El Gant and Shyste are connecting for a new project that’s dropping on Tuesday, called Schemes. And here we have the lead single featuring Ill Bill, Necessity. Jack Of All Trades produces an uptempo banger that the emcees absolutely destroy. I love the work Gant and Shyste have put out independently over the years, and super excited to hear this eight track project with them together!
Single You Out: RJ Payne – The Ugliness (ft. Tha God Fahim and Knowledge The Pirate)
New heat from RJ Payne! Giallo Point laces some legit potency. Could be my favorite beat from him in the last couple of years. I love the pace of the keys and drums and these scratches that bridge these sixteens are amazing. And the bars on here are as you would expect…top notch. Tha God Fahim and Knowledge The Pirate each do proper work on with their verses.
Once this joint sinks in, you are not going to be able to let it out of your head. I hoping these last few singles are making it into a whole project coming soon but word’s not out yet.
Single You Out: Bobby J From Rockaway & Dom Dirtee – Vibin’ (All By Myself)
We got more dope from Bobby J From Rockaway and Dom Dirtee’s upcoming album, Higher. This joint is more uptempo than the first single and no pun intended…a different vibe. Vibin’ is about how the music itself is a release and a relief. We ALL can relate to those moments when we needed to put on those headphones and let the world disappear. Vibin’ is that moment. So put those headphones on and take the journey!
Single You Out: RJ Payne – Bloodshed and Carnage (ft. Apathy)
RJ Payne is one of the most dangerous emcees in the game with regards to his bar work…by himself. And you add, Apathy to the track? Well you can just add to the devastation. You can hear all the lyrical carnage inflicted on Bloodshed and Carnage. Asethic on the beat!
That’s kind of mean maybe / But this rhyme scheme crazy / These bullets put bitches to sleep, that’s dramamine baby
Single You Out: Supreme Cerebral – Build Or Destroy (ft. Alphabetic)
A new single from Supreme Cerebral produced by The Architect and with guest bars from Alphabetic. The production is subdued and presents a laid back canvas for the emcees for the emcees to Build Or Destroy.
This is cloth made by angel wings / I’m nice with words from A to Z / Amazingly I’m flavory / Yet wicked as some slavery / It pays to be pervasively aware / Over drum and snare…
Single You Out: Harmoni Eqaulity – Evolution (ft. Johnny Storm x IAMGAWD x Aida)
My last post for this past week will be a single from the project, Harmoni Equality presents The 17th Cipher. This project just shot up on my radar on Friday when it dropped so it was a pleasant surprise. I haven’t listened to the whole thing but I gave some tracks some play, and will definitely be copping as everything I heard was dope. I am using the track, Evolution, featuring Johnny Storm, IAMGAWD, and Aida to showcase what you can expect to find on this project. The production from Cas1 has a very ethereal quality and the pen game of these emcees is incredibly sharp. IAMGAWD in particular is an artist whose blade always swings sharp with bars like:
Reeking havoc, smelling chaos in my pheromones / Belligerent baritone / Welcome to the Terror Dome / You neglect to protect your neck until your head is flown / My shit is vintage like Door Knockers and Herringbones
Single You Out: Revalation x MKDel x Lateb – Lunar Stroll (prod. by C.G. The Producer)
Now this a treasure for your ears! Revalation, MKDel, and Lateb unravel their thoughts as though they were walking on the moon. This is joint is cerebral and thought provoking as emcees, MKDel and Revalation take us on journey through struggle, loss, searching, acceptance, and hope. C.G. The Producer, creates this beautiful soundscape for all of this soul searching to take place, and Lateb puts the finishing touches by laying a powerful and soulful chorus. All of the above make this song incredibly memorable with maximum replay value, so take the journey my friends!
Single You Out: Stu Bangas & A-F-R-O – From Dusk Till Dawn (ft. Lil Dee)
Stu Bangas and A-F-R-O are bringing the horror this Halloween with their album dropping on the 31st, The Bad and The Ugly (which you can pre-order here), and you can hear the first score from the project in the single, From Dusk Til Dawn. Stu Bangas creates that cinematic climax with that haunting beat and precise scratches, while Lil Dee and A-F-R-O stalk with some wicked sixteens. Definitely excited about this project!
Single You Out: Bobby J From Rockaway & Dom Dirtee – Dangerous
Bobby J From Rockaway and Dom Dirtee release the first single from their forthcoming album, Higher, which drops in November. And this song is some high powered heat backed by the scratched of none other than DJ Evil Dee. And let me tell you this joint is dangerously addictive as a head nodder. This beat should come with a neck snap disclaimer. The bass line just speaks to the title of the track. And Bobby J is just so in step with this beat. His flow and pen, just hit this joint out of the park right off the back with lines like this…
Get up…follow me like a fucking Apostle…I embrace the abstract like I’m hugging Picassos
I mean c’mon! This is a top choice joint from what’s bound to be one of the best albums of 2024. Dom Dirtee and Bobby J are deeply rooted in this hip hop!
Single You Out: MaLLy – Doing Okay
It’s been a while since we have heard from MaLLy but if you dig through out archives you will see that this is an artist worth supporting. Exceptional talent. And on the track, Doing Okay, he strikes a chord over a melodic and harmonious production from Last Word. He’s speaking positivity and a heightened level of self. It sounds like this is a man who is at peace with himself and place he is finding in the world. Mature music and more coming on the way on October 15th when he releases the album, The Sweetest Of It All.
when you got yourself to love you ain’t ever lonely
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