Single You Out: Swave Sevah – Self Defense / Stab Wounds / This Nigga Here


I hope this not your first time checking for Swave Sevah.    The artist dropped these cuts over twitter yesterday and I thought I would share it with the world.  All three tracks are from his forthcoming release, Son Of A One Arm Man, releasing on Creative Juices Music.  The choice track is , This Nigga Here.  Swave bodies this beat.  What a dope beat.  Download each of the tracks separately below.


Self Defense

Stab Wounds

This Nigga Here

K-Beta – Inglorious Beta (2011)

Artist: K-Beta

Album: Inglorious Beta

Source: I’ve Been Knowing!

Tracklisting:

1. Intro
2. Black Business (produced by Overok)
3. Surrender featuring Sketch (produced by Grussle)
4. That Black Man (produced by Soulful!)
5. Suicide featuring Sketch (produced by J-Scrilla)
6. Come Closer featuring Mina (produced by Grussle)
7. Another Day 2 featuring Illa Ghee (produced by J-Scrilla)
8. Soul Cry featuring B. Sheba (produced by Grussle)
9. DTLR (Down the Line Rhymes) featuring Diamond District (produced by Kev Brown)
10.0Burn Through the Journal (produced by J-Scrilla)
11. I’m Bleeding (produced by Team Demolition)
12. With the Family (produced by Kevlar)
13. Infinite Possibilities featuring Mina (produced by Judah)
14. Smoke With Me featuring Laelo Hood (produced by J-Scrilla)
15. Life of Crhyme (produced by J-Scrilla)
16. Outchea (produced by Kokayi)
17. I Do It (Bonus)
18. We On (ft. Tabi Bonney) (Bonus)
19. Live From The…(Bonus)
20. Niggas Be Cryin’ (Bonus)

Note:The clean/edited version of Inglorious Beta dropped last year, minus the bonus cuts that you see on this current version. It was worth reviewing back then but it didn’t feel complete with the censorship. Now on, April 26th 2011, K-Beta unleashes the project as it was originally intended to be listened to, four letter words and all. I put the date in the post so you can write it down. It is the day somebody released a rare, classic album. I feel like once a year you will see an album that embodies the word “classic”. Last year it was The Left for their product, Gas Mask. Now, K-Beta’s Inglorious Beta needs to be mentioned in the same category.

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Single You Out: Sketch – Virginia Tec-9

I got this off of K-Beta’s Twitter but you don’t care where it came from, I know.  You care that it is dope, and it definitely is.  I am really ignorant when it comes to this artist, but Sketch’s bars sound  really dope over this bangin’ J-Scrilla beat, and it meets all the criteria for being posted on this blog.  This is something to love.  Be on the lookout for more Sketch in the near future. (I am telling you that this beat is killer, agree?)

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CF – Forever ft. Dontique (Video)

Ok, I am on my Creative Juices Music grind.  IDE has been talking about this artist CF for about a month now, really promoting his album, Storm Mode.  I took it all in stride, expecting it to be good but not really giving it much else thought.  It dropped on Itunes yesterday and for $6.99, I copped.  It wasn’t good, ….it was PHENOMENAL.  This guy is intense.  He’s got an intense delivery and focus on every subject that he touches on.  I hope to be able to do a full review soon but for no enjoy the video for the cut Forever ft. Dontique.

Single You Out: Ras Kass – Hello Iraq (Bin Laden Post Mortem)

Ras Kass is my favorite artist of all time.  He encompasses everything it means to be an a great emcee.   This track shows Ras Kass at his best.  Obviously he is dropping his commentary on recent events and there is no one iller at doing that.  He certainly was on his grind the last few days to get this track out so recently.  Also you have to give a shout out to Judah for the dope production.  I like the military cadence in the background.

The AbSoulJah – The Light Side (2011)

Artist: The AbSoulJah

Album: The Light Side

Source:  From The Man Himself

Tracklisting:

  1. War On The Mind (prod. by Ugly Tony)
  2. Ignorant Spoken (prod. by Mistah Maff)
  3. Top Of The Morning (prod. by A.B.)
  4. Hopes Of Me (prod. by Mistah Maff)
  5. Livest Winters (ft. Spicco) (prod. by Ugly Tony)
  6. Ghetto Love Us Til We Leave (prod. by Thing)
  7. The Big Ab on the Scene (prod. by Raw B)
  8. How we Party (prod. by JNS Beats)
  9. My Description (prod. by A.B.)
  10. Better Than Before (prod. by A.B.)
  11. Respect That (prod. by JNS Beats)
  12. Talk To Me (ft. Streets Goon) (prod. by Manu Beats)
  13. So Yall Know (prod. by A.B.)
  14. Be Patient  (prod. by Kaine Undamusic)
  15. What You Scared For (prod. by Alterbeats)
  16. The Dark Hour Freestyle (prod. by MakOne)
  17. Gone In Sixty (prod. by MakOne)

Note:

I am going to put you guys onto a little secret…The AbSoulJah.  This artist dropped Slave To The Page roughly three years ago.  It was a free release that I picked up on and loved.  Ever since, I check for his releases, however sporadic they might be.  Hell, I want him to drop two albums a year so maybe I am being a little demanding.  But that’s neither here nor there.  Right now The AbSoulJah  has decided to release seventeen previously unreleased tracks from the last couple of years available to you all for free in prelude to his album dropping later this year.  There are a lot of bangers and if you notice, Ugly Tony (author of the recently reviewed, At Nightfall) touched some of the production on this piece so you can count on the dope production.

What can you expect from The AbSoulJah?  You can expect raw rhymes in a baritone flow.   You can expect intelligence coupled with ruggedness. Some folks have it and others don’t and trust that the man has all the intangibles that put him in an elite category of hip hop artists.

I am not going to do a full review as this is more of a compilation than a true album.  Every joint delivers as promised, but the something special to me on this comp is track 12, Talk To Me, produced by Manu Beats. Just a personal favorite.

Enjoy!

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Single You Out: Emilio Rojas – Breaking Point

Emilio Rojas is a favorite at my house.  He always spits from the heart and his flows are so intense the listener can’t help but feel what he feels to some degree.    With that being said, Breaking Point just is a building of that emotional intensity.  I hope his new EP is just as ill because this where he is at his best.  For instance this is the one of the illest and real bars I have ever heard:

…my daddy learned she was pregnant and he was so angered / He tried to end it, I’m no stranger to coat hangers

It gets no realer!

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