Teflon – Contraband (prod. By DJ Premier) (Video)

DJ Premier produced single for Teflon from his forthcoming project 2 Sides To Every Story. And let me tell you, NOTHING gets your attention as a hip hop head as a classic Primo beat. And that’s what we have here. A classic primo beat. This joint is fire. And Teflon really sets a high standard for this album with this effort. He matches the production’s energy with some high octane bars. This song is hype!

The album should be dropping at some point this month and pre-orders are out now for physicals.

J. Beers & Rim – Ballantine X (Video)

RIM just continues to make moves. He’s seemingly bringing his talents to a new joint every other week which is great because that talent definitely abounds. And it’s great people are recognizing that with all these features.

This joint is much more uptempo, fun, and that vibe. The horns by J. Beers give this track just a touch of funky. But you know what, RIM can handle and flip any production. We heard him flip on that new J. Hart song just a few days ago, and brings that elite skill to this track as well.

You can hear this joint on the new collaborative album, Verse Ability.

Don’t ever try to jump in my lane if you don’t have the drive

Rah Scrilla x Profound – Hustla (ft. Daniel Son) (Video)

A really dope track from last year from Rah Scrilla and Profound79 featuring the always cheffin’ Daniel Son.

This is that ‘get money’ street narrative and one that’s executed to perfection. This string laced production is the vibe for the emcees and to speak on their prerogatives. And we all know that Daniel Son has NEVER brought a weak verse…ever.

This track can be found on the album, Smooth Sounds, which dropped earlier this year.

Single You Out: Speaker Bullies – Godspeed (ft. Skyzoo)

New single from the combination of Supastition and Praise as the Speaker Bullies, and this time the track features none other than Skyzoo.

Praise laces an uptempo and high energy banger for some of the most talented and accomplished emcees to ever do it. The talent level on this track is high and the duo plays really well together. There is a smoothness and effortless way that both Supa and Skyzoo flow. These artists have done things their way and on the merits of their own talent and persistence.

Can’t wait to hear the new album, The Art Of Disrespect, which drops on July 7th. You are going to need that!

Single You Out: Stu Bangas x Chino XL – Murder Rhyme Kill (ft. Vinnie Paz)

Stu Bangas and Chino XL have something immaculately dope coming out on the 7th of July. It’s the long awaited, God’s Carpenter project. And to be fair, I am always in a perpetual stay of waiting for Chino XL to drop. I still remember waiting and thinking, Poison Pen would never see the light of the day. But the hour is upon us and Murder Rhyme Kill is the first offering from the project.

This track is straight sinister with an unnerving vibe that keeps the listener on edge. Vinnie Paz sets the tone with a first hard-hitting sixteen, and the Chino drops what seems like a 32 bar barrage that will make the strongest pen game jealous.

The preorder is in and if you love hip hop, yours should be in as well.

DJ J Hart – Brookland (ft Eddie Kaine & RIM) (Video)

This is song is in going in instant rotation. The exchange between Eddie Kaine and RIM is reminisicent of that Smoothe and Trigga Broken Language joint which has long been the gold standard of bar exchanges. But Kaine and RIM have such chemistry on the mic, and they make this seamless. And DJ J Hart laces an iconic production that really embodies that chemistry. One of the dopest tracks this year.

Apparently this is going to drop On DJ J Hart’s Green EP dropping in the Fall which all the sudden feels too far.

Dub Sonata — Cold Alliance (ft. Double A.B.) (Video)

I was actually just listening to Dub Sonata’s Tranquilizer Dart project yesterday and that my friends is top notch music. The track with Double A.B., Cold Alliance, serves as the intro to that project and really sets a dope tone for the project as a whole. Dub Sonata laces the dark melodic tones, and Double A.B. gives us some dope wordplay that shows various transitions in the bars, keeping those ears attached to those headphones.

Single You Out: Substance810 & Observe Since ’98 – Dividends

Substance810 and Observe Since ’98 link back for another project, The Lions Share 2: Gold Shillings. That project is dropping next Friday, but if you want and early listen, they have a listening party that you can RSVP for tonight on bandcamp.

Meanwhile, this one of the first two cuts released in in full and in advance of the project and Dividends builds that anticiaption properly. Observe cooks up a dark and haunting production, and Substance810 gives you the lion’s roar with an unrelenting verse. They ace it.

Snowgoons & Juxx Diamondz – Don’t Get It Confused (Video)

Snowgoons and Juxx Diamondz link up for the hard hitting track, Don’t Get It Confused.

Snowgoons have been the epitome of banging hip hop for two decades straight bringing their boom bap sonic scapes to quite literally hundreds of emcees through the years.

This time they have Diamondz blessing us with some solid sixteens laden in fire and realism that knock just as heavy as the production.