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Nigeria based emcee MCskill ThaPreacha & producer Stormatique team up for the second installment of MCskill’s NUCLEUS EP series MCskill ThaPreacha returns with the second part of the NUCLEUS series. This time he joins forces with another veteran producer Stormatique on the 4-track EP. The project kicks off with ‘Awakening’, a 3 minute long cypher…
Toronto, Canada based emcee/producer DIE-REK has dropped his debut album via Illect Recordings titled THE DYING ONES For as long as this writer can remember, Hip Hop has had an obsession with death. The great Masta Ace asked if it was because we were blessed with less? We still don’t know. But from Tupac conspiracies…
Moscow based vocalist, producer & rapper Vincent Barrea recently released his latest track/visual CHEMICAL OR LOVE, via Maitre Music The track was mixed and mastered by Grammy-nominated engineer Alex Evans (Skrillex, Rag N Bone Man, Basement Jax) and premiered via Clash Magazine, and garnered immediate support from Music Week. The video for the track went…
East London based singer/songwriter Teeah teams up with West Africa based emcee Sarkodie on their new track ZENGEH, Taken from her forthcoming debut EP Exactly a year after her surprise soulful Afro-Jazz debut single ‘Save Me’, which caused a stir in the UK Afrobeats landscape, and following the release of the critically acclaimed house track…
Canadian Hip Hop legend Choclair pairs up with fellow Toronto rapper Lee Ricks to lyrically lay down LIFE THIS WAY, produced by Dcypha via Elite Sound International Lee Ricks’ tight structure and bright lyrical composure shines a new spotlight to dope Hip Hop from The North. Choclair reminds us of his mass appeal with his…
Legendary Jamaican Dancehall pioneer Spragga Benz teams up with UK artists Killa P & Harry Shotta on the energetic TRILOGY, taken off the Billboard number one Reggae album CHILIAGON One of the most conscious voices in Jamaican music, Spragga Benz’s crossover appeal and ability to blend genres has been evident in his 25 year long…
Brooklyn, New York-based emcee Shabaam Sahdeeq & producer J57 drop the visual to their track STEADY PACE, taken off their forthcoming album PRECIOUS STONES Shabaam Sahdeeq & J57 release the music video for their latest track ‘Steady Pace’, featuring cuts from Hamburg, Germany based Chinch 33, taken off Shabaam Sahdeeq & J57’s forthcoming album ‘Precious…
Urban Vault caught up with Netherlands based producer Sneadr & emcee Dookie to ask them some questions about their recent four-track BATTLE ROYALE EP, & more… Sneadr & Dookie is the latest team to surface from the collective source Het VerZet, also home to its members BlabberMouf and Ellmatic. They bring a fresh interpretation of…
Queens, New York-based ONYX & Dope D.O.D. from the Netherlands drop the visual to their new track AIN’T NO TIME TO REST, produced by Berlin-based Snowgoons ONYX and The Snowgoons deliver the visual for their new single ‘Ain’t No Time To Rest’ featuring Dope D.O.D. The video which resembles a Steven King type horror movie…
South Korea-based, Canadian singer ROCKY recently dropped her new song HOW WILL I KNOW, produced by Seoul based Defnelson Based in Seoul, South Korea, ROCKY is an exciting Canadian singer, actress, poet and burlesque performer of Cameroonian descent, who mixes jazz and soul, with Hip Hop and Reggae to create a sound that is uniquely…
Serving up an Afro-Pop delicacy, Nigeria based Demola & Davido drop the visual to their recent infectious collaboration GBEDU Having been making your hips swing and your shoulders bounce like you’re about to hit carnival since the audio dropped, Demola and Davido have finally delivered the video for ‘Gbedu’, which launched with OKAY Africa. Meaning…
Toronto based emcee Lee Ricks & Canadian producer BigBob are back with their new track I KNOW, featuring Hollywood, CA-based LDontheCut, via Elite Sound International ‘I KNOW’ is the latest track off the bold project ‘Beats For Breakfast’ from BigBob & Lee Ricks. Ricks shows off his calculated songwriting abilities continuously throughout this EP, ‘I…
Urban Vault caught up with Montreal, Canada based recording artist Naya Ali to ask her some questions about the latest track/visual GET IT RIGHT, her upcoming album GODSPEED and more… Ethiopian-born Montreal rapper Naya Ali is excited to unveil the captivating new music video for her latest single titled ‘Get It Right’. ‘Get It Right’…
Nigerian Rapper/Producer, illwill recently dropped his new Hip Hop banger called CYPHER WARS 4, featuring Psalmurai, T- Rex, & Paybac ‘Cypher Wars 4’ is taken off his recently released album, ‘The Goodwill of illwill’. The theme of this track is basically to spit your ‘dopest bars’ over the beat to cause pandemonium. illwill is an…
The Netherlands based producer Sneadr & emcee Dookie recently dropped their new four-track BATTLE ROYALE EP, accompanied by the BATTLE ROYALE : A MINI-DOCUMENTARY Sneadr & Dookie is the latest team to surface from the collective source Het VerZet, also home to its members BlabberMouf and EllMatic. They bring a fresh interpretation of the Boombap…
Lee Scratch Perry, Brian Eno & Adrian Sherwood present their new track HERE COME THE WARM DREADS, taken off Lee’s forthcoming album HEAVY RAIN, via On-U Sound A meeting of legendary musical innovators as dub pioneer Lee Scratch Perry collaborates with polymath Brian Eno on new single ‘Here Come The Warm Dreads’. A radical dub…
Boston based super-group EMS aka Experimental MindState bring you RAPSCALLIONS, the first single off their long-awaited debut via Own Lane Music The single, produced and directed by Agent Dan (Mannheim, Germany) features M-Dot, Revalation, and Kore (three members of the seven-man crew). The EMS debut (Title and Date TBA) will feature production from Buckwild, !llmind,…
Although we are heading into the winter months it doesn’t stop us from listening to music that brings all the party vibes! Serving up an Afro-Pop delicacy, Nigeria based Demola joins forces with Davido on their infectious collaboration GBEDU If there was ever a record to instantly make your hips swing and your shoulders bounce…
Heerlen, Netherlands based emcee BlabberMouf recently dropped the visual to the track RESONATE, produced by SQB, taken off their recent album AINT BACKIN’ DOWN Welcome to BlabberMoufs 4th solo album! The saga continues with more rhymes and beats, while evolution is made! It’s Blabber at his best on beats by SQB from Santiago De Chile…
Munich, Germany based Edward Sizzerhand leaks the track WILDFLOWER, taken off his forthcoming beats-instrumental album A TASTE OF HONEY Beats and Bees are important ingredients in Edward Sizzerhand’s life! Born in Brooklyn/New York, he received worldwide recognition in the late 90s with his rap crew Square One. After the crew split, the DJ and Producer…
Greenwich, London based Afrowave artist Afro B drops his highly anticipated album AFROWAVE 3, featuring Busy Signal, T-Pain, Vybz Kartel & more… London, UK-based Afrowave artist Afro B releases his highly anticipated new project ‘AfroWave 3’. Following on from his global breakout hit ‘Drogba (Joanna)’ and most recent teasers from the new project ‘Go Dance‘…
Cambridge, UK based Imperial & London based K.I.N.E.T.I.K. are back with their latest track FOR THE LOVE, featuring Toronto, Canada based emcee/producer & label mate DIE-REK, via Illect Recordings Back in 1993, Haddaway asked the million-dollar question? “What is love?” Is it an emotion? A vibe? A word that comes and goes?” Love is all…
2/3rds of Western Australian Hip Hop trio the K9INES, Figuero Jones & ErikiBeatz recently dropped the visual for their track KGFLOW, via Day Ones Records ‘KG FLOW’ is the second single from West Australian heavyweights Figuero Jones and ErikiBeatz taken from their upcoming project. Sonder Films once again handles the visuals that accompany the single…
Nigeria based emcee MCskill ThaPreacha & Producer/DJ Teck-Zilla drop their new NUCLEUS VOL. 1 EP, via Str8Buttah Productions Nigerian rapper MCskill ThaPreacha teams up with Str8Buttah Producer/DJ Teck-Zilla on the first part of the NUCLEUS series, a 4-track EP which has MCskill rhyming over vintage Hip Hop beats. The 4 track EP starts with ‘Positive…
The Doctor’s Orders & Bizarre Ride presents BIZARRE RIDE II THE PHARCYDE, featuring Fatlip & Slimkid3 @ Cargo this December The Pharcyde are one of the best-loved and admired Hip Hop groups of all time. Their debut ‘Bizarre Ride II’ and J Dilla inspired follow-up ‘Labcabincalifornia’ featured some of the most memorable singles in Hip…
Chima Anya & Soul Chef recently released their new album NO PRESSURE, accompanied by the new visual to the track YOU WILL, featuring Tahn Dr Chima Anya is close to celebrating a whole decade in the music industry. As a continuous champion for alternative UK hip hop, Chima Anya started in 2010 by debuting on…
London-based rap duo Too Many T’s recently dropped the visual to their track FREAKY, produced by Marseille/Paris, France based La Fine Equipe, featuring New York-based french emcee Hippocampe Fou, taken off the forthcoming album LA FAM ILL When, if ever, have you heard of a British rap duo collaborating with the best producers, rappers &…
Kingston, Jamaica-based emcee Five Steez & French beatmaker J-Zen recently dropped their new eight-track PANTONE EP Kingston, Jamaica underground Hip Hop staple Five Steez has teamed up with French beatmaker J-Zen for the new EP ‘Pantone’, available on all Digital Platforms and as a FREE DOWNLOAD via their bandcamp. The project features four songs that…
New York-based Ruste Juxx & Canadian producer BigBob drop their latest track UNDERSTAND, taken off the forthcoming album CULTURALLY RICH, via Elite Sound International Brooklyn, New york’s Ruste Juxx does what he does best, spit out the dopest rhymes that this Hip Hop culture needs to hear. You will not hear him rap about hyper-capitalism,…
Millennium Jazz Music presents Russia based producer Maple Syrup’s latest album HIGH TIDES, featuring the vocals Lucy Lune Gillespie ‘High Tides’ is an album of 16 instrumentals and one vocal feature by the Jazz singer Lucy Lune Gillespie, all produced by their Russian label mate Maple Syrup, who says, “Imagine yourself drifting on a raft…
Long Island, New York-based John Jigg$ & Aarhus, Denmark based DJ Swab recently dropped their new REVOLVERS EP Famed Long Island Hip Hop G.O.A.T. John Jigg$ links with European vetted producer DJ Swab for their new EP titled ‘Revolvers’, which features RIM and Recognize Ali. The eight-track project is brimming with elite lyricism and wordplay…
Today marks the release day of CHILIAGON, the epic 15-track album by dancehall legend Spragga Benz, featuring Tanika, General Levy, Rodney P, Sean Paul, Agent Sasco, Killa P & Harry Shotta & more… Acclaimed Jamaican Dancehall pioneer Spragga Benz releases ‘CHILIAGON’ (Easy Star/Buttercuts/Red Square Productions) today (September 27th). His first album in nearly a decade,…
Toronto, Canada based emcee/producer DIE-REK drops his latest track UNPREDICTABLE, featuring fellow Toronto, Canada based emcee/producer Rel McCoy, via Illect recordings Historically, in the music business, the fourth quarter is reserved for the power players and hard hitters. Alas, after a steady flow of releases throughout the year, the man known as Derek Jordan has…
London. UK based recording artist Melisa Whiskey recently dropped the visual to her track AJEH, featuring Nigerian artist/produced Mystro Hackney-born and Camden raised Melisa Whiskey is the exciting, British-Nigerian Afropop sensation who has already been making waves on the music scene with her track ‘Bonjour’ and is currently causing a storm with her new single…
Australian producer SIPPY drops some Syrupy, Bass-Forward sounds on her Dim Mak New Noise debut LIVE THAT WAY, featuring Cassandra Kay Highlighted alongside the likes of 1788-L, Fisher and Cray by YourEDM as one of 40, “Artists To Watch In 2019”, SIPPY is making massive waves down under and around the globe. A graduate of…
Queens, New York-based ONYX & Dope D.O.D. from the Netherlands team up on their new track AIN’T NO TIME TO REST, produced by Berlin-based Snowgoons When super forces combine you can expect worlds to burst! Onyx and the Snowgoons have teamed up once again with Dope D.O.D. and unveil their powers with ‘Ain‘t No Time…
Sydney, Australia based collective Iron Gate Sound are back with their latest track WICKEDEST, featuring Birmingham, UK based emcee RTkal Sydney collective Iron Gate Sound come in heavy with ‘Wickedest’, the first track off their forthcoming EP. Making a name for themselves online, Iron Gate Sound has developed a strong following dropping mixtapes, mashups and…
DEEP THOUGHTS is the latest track off the newly released BEATS FOR BREAKFAST EP, a collaborative effort from visionary Canadian producer BigBob and the brilliant Toronto based emcee Lee Ricks ‘Deep Thoughts’ is a lyrical exploration and reflection of our shadow self. Lee Ricks contends with the intense and vivid imagery of his inner thoughts…
The Prince of the Afrobeats scene, Ghetto Boy is shaping up to be one of the genre’s frontrunners and is here to take the crown as he drops new single JE, featuring B4bonah Known as ‘The Prince of the Afrobeats Scene’ Ghetto Boy has been climbing the ranks since the release of his first EP…
Dutch recording artist ZANILLYA drops her uplifting new single YOU’RE IT, teaming up with producer Humphrey Dennis to deliver a message of female empowerment, fronting the latest international online campaign ad for Nike Dutch rapper, singer and producer ZANILLYA dances to the beat of her own drum with her diverse and uncompromising sound. Beloved by…