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 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.
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 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.
It’s violent chaos on Supreme Cerebral and Vinyl Villain’s first video single, Shotgun Barrell, off of their new project, The Emperor’s Deity. The production gives you this unnerving and edgy feeling that something wicked is on it’s way, and that manifests in the bars from Supreme Cerebral. Tough track all the way around!
Maze Overlay is busy prepping a new project for the masses and once again he strikes gold with this Sadhugold produced single, Reggie Miller. Every song is a win for this artist and that’s not over-talking it. This production is lethal, and while Asun Eastwood and Bub Styles both add some fire, we also know some serious heat is coming from Arizona. Maze Overlay is top tier. In terms of making dope music and songs, few if any are surpassing this man. Razor sharp wordplay. Look out for the album.
One of my favorite tracks so far this year is this one from WateRR and Bohemia Lynch, Whenever The Drama Came. This beat is perfect. Love the sound crafted with the strings and vocal sample. It plays the background perfectly to the conversational style as WateRR and Defcee trade bars at the restaurant table. Everything is strong on this cut, and the chorus really binds it all together.
The new album, Compendium Of Arcanum, is due out on March 20th.
Chuck N Lock are back for another run as there new album, See XL, gets ready to see the light of day on March 3rd. So put that on your calendar. These emcees are known turning that phrase, having you rewind it back, and catching something new in their wordplay.
The union of Defcee and Blockhead for a track is a blessed one. These two artists have such a depth of lyricism and sound, that they are a destined pairing for a song together. They both exhibit a unique level of intricacy on the single, Learning Gravity. There is so much texture to listen for here. I hope there is an album in the works, but up until then, this will present plenty of rewind moments.
The prolific and talented Recognize Ali is back at it again with a video single from his forthcoming album, due out in March, Back To Mecca II. Moonwalking has our emcee dropping the ruggedness over a soulful and melodic beat from Sibbs Roc. Definitely expecting some emphatic heat from this album!
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