We featured this single a couple of weeks ago and this joint from K-Hill and Precyce Politix continues to deserve recognition in it’s video format. The emcees combined with the production from D.R.U.G.S Beats are out to prove a number of points. My main take away? Don’t be confined in another man’s box…
Single You Out: Spit Gemz – Violence Revisited
Spit Gemz is dropping a mixtape, See Me When I Die, on Christmas Day no less! So we are all getting a gift this year! Violence Revisited showcases Gemz rhyming over a DJ Skizz instrumental from his project from a few years ago, BQE. In my mind, this was the dopest beat off of the project, and Gemz kills it unlike anybody else…violently.
M-Dot – Dreamscape (prod. By Marco Polo) (Video)
M-Dot is really building the anticipation for his forthcoming album, EgO anD The EneMy, which is due in two parts, the first of which is slated to drop January 27th of next year. It seems like a ways a way but it will be here sooner than we know it.
M-Dot really does get diabolical and creates a blood bath over the Marco Polo production. I mean when they suggest someone is ‘bringing the pain’…this is what they mean. The duo is taking the listener into the torture chamber for this one. The production and the lyricism transport you into the chaotic mind.
Enjoy!
La Coka Nostra – Dark Day Road (Video)
La Coka Nostra (Slaine and Ill Bill) is back with a new album that dropped yesterday, To Thine Own Self Be True. And this is one of many bangers that you will find on the album. The ill lyricism and the production are for everybody, but this video has a darkside about it that maybe your brain shouldn’t wrap itself around. It will take you to a dark place for about three minutes, and it may take a second to get yourself readjusted after watching it.
But do yourself a favor and purchase the album for some unrelenting dope!
Single You Out: Pearl Gates & Syll – NYSoC
Ok. This song has a chance to be a Top 10 track of the year. It’s that damn good. I love the instrumentation on this track by C0rrado. There is so much texture to this production that the ears have no choice but to soak up the dopeness. At times it feels like 70s funk, at others it’s soul, and yet always has a boom bap appeal. The hook is next level, and easily the best I have heard in 2016. Syll and Pearl Gates also have such a smooth way with handling their verses over this ill production. Emcees and producer are like hand-in-glove for this joint.
Check the album, Play This.
LegSweep Specialist – After Life (Video)
First off, what a GREAT name for a group! LegSweep Specialist! Love it. But there’s only so much in a name. Do these guys have skills? Yes, yes they do. After Life has a mellow beat that relies on subtlety rather than being over the top. That enables the emcees to really show the world what they are capable of.
The team is comprised of Fuzz Jaxx and Sam Brown. Their new album LegSweep is worth the listen. Check it!
Nutso – Catchin Wreck (feat. Tony Born x Kon Boogie) (Video)
I didn’t see it coming but it indeed happen. Nutso dropped his collaborative project with producer Domingo yesterday, REDSunday. That’s great news for all hip hop fans, as I am a huge fan of both the emcee and producer. I copped and listened to the album last night and you will not be disappointed.
This particular cut, Catchin Wreck, features Tony Born and Kon Boogie, with my man Chinch 33 on the cuts. You want bars? They got bars flipping over a Wu-Styled production from the legend himself, Domingo.
Go get this album!
Single You Out: Jenova 7 & Eddie Shinn – Space Jive (ft. M-Dot)
M-Dot put me on to this joint he was featured on that showcases a whole different vibe from the EMS front-man. Jenova 7 & Eddie Shinn laced this spaced-out yet jazzy fore into the great unknown, while M-Dot narrates tales from galaxies far beyond. M-Dot continues to impress with great dexterity when confronted with different topics and styles. He’s the ecmee’s emcee after all.
You can check out Jenova 7 & Eddie Shinn’s project, Cosmic Safari, here.
Single You Out: Shaz Illyork -Make Way (ft. Blank Face)
New single from Shaz Illyork’s forthcoming album, Wide Awake. Produced by Ayden, and featuring Blank Face, Shaz releases a fury of street slang over a reworking of one of the Wu-Tang’s most noticeable beats.
I hope it won’t be too long until we get that album!
Grand Tapestry – 2 Sides (Video)
This video has been out for over a month now, but I am just now getting familiar with the Grand Tapestry collective (Eligh, Alam Khan, and Salaf Nader), and this song is so artistic and really beautiful. Eligh and the team have created a sound unlike any other and this song is an amazing testament to beautiful molding of genres. At this point, it’s rare to see something different in hip hop. Sure we love the boom-bap…but there’s not too much different going on. This is not just different…it’s dope. The cello…sarangi…tell a much needed story along with Eligh narrating the duality of man. There is a devil on the left…and an angel on the right.
Check the album if you love this song as much as I do! I am making my way through it now.
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