Novatore has a new C-Lance sizzler (no pun intended) featuring none other than Celph Titled. C-Lance uses as cascading piano loop and strings to execute the soundscape while the emcees deliver their bars…violently and cleverly.
Those who can’t see me suffer from blind rage / My brain is work of art so imagine my mind frame – Celph Titled
Flashius Clayton and Flu linked up for a dope little project called, Two Piece and a Biscuit, and it’s three tracks of straight dope hip hop. I loved all three tracks from this project, and could have featured either of them, but here’s the track, All About Me. The sample that Flu laces for this track is such a great vibe. It’s got a certain amount of “cool” to it. Love it. And Clayton it puts it into perspective bar by bar…it’s not about you, it’s about me. Great song. Great project.
Second single from Pushing Buttons JUST released album, Full Level. Tough Times features M-Dot and Lateb, with Kore on the chorus. The song is a soulful, bluesy, and a neck-snapping that takes the listener through the pain, strife, and resilience it takes to make it in life. Some very heart felt and relatable bars on this joint. 12 Finger Dan is on the cuts and really makes this track pop even more than it already does. I also think this is one of the best animated videos I have seen.
Make sure you check out the album if you love the way this sounds!
Oh yes…Copywrite teaming up for some DJ Mighty Mi production! This song smacks! The funky boom bap laced by Mighty Mi is the perfect landscape for Copy to land punch after punch. This might be my favorite Copy song in recent memory. I mean…I stayed rewinding it back with bars like:
This Liberace / You mad cuz the bitches jock me / Cougar in the car like the Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
His upcoming album T.H.E. Last Supper (coming in May) has all the trappings of something really dope! Stay tuned!
It’s beeeeeeeennnnn a lonnnnnnnng time since I have heard anything new from Okwerdz, however I remember him for his energy and clever wordplay and those things have not changed with the release of this new video, Never Switched Up. Dynamic. Fun. Authentic. Hopefully we can get some more music from Okwerdz in our inbox soon.
Another dope joint from WateRR and his project with Wavy Da Ghawd, Washed Ashore. This joint possesses all of the criteria of dopeness. It’s got a knocking beat, and WateRR does nothing but just drop life jewels in his rhymes, keeping his universe original and authentic in a world that’s become oh so generic.
If you haven’t checked out his project, Washed Ashore, please do that. It’s really his, ANNNND Wavy Da Ghawd’s, best effort to date, in which styles complement each other flawlessly.
Street Smartz is back with a new joint, What They Came To See, featuring production from Nickel Plated. And he’s giving you that raw hip hop that you’ve been missing. Known for his raw lyricism and gritty delivery, he continues to deliver just that. And this appears to be just the precursur to a new album dropping later this year, All Jokes Aside.
Smif-N-Wessun sounding ever so good over this production from Cartune Beatz. I first became familiar with Cartune Beatz with his project with RJ Payne last year. The producer personifies the term “banger” and Smif-N-Wessun have been known to embrace a banger or two. This is definitely something that hits hard.
Werdperfect is not a name that I am overly familiar with but this new single, Brimstone, he is bound to raise some eardrums. And with Dub Sonata on the production you are off to a terrific start. And then you add a verse from Eto, and you are REALLY cooking. But come to find out…Werdperfect’s pen game is pretty damn good! The drums knock heavy as does the blending of wordplay and wisdom. Lot of bars that you can feel and relate to.
New album, Dog Daze, drops on April 26th.
Artist: Chuck N Lock
Album: Hole In The Wall
Tracklisting:
1. The Dive
2. Gone Fishin’
3. Kahunaville
4. Rest Stop
5. CERN Lab
6. Money On The Line
7. Last Call
It’s been a while since Chuck N Lock dropped some new music, and well, since I have actually written a full-length review and good things just happen to coincide from time to time. Hence this write-up.
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