Reef the Lost Cauze is a beast! Go ahead and check the 179th entry in the DJBooth.net Freestyle series featuring Reef, produced by DJ Haj.
The 179th entry in the DJBooth.net Freestyle Series comes courtesy of Reef the Lost Cauze, the Philly native who recently earned reader approval for single What We Rep. On his brand new, exclusive My Style’s Greater freestyle, the Inner Loop Records rapper flows over original boardwork by DJ Haj of Dumhi (featuring cuts by Beatgods). Reef is currently busy promoting Fight Music, a collaborative studio album with production duo Guns-N-Butter (J-$crilla and Stu Banga). Released today, the project is available for purchase here (in physical form) and here (as a digital download).
In celebration of their recent release Praying Mantis - Plus The Opus is offering a free download today of the single "Street Talk" featuring Chicago's MC Adad (All Natural/Exile). Together they paint a vivid scene of the gritty state of urban experiance in the US. To purchase the whole album visit www.theopus.bandcamp.com The Opus consists of Chicagoans Mr. Echoes and The Isle of Weight.
Two weeks ago our Seattle homie DJ Hyphen had the opportunity to interview Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek aka Reflection Eternal on his Sunday Night Sound Session show. He featured tracks from Revolution Per Minute plus an indepth interview during the show. Below you'll find one of the vids from that interview and links to both the full show and full video interview. Check it and enjoy.
Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek came through Sound Session two weeks ago to talk all about their new album. Here’s the entire in-depth interview with these two legendary hip-hop figures, and more importantly, just two all around good dudes. Support them by copping Revolutions Per Minute and for the youngins who never bought Train of Thought, you better get that too!
Melissa Czarnik has been featured on the blog a few times. I dig her music. Every time I write about her sound, I throw the words "unique", "different" and "alternative" around. Indeed it is all of those things. "Thunder Summer Storm" (produced by Eric Mire) is one of my favorite tracks off of Melissa's "Strawberry Cadillac". It's a very chill track with depth in it's lyrics. Melissa is wrapping up work on her upcoming project due out late July. I'm excited to hear the new work. In the meantime, enjoy "Thunder Summer Storm", the track of the week.
The homie @Moeknowledge hit me via twitter with this track from Hassaan Mackey, featured on Apollo Brown's album, "The Reset." The joint is dope. Press play and enjoy.
When Haz Solo changes default pics on twitter, prepare for a new project to drop. Sunday, Haz popped into my timeline and his pic had changed. I knew immediately that something was on the horizon. So I reached out to him. He confirmed. I responded "do you ever sleep?" He replied "I'd drop a project bi-weekly if I could."
The dude is dope and he's been featured on the blog as both an emcee and a producer. Today he dropped "ALL CAPS NO TRICK SPELLING: VILLAIN MIX" presented by him and Whaz. A project started a few months ago and completed over the weekend, it's a remix album of DOOM tracks that's pretty damn dope. Here's my favorite cut off the project. If you dig it, go download the full joint!
I had a meeting and stepped away for a moment. I came back to my computer and had this joint waiting in the inbox. Gotdamn this just made my morning (and early afternoon). No dope female rappers? Caught up in that Nicki Minaj and Lil Kim drama? Later for that, because this joint from Eternia x Tiye Phoenix x Jean Grae is serious. Really, really serious. This jawn follows the already dope "THE BBQ" featuring Rah Digga and Rage, the lead single off the "AT LAST" limited edition vinyl, which oh by the way is available TODAY! Press play. Turn up the volume. Enjoy.
LIMITED EDITION VINYL EP of "AT LAST" on FAT BEATS RECORDS. Available Online
FAT BEATS NYC Record Store 406 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10011-8432 | (212) 673-3883
Check out new music from Milwaukee's own Prophetic. "Livin in the Sky" will be featured on the upcoming "WOWyoustillsleepin", available next week on umbrellasup.com. It's a dope cut. Enjoy.
A little late on this post but this joint is definitely dope. "Do it Better" is on "Sex Tape" (available now), a collab project between Dyme Def and T.I.T.S. Clothing. Check this joint. Enjoy.
