Blog: Beats & Bombs

I was unsure of what to call this stripped down version so I am going to call it the unplugged version because it is reminiscent of the MTV's series they used to run when they still played music. Reading about the video I was skeptical that this song would translate well to a stripped down [...]

This joint is over a week old but I need to let the B&B audience in on it. D-Sisive is someone that our Toronto contributor Felipe turned me on to and the dude has grown on me with every release. For this song though he joins producer C4 for this single off of C42s upcoming [...]

S-Preme is crazy for this whole Prodigy mash-up album because it sounds completely different than almost anything I have heard. Prodigy isn't the first artist I would guess a rapper would remix with their harder hitting electro beats but Preme slips into their element with ease and flaunts his quick flow throughout it. We had [...]

Kno steps up his visual game with "Le Petit Morte" by conceptualizing an old school western plot shot in black and white. The song does the video justice by creating a somber, serious mood and a story involving Kno and a girl that takes an interesting twist at the end. As a bonus, I am [...]

Mello Music Group leaks the latest single from their compilation album called Helpless Dreamer and it features two DMV artists in Oddisee and Dunc. The album has a gang of guest features which makes me have to get it. This cut is off the Mello Music Group’s Helpless Dreamer compilation album, with features from Diamond [...]

CMJ comes and goes every year in NY and one of my favorite things is checking out the groups I haven't heard of/haven't had the time to listen to and the Left fell into that category this year and impressed me big time. The trio hail from Detroit and made the trek out to NYC [...]

"Welcome to the World" is easily one of the most anticipated songs off of TI's upcoming album No Mercy, along with the Eminem joint, and it sees him taken in a direction that we haven't seen much from him on past albums. No ID builds the beat off of simple piano chords with a a [...]

Now is the time to get into Fashawn if you haven't been paying attention to him seriously until this point. He utilizes his gritty rhymes over this beat which is reminiscent of the late 902s boom bap era and it allows you to hear the crazy wordplay and lyrics that he throws down. "Pass the [...]

Chris seems to slowly be creeping towards finally dropping his project called FAUST which has been anticipated for months. For this cut he enlists Rocki Evans to add some soulful singing to the chorus while he rips up the verses talking about all the girls who have done him wrong. The song also allows him [...]

Kanye has claimed in previous interviews that his Watch the Throne collaborative album with Jay-Z is better than My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and if a few more of these singles surface, I just might believe him. I prefer the rapping Kanye and when he spits with Jay it often pushes Kanye lyrically and has [...]

Homeboy Sandman laces us with a new single off his highly acclaimed album, The Good Sun. "Strange Planet" focuses on Homeboy taking us to a far off planet created by his lyrics that also highlights his unique rhyming abilities as much as his creative lyrics. The video is some off the wall shit too that [...]

Timbo, in response to a Twitter follower's question about the absence of Missy Elliott from Shock Value 2, let loose this track, which was recorded for the album. Both Mosley and Missy stick to their guns on "Swat Dat Fly" and refuse to deviate from their respective sounds (and that's a good thing, rest assured). I [...]

Arabesque is a Toronto native with a very international career path. The Juno-nominated rapper was signed to a UK label, Sin Nombre (under Universal) to release his biggest album, The Frenzy Of Renown, in 2005. Two albums later in 2008, he signed to Yanase, and put out Last Life In The Universe for the Japanese [...]

With Gutter Water in stores now, Alchemist and Oh No decide to drop a video for their plainly titled "Take Drugs" (at least they're straightforward). The video consists of a very messed up high, complete with fat guys in pig masks and pizza delivery guy abductions. And of course, it ends up all being a [...]

The latest offering from Emilio & Green Lantern hits the net. The new mixtape project includes features from DJ Green Lantern, B.o.B., Yelawolf, Mike Bigga, Mickey Factz, Laws, Big K.R.I.T., The J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Needlz, Dante Ross, Illmind, M-Phazes, and more. Life Without Shame available now!! Grab the tracklist and download link below the break. Download: [...]

XV decides to take his shot at J. Cole's "Blow Up" beat which has been remixed by a TON of artists. The dude kills it though, his rhymes are some of my favorite for the combined lyricism and polished flow making even his remixes sound like his own. "Willy Wonkavator" is probably just a one [...]

XV decides to take his shot at J. Cole's "Blow Up" beat which has been remixed by a TON of artists. The dude kills it though, his rhymes are some of my favorite for the combined lyricism and polished flow making even his remixes sound like his own. "Willy Wonkavator" is probably just a one [...]

"BeastMode" is a song I had never heard before but I like that Bobby Ray leads with a video for it as my introduction. B.o.B goes innnnnnnn on this one rapping with a passion and conviction that was often missing from his album The Adventures of Bobby Ray. It is good news too because at [...]

Yep, let's keep it real DMV today and go from The Five One to one of my favorite DMV spitters in RAtheMC. She brings fellow Studio 43ers Uptown XO and AB the Pro to help on the track and I had not listened to Gordo before but he throws down on it too. AB also [...]

One of my favorite hip-hop bands, if not my favorite, makes a new video for their world themed song "Pasa De Kaka". RED BLUE GREEN GOLD make a song caleed "Pasa De Kaka". GREEN takes a trip to Africa. GREEN gets footage of himself in Africa with his iPhone. GREEN posts a Video For All [...]