Premrock is a damn poet. As I have followed his career through this blog it has become apparent across time that his skills and style compare to no one, making him one of the most unique features on the site. His wordplay and his lyrics flow and fall together just differently than his contemporaries. And you are bound to catch something different with each listen.
His new album, Load Bearing Crows Feet, drops tomorrow.
So here is a list of my favorite EPs from 2018. I easily could have extended this list to 25 projects and been really comfortable about that. However, I really wanted to showcase what I consider to be the best projects in a year where there was so much greatness to consider. In the end, there were no votes, judges, or etcetera. This was simply a matter of personal preference. I hope you enjoy these projects as much as I did.
We’ve talked about it before, but let’s make mention of it again: PremRock is clearly an innovator when it comes to making hip hop music. His lyricism is slick, crafty, and has a tendency to get those synapses firing in that brain of yours.
His new project with Fresh Kils, Poet’s Payday, is an extension of the previous comment. This project again illustrates that creativity that we all love. Fresh Kils cooks up a delicious avant garde production, while billy woods adds his own innovations via a complimentary sixteen.
I am sure that hip hop lovers of all ilks will love this track and the project as a whole.
Here’s the lead single from Dr. Quandary’s forthcoming album, Jukebox Buddah. It features the ever-praiseworthy Premrock and Elder Orange who is on the chorus. The production from Quandary is pretty damn sophisticated with the layers of guitar samples. Very intricate, yet a slick listen.
You should enjoy this! The album drops on October 27th.
Career Crooks is Zilla Rocca and Small Professor and they brought along a few friends for this latest music journey. Dewey Bryan, MaLLy, and PremRock all get busy alongside Rocca on the mic.
This cut has so much exceptional going on with it. The track from Professor is funky yet understated which makes it the perfect canvas for these audio lessons. The way the chorus is worked around the emcees verses makes this track have even more of an impact. Each emcee shows unique prowess and styling yet compliment the other.
The new album, Good Luck With That, drops on Friday. Are you down?
You know there is so much music being cranked out on a daily basis that I am going to take a step back and appreciate some of my favorite projects from years passed. And PremRock’s 2014 album, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, is an album that I constantly find myself coming back to. He is just such a distinctive emcee in the way he approaches his writing and music in general. He taps on emotion and borders on the abstract at times, which keeps the listener engaged in ways other artists simply aren’t capable of. There are many great tracks on this album, but the one I want you to latch onto for the moment is Juliet Has Survived.
As always, if you enjoy the track, please empty a few coffers into the man’s hand and purchase his art.
Premrock once again smites convention with his latest Quelle Chris produced track, Lens. The rhythm has a jazz type vibe to it, with a lot of cymbal being featured instead of relying on the snare. It sounds much like, Premrock creates his own rhythm and cadence that the beat follows, instead of vice versa.
It’s just another example of what makes Premrock unique. His album, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, will grace us on April 15th.
Fasho Fasho! Remix is a fun track to get the night on the town started correctly. It features two members of the HHD A-Team, Premrock and Zilla Rocca along with Mad Dukez (who I am not sure if I have heard before). Of course we have the ever creative Willie Green on the boards. Is it wrong for me to think of the hip hop version of A Night At The Roxbury when I hear this? It probably is, but that would be a fun video to make. Ladies beware!
Yes. Yes. PremRock dropping a video for Singapore off of his highly acclaimed album, Mark’s Wild Years. If you are a frequent visitor here, you will have heard me mention this album several times as one of the best last year. It’s an album that has a life of it’s own.
I am pretty excited…no, let me rephrase, I am very excited to bring you some thoughts from one of the most creative emcees in the game, PremRock.
I have been listening to him for a couple of years now and in an ideal world, I would have connected with him at SXSW a couple of weeks ago. But that was not in the cards. Still, I wanted to pick his brain about, his art, his friends, and his perspective. What I got in reply was well thought out introspection.
I encourage you to read the interview, check the video freestyle (it’s amazing) and make sure you cop all of his music. If you love creativity in your hip hop, you are going to be an instant fan of PremRock.
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