dillinger. This song has a hypnotic and grimy feel to it. And what a great pairing with Dillinger and Nack on the cut! The whole album is really dope with this understated, yet really intriguing sounds (which all the sudden makes sense when I see there is a relation with the group CYNE…I need to find out more about this meanwhile…Enjoy!)
Brando Bambino has a new project dropping next week, Nocturne. And The Next Hottest Thing, is the first official single from the project. Pyramid Tapes creates a subtle yet dark and neck-snapping rhythm for our artists to drop some pretty slick lyricism with Eto and Copywrite adding their pen game to an already potent equation.
Kount Fif just announced a new album dropping in June and what better way to get this party started than having the legendary Chino XL and punchline king, Copywrite spit some HEAVY bars over this sonic symphony. And that’s what it sounds like…a symphony of sound. DJ Hoppa is on the cuts as well. Enjoy this and know that the complete project drops, June 7th.
Any time I see Stoupe on the production credits, the song/project is going to get a look. And here he sets the right/left march for Switch and guest emcee Slaine to put cadence to. Slaine in particular sounds nasty on this beat but both emcees do a nice job harnessing the energy Stoupe brings to the table.
New dope from producer Brutal Caesar, and he’s got a host of dope emcees on his new joint, Last Days. Ren Thomas, Shyste, and Revalation all join in as though it was there last day to spit a verse. Lots of clever line in here and good wordplay to be had.
There was a time when I only dated strippers / With more junk in the trunk than American Pickers / Rorshack Blot Test bored staring at pictures / Cats call themselves ballas, I call them terrible tippers
Shyste – The Last Days
More soulful hip hop from Lord Juco, and this time backed with some production by Sibbs Roc. It’s short but really sweet. You get one sixteen, that’s really impossible to put into a quotable because Juco’s style is so interwoven within the bars. So you will just have to trust me with two minutes of your life on this one.
Hip Hop Dependency 