Rahim Samad is not done making that dope music even after just releasing an album, Travel Properly: Motion Picture Soundtrack. This instrumental really compliments Samad’s flow considerably. It’s laid back and his voice just rises to the top, commanding attention. Samad is mad underrated in my mind but I can easily see him generating the buzz to push him to the next level.
Single You Out: Rubiks – Uh – Oh (Prod. Rich Kidd)
I was not familiar with Rubiks at all but I saw the at Rich Kidd did the production so I decided to check this track out. The end result of this collaboration is a really dope song. It’s got an uptempo and slightly industrial tone about it. The distorted guitar licks really give the track another dimension. Rubiks keeps a flow and tempo that give the track some excitement and the way he switches up his cadence really keeps things interesting. In the end both the production and emceeing make the track very dynamic.
He has a new mixtape set to drop entitled VOLUM3: Push Play #PushItRealGood.
Single You Out: Ancient Alienz – Ancient Alchemy
If you haven’t copped this Ancient Alienz joint by now, you all are sleeping on something immaculate. These guys are on some other shit lyrically and hopefully their much anticipated album is going to make it out soon. They have a unique style lyrically. They aren’t talking about the same ol’ same but at the same time, they aren’t dropping crazy material that is hard to follow either. They also have a knack for that dope production. Joey Juggz gets behind the boards on this one and the GZA along with the guitar work is that premium product. Check it!
Single You Out: F.T. – Forgive My Nightmares (ft. Bekay and Nutso)
The gems are raining today! F.T. and Musicman lace up a banger that induces craziness. I am a big fan of the sample Musicman uses on this track. It really makes this track go. But it goes without saying that F.T., Bekay, and Nutso all lend a heavy dose of lyricism to the cut making the listener feel just a little on edge.
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Single You Out: Armageddon – Nightmares (Shawneci)
“1000 spiders,voodoo chants, choppers, and Salvador Dali on a Molly”….What do any of these seemingly randon things have to do with eachother. Nothing really, but Terror Squad Alumni Armageddon has married these oddities together to create something diabolical for the fans. Geddy releases his latest track, ‘Nightmares’.
The song threatens to take you into the deepest recesses of Geddy’s mind to explore his brooding perception of today’s Hip Hop that will leave you there with foreboding visages of blood stained pavements and things that lurk in the shadows. The eerie production from Shawneci serves as a guide through those dark passage ways we seldom want to wander while our emcee litters the track with sinister but truly exceptional wordplay.”
Single You Out: Es-K – Reminisce (ft. MC Dialect, Charmingly Ghetto, M-Dot, & S.Dub) (Chromadadata Remix)
A lot of dope smooth joints have released in the last week or so. This one was forwarded by the EMS crew and after a long delay, I wanted to share it with you. There’s a lot of introspective bars in this joint while the production instructs you to lean back and maybe reminisce about someone you once lost or a time gone past. We all do that from time to time so make sure you take this track as an opportunity.
If you are really feeling this joint and want to check out more, Es-K just dropped his album, Serenity.
7evenThirty – Hook Heavy (feat. Sean Price) (Video)
Who needs a hook when you have exceptional word play? 7evenThirty and Sean Price can save you the studio time without the need for a catch hook. We brought you the single the other day, and what I sad then still stands: This joint is one of the dopest this year. Gensu Dean creates some production as dark as the night in this video.
The Problem drops next week. Get in line.
Single You Out: VERZE – The Process (prod. Tuelv)
Here’s something new that I am absolutely loving! A producer out of Poland, Tuelv, sent this over to me and I was very impressed. The beat is laid back and jazzy while this emcee out of Omaha, Verze can really handle his business on the microphone. The track is off of Verze’s new album, Invizible Art, which is out now. Very tempted to check that project out after hearing this track.
Single You Out: Fluent – Take You Down (ft. Joe Budden)
Fluent gets Joe Budden on board for his new single, Take You Down. The track has a trippy down tempo feel to it. It’s almost psychedelic, like the sound of a record being played backwards. At any rate it’s a pretty nice track and is the foreruner for his album, Supreme Victory due out on July 15th.
Single You Out: Benjamin Miles – Wolves & Sheep (ft. Britney Stoney)
I featured Benjamin Miles a couple of years when he and his compadres dropped an album called Bottles & Bones under the group name Of Mice and Musicians. I love that album and to this day I play it occasionally (even though I always have a ton of music to listen to). Now he’s back with a new album entitled, The Wishing Tree. Miles’ is really a peoples’ emcee. He focuses on real world issues and problems and doesn’t get caught in the phony bravado that prevails in hip hop these days. I chose to feature Wolves & Sheep because that’s a track the relates to us all. We all have to keep a close eye on those around us and sometimes we have to guess if they are are there to help or harm. It doesn’t hurt that the production is top notch.
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