So what drew me to this track? Well, I love me some Conway the Machine bars, but it was the fact that Al’Tarba was on this production. And you just don’t hear as much as we should from the french producer. I love his production. And he doesn’t disappoint lacing this supremely haunting soundscape for the emcees to sink their bars into. Machine, Benny Holiday, Dope D.O.D., and Caskey all do a great job with the pen and flow here.
El Gant and Shyste are connecting for a new project that’s dropping on Tuesday, called Schemes. And here we have the lead single featuring Ill Bill, Necessity. Jack Of All Trades produces an uptempo banger that the emcees absolutely destroy. I love the work Gant and Shyste have put out independently over the years, and super excited to hear this eight track project with them together!
New heat from RJ Payne! Giallo Point laces some legit potency. Could be my favorite beat from him in the last couple of years. I love the pace of the keys and drums and these scratches that bridge these sixteens are amazing. And the bars on here are as you would expect…top notch. Tha God Fahim and Knowledge The Pirate each do proper work on with their verses.
Once this joint sinks in, you are not going to be able to let it out of your head. I hoping these last few singles are making it into a whole project coming soon but word’s not out yet.
We got more dope from Bobby J From Rockaway and Dom Dirtee’s upcoming album, Higher. This joint is more uptempo than the first single and no pun intended…a different vibe. Vibin’ is about how the music itself is a release and a relief. We ALL can relate to those moments when we needed to put on those headphones and let the world disappear. Vibin’ is that moment. So put those headphones on and take the journey!
I’ve said it before and will say it yet again, Willie The Kid and V Don are the preeminent combo in hip hop. They are doing a sound that others can’t even reach for. It’s a smooth and refined hip hop that can only be found with this duo and most recently on the extremely dope project, Deustsche Marks 4.
You might got the wrong energy around you / I can’t hear the hate, the Coupe is sound proof
RJ Payne is one of the most dangerous emcees in the game with regards to his bar work…by himself. And you add, Apathy to the track? Well you can just add to the devastation. You can hear all the lyrical carnage inflicted on Bloodshed and Carnage. Asethic on the beat!
That’s kind of mean maybe / But this rhyme scheme crazy / These bullets put bitches to sleep, that’s dramamine baby
A new single from Supreme Cerebral produced by The Architect and with guest bars from Alphabetic. The production is subdued and presents a laid back canvas for the emcees for the emcees to Build Or Destroy.
This is cloth made by angel wings / I’m nice with words from A to Z / Amazingly I’m flavory / Yet wicked as some slavery / It pays to be pervasively aware / Over drum and snare…
This is quite the memorable track from Chaos Is My Ladder 2 and the video really does do this justice. Nefarious is a conversation that Ransom has with Lucifer. V Don gives this track a minimalist yet haunting feel, while Ransom handles the questions and the answers from both parties in an incredible lyrical fashion. If the devil made himself present to you, how would the conversation go?
This is lyrical genius. And the video is probably one of the best this year. The effects were so well done and the actor who portrayed Lucifer was sinisterly on point.
Gives me chills.
Daniel Son and Finn have a major win on their hands with their album, Hare Brained Schemes, that dropped a few weeks ago. It’s one of a few albums that I have on repeat. There’s a melodic grit to this album, and on Fall Breeze, you can hear that while there are no days off, it’s good to take a journey to the places that bring peace and levity.
Fall Breeze is that musical journey.
My last post for this past week will be a single from the project, Harmoni Equality presents The 17th Cipher. This project just shot up on my radar on Friday when it dropped so it was a pleasant surprise. I haven’t listened to the whole thing but I gave some tracks some play, and will definitely be copping as everything I heard was dope. I am using the track, Evolution, featuring Johnny Storm, IAMGAWD, and Aida to showcase what you can expect to find on this project. The production from Cas1 has a very ethereal quality and the pen game of these emcees is incredibly sharp. IAMGAWD in particular is an artist whose blade always swings sharp with bars like:
Reeking havoc, smelling chaos in my pheromones / Belligerent baritone / Welcome to the Terror Dome / You neglect to protect your neck until your head is flown / My shit is vintage like Door Knockers and Herringbones
Hip Hop Dependency 