I got some more material from The Fraternity on deck. This time, J-Scriptz drops the the title track from his forthcoming album dropping March 18th. The whole album is produced by Rez The Silverback. This is a quick yet introspective joint and hopefully gets you tuned for the album.
This video is older (from three months ago) than I would normally post. But I need a late pass on all the music The Fraternity has been putting out. This joint is from Cocaine Chris’ album, Cain & Glory, and is produced by none other than, Dope Antelope. This track is not only dope but it’s also a very poignant description of what’s going on in a lot of urban epicenters. The album, as a whole, is also very impressive.
I am not playing when I say that 2 Man Cypher/The Fraternity and Dope Antelope are at the forefront of keeping real hip hop alive and well. I have checked quite a few albums from the back catalog and they are all high quality. I can’t wait to hear more material from the camp.
I first heard Frank Knight on that Fraternity 10 Man Cypher video we debuted a week or so ago. I was impressed with his bars so I thought I would search out some more music from the man. It turns out that he has a new single, So High, that was just released a few days ago. The track is dope and should encourage more folks to be checking for Knight.
Artist: 2-Man Cypher (Sleep x Cocaine Chris)
Album: Queen City Bastards
Tracklisting:
1. A Message From The Fans – Buzzin’ (Intro)
2. Locklandville
3. The Hunted
4. Project 48
5. Ain’t Playing With You
6. Broken ft. Koren Jackson
7. Lady In Black
8. Queen City Bullies (ft. Mike Tombs)
9. Heartless (ft. Koren Jackson)
10.First Born
11.Sad World (ft. Trademark Aaron & Nick Pedigo)
12.Top 5 (Cuts by DJ Madhandz)
Note:
The first few weeks of 2014 have been extremely slow for music, especially GOOD music. But when I heard Queen City Bastards, I got excited. And it takes a lot for a blogger to get excited about music because we go through so much of it on a daily basis.
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The Fraternity is 10 emcees scattered across North America who are all very dope with unique styles. I have never heard all the members on one track before and at almost ten minutes I get to hear the complete camp over a scintillating Dope Antelope production. I usually don’t post singles in YouTube format but I like how you are able to get a visual of each emcee and learn more about where you can hear more music from each artist. You are bound to hear an emcee you like in this cypher, if not all of them. Stay tuned for more material as HHD is going to be a prime supporter in 2014. Bet!
Here are the members if you want to check them out individually: Jus Ra, Loose Logic, J-Scriptz, Speciez, Xavier Medina, Kue the Vandal, Frank Knight, Annex, Cocaine Chris, and Sleep.
If I had to pick my new artist of the year (meaning new to me) right now I would be going with the artist Sleep. I’ll never forget when I heard about the video Leonidas, I was actually checking for another artist who goes by the same name. Ever since then, this is the Sleep I am checking for. This guy just gets it. He has a unique mind for making songs. He can do the boom-bap that the streets love but he also has the intellect to drop songs that relate to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. That’s legit on any level.
Meanwhile this song is menacing. The lyrics…menacing. The beat by Dope Antelope…menacing. This is terrorist music and I mean that in a good way.
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