Here’s a great track from Rasheed Chappell’s fantastic album, First Brick. This track features another two artists that have been making big waves in 2018, Daniel Son and Crimeapple. There is no stopping this lineup over the production from Kenny Dope.
You need First Brick in your life!
Artist: NapsNdreds x Nottz
Album: Trouble & a Pair of Dice
Tracklisting:
1. Trouble! (skit)
2. Black Spiders
3. Blind Folds (ft. Neenah)
4. They Wanna Know (ft. Vinnie Paz)
5. Spilled Milk
6. Sauce 4 Da Floss (ft. Fred the Godson)
7. Highly Rated (ft. Cormega)
8. Black Suns (ft. Andi-Ites)
9. Thats Him! (Skit)
10.Waitin’ (ft. Murdoc)
11.Pair of Dice
12.Indicisiveness (Skit)
13.Hornets
Notes:
Quite a few dope projects made their way to digital shelves last week but I can’t let this one slide by, so out of all the projects, this is the one that I feel deserved the feature.
Nottz has crafted brilliance at least FOUR times this year providing the soundscape for albums from Blu, Bad Seed, Bumpy Knuckles and now NapsNdreds. He just has an incredible ear and gift for what he does.
And I have a few other projects from NapsNdreds but none as complete as Trouble & a Pair of Dice. His flow, wordplay, and content all shine impeccable on this project. There are a few dope features on this album, but none of them take the limelight off of NapsNdreds. He holds it down on all levels.
This is another must-have for your listening pleasure in 2018. Don’t let it pass you by! Here are my two favorite tracks from the project:
Here’s yet ANOTHER dope joint from WateRR and this one goes deep on a meaningful lyrical level particularly on the second sixteen. WateRR continues to flex that as an emcee there is not a beat that he can not spit bars upon properly. RiotOne infuses a piano based, jazzy rhythm, and WateRR executes it perfectly…closing out his 2018 as strongly as he entered it.
Pounds just released The Blue Gardenia project a few days ago, and it’s probably my favorite from him thus far. It’s only five tracks deep, but it’s a damn good five tracks. It’s got a very aggressive vibe to it which I like to hear Pounds rock over. Speaking of ‘rockin’ over’, the track Get To It is my favorite from the project, produced Chukk James with that rock element of which I speak. The track is going to make you get after your day!
I was a little incredulous by the cover, but hey, Nicholas Craven produced the project, Ralph Wears Jordan, so I was going to give it a shot. I am glad I did because it’s a dope EP. Pay$o has a nice flow about him and enjoyed listening to him over these Craven beats that do not disappoint. Love Of The Game is my favorite track from the project. I hope you are feeling it too.
Man, I will NOT let this release pass you by! NapsNdreds connected with Nottz to create the album, Trouble & A Pair Of Dice. And if I was to simply tell you it was dope, I would be deeply understating things. The project is a complete one filled with depth of lyricism, creativity, and of course beats. On the track Black Spider, Nottz outdoes himself. This is brilliant. The rock/trippy fused rhythm is so unique and NapsNDreds really bonds himself to the rhythm. He has quite a few rewindable moments here.
You should love this!
I just copped Bubba Rock’s new album Rock Season after listening to a couple of samples from the project. It’s really mellow where the production tends to be more subdued and some points fuses a Motown feel. This puts more of a spotlight on the lyricism. It’s an all-around pretty dope project. I am featuring my favorite track from the project, Pink Lomein, as the production is a little more on the funky side and prevalent by Artivist. Lyrically, Bubba Rock asserts himself quite well with an unstoppable flow and some life applied knowledge. You will like this short one…and if you do…show respect and cop the album.
A video single from Zagnif Nori and Kabe’s collaborative project Fer Noble. On the track Art Deco we have what I will call a mellow symphony crafted by Kabe while Zagnif Nori and The CastOffz drop some pretty crafty sixteens. It all goes hand in hand for a dope feel.
On a side note, I am not sure if I am familiar with The CastOffz, but I am going to take this opportunity to check for them because dope crews are hard to come by these days.
I picked up on this project from Uncle John on the strength that it’s produced by none other than Farmabeats. And it’s definitely got some gems on it. On Fire is my favorite track so I thought I would share it.
Here’s my favorite joint off of DJ Chong Wizard’s new project The Reality Stone. Wilson Fisk Meets Manny Merengue is a throwback of sorts for me as it features two emcees who came up together and I have been following for a long time, Hus Kingpin and Smoovth. This time they get a beat from Hobgoblin, and it’s a heater.
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