Skanks ft. Shabaam Sahdeeq & Cash Bilz – “Whut” (@TheRapMartyr / 2014)
Rugged Venom-produced Brooklyn vibes from the Bankai Fam member’s forthcoming solo album “The Shinigami Flowfessional”.
Skanks ft. Shabaam Sahdeeq & Cash Bilz – “Whut” (@TheRapMartyr / 2014)
Rugged Venom-produced Brooklyn vibes from the Bankai Fam member’s forthcoming solo album “The Shinigami Flowfessional”.
Money Boss Players – “Smoke Sumpthin” (Boss Money Records / 2014)
Mellow BX flavour from Eddie Cheeba, Trey Bag and Yung JB off the forthcoming Money Boss project dropping May 13th via DatPiff.Com.
SunBlaze – “Laugh Now Cry Later” (@SunBlaze360 / 2014)
Taken from the Brooklyn emcee’s forthcoming album “The Dirty Rican”.
The Spanish production duo splash some soul over a handful of “Illmatic” classics on their tribute to the 1994 Nas debut – download here.
Posted in Downloads, East Coast Hip-Hop
Tagged Cookin' Soul, East Coast Hip-Hop, Illmatic, Independent Hip-Hop, Nas, Soulmatic, Underground Hip-Hop
Jabee – “Uncle Curtis” (@MyNameIsJabee / 2014)
The Murs-affiliated Oklahoma lyricist drops a gem inspired by the loss of a family member off his 2013 project “Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt”.
Vanderslice ft. Evidence & AWAR – “Everything’s Awesome” (@EricVanderslice / 2014)
Hypnotic title track from the producer’s forthcoming album featuring Apathy, Celph Titled, Maffew Ragazino and more.
Fel Sweetenberg – “Power Stricken” (Effiscienz.Com / 2014)
Taken from the New Jersey emcee’s DJ Brans-produced project “The Invisible Garden”.
Peep my review of the album here.
DJ Jean Maron ft. Mobb Deep & Big Noyd – “Itinerary” (DJJeanMaron.Com / 2014)
Taken from the French producer’s forthcoming album “True School” featuring KRS-One, Kool G. Rap, Lords Of The Underground and more.
Last night’s edition of Mi-Soul.Com’s The Fresh Stuff radio show hosted by London’s infamous Big Ted and featuring music from Big Daddy Kane, Zhigge, London Posse and more – listen here.
German producer Croup drops a free collection of boom-bap-driven tracks featuring North Carolina’s Supastition, Baltimore’s Animal Pak, Florida’s Praverb and more – download here.
Posted in Downloads, German Hip-Hop
Tagged Animal Pak, Circles, Croup, German Hip-Hop, Independent Hip-Hop, Praverb, Supastition, Underground Hip-Hop
Juga-Naut – “Time & Place” (@Juganaut / 2014)
The Nottingham producer-on-the-mic mixes the classic with the contemporary on this lead single and title track from his forthcoming album.
Posted in Music Videos, UK Hip-Hop
Tagged Independent Hip-Hop, Juga-Naut, Time & Place, UK Hip-Hop, Underground Hip-Hop
Crown ft. Caxton Press – “What The World Needs Now” (Just Listen Records / 2014)
The multi-talented UK crew team-up with French producer Crown for this soulful-but-rugged track from his recent album “Pieces To The Puzzle”.
Mysonne – “Royals Freestyle” (@Mysonne / 2014)
The veteran NY emcee stamps his Timberland boots all over the instrumental to the pop hit “Royals” by Lorde with impressive results.
Posted in East Coast Hip-Hop, Music Videos
Tagged East Coast Hip-Hop, Independent Hip-Hop, Lorde, Mysonne, Underground Hip-Hop
Latest edition of the HBSMA show featuring UK producer Danny Spice discussing his introduction to Hip-Hop, working with legends such as Craig G and favourite breaks.
Recorded whilst Delaware’s Marchitect was on tour in Tokyo and co-produced by Japan’s Shrimp, this latest solo EP from the 49ers member blends jazzy vibes with witty lyrics resulting in an uplifting listening experience – download here.
Posted in Downloads, East Coast Hip-Hop
Tagged Genki EP, Independent Hip-Hop, Marchitect, Shrimp, The 49ers, Underground Hip-Hop
Actuator – “Franklin Mint” (BigMalk.BandCamp.Com  / 2014)
NY trio elsphinx, Sime Gezus and Big Malk drop the first single from their forthcoming EP.
Posted in East Coast Hip-Hop
Tagged Actuator, Big Malk, East Coast Hip-Hop, elsphinx, Independent Hip-Hop, Sime Gezus, Underground Hip-Hop
Rapper Big Pooh & Roc C – “The Crew” (Green Streets Entertainment / 2014)
Taken from the duo’s new collabo album “Trouble In The Neighborhood”
Sadat X ft. Cormega & Lanelle Tyler – “On Fire” (@LoyaltyDigital / 2014)
The Brand Nubian legend continues to prove himself as one of Hip-Hop’s most consistent emcees on this smoothed-out single from the forthcoming album “New York Never Left”.
The UMC’s – “I Tried To Tell Ya” (@NYOIL / 2014)
Golden-era Staten Island duo Haas G and Kool Kim (aka NYOIL) make a welcome return with this head-nodding track that hits hard both lyrically and musically.
Posted in East Coast Hip-Hop
Tagged East Coast Hip-Hop, Haas G, Independent Hip-Hop, Kool Kim, NYOIL, Staten Island, The UMCs, Underground Hip-Hop