Innocent? – Time For Change (ft. Roc Marciano x DJ Modesty) (prod. by Alterbeats)

A few things caught my eye when I got this press release:  1) Roc Marciano 2) DJ Modesty 3) Alterbeats

I am familiar with all three of those artists and thought, if all of this talent is working along side Innocent?  for sure he has to have some skills and assuredly he does.  This track definitely has that NY/East Coast appeal.  Alterbeats, if you are not familiar, is a French producer we have featured here a number of times and he specializes in that grimy, boom-bap flavor.

Innocent?  has a new album dropping in the third quarter of 2013 entitled Love It Or Hate It which is chocked full of dope artists.

King Ramses – Let U Down (Video)

King Ramses hit me with some new music.  I am not sure who he is or where he hails from but this dude is cranking out some serious music with some serious ambition.  He has an album dropping on 4/15/2013 called Making Of Ramses.  He is releasing 21 videos leading up to that release.  That’s serious!  Now I can’t guarantee we will post all of them here because that’s a lot of space dictated to one artist when you are only posting up to five pieces of music a day but we will get a few of them to you.   This emcee has a lot of talent and is dropping the bars the way we like em’…RUGGED.

 

Sparkingtin & The Soulslicers – Valentine (ft. Dre Goose)

Sparkingtin and Soulslicers did it once and they are about to do it again.  In 2011 they teamed up to drop The Exit Started It.  That EP was tight as hell.  I still walk around my house yelling upon occasion….Punch You In The Face For No Apparent Reason!   They are going to drop version 1.5 this spring and this joint sounds pretty ill to me.  What do you think?  I think this beat is going to sprain some necks…

 

Swollen Members – Mercenary (Video)

Off of Swollen Members forthcoming album, Beautiful Death Machine.  I hope the music is as dark as the title and this song suggests because nobody did darkness better than Swollen Members.  This song is eerily reminiscent of a track that might have been heard off of Balance (which is not a good thing…it’s a great thing).  It just has that haunting vibe.  Also,  I know Madchild gets a lot of press, but does anyone else think Prevail’s incredibly underrated?