William Cooper unleashes the first single for his upcoming album, God’s Will, which drops on May 5th. On this track, Cooper, Reef The Lost Cauze, and Sticky Fingaz deliver bars of stark realism to dash your day dreams over a powerful beat by BP.
Single You Out: Gstats – Symphony (ft. Shatike, Skanks, Shabaam Sahdeeq, and P. General)
I am not going to let this one slip through the tracks (haha). Gstats just released his project, Syke Ward, and I was one of the first in line to cop it. First off, Shinigamie Records, has a proven track record of dropping some dope material. Gstats drops some rough and rugged flows throughout the release, but this posse cut right here, was definitely and ‘oh wow’ moment.
If you are feeling it, make sure drop some scratch on the album.
Single You Out: Grimace Love – Past Life (Cool FD Remix)
I feel like I have featured Grimace Love before on the site, but upon further inspection, maybe not. At any rate, Cool FD put me on to this remix that he did for the emcee, and to sy this song goes would simply be an understatement. Cool FD nails it with the horns and the snares, providing a serious head nodder. Grimace Love has that nice gritty flavor that put this beat to great use. I liked it enough to check out the album, Strength, which originally dropped in November of last year.
SIngle You Out: Skrewtape – Go Time
Skrewtape is making moves and it’s easy to see why. He rides this imperial beat provided by The Wurxs with a certain type of hunger and ferocity that suggests that no one is going to stand in his way towards success. I’m always on the lookout for more material from this exceptional artists and you should share the same mindset. Very few are giving the people that grim, gritty, yet lyrical flavor.
Single You Out: EMS – The Spittin’ Dead (Produced By Soul Infected)
The EMS ensemble gather together to spit over an adaptation of The Walking Dead’s television theme song. And if any unit could pull off something like this, I trust non other than EMS. They have diverse enough lyrical styles to keep the track bouncing and entertaining.
This track serves as Revalation’s second single for his forthcoming EP, Emergency Broadcast.
Single You Out: Nems – Do It (ft. George Burnz and Danse) (prod. by Agallah)
Nems is about to unleash his latest project, Planet Of The Apes, and this is the latest single from the project. He enlists long time associate George Burnz and Danse to help murk the beat which is incidentally produced by a resurgent Agallah (this name has been ringing extra loud lately).
Worth Revisiting: PremRock – Juliet Has Survived
You know there is so much music being cranked out on a daily basis that I am going to take a step back and appreciate some of my favorite projects from years passed. And PremRock’s 2014 album, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, is an album that I constantly find myself coming back to. He is just such a distinctive emcee in the way he approaches his writing and music in general. He taps on emotion and borders on the abstract at times, which keeps the listener engaged in ways other artists simply aren’t capable of. There are many great tracks on this album, but the one I want you to latch onto for the moment is Juliet Has Survived.
As always, if you enjoy the track, please empty a few coffers into the man’s hand and purchase his art.
Single You Out: Rhythm Writers – Line In The Sand (prod. by Sutter Kain)
NSD’s, Rhythm Writers link up yet again with DJ Bless/Sutter Kain to create another win in terms of their latest single, Line In The Sand. The Duo of Mr. Crowley and Awax seem extremely focused on their rhyme skills and ability to make music over an almost, melancholy production from DJ Bless.
Every single I have heard from these guys has been dope, so I hope there is a project coming down the pipe.
Single You Out: Cayoz – Lost Generation (ft. D2A) (Prod. By O*Zee)
Cayoz maintains his streak of dropping meaning full bars that we showcase on HHD. This is just smart hip hop music as Cayoz and D2A buck the trend of being labelled a ‘Lost Generation’ over some sublime production from O*Zee.
I am still however waiting for his EP to drop. Ahem.
Single You Out: Ren Thomas – Hero
This track is tangible truth that the art of story telling is not dead in hip hop. Ren Thomas narrates a pretty intricate detail of a woman who is trying to get out of a bad situation. Some pretty amazing visuals are depicted through Thomas’ bars and I encourage you to check them out. I guess this song is actually circa mid 2014 but I just caught wind of it on the bandcamp site.
This song comes off of Ren Thomas’ project, Who The Fuck Is Ren Thomas?
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