I have to tell you all that I love Def3’s 2017 album, Small World. It really is amazing music. It has such an easy vibe and the day this video dropped, I was actually listening to the album.
El Fin Del Mundo, if you can’t tell by the name, has a very latin flavor introduced by producer Late Night Radio. This joint is festive and like most of the album, features introspective lyricism from Def3. He is another artist that really can connect with listeners.
Check out this album!
Elucid teams up with producer Dumhi for some jazzy boombap flavor. The music is interesting, intelligently written and delivered, and really just unique. I am really enjoying this cut, as it represents something sincere and refreshing.
If you are digging this, they just released a new project entitled No Edge Ups In Uganda, that I am bound to check out in it’s entirety.
Enough already! Someone get me a Blak Flag x Sherm Larock album…stat!!! This is one hell of a combination any time they get together and make a record…they just don’t do it enough for my liking. These guys have the chemistry and skill to create an AWESOME if not CLASSIC album. The dark production and fire lyricism flow and voice make this a hell of a cut. I could listen to this all night.
Well what do you know…it’s another M-Dot sighting on a dope record. Fancy that. As redundant as I sound, if M-Dot is a part of your project, it’s going to be good.
On Tedium, M-Dot goes in over a Zoom & Rectape production discussing the issues and circumstances in our lives that cause us to teeter on the edge. Musically, this song has a lot going for it with snapping drums and ill scratched from DJ Nelson. Lyrically, you know M-Dot is going to do more than just hold it down…he excels over the rhythm.
This cut can be found on Zoom & Rectape’s album, Delivery.
Vic Shadez is a new name to HHD but he is exactly the type of artist we are trying to promote here. This song, Empty, is one that suggests how bland life would be without hip hop music. It’s got a tight beat with a nice little Supreme’s flip, and Shadez can rock a mic proper.
I am definitely going to check out his release, Uncontaminated.
This song is illy of the best kind! I am really loving the vibe. The production from Must Volkoff is almost like taking an auditory vacation. It lets the mind drift a little, while the lyrics from Nelson Dialect keep you guided on the journey. It’s just beautiful hip hop being made.
Really enjoying this so I am probably going to enjoy the album Magnetism when it drops on June 22nd.
Australia representing!!!
German producer, Klaus Layer crafts a certain head knocker with this single, Force, featuring The Artifacts and Blu. It’s an interesting combination when these artists collaborate but it blends extremely well. Layer really hits those drums hard, and the track just has lots of flavor indeed.
This track will be featured on Layer’s upcoming project, Lost Track.
Baltimore producer, DBA, puts together a beat that proves to be a stalker. It’s a little ominous, perhaps a little unsettling. It’s like listening to a horror movie score and not know what’s coming around the corner. Except in this case it’s the raw lyrics from Recognize Ali and Born Unique, which sound really good on a track together.
This cut will be surfacing on DBA’s project, Official Crate Music, which is do out a little later this year.
Enjoy!
DJ Ready Cee and ILL DOSE lace us with some laid back illness which still manages to smack you right upside the head. Good vibes and hard rhymes!
Longshot and Lazerbeak release a little optimism and a lot of purpose in their latest single, Here For A Reason. It’s uptempo and high energy track that will leave an indelible impression upon you. Not a lot of people are making music in this fashion, so we have something that is unique, yet irresistibly dope.
Longshot has been doing his thing in Chicago for quite a while and I have oft thought about him as an unheralded talent. But I think there is some more recognition coming here.
New collaborative album arrives on June 8th, Parades.
Hip Hop Dependency 