Pretty fresh beat tape from the good folks over at Neferiu Records. Enjoy.
Always moving, we have another fine release from The Dirty Sample. His latest is an instrumental album featuring tracks dedicated to past girlfriends. Brutal, tender stuff, people. ;) Best part is, it's free - so be sure to grab it.
Out of left field I was able catch Hal Linton singing "I know about the birds and the bees / chasin' cats up the tree / I pay attention to detail baby / so pay attention to me. / It all starts off with a kiss / We work our way to the bed / but I won't get in your body, baby / unless I'm up in your head." This guy has got confidence if you're judging by his lyrics on 'Mind Control'. Soulful voice with range compliments the words to this track sung by someone born into a musical family in Barbados with both of his parents being classically trained musicians. For a 23 year old, this guy sounds like he wants to bust through the industry's gate swinging. Check it.
Music video by Hal Linton performing Mind Control. (C) 2010 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Check out the JD Era freestyle on our north of the boarder fam Chedo's The Come Up Show. You can also check the full interview over at TheComeUpShow.com. Chea!
Remember the name? Shit, how can I forget. KingHellBastard is dope.
It was about a year or so ago that I first came across the Milwaukee crew KingHellBastard. It was group member Dana Coppafeel who put me on to the group. Sidebar, I don't know how Dana has so much time to be in so many groups and focus on his solo work too and give it all 110%. The dude is hard working and definitely gets the work done to put out good music.
Anyway, I've been rocking with KHB since the first time I heard their stuff. At the time, they had a few joints floating around, namely a track called "Danger." That joint blew me away.
Their latest offering, Remember the Name, is set for an August 21 vinyl release, with a release party and video shoot at Mad Planet in Milwaukee on Saturday August 21, from 10:00pm - 2:00am. I've heard the full project that boasts features from Sadat X (Brand Nubian) Akroabatik, Raashan Ahmad, Stricklin and cuts from The White Shadow of Norway. The project has that "raucous boom bap" that their label Uni.Fi Records is so proud of.
The project opens with "Clubber Lang" and just builds lyrically and gets better from there. My personal favorites, "I Believe" with Raashan Ahmad, "Its The Crew Again" with Sadat X and a track that should be blasting EVERYWHERE in Milwaukee, "Ma'waukee."
If you weren't a believer in KHB before this project, you damn well better be after it.
The St. Joe Louis project is pretty dope. The NJ/Texas trio put together some pretty fresh visuals for 30,000 ft, one of my favorite cuts and the title track of the project. Check it out and if you're digging this, you should definitely download the full project. Enjoy!
Another dope track off the upcoming P.SO X 8thW1 "Suicide By Jellyfish" project. Catch the video for The Colo(u)r Of Dreams. It has that home video feel to it making it dope. The track was produced by Blu (taken from "Open the Instrumental LP"). Filmed, directed and edited by P.SO the Earth Tone King. Enjoy.
Shoutout to our Seattle homie DJ Hyphen for hooking us up with the video from Aloe Blacc's in studio on Hyphen's Sunday night show, Sound Session. Aloe is is pretty dope and this joint "Politician" is off the forthcoming album. Enjoy.
We don't get as many emails as some other bloggers but we definitely get our fair share and even with two people checking the inbox, it's hard to keep up sometimes. Every so often we get a few days behind and that creates chaos in the inbox. I go in and try my best to sort through. Once I've weeded out the wack shit, instead of hitting you with a gang of posts, I consolidate them into one giant feature. I've done this a few times. Lazy? Perhaps. But it still gets the music out there. This time I decided to even simplify that by creating a new bandcamp album featuring those loose tracks from various projects. The tracks are dope and in no particular order. Check out more information about each below. Enjoy.
Track Info:
Radio Love - Reach ft MED
"In anticipation of the release of his upcoming mixtape, Pen Pusha, Kansas City veteran emcee Reach in collaboration with Wilshire Music District and Vtech Sounds has made available a remix to the initital single "Radio Love." This version contains original production from Daniel Riera, but is co-starring Stones Throw artist MED aka Medaphoar. Pen Pusha is slated for a Fall release, and features production from Dela, Daniel Riera, Black Spade, Max Miller-Loran, Soul On Pads, and Raze Brooks." www.emceereach.com
Spiritual Law - Shinobi Stalin & WordChemist
"In a random recording session for the Civil Mics, Domination Recordings, and Vets of Kin rep Shinobi Stalin's for his next album "Invisible Man" comes a song created on a whim. This is the very first collaboration between Word Chemist (who is Stalin's Cousin) on a Abbott produced track."
Fully Developed - T-West
"After experimenting on his latest release, T-West goes back to his roots with his new song “Fully Developed” (Produced By: Apokkalippz). Dope lyrics, energetic beat, hard-hitting flow A.K.A T-West is back! Look out for his EP “Fully Developed” to be released later this year. This is just a teaser of what is coming next." www.thisiswestmusic.com
Back Down - SoleBlind
"The young talent from Queens, SoleBlind is beginning to hit the underground circuit running. He's preparing the release of his mixtape debut The Sound of Thought."
Windy's - R.J. and Technique
"Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, IL, "R.J." Crawford and Byron "Technique" Johnson have released up to nine street albums combined, including three solo efforts. With the release of yet another LP, “Crash Sanaa,” they supply a unique offering to Chicago’s underground hip hop scene over tracks completely produced by Stevo." rjandtechnique.tumblr.com
3rd World Super Star - Mr. Rae
"Produced by Dj PeeWee and taken from the Brand New Masquerade Ep. Mr. Rae is a founding member of the Nigerian super Hip-Hop group Str8Buttah. Having solidified his rep as a high caliber lyricist amongst his peers, Mr. Rae steps into the solo terrain and in order to expand the ever growing Str8Buttah brand teams up with Zambian based producer Dj PeeWee on this hard hitting track aptly titled 3rd World Super Star."
#Latepass on this joint for sure. It's been sitting in my inbox since August 2. Damn, sometimes the inbox gets out of hand and things get lost in the mix. Alright, alright, enough of the excuses and right to the music. Check out the project from Mark Milly. Tight production, fresh rhymes. Enjoy "Now and Later"
"Broken Dreams" is a pretty fresh project from J. Nolan. The CT born, Atlanta raised emcee who even spent a few years in the bay area of California, has been influenced musically by all of these areas. His "Broken Dreams" project, which features all original production, is well done. The project is presented by The Connoisseurs of Culture (DifferentKitchen.blogspot.com, PleaseDontStare.com & TheCouchSessions.com)
