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King Syze – Overtime (2011)

Artist: King Syze

Album: Overtime

Source: Twitter

Tracklisting:

01. Don’t Stop
02. We Don’t Front (ft. Reef the Lost Cauze)
03. The Limit
04. Spit These Bars (ft. Des Devious & Phil Harmonic)
05. Sibling Rivalry (ft.Outerspace)
06. Everything is Everything (ft.Reef the Lost Cauze)
07. What I Am
08. Ultimate Tag Team (ft. Rellik)
09. Y’all Know the Name
10. Envious Glory (ft. Planetary & Reef the Lost Cauze)
11. Hattori Hanzo (ft. Equinox, Iron Kong & El Dorado)
12. Disastrous Occurrence (ft. Raw Dismemberment & Reef the Lost Cauze)
13. Choosing Death (ft. Crypt the Warchild & Reef the Lost Cauze)

Note:

This is not meant to be a review.  This is just me lending support to a very talented artist.  King Syze compiled some of his previous work in this release and therefore it’s really not what I would consider “reviewable”.  Much of this material I had heard before, but some of it is new to me.   It is all very dope though.  King Syze has had two very dope albums in the past (Syzemology and The Labor Union).  Both of those releases did not receive the shine that they deserved and for one reason or another King Syze stepped back from music for a while.

But now he is getting back in the studio and thought he would assemble this compilation to re familiarize folks with his music while getting started on a new project.  Definitely make sure you download this if you are not up on King Syze and await his future project.

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Interview: IDE (of Creative Juices Music) (2011)

Creative Juices is one of the preeminent crews/labels in independent hip hop.  Their discography is constantly growing.  The roster of artists is getting bigger and better.  Their reputation in the game is solid among both fans and contemporaries.  Most importantly, they are associated with quality.  And while Creative Juices is a collective effort, one man has used his vision to create an indelible imprint on the label.  IDE has been the driving force for making Creative Juices Music what it is today.  He is a man who has sacrificed a lot for his dream that slowly but surely is being realized.  Oh and did I forget to mention he’s a dope artist?

Check the interview to find out where CJM has been, where they are at, and where they are going…

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9DM & Lawz Spoken – You’ll Never Be Famous (2011)

Artist: 9DM x Lawz Spoken

Album:  You’ll Never Be Famous

Source: Itunes

Tracklisting:

  1. You’ll Never Be Famous (Mr. Hollywood)
  2. Everywhere I Go (ft. PC Platinum)
  3. Dangerous
  4. Red & Blue Lights (ft. Illmaculate)
  5. Lay Em Down
  6. Wire Tap
  7. Poison
  8. What’s New
  9. Walk Of Fame
  10. Any Risk
  11. Miss Me With That (ft. Only One x PC Platinum)
  12. Your Call
  13. If I Can’t Be With You
  14. Down For The Cause
  15. BLVD of Broken Dreams
Note:

I was sifting through Itunes a couple of Tuesdays ago and came across this release which was a pretty random find.  I knew Lawz Spoken had just worked with Only One on a project and I wanted to hear what this one sounded like.  I was really blown away with what was coming out of the speakers.  Lawz Spoken laced incredible beat after incredible beat and 9DM just laid them to rest. The phrase “This album goes hard!” is really overused but this album does indeed, go hard.

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Single You Out: Gutta & Nems – War (ft. Block McCloud and Fresh Jones) b/w Tommy Boy (Gutta)

These songs are just nasty!  Nems and Gutta team up for the track War and Tommy Boy is a solo track by Gutta. Nems is just coming off the release of his album, Filthy Fly Shit which has a number of bangers on it and it’s good to hear Gutta again on the mic.  His album, Heads Will Roll dropped three years ago.  It was produced by Blue Sky Black Death and was vastly underrated.  It still is something that I will play from time to time.  His style has a grimy ferocity to it.   These new songs bode well for what is to come.  Both cuts have beats that knock.  Gutta has a new mixtape dropping soon so be on the lookout for that.

War

Tommy Boy

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Single You Out: Cold Heat – Raising The Bar (ft. Blacastan, Craig G) b/w Spanish Guitar (ft. Nico The Beast, SR, Neta, Meyhem Lauren)

It’s Cold Heat, baby!  Jak Danielz and Johnnie Walker are back with some more burnerz for your IPod.  Both of these tracks are coming off of their forthcoming album, Raising The Bar.    That album should be dropping on July 12th.  If you are not familiar with their previous work  it is time to do so.  They really put together some great music.  They are known for working with some of hip hop’s finest artists, but don’t get it twisted.  Jak Danielz is an iillll spitter.  He has a flow that makes you do a double take and these tracks are no different.  Enjoy these jawns until the album drops, then be sure to cop. (These come courtesy of Dot Got It and Rock The Dub respectively.)

Raising The Bar

Spanish Guitar

 

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Playdough – Hotdoggin (2011)

Artist: Playdough

Album: Hotdoggin

Source: Not Sure Where I First Heard This One

Tracklisting:

  1. Nunya
  2. Rhymer Reason
  3. No Angel
  4. Elizabeth Shue
  5. The Business
  6. Say Sumn
  7. My Cadillac
  8. Frank & Beans (ft. Gift Of Gab)
  9. 1 Day
  10. Hotdoggin
  11. Single Minded Female
  12. So What (ft. Freddie Bruno)
  13. I Got It Like
  14. Ya Heard With Mr. Dibbs vs. The Black Keys
  15. Follow It
  16. Sunset
Note:

When I caught wind of this album I didn’t really embrace the listening opportunity with open arms. It sat in my hard drive for quite a while but then I heard the lead single from the album, My Cadillac, and my disposition changed. That is a really fun hip hop song. Fun hip hop hasn’t been en vogue for quite sometime and this song is very distinct. From that launching point I started playing the album and from the jump I could tell that this artist was going to be a breath of fresh air for my Itunes.
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Single You Out: Kontact & Black Knight – Free

Kontact and Black Knight have been representing the DMV well on a ton of mixtapes in the last year or so.  I can’t wait to hear their own mixtape, Eye Of The Storm.  That will apparently drop on July 25th.  Their songs have been incredibly consistent, and on Free you get something that is just special.  The production is powerful and really can’t be described in words.  Lyrically they exhibit great prowess, again staking claim that the DMV is a leader, not a follower in this hip hop biz.  Congrats to them, their grind is officially paying off…

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