Kev Turner goes directly hands on with his new cut, Rep Dat O. He did the production, he rocks the rhymes, and he even did the artwork for the project. Now that’s true creative control! The track is uptempo but also has a melodic feel about it with the horns and flute in the background. Turner’s flow is consistent with crisp lines and seamless breath control. This is certainly something you can use to get that day started!
First off, shout out to Dub MD for always keeping me in the know when it comes to dope new music that’s coming out. It’s guys like him that help guys like me spread the word to folks like you. Today’s newness is an emcee who rocks under the monniker of EK. The song, Dress My Fears, is especially poignant when regarding the latest tragedy that has befallen the community of Charleston, South Carolina. The track is off his forthcoming EP, Hands Of Time. That’s hitting on July 1st.
You want a song that will make you want to hurt something? Well right here we got a new cut from Born Unique who is dropping the rough and rugged over a delicious production from Sultan Mir. This track is just filthy.
I love the flavor Respect Tha God brings to the microphone and IDE really provides a heater to get the party jumping. Shake It Up, to me, is about mixing up the game a little bit because shit can get a little monotonous with the same tired themes and flows. Respect That God gets things back to being enjoyable with this cut. Respect.
The new album, Work Ethic, is out now. Consider copping that!
When working a proper blog one of things you have to avoid is strictly promoting the same artists and turning a blind eye to rising talent. This is always a challenge when I think about how I divide my time for what I listen to. Well, I just happened to check out this track from an artist out of Houston called GC. That is a good thing because it also so happens that the track is pretty dope. GC seems lyrically apt on this joint and I would be anxious to hear more from him, as should you.
Artist: William Cooper
Album: God’s Will
Tracklisting:
01. Yesterday (God Frequency)
02. God’s Will (feat. Pace Won)
03. Something Ain’t Right (feat. Nature)
04. Grym Reaper
05. Never Fall
06. Blue Dreaming
07. True-n-Livin’ Nightmares (feat. Reef The Lost Cauze & Sticky Fingaz)
08. Stairway to the Matrix
9. Morpheus Prophecies (feat. Planet Asia)
10. Verbal Checkmate (feat. Killah Priest)
11. Holy Mountain (feat. Sean Price & Stoneface)
12. Secrets of Oz
13. The Cycle (feat. Ill Bill & Trife Diesel)
14. Volcanic Winter (feat. 9th Prince)
15. 7th Odyssey (feat. Timbo King & Killah Priest)
16. Channel Z
17. Zombieland (feat. Diabolic)
18. Marvelous Minds (feat. Big Twins & Big Noyd)
19. Closer to God (feat. Rah Digga)
20. MC Supremacy
21. Second Chance (feat. Stoneface)
22. Tomorrow
23. The Sequel
24. My Brother’s Keeper (feat. Stoneface)
25. Ultimate Spit (feat. Young Zee)
26. Illustrious Vision
Note:
I can’t think of an album in recent memory that was this long that maintained this much consistency as does God’s Will from William Cooper. When listening to this album you will notice a cohesiveness you typically don’t associate with a project of this length. In my mind that’s just one of the things that makes this album special. There are so many individual components that contribute to making this album a must listen so let’s take a look at some of those finer points.
Another single from Apathy’s forthcoming project, Weekend At The Cape. New England Royalty has a little bit of soul integrated with a heavy dosage of boom bap. The production switches up in the middle of the track and Apathy’s flow gets a little more malicious.
Apathy’s longevity and his ability to continuously make dope music is a testament to his talent. There are not many in his class. The aforementioned project, along with another, The Black Lodge, are dropping on June 30th.
It looks like the Kue The Vandal and Dope Antelope are back in the lab and working on a new project entitled, Me And The Devil. When these two link up there’s always a diabolical concoction to be found. Kue’s mindset really intertwines with Dope Antelope’s haunting productions as you can hear with their single, Died In 87′.
Stay tuned!
We featured the single not that long ago, and now we got the video from Allen Poe and Deejay Element for the track Still Eatin. The music speaks for itself and I stand behind my initial comments that this is a contender for a top ten track of the year.
!llmind lends a banger to Sketch McGuiney and his comrades K-Beta and Cuban Link. It’s music like this that lets you know that hip hop is alive and well and when placed in the right hands can still stimulate ear drums. This joint really goes incredibly hard and I am so glad to hear K-Beta on a joint again. I also love the little subtleties in the track such as the line from The Usual Suspects integrated into the verses.
If you are not up on Sketch and this song has piqued your interest, check his joint from a few years ago, Virginia Tec-9. He’s got a new mix tape dropping entitled, Handle Bars. Don’t sleep!
