Single You Out: DBA – Million Dollar Slang Shit (ft. Recognize Ali x Born Unique)

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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!

Longshot and Lazerbeak – Here For A Reason (Video)

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.

Skeptika – The Hour of Death f. SPNDA, Relentless and REKS (Video)

Oh now this is ill on so many different levels!  Skeptika concocted a toxically addictive brew by fusing that boom bap and some East Indian rhythms.  The rhymes from SPNDA, Relentless, and Reks are all on point.

But the concept of the video is pretty unique and epic having female actors mouth the emcee’s lyrics while articulating an all out action scene.

What’s not to love here?  Nothing.  You love everything!  And you should.

Skeptika has an album dropping in the fall called West Of Eden.  I am going to keep my eyes peeled.

Single You Out: Milano Constatine – Attache Case

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Milano Constatine’s forthcoming album, Attache Case, is easily one of our most anticipated projects of 2018.  Producer Oh Jay captures darkness and turns it into cascading boom bap, giving Constatine  the audio sinister necessary to rip a seriously refined and dope flow.  This guy is a consummate professional.

I am not exactly sure when this is due out but you best believe when it drops, it shall be owned.  You should make a similar promise.

Single You Out: K-Beta – My Name Is K-BETA

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Another personal favorite of mine is back to making music.  Over the past few years there have been a few sightings of K-Beta dropping a verse or two but now it seems he is engaged in a full resurgence which is great for us hip hop fans, because the man is supremely talented.

Here’s is his self-produced reintroduction to the masses. The man has bars!  Check back here for new music from K-Beta as it arrives.

Estee Nack – Excellence (prod. by MichaelAngelo) (Video)

Estee Nack can flow over any type of beat and lately he’s been rocking over a lot of production devoid of drums.  And while this may not be for everyone, Nack is a skilled emcee and can flow over any type of production! This time he hops on a heavenly type of joint produced by MichaelAngelo.  And when I say heavenly, you can almost see the angels descending right here.

This is from a short project out on vinyl entitled, Commerciante D’Arte.

Single You Out: Ullnevano x MANHE – fight club pool table

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Ullnevano teams up with MANHE for a project named after one of the best names in collegiate sports, God Shammgod, a Point Guard from Providence with the ill handles.   And that’s what this project represents, the ability to control your craft like a ball on a string.

My favorite joint from the project is fight klub pool table, which incidentally is another GREAT name for a track.  MANHE laces a laid back but dusty vinyl vibe accompanied by a cascading harp,  for Ullnevano to proliferate his lyrical skill with.  And you really need to listen hard, because he’s got a lot of built in ill wordplay that you might miss if you’re not paying attention.

Check out SHAMMGOD.