This is that unfiltered hip hop back at you in 2023. Chillow and DJ Grazzhoppa lace some amazing boom bap flavor with drums that snap necks and expert scratches. And Venomous2000 so adeptly graces the joint with spot on flows and prose. This is like taking hip hop back to it’s essence and breathing in a new life.
HWY 308 x Finn – No Verdict (Video)
HWY 308 and Finn drop a video single for the track, No Verdict. This track is off of their project from last year, Ducking Indictments. The track is a combination soul and street narrative. It’s short, smooth, and a testament to the hustle it takes to make it.
Skanks The Rap Martyr & G Stats – 99 Attributes (Video)
Bankai Fam gets busy as Skanks The Rap Martyr and G Stats bring knowledge, perspective, and fire. They take this gospel, orchestrated by Method Maticz, and aim these words at the listener ear by ear. These bars are sharp!
“Kiss where the ring be / And the only way you’ll see me bow to you is for YOU to king ME !”
Teek Hall – NoWhere (Video)
New visual dope from Teek Hall and his latest project, We Own The Night. NoWhere looks like it was shot in a remote wilderness and serves as a reminder that no matter the locale, Hall is a dope emcee, this time rocking over some soulful soundscapes offered by prodbysamy.
Jay Royale x Styles P – End Game (Video)
Jay Royale is back with another Ray Sosa fueled heater. These two have mastered that grimy street sound. The drums from Sosa knock the headphones off you ears and Royale has a superior pen game, and to add to all that we got guest bars from none other than Styles P. This joint is sharp!
Mickey Diamond & Big Ghost Ltd – GG Buckets (Video)
Mickey Diamond and Big Ghost killed it in 2022 and here is that visual and audio reference. GG Buckets is lifted from their project, Gucci Ghost. The track is amazing on all levels. Both the production and flow are one of a kind , and that makes this pairing…powerful. Diamond is a powerful emcee on ANY production but you combine him with Big Ghost and it’s game over. Love the track. Love the album. Check it!
Skanks the Rap Martyr – Peter Paid Paul (ft. Chris Crown & P. General (Video)
Skanks the Rap Martyr is one of my favorite emcees, simply put. The bars and the flow are just ice cold. He’s a one-of-a-kind talent.
You look like the type of person that likes to take time off of putting that work in like Kyrie Irving.
That pen game! Peter Paid Paul has that laid back vibe fueled by production from Wavy Da Ghawd but the flows are sharp led by Skanks and followed suit emcees Chris Crown and P. General. This track can be found on the project M.O.S.T.
Domo Genesis – Shadowboxing (prod. by Evidence) (Video)
Domo Genesis and Evidence are back at it with their animated video single, Shadowboxing. Evidence laced the soul while Genesis paints the picture with poignant lyricism. It’s short but packed full of talent.
Snowgoons – Decimating (ft. Terrence Wood (Side Effect) (Video)
Terrence Wood and the Snowgoons have a lot of years and musical history behind them, and you can see they haven’t stopped. Track back track they never lose a step no matter how much time goes by. And this song is the next stop in the musical journey. The Snowgoons lace a melodic banger for Wood’s bars, and he really does decimate the competition line by line. Great wordplay and music that is accompanied by a spot-on video that visualizes that pen game.
Planetary – Get Slumped (Video)
Planetary is reminding everyone of what he is capable of on the microphone. The Outerspace emcee is in a musical resurgence with the pending release of his album, Project Pluto. Get Slumped is the third single from the project, and the man has bars upon bars. And the way his verses lead into this chorus makes for an excellent song. I love how the chorus navigates hip hop classic anthems. Very clever. ELEMXNT is on the production and laces a banger that will undoubtedly get stuck in your conscious.
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