I was merely looking for some new dope to post on the site and low and behold I stumbled upon Sleep Sinatra and Phantom Janitor’s project, Sleep Meets The Phantom. It’s a short project, but it’s potency rests not in it’s length, but in it’s quality.
I thought I would share a stand out track from the project, Gospel Of The Last Days.
DJ KB, a producer out of Germany, dropped an album in September that I think has completely gone under the radar. Dismember has a lot of dope features with some of that essential boom bap that we are always looking for. The samples that are chopped in throughout the project also show an ear for good craftsmanship.
I think the track, Hell Ground, featuring Mark Deez and Kanis Lu is typical for the type of tracks you will see throughout the rest of the album. Enjoy…
Bankai Fam is back with a new project called Civil War which is a consistently dope, 19 Track, mixtape. Bankai Fam has consistently dropped dope projects over the course of the last few years, most of them solo work. Now the group united for a full project for the first time since On My Side which dropped in 2013.
The track we are featuring here, Urge2Purge, is indicative of the dope cuts you can find across the board. The team is severing heads on this one and I strongly encourage you to cop the album.
Wow. I am so glad Ras Kass dropped something with regards to the election because he is the absolute right person to articulate what happened and what this means for our country. This is not only the most powerful song of this election period, but perhaps for the last several years. He addresses the apathy of not voting in the election. He addresses the hate different segments of the population used when it came to voting. In the end, it was hate that inspired and apathy that derailed.
“Trump won with less votes than McCain and Romney who both lost, so blame yourself when your Civil Rights get fucked off!”
“Claim to be the beacon of the world, Liberty’s Flame, you just a nation of bigots, we should all be ashamed.“
I didn’t realize that Only had dropped a new project until Illmaculate put it out there on Twitter. But once I found out about Royalties, I was all over it. There’s something about this guy’s rhyme style, cadence, and delivery that I identify with. He’s got a unique way of flipping words and meanings. Then you’ve got production from Chase Moore all over the project. His ear for beats and samples is impeccable, as he concocts nothing but winners. You can hear that victory on this track, Toxic.
If you find it dope, drop by the Bandcamp, show some love and pick up the album.
LX-Beats drops some smooth violence with this new single featuring Mayhem, Alyssa Marie, Revalation, and Deacon The Villain on the mic. You also get track-blesser, DJ Grazzhoppa, chopping up the cuts on the joint. The production is laid back and mellow, which leaves the emcees to each fire off reasons why they are not to be tested. All of the bars are dope, but Rev really brings a ton of intensity to his verse, only to be contrasted with the slick bars of Deacon The Villain. There’s lots to like about this joint!
Stray Missles is a track from Little Vic’s latest compilation project, Wikileaks. This track features a random assortment of fire from Little Vic’s arsenal as doe the project in it’s entirety. We’ve been featuring music from Vic from the beginning and that’s not stopping anytime soon. The project is $5 and is a veritable steal for hip-hop connoisseurs such as myself.
The Flying Dutchman just released an album, Foul Weather, on Friday entirely produced by professional head-knocker, Vanderslice. In addition to Vanderslice, the team is comprised of emcees John Murdock and Lex Starwind. In addition to bars from those two, you also get a dope verse from Cappadonna. The sample used by Vanderslice is nasty, and I love that beat.
If you like those hard rhymes and banging beats, you need to get your hands on this release.
Spit Gemz is dropping a mixtape, See Me When I Die, on Christmas Day no less! So we are all getting a gift this year! Violence Revisited showcases Gemz rhyming over a DJ Skizz instrumental from his project from a few years ago, BQE. In my mind, this was the dopest beat off of the project, and Gemz kills it unlike anybody else…violently.
Ok. This song has a chance to be a Top 10 track of the year. It’s that damn good. I love the instrumentation on this track by C0rrado. There is so much texture to this production that the ears have no choice but to soak up the dopeness. At times it feels like 70s funk, at others it’s soul, and yet always has a boom bap appeal. The hook is next level, and easily the best I have heard in 2016. Syll and Pearl Gates also have such a smooth way with handling their verses over this ill production. Emcees and producer are like hand-in-glove for this joint.
Check the album, Play This.
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