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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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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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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Hip-Hop Breakfast Ep 157

You know the drill. Eat up!

01. Theophilus London - Do Girls 

02. Jon Bellion - Pre-Occupied feat. Blaque Keyz

03. Open Mike Eagle - Doug Stamper (Advice Raps) feat. Hannibal Buress

04. Rapsody - Drama

05. Black Milk - Gold Piece feat. Bun B

06. The Black Opera - Behold The Opera

07. Otis Clapp - Wanda feat. Warren Britt

08. Daye Jack - Weeping Willow

09. Diamond District - Lost Cause

10. Praverb the Wyse - Professional Hobbyist

11. Signif - Alright

12. Choosey - Fly Me to the Moon

13. Kendrick Lamar - i

What I'm Watching: The Foreign Exchange - "Dreams Are Made For Two" feat. Carlitta Durand

From the album "Love In Flying Colors". Video is as chill as the track featuring the always lovely Carlitta Durand.



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