New video from Eddie Kaine and RIM off of their brand new album, Welcome To Stuyville. That’s definitely something you should have checked out by now. No one has better chemistry on the mic than Kaine and RIM. And on the track, Chop House, you get a melodic laid back approach to that talent over some eassssssy production from none other than Camoflauge Monk.
The album has a lot of different paces and sounds so make sure you check that out.
Serge Severe sent me this single last July, and now it gets the video treatment. The song is strong! The sixteens are all tough, and show and edginess in the belief in his own self. Because in the end Severe is the product…the skills…the presence…the lyricism…and the intensity on full display here.
Queen Herawin has another solo project dropping. A long overdue one! As a member of The Juggaknots (one of the most revered indie hip hop crews) she showcased a true gift in rocking the mic. Now the spotlight shines direct once again and she shows why she’s a top tier emcee. On the song Manifest, she links up with veteran wordsmiths Apathy and Mickey Factz as they bring the house down on a superlative banger from Supastition! This is pull-no-punches hip hop right here.
This post is hard for me. Really hard. There was arguably no artist more influential to me than me than Chino XL. And as some artists have passed on, a bit of sadness takes your heart, but this was more. This was the feeling of losing legend and inspiration in one breath. He was and is one of a kind and no one treads exactly in those steps. In Sermon In Crimson, you hear the density and you hear the passion. You can play this track back 25x and hear 25 lines and phrases you didn’t catch, and that is the beauty of the wordsmith. RIP Legend.
Skyzoo…what can we say about Skyzoo? The man is the consummate emcee. The emcee’s emcee. There is not a flow like this in the game. It is inricate, breathless, and almost sounds effortless which I think is a trademark of a professional. The sound of the single, Esoteric, is melodic, but the poetry and meaning is dense. Have your rewind button handy…it’s going to need the work! DJ Manipulator on the beat!
Keep Me Company is out NOW! And you need that!
Philmore Greene has one of the best album from 2024 in The Grand Design. And you can hear that transcendent sound on this video single, OMG. It’s that straight hip hop flavor but with an edge. The production from Jay P takes on almost an anthem appeal. The Busta Rhymes vocal loop scratched in take the joint over the edge, as Green takes an unapologetic stance to what it means to be a real emcee in today’s climate.
Check the album!
O The Great is back with a new video single, Cidade De Deus Pt. 2, featuring long time collaborator, Supreme Cerebral. Here’s they are rocking over a production from appropriately titled producer, Isac No Beat. I say that because we have a drumless production which is either usually excellent, or something I will pass over quick. But since I posted it, you can imagine it is the former. The haunting vocal sample has more than enough charm to it as the emcees supply the artillery to make this joint pop.
I was just thinking yesterday: “When is Saipher Soze dropping some new music?” I had just listened to three of his impressive albums over the last few years, Kanibull Rising, Eat What You Kill, and Godbody. Then as I scroll IG, look what I find…I manifested a new Saipher Soze joint lol.
As an emcee he is highly underrated. His bars are tenacious. And equally up to the task with his own sixteen is Via Linez. Sharp bar work by both gentleman over a Lyve production.
When you think about a joint that embodies hip hop, this is a cut that should come to mind. Verbal Acrobatics heralds off of Pushing Button’s album from earlier this year, Full Level. This song has it all: Dope rhymes and flows from M-Dot and Plastic, along with a beat that is nothing short of a head nodder from the production duo with precise scratched cuts. Love this joint.
Stu Bangas and Wordsworth just released a project on Friday called, Two Kings. I copped it. I loved it. Stu Bangas has been crafting project after project over the course of the last several years. He’s got so many dope releases with so many dope emcees. But this could be my favorite. Wordsworth, while not recently prolific in his releases, has ALWAYS remained the consummate emcee. His conversational style and his way of narrating stories and concepts plays so well with Stu’s beats. And you can hear that trade craft here as he talks to his estranged spouse. Great song. Great album.
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