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Single You Out: Joey the Jerk – Winning the War (ft. Playdough)

“…we may have lost the battle but we’re winning the war…”

True indeed fellas because this track is fire!  I love the wordplay exchanges between Joey the Jerk and Playdough on this cut, Winning the War.  The production really has a playful but certainly dope vibe to it.  There’s a certain irony to the title of this song when compared to the content.  Usually when you see a track entitled this, you would expect rough and confrontational rhymes, but what you get is much more vibrant which again shows that these guys are winning with their approach, not with someone elses.

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Single You Out: P.SO the Earth Tone King & 2 Hungry Bros. – Headphone Diaries

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It’s good to hear P.SO back rocking the mic and better yet to hear him over some 2 Hungry Bros. production.  This is the first single of the collaborative project. Feast of Legend.   This track has so much good going on, it’s hard to narrow it down to a few words.  But this track is vibrant with a lot of different sounds, and P.SO just sounds so natural.  A clear case where production and mic skills meld together so perfectly.

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Single You Out: Silent Knight – Walking

Now this is a good comination:   The Audible Doctor and Silent Knight have proved unbelievable chemistry.  You can reference their number one track about four years back, Stayin’ Busy.  The Audible Doctor fires up the boom bap, the organ, and the proper intermingling of a soulful, almost sorrowful, vocal sample.   There’s also just something about the way Silent Knight relates is life and ideas that just resonates with me.  He’s trying to make money along with making art.  This song is going to stick with me for a while.

His new project, Weaknd, is due out soon.

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Single You Out: Verbal Kent – Suitcase Switch (ft. Freddie Gibbs)

Verbal Kent is back with the backing of Apollo Brown and Freddie Gibbs for his new single, Suitcase Switch.  The production from Apollo Brown is absolutely beautiful.  It’s got so much soul packed into the span of four minutes.  Kent and Gibbs do an admirable job spitting some nice bars with their own divergent styles.  Kent keeps a rapid delivery while Gibbs relies on a more methodical approach to rocking the mic.  It all comes together nicely.

Verbal Kent’s new album, Anesthesia, drops on September 11th.

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Single You Out: Savage Souls – Invasion

This has been sitting in my inbox for a minute.  It just took me a while to give it a listen, but I am glad I gave Savage Souls some time.  It’s a dope cut.  The production from Remo Williams reveals a very raw but intricate style.  The chopped up GZA verse for the chorus is a really nice touch.  The emcees are pretty relentless as well.   They have a nice delivery combined with a good assortment of bars for the listener.  I am anxious to hear this EP they have dropping.  If it’s anything like this cut, we could have a sleeper hit here.

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Single You Out: Case Arnold – The Nicest

Here’s a fancy new joint from Case Arnold that serves as his DJ Booth premiere.  I really am fond of this simplistic, yet super dope production from Chiefus.  There’s something really dope  in the bare bones elements of the track.  Arnold on the other hand demonstrates some pretty superlative skills on the mic, particularly on the second verse where he’s “kissing hands and shaking babies”. Definitely can get down to this joint.