What I'm Watching: Bilderburgh - "Written Agreement" featuring Crooked I (Prod. by C-Lance)

Daaaaaaaaamn! Wow. This joint is fire. I'll definitely be on the lookout for Bilderburgh. They are not fucking playing.

The Pittsburgh, PA collective known as Bilderburgh consisting of Crumb, Blender, Traxx, Raspy and Rambo are set to release their debut album, Speak Easy, on 11-11-14 courtesy of RBC Records. The five-man collective consists of past War Veterans, Blue Collar workers and Underground Hip-Hop aficionados whose tracks reflect their personal and group trials and tribulations through stories of combat, interpersonal relationships, alcoholism and their never-ending admiration for Hip-Hop culture; that binds them all both in and outside of the booth.

Speak Easy features an eclectic blend of some of the groups primary influences representing the factions of the Wu-Tang Clan, Army of Pharoahs, Slaughterhouse, Gold Chain Military and more with guest contributions from Canibus, Planet Asia, Timbo King, Reef the Lost Cause, C-Lance and Crooked I.

Crooked I joins Bilderburgh for the album’s lead-single, “Written Agreement,” which is produced by C-Lance.

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Shabaam Sahdeeq - "Skillet"

New track from Shabaam Sahdeeq produced by DJ Ready Cee, exclusively for DJ Ready Cee's mixtape "In The Cut".



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Apollo Brown & Ras Kass - "Giraffe Pussy" feat. Royce Da 5'9", Xzibit & Bishop Lamont

This is going to be yet another dope project coming out of the Mello Music Group umbrella. Apollo Brown is guaranteed incredible and hard hitting in the production area and Ras Kass is a veteran beast on the mic. They added Royce, Xzibit, and Bishop to this track and made it that much more explosive. Can't wait for "Blasphemy".

"Today the fresh team of Apollo Brown & Ras Kass are joined by a legendary cast of Royce The 5’9”, Xzibit, & Bishop Lamont. The new single, Giraffe P*ssy, brings together the distinguished MCs to showcase their abilities over sixteen bars a piece. The vocalists get high over an Apollo Brown beat, who’s filtered tone and syncopated bounce will have your head nodding as high as..."

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What I'm Watching: Ea$y Money - "Takin' It Wit Me" (Prod. by 9th Wonder)

Spend it while you got it, right?! Cause when you're gone, that's it. Peep Ea$y Money's second single off "The Motive Of Nearly Everybody" coming soon on Showoff Records. Directed by The Foreign Shooter.



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What I'm Watching: Oddisee & Good Compny - "The Goings On (Live)"

I don't know how much more I can positively speak on what Oddisee brings to music in a whole but I do know that I'm extremely grateful for the talent he shares with it and with his group Good Compny. I've gotten the pleasure of seeing them all perform live and it was one of my favorite musical experiences. Amazing! Production, lyrics, flow, live stage show, etc., etc. If you still haven't bought these projects he's created, I highly suggest you go do that. It'll only help advance the growth in hearing more of it.

Check out what Oddisee had to say about the "Tangible Dreams" project:

"I live in a gentrified part of Brooklyn, I eat out several times a week, I travel the world sampling the best that cities across the globe have to offer. Do I live in a penthouse loft? Am I dinning in five stars restaurants? Can you only find me in the most exclusive areas? Do I own a jet? The answer to all the above is most certainly no. I’m just a regular man from Prince George’s county, Maryland that figured shit out.

I discovered that I can make a career in an arena dominated by artists that sell false dreams. I realized that although the masses may not know of my body of work, it doesn’t take the whole world to have the world I want. Tangible Dream is a mix-tape dedicated to the deconstruction of our traditional ideas of success & shedding light on the possibility of a sustainable rap life.

These rhymes were written in economy class seats, these beats were produced on long bus trips & these songs were recorded in airbnb apartments. All I want to do is make music for a living so that I can live to make music. The only dreams I’m interested in are the ones I can grasp. It just so happens that anything you want bad enough can be obtained. Perhaps the world may never know of my accomplishments but accomplishments they are nonetheless."



Available on iTunes: "Tangible Dream"
Available on Vinyl LP: "Tangible Dream"
Available on CD Digipak: "Tangible Dream"

Oddisee Social Media:
@Oddisee
FB: OddiseeMusic
IG: Oddisee

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What I'm Watching: ¡MAYDAY! x MURS - "Spiked Punch"

"All I see is pussy. Prada. A whole lotta colada. SPIKED PUNCH!!!" Straight party joint with lyrics. Why else wouldn't I be bumpin' this?!

Check the cameo from the professional hide and seeker Plex! He's in the building, as they say. Haha.



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Download: DJ Just Dizle - "Throwback Thursdays Mix #4 [Roc-A-Fella vs Ruff Ryders]"

DJ Just Dizle is back with another Throwback Thursday mix!!! Download it and relive the dopeness of Roc-A-Fella and Ruff Ryders.



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What I'm Watching: Timothy Bloom - "Stand In The Way (Of My Love)"

When you really want the one you love, you will do almost whatever it takes. Check out how Timothy Bloom handles that situation.



From the album, "Timothy Bloom". Available Now!
iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/mswtana
Amazon Music: http://tinyurl.com/ltkq3xn

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SOHN - "Fool" (WrekMix)

"Been digging the hell out of this SOHN album so much i wanted to jump on and say a few things." - Wrekonize



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What I'm Watching: Red Sydney Presents: "Burn Me Alive"

Peep Mr. BlackRose's latest visual saga with Red Sydney Presents: "Burn Me Alive".

RED SYDNEY PRESENTS: "BURN ME ALIVE" from Jaison BlackRose (@JaisonBlackRo on Vimeo.

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Diamond D - "Where's The Love" feat. Talib Kweli, Elzhi, & Skyzoo

How many dope emcees can you fit in one track before your repeat function stops working? These cats don't play on that mic. New joint off Diamond D's "The Diam Piece" album, which features a boat load of emcees with extensive Hip-Hop credentials, and it's out now!

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The Regiment - "Always On Go" / "S.O.U.L." (Prod. by Sinitus Tempo)

More new music for me. Could be for you too. You know you love it!

The Regiment have teamed up with graphic designer RF3RD to create a new project which merges 2 of the 5 elements of Hip Hop: MCing and Graffiti. The new project, S.O.U.L. (Sound Of Us Living), is one of the first to utilize our new platform -- HiPNOTT Certified, an outlet of HiPNOTT which allows us to showcase specific brands represented or sponsored by the label. HiPNOTT Certified, over the coming months, will bond with and promote individuals/brands within the industry such as graphic artists, DJs, videographers, and clothing designers. It allows us to focus on other aspects of the industry and push the HiPNOTT brand even further. Check out RF3RD's HiPNOTT Certified page and biography here.

Every Friday at the beginning of each month, The Regiment will release a track from S.O.U.L. along with original artwork from RF3RD. Here's the second cut, "Always On Go", produced by Sinitus Tempo.



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Benny Cassette - "Bridges Over Babylon" feat. BJ The Chicago Kid

A little funk, a little R&B, a lot of goodness here. New joint from one of G.O.O.D. Music's producers and writers, Benny Cassette, featuring BJ The Chicago Kid. Check it.

Benny Cassette’s upcoming EP, Apocalypse, will be released this fall and will feature Stacy Barthe, BJ The Chicago Kid, Pell and Isaiah Rashad.



Bonus: Benny Cassette’s official remix of John Legend’s “You And I”.

Previously: Benny Cassette feat. Isaiah Rashad “Virgo Season”.

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Blacastan & Stu Bangas - "The Road" featuring Block Mccloud

Bangas, Blacastan, and Block! This track is off "Watson & Holmes". Check it.



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What I'm Watching: ¡MAYDAY! x MURS - "Zones"

"That’s how it goes / When you let go / Fuck what you know / We lost in our zone."

If you don't own this album, how come? Why not? What in the hell is you waiting for?! Haha. Even though I've played this album repeatedly, every time a new video comes out, it feels brand new to me. Dopeness! Also, if you have a 4K tv or phone, check this video out in the highest of qualities. Oh yeah!

¡MAYDAY! x MURS - ¡MURSDAY! on strangemusicinc.net - http://bit.ly/WrjoIL

¡MAYDAY! on Twitter - @MAYDAYMUSIC
Facebook - MaydayMusic
Instagram - IG:MaydayMusic

MURS on Twitter - @Murs
Facebook - Murs
Instagram - IG:Murs316

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What I'm Watching: Mali Music - "Heavy Love"

Mali Music with the video to one of my favorite tracks off the album. A real feel good joint here.



Mali Music's 'Mali Is...' Available Now!

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Choosey - "Middle Finger Rap" (Prod. by Choosey)

Middle Finger Rap is the second release from Choosey's forthcoming project titled Left Field, which is set to drop October 14th.



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Typ-iLL - "100 Dollar Bill" (Prod. by Sick Luke)

I love hearing music from artists I haven't heard of that gets my head nodding off the first track I hear from them. This Typ-iLL joint does exactly that. Check out what he has to say about the track and hit play. See what you think.

"People complain that pro athletes make a lot of money" said Patrick Ewing, "but what they don't understand is that we need a lot of money because we spend a lot of money," he concludes. The quote may be attributed to the world of sports, but the crossover to the music industry isn't a long shot. While there's nothing wrong with getting together with the homies and spitting a few bars, Long Island's Typ-iLL understands that in order to be successful in the rap game, you need to treat your talents like a business. But with the money comes the problems that can arise from becoming successful; bitter people who ride your coattails for a chance to make it big and use you as a stepping stone for your own agenda. "100 Dollar Bill" has Typ-iLL getting his Scarface on--starting from a humble beginning to envisioning his future empire and the steps he'll take in order to own the world. Over a crisp, head nodding beat from Sick Luke, iLL drops a series of hardbody bars that'll get you motivated to get on your grind. For more banging boom bap joints, peep iLL's 'Turning Point' EP, which is now available!



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Twitter: @Typ_iLL

Allen Poe - "Dream Woke" (Prod. by PJ Katz)

Another look into what "How Gardens Grow" is building up to. We all have dreams but don't stay asleep doing it. Check it!

"Never be discouraged from your dreams and simultaneously don't sleep on realities. Best put, don't have aspirations, Have Plans." - Allen Poe 

How Gardens Grow Releases 10/16.



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Facebook: AllenPoeKY

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Download: Childish Gambino - "Gangsta Grillz Presents: STN MTN"

New mixtape by Gambino, hosted by DJ Drama, titled "STN MTN". It's short for Stone Mountain, where he was raised in Georgia. Put all that together and you get the idea of what this mixtape sounds like. Go check it out and then keep an eye out for that Kauai EP he'll be releasing.

“The Gangsta Grillz mixtape is sort of like — it’s a dream. And the dream ends when I wake up in Kauai. And they go into each other — it’s one complete project. You can download the mixtape, and you can go buy the EP. The money from the EP goes to help with keeping Kauai clean, and also helps with getting audio and visual device for cops policy.” says Gambino.



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Devine Carama - "Priory Of The Rhyme Pocket" (Prod. by Enter The Cosmos)

Check out Devine's latest joint from his upcoming "Believing In Forever" album.

Devine Carama's Thoughts:

"I wanted to kind of put rappers on notice with this jawn. My first 2 singles had more of a musical purpose and direction, but I know my core fan base enjoys it when I just RAP. So this record is for them to let them know there will be plenty of that on the album as well. It's also frustrating hearing rappers get older and/or lazy and start falling out of the rhyme pocket. I just feel staying in pocket is a huge element of rhyming. So I tried different flows within the pocket."

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What I'm Watching: P.So The Earth Tone King - "She Don't" feat. 8thw1

She don't like Hip-Hop?! I don't know how you do it, P.So. I don't think I could do it. Haha. I like this. This video is pretty cool. Great job to Anwar, KO, and P.So on this one here.

"She Don't" off his latest album, Gateway to Greatness/ Constellations. The track, originally released last year, reunites P.SO with his AOK Collective fam 8thW1 over a jazzy hip hop beat produced by KO Beatz. Illustrated and directed by Anwar Morse, "She Don't" is the perfect video accompaniment to this awesome track. For more amazing animation, check out P.SO and Anwar's Gateway To Greatness: The Comic!

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52 Pick Up with Jeff Spec: "Revolving" (Week 30)

Another week, another head nodder from Jeff with this joint. He can't stop giving us some good music. Make sure you check them all by clicking here. It's Hip-Hop!




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What I'm Watching: Diamond District (yU, Oddisee, Uptown XO) - "First Step"

Diamond District is back with the visuals to their first and dope out the gate single to the album "March On Washington". This album is going to be bananas.

DC's Holy Trinity is back with their first visuals from the new album "March On Washington." yU, Oddisee & Uptown XO enlist director Jay Brown for the visual narrative on "First Step." Starting with XO we see the DC emcee light up the opening verse putting spirit back in the music before passing the torch on to his brethren. yU then spits cold bars with the linguistic dexterity of a seasoned veteran, all the while casually grinding an African chew stick. Meanwhile, the video lays out the metaphor of three emcees on separate paths coming together to form one group. In the last scene the track's producer and final lyricist, Oddisee, takes the helm of his ship: "Man, it's just the way it go, if I want it, say it so." Get ready for the new album coming October 14th.

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52 Pick Up with Jeff Spec: "Ventolin" feat. ENG (Prod. by ENG) (Week 29)

Back with week with 29 on this 52 Pick Up Series with the homie Jeff Spec. He enlists the help of ENG in front and behind the mic for this extra smooth track. Check it!



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