Interview: Miss Special x sene

The move from West to East hasn't slowed Miss Special down. Peep her latest interview with sene. Enjoy.

We tend to identify musicians by their location, yet when they move, we sometimes associate them with the wrong place. After moving to Los Angeles from Brooklyn for five years, Sene experienced this confusion and says it was part of the inspiration for his latest release "Brooklyknight". "I would always read things like 'the West Coast artist' or 'the Los Angeles native'... so not only to remind people where I'm from but to let them know where the mind state was, where I'm coming from, and what influences what I'm saying.. People were saying that New York fell off so it kinda became this joke like 'okay let's see if you're the knight in shining armor."

Despite returning home and fully establishing himself as a New Yorker, he does have plans of working with the California, by way of Texas emcee; Chuuwee. In addition he mentions working with the talented emcees New York has to offer, including a collective effort from himself with Soul Khan, YC The Cynic, and ScienZe. This of course following ScienZe's newest project produced entirely by Sene and Sly5thAve. When asked if a project is stemming from the track "Young Leaders" with Blu and ANTHM he replied, "if there is a project in the works, that's not on it."

He also spoke about not reading blogs, being a former childhood model, and working on both Pace Rivers and Denitia Odigie's upcoming projects.

(via @MiSS1SPECiAL)

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@KirbyLauryen's A Song A Day: Day 221, 222, 223

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Dom O Briggs "TurnUp"

Ahead of his Gr8Summer project dropping August 28th, Dom O Briggs releases the BanksOnTheBeat produced TurnUp. Enjoy.



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Hip-Hop Breakfast Ep 137

It's Friday. And as with every Friday, this episode is compiled of dope tracks featured over at RefinedHype and DJBooth throughout the week. I hope this EP helps kick off your weekend. Chea!

01. Gensu Dean feat. Olivier Daysoul - Wantchu
02. Asher Roth - The World Is Not Enough
03. The O's (Adullessence, Mike Schpitz, Stik Figa) - BreakDown
04. Gameboi feat. XV & Jon Connor - Top of the World
05. Top $ Raz - Race
06. Pac Div - Bank
07. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib feat. BJ The Chicago Kid - Shame

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Greg Grease "Rip Well"

Shouts to the homie Jeremiah over at KevinNottingham.com for this one. Dope!

“Rip Well” comes off of Greg Grease’s pre-release series of joints called Cornbreads Coming leading up to the release of his full-length, Cornbread , Earl & G, that will drop this fall. Don’t get caught slippin’ on Greg Grease. -Jeremiah

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NEW RELEASE: Sha Stimuli "The New Me: Sherod Khaalis"

New Sha. The latest in his ongoing the rent tape series. Enjoy the music.

The New Me: Sherod Khaalis is the 7th installment in the Rent Tape Series. After releasing The Old Me: How I Met Your Baby Mother, Sha Stimuli is on a mission to improve. The alter ego that takes the stage, "goes in" inside the booth, and brags on record is merely one side of the man known as Sherod Khaalis.

So the latest EP is a break from the tale of the underdog, a shift from the unsung moniker and a creation of a new mentality that can simply be described as honest. There is no better way to spread truth other than being who you were when you were born into this world.

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@KirbyLauryen's A Song A Day: Day 220

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What I'm Watching: K.Flay "Rest Your Mind" feat. Felix Cartal

Peep the latest from K. Flay. Oh and oral hygiene, important. Ha! Enjoy.

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What I'm Watching: Melanie Fiona "Wrong Side of a Love Song" LIVE

This is one of my favorite songs on Melanie Fiona's The Mf Life album. She performs a cool acoustic version of the track for Billboard.com. Enjoy the music.

Shouts to Okayplayer for the link.

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TMB Presents: DeVin Maze "IDGAF"

With the final single from his upcoming TMB Presented Second Hand Smoke, the homie DeVin Maze releases IDGAF featuring Jay Hav, produced by Black Belt. Another solid cut from the Statesboro, GA emcee. I'll let DeVin take the rest of the intro from here. Enjoy the music. Chea!

"The track "IDGAF" was produced by the homie Black Belt. One of the last tracks to be added to "Second Hand Smoke", it was a turning point in the process of making my latest EP. The sound of my project has changed several times to ensure the best product that I could put out. Once I made "IDGAF", I knew I had found my lane in making great music. The feature is from a good friend of mine, Jay Hav, who has encouraged me to keep rapping since we met Freshman year in college. The song has no super deep meaning like "History Over Everything", we're just gonna live our life and do what ever we want. If you gonna be a nigga about it, then we could care less about you and your feelings. PEACE, enjoy." 

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What I'm Watching: The Audible Doctor Feat. Chaundon "Success (Part 1)"

The Audible Doctor drops the visuals for the Chaundon featured "Success (Part 1)" from his upcoming project I Think That... due out September 25. Enjoy.

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blctxt "Warning Signz"

"Warning Signz is a collaboration between AWOL and myself. AWOL's cousin Rocky introduced us around 2009 before he moved back to Rhode Island. While searching for different production to work with, I immediately enjoyed his sound as soon as I heard it. I consider this song to be a bit of social commentary on what I saw going on in the world around me and the world we all live in. Hopefully it's not too heavy for y'all to jam to. This single is a part of AWOL's Mayhem Muzik Monday series." -blctxt



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