We’ve seen rappers use established “hipster” beats before. Lushlife did it. Perrion did it. Kendrick Lamar loves doing it. Add Clark Sage to the list. I truly don’t know much about Sage. Either it’s someone that’s been around the game for a while using a new hip hop alias, or this is Sage’s first real […]
Listen: Slab501Swipe – Swerve
Artist collective, Slab Gang, keeps pushing out the tunes. This time, it comes courtesy of their latest artist, Slab501swipe. He just dropped his latest mixtape, Silver Swagg King, on livemixtapes.com. On the mixtape is the banger ”Swerve’ which he sent us over to check out. The beat is real dark with a haunting piano sample throughout. […]
Video: Radamiz – New York Don’t Love Me
Off his indy project titled Writeous, Radamiz declares that NY Don’t Love Him. With this kind of flow and sound, if New York doesn’t love him it will soon. I’VE GOT A DREAM THAT’LL WAKE UP THE WORLD. I UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF WORDS. MICHAEL JACKSON TAUGHT ME TO LET THE MUSIC TELL ME WHAT […]
Video: Well$ – Savoir-Faire
Straight out of Charlotte, North Carolina, Well$ drops visuals from his project, MTSYD: The Revenge of the African Booty Scratcher.
Single: Slabflywalker – Ralph Shawdy
Hip Hop artist collective, Slvb Gang, sent us over a new banger from their artist Slabflywalker. The track is called “Ralph Shawdy and features Slabyay. Born in Queens, but raised in the DMV, Slabflywalker, he has only been rapping for about a year, but is confident that he has was it takes to compete in […]
Mixtape: Adrian Lau – Projection
Newcomer Adrian Lau drops his first mixtape, totally produced by Harry Fraud. Features include Smoke DZA, The Kid Daytona, Meyhem Lauren, Eddie B and RiFF RaFF. Check out the video for Projection (Intro), and stream or download the mixtape underneath. Download Mixtape
Video: The Union ft. Yusuki Cannonz – Cold Wine
The Union, out of North Texas, team up with Yusuki Cannonz to drop a video for their first single for the upcoming project #Eurolux.
Video: Doors On The Ceiling – Witty Rock Ft. Shaun Rose
Baltimore native Witty Rock from the 9bMC movement (90s Baby Mastermind Camp) drops a new single and a new project for the people. There’s times when you hear something new and can’t help but respect and enjoy, this is one of those things. From the minute you press pay on his mixtape Ornery, you gotta feel […]
Welcome: Joe Mohney – The Block (ft. T-Tone)
Below we have a brand new record from Detroit HipHop artist, Joe Mohney. The track is called “The Block (ft. T-Tone) ” and according to Joe Mohney is classified as Boom Trap — pretty much combining Boom Bap Hip Hop with electronic trap music. Believe it or not his description is pretty spot on, definitely […]
Listen: Collins – Brooklyn Basement
Collins drops some new music, soulful with some hard flows. He teams up with Bootleg Kev on his next project, Sincerely, The Mixtape, which will be out this Friday Feb. 14th. I had this on repeat, you might too.
Listen: Roosh Williams – Nightmare on Elm St
Houston’s own Roosh drops new music, produced by Cy Fyre. This is a little different from his for-the-free Drobots: The Reboot project that I loved, but I think this dude might be worth giving a real listen to. You can support his for-sale-project here.
Single: SLVB GVNG – Foreign
SLVB GVNG was founded in 2013 by George “SLVB G” Ransom & Devin “HollyWood SLAB” Jones, two DMV artist who came together to create good music that people needed to hear. This led the duo to creating the brand SLAB… Successful Leaders & Bosses.. to provide an out outlet for other inspired artists from any […]
Listen: muGz – Pray For Me Pt. II
Montreal MC muGz drops a new track, Pray For Me II. The haunting melody is almost hypnotizing. His voice over this Alex Lustig production is righteous. His next project #BLVCK is coming soon. Check it out and let us know what you think! #BLVCK is coming soon.
Listen: Rickie Jacobs – Impossible
Rickie Jacobs is getting ready to drop his project Remember To Smile (February 18th), and he jumps on that ’06 beat from Kanye. Solid flows plus better than average wordplay equal a good listen this morning.
Listen: HotPeez – Come & Dine
New Orleans native turned Houston resident HotPeez drops a bouncy joint produced by LexiBanksBeats. This track is off of his 8585 Mixtape available now.
Listen: YaBoy Mello – Get That Feeling
More NY hip hop sounding like… well, NY hip hop. YaBoy Mello drops some new music produced by The Garden, it’s good to hear, and it’s definitely worth the listen.
Video: Mick Jenkins – The Roots
Chicago has been really coming up music-wise lately. Mick Jenkins brings a visual from his project Trees And Truths, which is a must listen in my opinion. In describing his mixtape, Mick says: “The trees are ourselves, with the roots being where we come from, the leaves being what we produce.” Mick’s poetic style is reminiscent […]
Listen: Gaddafi Unstable – Gettin It
Sometimes you just have to take things to the essence. This sounds like a throwback to the 90s, like I just slipped it in here to fool you guys but nope… this is brand new music from Gaddafi, who was a kid in the 90s. The flow here is on point, and this beat is […]
Listen: Jahshua Smith – Nights In Lights
Jahshua Smith has quite a discography. With around 10 projects released so far, he is certainly not someone who keeps his music from the public. But this is my first time hearing him; on Night In Lights, produced by StewRat. I liked it, I think you will too.
Single: Dae Zhen
LA-based rap/hip-hop artist, Dae Zhen, just released a music video for his latest single, “Dead Poets Society.” The song blends hip-hop, soul and R&B to produce a more unique, stimulating listen experiences that is characterized by musical textures and soulful lyrics. If you dig “Dead Poets Society” then make sure to check out some more […]