Every time I feel a little bit of misgiving about the music that’s collecting in my mail box I get that one gem that lightens the load. Today that gem is Nutso and Dee Metto video, This Is What They Like, from their extremely fresh EP, Fluushang Metto. The music is raw and the video adds a not of a seductive element with the women masquerading in the red and black backdrop.
Bottom line: If you want that REAL Hip Hop…you should have already copped this album.
This is street mercenary music! I love this beat. I am not sure who is responsible for this production but the shit is tight. (Someone let me know who I can give his due!) The other part is that RUC and Poet drop a pair of dirty sixteens that will bring even the most uppity of suburban dwellers down to the street level.
Album from Ruc coming soon…
Many of these amateur emcees can take a lesson from Serge Severe’s new single, The Bottom Line. There are too many carbon copies and robots out there and not enough originators. Severe and 5th Sequence are culpable for their part though as they continue to push the status quo forward with dope lyricism and production.
This track hails from their collaborative EP from last year, Boom Bap & Bars Vol. 1
West Coast legends Born Allah, Erule, and Planet Asia connect on the appropriately titled cut, Classick. These emcees are some of the originators of this classic hip hop sound and have represented the Left Coast more than appropriately throughout the years. Enjoy this cut and cross your fingers that there’s more music left to hear! (This is the remix version of the track produced by Longevity)
I know I’ve mention Solo For Dolo and Don Producci’s EP, Back to Basics, in the past but I am going to be redundant with this. The EP is a must have! It’s all about high skill on the mic and on the boards. You certainly shouldn’t cheapen you music collection without including this!
The Demon’s Blade is just one of the many bangers that one can find on AOTP’s latest album, In Death Reborn. The team dispenses with the need for a hook on this track and just offer bars only. Leaf Dog formulates the production formula for the team to rock over. If you haven’t copped the album yet…it’s prolly just too late for you.
ESH The Monolith and The Arcitype put out one of the more memroable EP’s last year, Nightworks. I caught wind of this new video single of Esh’s off of a compilation done by DJ Keal & Hibe entitled, Borderless (which was released back in late 2012). Merica takes all things good and ‘American’ and blasts them in a few bars. Esh is certainly not the musician/conformist.
This is the best and toughest song off of the Snowgoon’s latest album, Black Snow 2. The lineup of M-Dot, Jaysaun, and Journalist 103 is the perfect blend of rugged n’ raw and elite lyricism. All three of these emcees need some solo projects though. Desperate need.
The highly underrated Burke The Jurke continues to smite you nonbelievers with more dope music. The Maloiks is from his latest album Ear Responsible which is out now and should be listened to at your earliest possible convenience or get buried in the woods!
This is a video from February that I evident ally missed because I KNOW if I would have seen it then, it would have gotten love immediately. There are hoards of people that feel the way Born Allah does, but he put the words to paper and named some names. There’s no reason to be shy about it. It’s about time people got confrontational about the music and culture they love.
I wish I could get a Born Allah and E-Rule full length…(off topic, but on my mind)
Hip Hop Dependency 