It's Monday. Here's a little bit of music to help us all get through it. Hit play and enjoy. And as always, I hope this helps kick off your week. Chea!
01. Robin Thicke - Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (Whitney Houston Cover)
02. Brother Ali - Can't Wait
03. JohnNY U. - Lost In The Shuffle
04. Emperess feat. Niko - Sing Your Heart
05. DTMD feat. Godly MC & Kev Brown - Raw (Oddisee Remix)
06. BLAX feat. Mikkey Halsted & Que Billah - Midwest Get The Money
07. Brown Bag AllStars feat. Jermaine Fowler- I Fucks With That
The Benchwarmers Clique, consisting of South Florida's Joka Wild and Travisty the Lazy MC, drops this interesting and nostalgia inducing album "The Adventures in 8bit: Cartridge 1". Going through the album track by track, I'm sitting over trying to figure out what game is sampled in the tracks I'm listening too. Pretty cool idea to make an album with the idea of using old video game sounds throughout the whole joint. The entire project was produced by Jewbei. We posted the video a few days ago and I finally got the chance to check out the album and post it here for you folks. Download it, it's free. Enjoy.
Oddisee gets his hands on what was an already good track by DTMD that features Godly MC and Kev Brown and puts his own twist to it. Can't go wrong either way.
Thanks to some folks named Trudi and Martin, Train of Thought got to shoot a video for a track they recorded on their last tour and a dope one at that. This joint gets the replay button on my end. Check it.
Produced by Moka Only
Directed by mcenroe for downthedial.com
Shot by Phil Lanyon and mcenroe
Serving as one of my favorite hip-hop artists over the last year with his impressive and lively sophomore album Creative Destruction 2, Dunson is back with his freshest cut, "Count On It" off the fittingly titled upcoming project The Investment. I remember when I first heard one of Dunson's songs, and all I could think was, "who is this guy?" I was taken aback because it has become so extremely rare that an artist puts together such a solid body of work where not one song can be skipped. My hat is off to him, and I'm looking forward to keeping up with his rapidly blooming career.
Just in case you're not familiar with his story, it's pretty cool. So, check it out and enjoy the song:
"Dunson resigned from his career as an investment advisor to become a full-time artist in 2010. After spending a multitude of years playing in bands of different genres, the Maryland native took the chance to become a solo artist focusing on lyrics and production. He has since amassed a receptive, global fan-base, proven through hundreds of thousands of downloads of his self-produced Creative Destruction series, among other projects and collaborations."
"Pharoh's Palestinian lineage combined with his Atlanta and Chicago
swagger create an world sound that reflects itself in his rapid-fire
flow, and Middle Eastern inspired production. "
ATL by way of Chicago emcee Pharoh is working on his new solo project, Jungle Fever and unleashes a look at the project with the title track. I dig it and look forward to hearing more. Shouts to SUBMiT for shooting this my way. Enjoy.
Childish Gambino releases a video for my favorite track off his album "Camp". Q and I definitely dig the album and respect dude's work, especially after the "Childish Gambino EP".
“One goal that many artist have in common is the lust for the limelight, whether working a 9-5 or different hustles on the side we all have dreams of traveling the world performing, while living off our music comfortably. The trick is making that dream a reality” –Signif
Sig links up with long time collaborator Darren Cole again to bring to life the video for Soul Clap, the second video off of the Hip Hop is Cool Again, Kevin Nottingham and TMB presented Embracing Rejection. Enjoy another solid visual offering from our homegirl. Chea!
Sac emcee and producer Chase Moore links up with long time collaborator C Plus and illmaculate on the Chase Moore and Hippie Sabotage produced cut Too Many People. This one is definitely a banger. Enjoy. Chea!
Our sister from another Mister, Miss Special pulled together a pretty damn dope project (she explains more below). We contributed a few cuts to the track list and she so graciously allowed us to co-present the project. It's a dope one. Gotta love Hip-Hop. Enjoy!
Special Sundays Radio Show and The Mad Bloggers present: "Love H.E.R.", a compilation of artists using Common's extended metaphor of a woman to describe his relationship with hip hop. The songs selected incorporate hip-hop artists from all over the country, from mainstream to underground and female to male. Whether you used to love her, still love her, love her again or she's the love of your life, this is for you...
Perfect video to drop going into the weekend. Shouts to aaronisnotcool behind the lens. And look out for Divine ScienZe EP due out March 13th. In the meantime, Enjoy Tonight. Chea!
