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Sleep – How To Rob (prod. By Dope Antelope) (Video)

If I had to pick my new artist of the year (meaning new to me) right now I would be going with the artist Sleep.  I’ll never forget when I heard about the video Leonidas, I was actually checking for another artist who goes by the same name.  Ever since then, this is the Sleep I am checking for.  This guy just gets it.   He has a unique mind for making songs.  He can do the boom-bap that the streets love but he also has the intellect to drop songs that relate to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.  That’s legit on any level.

Meanwhile this song is menacing.  The lyrics…menacing.  The beat by Dope Antelope…menacing.   This is terrorist music and I mean that in a good way.

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Bo Jankans – Wicked Looking Gun (Video)

Man, the homie J-Scrilla aka Scrilla Ventura is always sending me some dope music that he concocts with some dope emcees.   This time he hits me with a track/video that he creates with Bo Jankans called Wicked Looking Gun.  The track is demented enough that I enjoyed it thoroughly.   The video and storyline keeps you interested.  The beat from Ventura keeps you on that razor’s edge.  It’s kind of like a home-brewed cup of evil.  And Jankans’ ability is an emcee can’t be undersold.  The man can narrate a story, and even though this is the first I have heard from him I will be checking for his new project The MotorMouth EP.

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Rite Hook – Cursed Man (Video)

No one has ever accused Boston’s Rite Hook in being conventional, and this video and song is certainly not conventional.   This video reminds me of an 8MM that you weren’t supposed to find from a horror movie.  It’s dark, grainy, and just a little sinister.  Sinister also describes Rite Hook’s flow and lyrics on Cursed Man.  It’s just enough to make you feel a little uneasy.  Uneasy or not, Rite Hook is one of the more unique talents from the Bean and I love his ability to do his own hooks.  It’s one of the things that sets him apart from his contemporaries.  The production from Cursed Man comes courtesy of Rob Whitaker.   His new album, From The Wrong, drops on November 11th.

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Single You Out: DJ Tray – Fire Power (ft. Saigon, Blaq Poet & GQ Nothin’ Pretty)

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Fire Power is an appropriate name for this song.  The beat, samples, and scratches all add the appropriate level of intensity for these gritty emcees.   Saigon, Blaq Poet, and GQ Nothin’ Pretty all bring their unique styles and voices to the track and leave an indelible imprint.   There is an updated version of the track that adds a verse from King Magnetic and that will appear on DJ Tray’s forthcoming album, BWTG.

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Alterbeats – Grustle (ft. Shabaam Sahdeeq, Skeezo and Mic Handz) (Video)

Alterbeats’ Class Struggle is dropping on October 29th.   The two songs I have heard from the project have both been fantastic but I expect nothing less from the French producer.  He also only works with some of the most gifted emcees in the game, so the combination of talent is always ill.  This time we have Shabaam Sahdeeq, Skeezo, and Mic Handz, all of whom are ruthless with the verbals.  Mic Handz, in particular, has got the flow going on this track.   Don’t sleep!