Wow. Boaz just made me place a push pin on my map where Pittsburgh is located. This song is hot and word on the street it’s producer under a pseudonym from one Mac Miller. I ain’t hatin’. That’s impossible when a song is this good. Boaz seems to have great command as his skills as an emcee. I’m looking forward to hearing a full compliment of songs.
Single You Out: Fel Sweetenberg – The End Of The Book (ft. Dirt Platoon) (Cool FD Remix)
Unbeknownst to me, the team at Effiscienz was holding a remix competition for producers to flip an original song from Fel Sweetenberg’s album, The Invisible Garden. Well guess who came thru as the winner? It should come as no surprise that oft-featured producer, Cool FD stole the show by remixing the Dirt Platoon featured track, The End Of The Book.
Single You Out: Donnie Darko – Chinese Opera (ft. Interstate Mook & Sutter Kain) (Prod. By DJ Bless)
This is that new tough stuff from Donnie Darko’s latest album, Redemption. Interstate Mook and Sutter Kain join Darko over Kain’s alternate persona, DJ Bless’ beat. If there is one word I could use to describe Donnie Darko’s sound on the singles from his new album, it would be determined. He sounds like he is spitting those bars as if they were hollow points aimed at your heart.
The album is out NOW at all major online retailers so make sure you check it and support!
Nutso & Dee Metto – This Is What They Like (Video)
Every time I feel a little bit of misgiving about the music that’s collecting in my mail box I get that one gem that lightens the load. Today that gem is Nutso and Dee Metto video, This Is What They Like, from their extremely fresh EP, Fluushang Metto. The music is raw and the video adds a not of a seductive element with the women masquerading in the red and black backdrop.
Bottom line: If you want that REAL Hip Hop…you should have already copped this album.
Single You Out: D Strong – Say It’s Hardcore (prod. by Vanderslice)
This is the third and final single leading up to D Strong’s next album dropping in July. Sound In Variables. This track is a tag team of individuals who stay true to hip hop’s ideals. Vanderslice continues to impress with his boom bap productions and Strong is truly delivering that ‘hardcore sound’ while other emcees are just paying lip service to it.
The album is dropping in July.
RUC aka MR. QB – Catch Your Drift (ft. Blaq Poet) (Video)
This is street mercenary music! I love this beat. I am not sure who is responsible for this production but the shit is tight. (Someone let me know who I can give his due!) The other part is that RUC and Poet drop a pair of dirty sixteens that will bring even the most uppity of suburban dwellers down to the street level.
Album from Ruc coming soon…
Serge Severe – The Bottom Line (Video)
Many of these amateur emcees can take a lesson from Serge Severe’s new single, The Bottom Line. There are too many carbon copies and robots out there and not enough originators. Severe and 5th Sequence are culpable for their part though as they continue to push the status quo forward with dope lyricism and production.
This track hails from their collaborative EP from last year, Boom Bap & Bars Vol. 1
Single You Out: Blacastan and Stu Bangas – Nubian Metal (ft. Vinnie Paz and Celph Titled)
I didn’t realize that Blacastan and Stu Bangas had an album in the works (Watson and Holmes). For their first offering, Nubian Metal, it’s an AOTP reunion of sorts with Vinnie Paz and Celph Titled jumping on the track. It’s more of what you have come to expect from the team: that hard-body hip hop. It’s not my favorite track out at the moment, but it still knocks with the best of them.
The album drops July 29th.
Single You Out: Reks – Unholy (ft. Fredro Starr & Ruste Juxx)
As Reks and Hazardis Soundz prepare to unleash their Eyes Watching God album in July, they unleash what is sure to be one of the years biggest of bangers. Soundz turns it up with horns and an interesting synth backdrop. Reks, Fredro Starr, and Ruste Juxx take you through a little piece of hell with each of their bars. I love how the track gets a little more low key on Juxx’s verse as he is one of the most high energy emcees in the game. A really great collabo altogether.
Single You Out: Typ iLL – Swing Sucka (ft. Ali Vegas)
No one could say that Typ iLL isn’t putting in that work. He’s actually cranked out quite a bit of dope material but I am not sure any of his previous tracks are as nice as this. His album, The Turning Point, is coming some time in July and this is the kind of track that has listeners chomping at the bit to hear more. The track from Sickness starts off with a menacing sound and the maintains the terror throughout the track. Typ iLL really sounds nice over this production…his flow definitely takes center stage.
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