7evenThirty and Gensu Dean are giving listeners a nice taste of what their album, The Problem, is going to be like. This is the third single from the project, and while it’s not my personal favorite (Hook Heavy is my joint) it showcases yet a another style from the emcee and producer.
The album drops July 8th, which will be upon us before we know it.
I am just going to go ahead and say it as I see it: Every year Goldini Bagwell drops an album, you are guaranteed to get a Top Ten track for the year from the project, and this one very well might be that joint for 2014. Bagwell is just the type of artist whose flow sometimes just defies description. It’s mesmerizing at times. It’s even moreso on this joint because the beat and the vocals are simply hypnotic leaving me the listener entrances by the song. The video is produced by cohort Sapient and he did an excellent job with the visuals and transitions.
The album drops next week so…take that!
This is embarrassing….I haven’t checked out the album Modern Vintage yet. John Robinson & PVD dropped the album on Tuesday and I have yet to get my hands on it but that’s going to change shortly. I really am enjoying the laid back vibe that this track embraces. It makes hip hop cool in an era where not much else is. A lot of artists embrace the tough guy music while others look to make headway on the radio with watered down music. This music that Robinson and PVD are doing, just moves you.
Social Grafitti (dropping July 18th) is shaping up t be one hell of an album. Every track that I have heard from the project has been top notch. What I love about this Illa Ghee track is it shows that he can not only flip over classic bangers, but that he can drop the same skills on a more laid back joint. Of course it doesn’t hurt that the laid back joint of which I speak is produced on the back of a legend, Large Professor! Definitely make sure you peep the album!
Break up songs can be a dime a dozen but leave it to Jus Daze to take something mundane and make it special. Legenda does his part with the production with making it ooze the blues and soul by incorporating an appropriate Bob James sample. This track once again showcases Daze’s song writing ability, as if you didn’t already know. Enjoy…
Famoso and Taj Mahal are verbal street sweepers on their latest track, Crooklyn Bars. They each serve up a steady diet of dopeness over a J-Classic banger. Famoso and Taj sound really good together over this beat ala some Mobb Deeo classic shit circa 1996.
They both have mixtapes dropping next month: Famoso – Tales From Tha Dopeside and Taj Mahal – Power so make sure you give those a look.
Git & Hubbs drop the video single for the tracks Another Day and Commencement. It’s a two part joint where the first single gives way to the second in the middle of the video. Another day is a little bit darker in content and sound, while Commencement is a little bit lighter for your auditory palette. I think it gives a nice contrast. Hubbs has a pretty unique flow. His delivery relies a lot on pace and his content is anything but average. Pretty intelligent stuff.
If you are diggin’ these joints, make sure you check out their collaborative album, Piece Of Mind.
One of my favorite things to do in running HHD is introducing completely new and dope artists to our audience. It’s few and far between that I do this because lets face it…the talent pool has been watered down. But I found a gem in seventeen year old Pharaoh Takari. That’s right, this artists is seventeen years old but he has an incredibly mature sound. And I am referencing the word mature not only to describe his voice but also content. His linguistic prowess is pretty advanced and very contrary to what I am hearing from other artists his age.
I listened to his album, A Peer Amid from front to back last night and it’s quite impressive. There are some little subtleties in the mixdown that can be improved upon but otherwise I think most in our audience will enjoy.
Artist: Kue The Vandal
Album: The Snuff Tape
Tracklisting:
1. Eye For An Eye
2. My Brother’s Keeper
3. Filth
4. Runnin’
5. Affiliated (Ft. Cain & Sleep)
6. Pistolet
7. Black Mask
8. G.O.O.N
Note:
Kue The Vandal released his latest EP, The Snuff Tape, a couple of weeks ago and I have given it multiple listens not only for the purposes of this review, but also for my own personal enjoyment. Kue The Vandal has that grimy delivery and he brings a certain tone of despair and depravity that is on display for all to see on this release. But there’s also this sense that Kue, when his back is against the wall, is not going to just disappear quietly into the sunset. He is more likely to come out with his guns blazing.
The single dropped a couple of weeks ago and subsequently we get the visuals. The concept is almost like a basement cypher. As we said when we brought you the single a couple of weeks ago each of these emcees goes in with their verses. There is no weak link in the armor. In the description of the video there is a comparison of Bekay to ODB for this particular cut and that seems appropriate. I mean, dude is giving himself a haircut while spittin’ a dope sixteen…
This again is off of Rediculous’ forthcoming album, In Response: Dee-Fi.
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