Harlem-born Rakim Mayers aka A$AP Rocky is the rapper of the moment ever since dropping one of the biggest mixtapes of the year. LiveLoveA$AP catapulted the rapper into underground hip-hop stardom and it couldn't have come at a better time for the artist. Part of the ASAP (Always Strive and Prosper) since a young teenager, his turbulent experiences as a boy have resulted in watertight flow, lyrics and production - the game needs to watch out! Trilla ft. ASAP Twelvy & ASAP Nasty --------------- [...]
Three of my favorite New Jersey MCs, representing all things Classic and Artifactual, complete with scratches. They're so Bricks, it don't get any Brickser... The Nu World Remix EP reprises three tracks off Global Takeover 2: Nu World . This one gets remixed twice, once by !llmind and once by Dukes Go Up . El Da Sensei (feat. Rah Digga & Tame One) - Everyday In The Street (!llmind Remix) El Da Sensei | Tame [...]
For El Da Sensei's latest collaborative effort, he gets some help from his Boom Skwad partner in rhyme Tame-One and New Jeru's first lady, Rah Digga for the !llmind Remix of "Everyday In The Street". As featured on The Nu World Remix EP, which drops next Tuesday (11.15.11), this song signifies the first time that El, Tame and DJ Kaos have been featured on a retail release together in over a decade. This is also the first time that these Jersey veterans have all been featured together on the same track. Be sure to cop EL's remix [...]
Download: El Da Sensei - Nu World (Part II) ft. Nutso & Soul Khan It's been just over a year since the release of El Da Sensei's acclaimed full length lp, Global Takeover 2: Nu World (GT2). In less than two weeks, the New Jeru emcee will drop the project's follow-up release in the form of The Nu World Remix EP; a five track EP containing five remixes of three songs featured on GT2. To get the campaign in motion, we've made "Nu World" [Part II] available for free download. [...]
Australia's top rank producer M-Phazes and legendary turntablist DJ Rhettmatic get set for the release of 'Phazed Out'. Set for an early 2012 release, the project is a compilation of singles from Coalmine's catalog, remixed by M-Phazes and blended by Rhettmatic. 'Phazed Out' includes features from Saigon, Inspectah Deck, Bekay, Big Noyd, Phil The Agony, Termanology, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Chubb Rock, Sadat X, Heltah Skeltah, CL Smooth, Skyzoo, Masta Ace, Brown Bag AllStars, El Da Sensei, Mela Machinko, J-Live and more. As a sneak peak, check out the project's first leak, "All Out" featuring Big Noyd, Phil The Agony & Krondon, [...]
"Let The Guns Blow" is the first leak off the DJ Mickey Knox's forthcoming album All For The Love, which is set to drop in the first quarter of 2012 through Deep Concepts Media/F Train Music. DJ Supa Dave comes through with a certified head nodder while Nutso & Blaq Poet do what they do best - rip mics apart. 'All For The Love' includes guest features from Stat Quo, Jon Connor, Termanology, Bekay, Reef The Lost Cauze, Outerspace, Joell Ortiz, The Kid Daytona, Chaundon, Pitch Black, Nick Javas, 6th Sense, J The S, Famoso, KRS-One, Reek Da [...]
Sometimes, you just need a good throat-choppin' tune to start your week, right? Well, that's exactly what we have here courtesy of DJ Mickey Knox, who has enlisted hip-hop tough guys Nutso and Blaq Poet to rip shit over a brooding beat from DJ Supa Dave. The track, which is appropriately titled "Let the Guns Blow", might cause you to start a riot wherever you're at. Or it might inspire you to take note of Knox's upcoming album, All For The Love , which drops in early 2012 on Deep Concepts Media/F Train Music. Other features on the record include [...]
S-Dub a/k/a Shabaam Sahdeeq is please to release the M-Phazes produced single "Something About You", off his forthcoming album 'Keepers of the Lost Art', which is set to drop later this year. The single, which boasts the talents of the Cuban born singer/songwriter Ces, is produced by blap specialist M-Phazes. As former label-mates with Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Company Flow & Pharoahe Monch, S-Dub has been tied to a long history of independent success both as a solo artist and through his membership with the late nineties hip-hop collective, Polyrhythm Addicts. His effort on this single is [...]
Timid teams up with Edo G over production from Grand Daddy I.U. for his latest single on Coalmine Records . Current NYC resident emcee, Timid, drops a jewel with "This Is The Way", the Grand Daddy I.U. produced neck breaker featuring the Bostonian legend, Edo G and DJ Dirty Digits on the 1200s. Timid shows and proves that he's not just another face in the crowd as he delivers quality bars alongside the veteran Edo. "So fly I define the why of divine design/the reason [...]
Timid ft. Edo G "This Is The Way" (prod. by Grand Daddy I.U. ): You'd think a nigga named Timid would be weak sounding. Dude definitely sounds (and looks) like a younger head, but he goes in. It's always dope when Edo is on the track, and Grand Daddy I.U. does the thing on the beats, but it's really Timid's show. If you fox with this, this is the way to purchase the single via iTunes . Timid (feat. Edo G) - "This Is The Way" (prod. [...]
Hawaii native and current NYC resident emcee, Timid, drops a jewel with "This Is The Way", the Grand Daddy I.U. produced neck breaker featuring the Bostonian legend, Edo G and DJ Dirty Digits on the 1200s. Timid shows and proves that he's not just another face in the crowd as he delivers quality bars alongside the veteran Edo. "So fly I define the why of divine design/the reason behind it is because I'm assigned/to be, nothing less than Malcolm at the window/stir it up and mix in Martin in front of kinfolk/the audacity of hope the embodiment of [...]
Queensbridge emcee Ryan Perfect drops a jewel with the Green Lantern produced "That Loud", off his forthcoming mixtape, 'Follow The Drugz'...stay tuned!!
BURNTmd ft. DJ Green Lantern " Bang Out " (prod. by Reef Ali ): Here's the latest jawn from BURNTmd, which says it features Green Lantern, but I believe it might just be because it's taken from The Green Invasion mixtape. I'm not sure. BURNT goes in over another banger of a beat from Reef. Love that ill piano and those crisp snares, and BURNT just goes in. Bars for bars for bars for bars. Heavyweight Hip-Hop shit. BURNTmd (feat. DJ Green Lantern) - [...]
"Bang Out" is a new cut from BURNTmd 's The Green Invasion , which features guests such as REKS , Copywrite , DJ Green Lantern , Illmind and more. There's no date scheduled yet, but stay tuned in any case - we'll have more info once we get it. Download BURNTmd (feat. DJ Green Lantern) - "Bang Out" (prod. by Reef Ali) Free Download Link (soundcloud) via CR: BURNTmd (feat. DJ Green Lantern) - "Bang Out" (prod. by Reef Ali) [...]
Vermont's finest, BURNTmd gears up for the release of his forthcoming mixtape 'The Green Invasion'. To get things in motion, the good doctor fills our prescription with "Bang Out", another Reef Ali produced banger, featuring DJ Green Lantern and an ill bassline, courtesy of Noah Young on the Fender. This track has moved the purist of hip-hop crowd's from state to state as part of BURNTmd's relentless tour schedule, which includes opening for and performing alongside industry heavyweight's Black Thought & J. Period (The Live Mixtape Tour), Keith Murray and Inspectah Deck among others. Be on the [...]
Old school boom-bap alert. I repeat: old school boom-bap alert . The homie Matt Diamond at Coalmine Records sent over this ridiculous cypher featuring 10 MCs, all of whom spit over a grimy-as- mud beat from DJ Concept while participating in a showcase at the Southpaw in Brooklyn, N.Y. The rappers featured on here are Shabaam Sahdeeq, El Gant, FaMo$o, Nutso, FT, Bekay, Dov, Flo, 151 Proof, and Climax. Yeah, you're gonna need like seven-and-a-half minutes to play the whole damn thing. Hit the skip to stream and download the cypher. [...]
Matt Diamond, CEO of Coalmine Records , sent the action-packed mp3 below to my inbox late last night. Most of the emcees listed are irrelevant to the masses but each one puts a dent in the 10-man track to at least make his name sound an alarm next time it's mentioned. "The homey DJ Concept hit me with the insane 10 man cypher track. It was recorded a few months back at a party that Bekay threw at Southpaw in Bklyn. The track includes verses from Shabaam Sahdeeq, [...]
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