This song off of LMNO & Twiz the Beatpro’s album, COHORTS, is one of the ills this year. This production is purely addictive. I love how Twiz manipulated this vocal sample. And Ras Kass’ verse is a problem, a legitimate problem. LMNO is no slouch either on his sixteen. This is a complete joint.
Single You Out: Words Hurt – King Of Summer
Now here’s a fresh summertime track for your 4th of July block party! I am really enjoying the feel of this track from Words Hurt which is comprised of Alaska and producer Lang Vo.
So hit the barbecue with this turned up to 10 in the whip and let the people appreciate your regal choice in music!
The Gift of Gab – The Gentrification Song (Video)
The Gift Of Gab reflects on the process of gentrification in the city. People and whole communities being shaken to their core in the name of progress. The place you once called home is simply not the same anymore. This is one of the more meaningful cuts you will here in 2017. It’s off of his project, Rejoice! Real Rappers Are Rapping Again! which is being marketed very interestingly.
Single You Out: Starvin’ B – Keep Dumbin’ (ft. Clasik)
Starvin’ B is simply one of the nicest emcees in the game right now. His verse and flow here is so crisp and sickly.
Teach you after school..I’m gonna have a talk with your nana / To discuss a couple of methods to learn you some more manners…
Too ill! Clasik also drops a nice 16 over a nice piano drive production fro Eyedee. Can’t wait for more material from Starvin’ B!
Kyo Itachi – Organic (ft. Planet Asia) (Video)
Kyo Itachi and Planet Asia? Yes please! That’s a dope combination. Planet Asia and Itachi’s skills are not genetically modified…they are organic and authentic! Asia is a legend in this game and there is no debate about that!
This track is from Itachi’s forthcoming project, GENKIDAMA. If you aren’t all about that, then step away from the website…slowly and let me see your hands…
Peace!
Single You Out: Benny – Camellias
I am probably off to a slow start when it comes to Benny The Butcher but I am trying to rectify that shit as we speak. Dude has a dope voice and nice flow as an emcee. He’s definitely dropping phrases from the street life and I am not going to complain. Shit is ill.
DJ Green Lantern is on the beat. And this is actually precursor to the collaborative mixtape, Butcher On Steroids.
Single You Out: Milano Constantine – Quantanamo Bay (ft. J Bux)
Newness from Milano Constantine who dropped one of the tightest projects thus far of 2017, The Way We Were. Constantine is a legit wordsmith…
“Heavyweight…I’ll crack your armor…looking like a black Spartan….”
And the beat by Prete Rosso is preemo. J-Bux drops the second verse and it too is pretty ill.
Junior Makhno x Dirt Platoon – Psychedelic Influence (Video)
Last video from Makhno’s album, Party Discipline, featuring the Dirt Platoon on the mic. What would you expect with a Makhno and Dirt Platoon collaboration? That’s right. You are going to get some of that hardbody hip hop. Raw beat. Rough rhymes. Great combination!
Make sure you check the album if you have not done so already.
Single You Out: TOPR – I Shouldn’t Have Left You (ft. DJ Quest) (prod. Cutty Bang)
I feel like Topr is someone I should have shown love to a long time ago! On a whim I copped his album, Life Of The Afterparty, on iTunes, and the album is certified heat. In particular I could listen to the first two songs from the album continuously. They are that good. I Shouldn’t Have Left You is one of those songs.
Single You Out: Typ Ill – Everything is War
Typ ILL is back with a new project, 30 Days, which should be out by the time you finish reading this post. This particular single has a mellow production taking a back seat to thought provoking rhymes that are the biproduct of Typ Ill’s experience.
