Styliztik Jones just dropped his album, A Thousand Words, and it really is a work of art. Instead of making a great hip hop album, Jones, really just made a great ALBUM period that transcends all genre. It’s musically graceful and interesting, while the lyricism is engaging and interesting. Check out the video for Pangea for a small taste in what the album has to offer.
Single You Out: Ullnevano x Illen Rosewell – 12’s over the wire
Ullnevano is one of those emcees whom I believe does not get the credit he is due. A few years ago he dropped a project with Logic Marselis that just oozed with dopeness, entitled The Protocol. Now he is back with a new project accompanied by the production of Illen Rosewell that again rises to the talent level of our emcee. Rosewell does a sensational job utilizing samples and dropping some soul into the music. I strongly suggest you check the project! For now…check the last cut from the EP, 12’s over the wire.
Single You Out: SuKaFrE (Git X Mr. Live) – Can’t Take It NO More
I was just thinking about Mr. Live the other day. I was wondering if he was going to release any more music. This must be good karma because now I have a new single from Git Beats and Live as the group SuKaFre, Can’t Take It NO More.
Git Beats uses a mellow piano driven track to allow Mr. Live to decompress over the microphone. Live has that trademark voice and flow that is unmistakeable over the course of a couple of decades.
They have a new project in the works that has no said date, but we will have that information to you when it become available.
Single You Out: OnlyOne – Threat & Promise
OnlyOne rips a scathing social commentary over a six minute production from Smoke M2D6. Most of the lyricism deals with the police and their brutality in the Black Community. It’s an interesting take from a person outside the racial context but he hits everything like hammer to nail. He also does it with the typical flair that Only has become known for.
Single You Out: Venomous2000 & Trilian – Products Of The Environment (ft. Shabaam Sahdeeq & Cella Dwellas)
Venomous2000 and Trilian just released a new album entitled The Great Ones, and let me tell you…it’s impressive! This is easily my favorite project from Venomous. His style over Trillion’s production seems so seamless. Enjoy this track!
Single You Out: Revalation – Justice For Justin (prod. by Juno)
Sometimes music just has to be a vehicle for our emotions and that’s what we have here from Revalation. This was song was admittedly one of the hardest for Rev to write as he reflected upon his cousin’s recent violent death. It’s passionate and personal and if you can’t feel this then you are just plain numb.
If you are interested in making a contribution to assist the family with funeral expenses. There is a GoFundMe page up.
Single You Out: M-Dot – Chrissy (prod. Buckwild)
Can you feel the excitement? It’s in the air my friends! M-Dot is set to drop his long awaited album, Ego and the Enemy, on January 27th. Chrissy is the 4th single from the project and showcase M-Dot’s ability to narrate a tale over some riveting production from Buckwild.
You can feel the depravity and hopelessness as M-Dot weaves his tale of a girl straying off the beaten path into a sick and twisted world.
Mayhem & Soulslicers – World We Live In (ft. Akrobatik) (Video)
Man, I feel like I have been waiting for the new Soulslicers and Mayhem project for nearly a year, and this track with Akrobatik makes the anticipation all the greater.
If you are familiar with the Soulslicers production team, you know you are going to get top notch beats that are steepened in boom-bap. And when EMS vet, Mayhem links up with Akrobatik, the listener receives a bleak view of this bitter world we live in. It’s stark realism.
Can’t wait for the album, Soul It May Seem, coming soon!
Single You Out: Nino Bless – Neo Genesis (MK Ultra Pt. 2) (ft. Souljah Bless)
Nino Bless is back and bringing lyrical fury back to your eardrums. This guy must stay amassing verses for these 6 minute + tracks. I mean he piles bars upon bars and not just simplistic material. His rhymes have a certain density to them.
Slant – Hellbounder (Video)
Here’s a new video from Slant’s album, MCMLXXXIV, which dropped last year. There’s a lot of fire on this one with Edd Bundy’s symphonic production, and Slant’s intense lyricism. Definitely something to check!
