Single You Out: Alterbeats – Fruit Punch (feat. Guilty Simpson & The Rockness Monstah)

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Alterbeats went out and got a couple of the most distinctive voices in the game for the lead single to their forthcoming project, Class Struggle.   That is the follow up to their first and highly acclaimed album, The French Revolution.  If you haven’t checked the latter, you should be ashamed!  Anyways…Guilty Simpson and Rockness do this banger a service by blessing the mic.  All heads recognize, the project drops on October 29th.

Single You Out: Spit Gemz – InkQuisition (Ft. Anthony Cruz – A-Butta) (prod by One-Take)

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Now this is it right here!  Spit Gemz call upon Natural Elements, Anthony Cruz, to drop more than just a few bars for this track, InkQuisition.   The two form a great combination!  I mean this spittery is polished.  I first came upon Spit Gemz a couple of years ago and became an immediate fan because of his fusion of intellect and grimy street flavor.  Anthony Cruz is one of the reasons that I even maintain a blog at all.  His work with NE is legendary and he shows and proves that his skills haven’t diminished one bit, if anything he answers the bell in rare form.  There are only a handful of artists capable of this kind of wordplay.   This track is the lead single for Spit Gemz new EP, End The TV, dropping November 10th.

Single You Out: Eff Yoo – Harvard vs. Yale (ft. AyeWun)

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This isn’t exactly a single from Ef Yoo’s album, Bodega Businessman, but hell, I can’t get enough of this track with Goldenchild’s superlative production and I had to share it with you (pique your interest in the album maybe?).   Eff Yoo and Aye Wun go Ivy League and upper crust on you with these high society rhyme schemes and word play.  If you appreciate the finer things in hip hop (ie dope beats and rhymes) you should be feeling this track like I am.   It’s on repeat in my crib.

Single You Out: Rome Clientel – Champions (ft. Realm Reality & Skyzoo) (prod. DJ Concept)

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Rome Clientel is back with another single from the The Empire 3: Coronation project that has a set date of October 14th (which isn’t that far now). The cut, entitled Champions,  finds Rome trading bars with New York lyricists Realm Reality (Infamous) and Skyzoo over production from DJ Concept.  When you have some many talented individuals involved in a cut, it’s impossible for it to be considered anything less than a win.

I think it needs to also be said here that DJ Concept is killing it as of late.  He has had his hand in a number of different projects with a variety of artists and they all come out tight.    Just trying to recognize a major contributor to hip hop when I see one…

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Single You Out: Slum Pritt! – Makebeleevas

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This is the first time I have featured Slum Pritt! on HHD but this is the third single from his forthcoming project, Awake For The Nightmare.  Throughout the short track he goes on to expose those who are kidding themselves as to who they are.  Joe Burn Em creates an atmosphere through this production that sounds like something from early Jemini The Gifted One (some of you youngins aren’t going to know that reference but oh well).  Check it!

Single You Out: Don Streat – Colors Remix (ft. Mayhem of EMS) (prod. by Cool FD)

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Don Streat (Baltimore, MD) and Cool FD (Orleans, France) drop the single Colors Remix featuring Mayhem of EMS from their upcoming project named Bare My Soul.   And while I do not have a set release date for the project, knowing the parties involved, I know it’s going to be dope.   Cool FD intermingles funk elements into this hip hop production giving Don Streat and Mayhem something live to spit their verses upon.

FYI…we will be showcasing Cool FD on the first of October so make sure you check back for that.