Monthly Archives: January 2015

Boom Bapparitions Beat Tape Stream – Curbside Jones

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Texas producer Curbside Jones draws inspiration from the world of Anime and the sounds of 9th Wonder / Dilla etc on this expertly-crafted instrumental project.

New Joint – DMC / PMD / MC Serch / Chuck D etc.

DMC, PMD, MC Serch, Chuck D, Terminator X & DJ Eclipse – “Hellraisers” (FatBeats.Com / 2015)

Producer Big K.O. resurrects the title track of Run-DMC’s classic 1986 album for this golden-era posse cut.

New Joint – Karega Bailey / Khemist / King Keon

Karega Bailey ft. Khemist & King Keon – “Peace King” (@SOLSpoken / 2015)

The California-raised wordsmith drops some edutainment on this soulful head-nodder.

New Joint – Strive

Strive – “Cally Chronicles” (@Strive_LG / 2015)

The London lyricist takes a walk through his local stomping grounds in this Jimmy Chiba-directed clip.

New Joint – Sublime Wizardry

Sublime Wizardry – “Construct Or Destroy – Merlin’s Camouflage Mix” (SublimeWizardry.BandCamp.Com / 2015)

Traditional Britcore styles from UK emcees The Remarkable 1 and One Native Son.

 

New Joint – DJ EFN / Your Old Droog / OC etc.

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DJ EFN ft. Your Old Droog, OC, REKS & Royce Da 5’9 – “Revolutionary Ride Music” (Crazy Hood Productions / 2015)

Miami mixtape vet DJ EFN unleashes the second leak from his forthcoming album “Another Time” in the form of this Buckwild-produced posse cut.

New Joint – #BeHuman

#BeHuman ft. Tekneek, Kyra Simone, S.Kalibre & Fdot1 – “Don’t Turn Your Back…” (Be-Human.BandCamp.Com / 2015)

The UK collective call for positive change on this single recorded to raise money for the Homeless Reach project.

New Joint – Fev

Fev – “Yo!” (@UFOFev / 2015)

Taken from the East Harlem emcee’s album “Around My Way”.

Southern Vangard Radio Stream – DJ Jon Doe / Eddie Meeks

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Latest edition of the Atlanta-based podcast / mixshow featuring music from The Four Owls, Lord Hakim, C-Rayz Walz and more.

New Joint – The Doppelgangaz

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The Doppelgangaz – “Hide Yo Guhl” (@TheDoppelgangaz / 2015)

The cloaked duo drop a slice of hypnotic instrumental flavour co-produced by NY music man Digga (Cam’ron, Ghostface, Jay-Z etc).

New Joint – Teck-Zilla / Sonyae

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Teck-Zilla ft. Sonyae – “L.O.V.E.” (@ProjektCancer / 2015)

Melodic boom-bap from the Nigerian-born producer’s forthcoming album “Audio Chemistry: 1st Period” featuring Canibus, Rapper Big Pooh, Modenine and more.

New Joint – Burgundy Blood / Sadat X

Burgundy Blood ft. Sadat X – “Elephants Breath” (@Burgundy_Blood / 2015)

Certified dopeness from the Manchester microphone fiend’s recent album “Suede Comet”.

New Joint – Hus Kingpin / Rozewood

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Hus Kingpin ft. Rozewood – “I Gave You One” (@HusKingpin / 2015)

The Strong Island lyricist beat-jacks the DJ Premier-produced mid-90s Nas favourite “I Gave You Power”.

New Joint – Jahi / PE2.0

Jahi / PE2.0 – “What They Need” (JAHIasPE2_0 / 2015)

Hard-hitting rhymes from the Public Enemy-affiliated emcee’s album “PEople Get Ready”.

New Joint – Armageddon

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Armageddon ft. Randy Class – “Dream Loud” (@GeddyMusic / 2015)

The Bronx-bred emcee and former member of Fat Joe’s Terror Squad delivers poignant, motivational verses on this FLX Soundz-produced track.

New Joint – Tha Soloist

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Tha Soloist – “Ill Habitat” (@AngelThaSoloist / 2015)

The New Jersey emcee drops gritty poetry over quality production from the UK’s Giallo Point.

New Joint – Diamond D / Grand Daddy I.U.

Diamond D ft. Grand Daddy I.U. – “The Game” (@DiamondDITC / 2015)

The UK’s Pritt Kalsi delivers cinematic visuals for this smooth-but-deadly track from the Diggin’ In The Crates member’s album “The Diam Piece”.

New Joint – Verb T

Verb T – “I Just Wanna Live” (@RealVerbT / 2015)

The Four Owls member teams-up with Die With Honour Clothing to drop this self-produced head-nodder.

New Joint – SmooVth / Sean Rosati

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SmooVth ft. Sean Rosati – “Life’s Gamble” (@SmooVth / 2015)

Fresh from dropping his impressive Giallo Point-produced album “Portrait Of A Pimp”, Strong Island’s SmooVth proves the independent grind never stops with this mesmerising Clypto-produced track.

New Joint – Daniel Son & PhybaOptikz

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Daniel Son & PhybaOptikz – “Bourbon Hip Flask” (Crate Divizion / 2015)

Canada meets the UK on this smoothed-out Vic Grimes-produced track from the forthcoming Daniel Son / PhybaOptikz collabo EP.