When working a proper blog one of things you have to avoid is strictly promoting the same artists and turning a blind eye to rising talent. This is always a challenge when I think about how I divide my time for what I listen to. Well, I just happened to check out this track from an artist out of Houston called GC. That is a good thing because it also so happens that the track is pretty dope. GC seems lyrically apt on this joint and I would be anxious to hear more from him, as should you.
Single You Out: Apathy – New England Royalty
Another single from Apathy’s forthcoming project, Weekend At The Cape. New England Royalty has a little bit of soul integrated with a heavy dosage of boom bap. The production switches up in the middle of the track and Apathy’s flow gets a little more malicious.
Apathy’s longevity and his ability to continuously make dope music is a testament to his talent. There are not many in his class. The aforementioned project, along with another, The Black Lodge, are dropping on June 30th.
Single You Out: Kue The Vandal – Died In ’87 (prod. by Dope Antelope)
It looks like the Kue The Vandal and Dope Antelope are back in the lab and working on a new project entitled, Me And The Devil. When these two link up there’s always a diabolical concoction to be found. Kue’s mindset really intertwines with Dope Antelope’s haunting productions as you can hear with their single, Died In 87′.
Stay tuned!
Single You Out: Sketch McGuiney – Knuckleheads (ft. K-Beta & Cuban Link) (prod. !llmind)
!llmind lends a banger to Sketch McGuiney and his comrades K-Beta and Cuban Link. It’s music like this that lets you know that hip hop is alive and well and when placed in the right hands can still stimulate ear drums. This joint really goes incredibly hard and I am so glad to hear K-Beta on a joint again. I also love the little subtleties in the track such as the line from The Usual Suspects integrated into the verses.
If you are not up on Sketch and this song has piqued your interest, check his joint from a few years ago, Virginia Tec-9. He’s got a new mix tape dropping entitled, Handle Bars. Don’t sleep!
Single You Out: Estee Nack & Purpose (of Tragic Allies) – When I Get High
Everything I have heard from the forthcoming album, 14 Forms: The Book Of Estee Nack, indicate that this is a true contender for album of the year. The flow of Estee Nack is relentless. He has an over abundance of relevant bars that he’s dropping and he spits them with such vigor that you can’t help but notice. Purpose also seems to do no wrong with the production. Everything thing he crafts hits hard and is musically interesting.
Album drops next Tuesday!
Single You Out: Shabaam Sahdeeq – GMR (prod. J57)
Shabaam Sahdeeq and J57 are cheffing something delicious with their new single, GMR. I am convinced that nobody is has been spitting harder in the last couple of years than Shabaam Sahdeeq and when you had some J57 production along with DJ Eclipse cuts you get nothing but the premiere experience. Enjoy.
Single You Out: Red Eye – Soul Mate (DJ Supa Dave Remix)
Ah, the burden of misplaced love and trust is the topic Red Eye is rocking with over this DJ Supa Dave remix. I know that you all can understand this message. Trust nobody…
Hopefully this Fatrick Ewing project will be dropping sometime soon.
Single You Out: Allen Poe – Still Eatin (ft. Deejay Element)
Another “oh shit” moment that I had today was when I heard this new joint from Allen Poe and Deejay Element, which happens to be the title track from their forthcoming project dropping on June 9th.
First off this beat is one of the sickest I have heard this year or perhaps even the last. It’s soulful. It’s funky. It’s that boom bap. If this cut doesn’t get you open, you don’t have a pulse homie. And the verbals that Poe is dropping in his verses are legitimate jewels. The Frodo wordplay was just one of many notable moments during the track. I am anxious to hear this entire project. A possible Top 10 track for this year, ya heard?
Single You Out: MarQ Spekt – Murderface Splash [prod by Back Row]
MarQ Spekt releases more fire from his soon to be released album, The Grilchy Era. Spekt really attacks this synthed out goodness from Back Row. His aggressive demeanor gives the cut a certain amount of vibrancy as the production has a more of ethereal tone. A most certain dope product.
Single You Out: DJ Psycho – Who Is That? (ft. Swerve 916)
Swerve 916 surfaces on this DJ Psycho track, Who Is That?. The track is part of a greater compilation that features a vairety of different genres that happen to include hip hop. Swerve 916 represents well just by doing what he was blessed to do…rock mics. The production is a subtlety as the emcee identifies himself to the listener letting you know indeed, who he is.
Hip Hop Dependency 
