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Alicia Keys - Underdog [DJ Soulchild Remix] (Audio/Free Download)

Alicia Keys – Underdog [DJ Soulchild Remix] (Audio/Free Download)

Switzerland based DJ Soulchild is back with his latest Hip Hop-inspired Neo-Soul/R&B remix of Alicia Keys’ latest single UNDERDOG Swiss DJ/producer/remix kingpin DJ Soulchild has dropped his first remix release of 2020 and returns to form by reworking Alicia Keys’ latest inspirational, Ed Sheeran-penned hit single ‘Underdog‘. Whilst the original version perfectly caters to the…

TRIBEZ. ft. AG, El Da Sensei, Pawz One & Maniac - Fire (Audio/Spotify) Taken Off: Paragon EP (14th Feb)

TRIBEZ. ft. AG, El Da Sensei, Pawz One & Maniac – Fire (Audio/Spotify) Taken Off: Paragon EP (14th Feb)

Germany based Hip Hop group TRIBEZ. team up with AG, El Da Sensei, Pawz One & Maniac for their latest track FIRE, taken off their forthcoming PARAGON EP The five-member collective TRIBEZ. from Bavaria/Munich/Germany has long been known as ‘THE’ Hip Hop band out of Germany. Acclaimed live performances, festival shows and productions with the…

SUPA KAIJU - Category IV EP (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

SUPA KAIJU – Category IV EP (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Copenhagen based emcee/producer Sicknature & Brooklyn based emcee Napoleon Da Legend aka as the duo SUPA KAIJU recently dropped their latest project the CATEGORY IV EP Emcee/Producer Sicknature of the Snowgoons and Brooklyn emcee Napoleon Da Legend are back as Supa Kaiju with their new EP ‘Category IV’. Napoleon Da Legend has been dropping projects…

BigBob Presents: Ruste Juxx - Culturally Rich (Album/Audio/iTunes/Spotify/CD)

BigBob Presents: Ruste Juxx – Culturally Rich (Album/Audio/iTunes/Spotify/CD)

New York-based Ruste Juxx & Canadian producer BigBob team up to drop their highly anticipated new album CULTURALLY RICH, via Elite Sound International Visionary producer BigBob and Ruste Juxx collaborate again on another ambitious full-length project ‘Culturally Rich’. Ruste Juxx’s aggressive, no-nonsense poetry proves to be the seed of his creative panoramic storytelling. Expressing themes…

Vallé - Star (Prod. by Struan Finlay/Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)

Vallé – Star (Prod. by Struan Finlay/Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)

Christchurch, New Zealand based Hip Hop & R&B artist Vallé recently dropped the visual to his Struan Finlay produced track STAR Introducing fast-rising New Zealand Hip Hop and R&B artist, singer and songwriter Vallé with his brand new single ‘Star’, taken from his highly anticipated debut mixtape titled ‘Care For Me’, which is set for…

DJ Boat x Kobi Jonz - NAIJA-GHANA TAPE VOL. 1 EP (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

DJ Boat x Kobi Jonz – NAIJA-GHANA TAPE VOL. 1 EP (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Houston based DJ Boat & Nigeria based Kobi Jonz recently dropped their exciting new Afrobeats EP, NAIJA-GHANA TAPE VOL. 1 Following on the back of their hugely popular lead singles ‘Call Melanin’ and ‘Give’, which have amassed over a million plays on Spotify and YouTube alone, Houston based Ghanaian DJ and curator DJ Boat, and…

Milano Constantine & Sadat X ft. LDontheCut - RepresenterS (Prod. by BigBob/Audio)

Milano Constantine & Sadat X ft. LDontheCut – RepresenterS (Prod. by BigBob/Audio)

Canadian visionary producer, BigBob returns with more boom-bap magic with frequent collaborators New York-based emcees Milano Constantine & Sadat X to bring you REPRESENTERS, featuring cuts by Hollywood’s LDontheCut Milano is a rapper’s rapper,  suave and original, with punchlines and deliveries for days. Sadat X joins him on this rooted and funky track with lyrical…

Fuse ODG ft. Danny Ocean - Lazy Day (Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)

Fuse ODG ft. Danny Ocean – Lazy Day (Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)

Ghanaian/English recording artist Fuse ODG recently dropped his new track/visual LAZY DAY, featuring Danny Ocean Musician, activist and Afrobeats pioneer, Fuse ODG returns with his brand new track ‘Lazy Day’ which features Latin superstar, Danny Ocean. Do you ever have one of those days when you feel like doing absolutely nothing? I imagine a resounding…

Ruste Juxx ft. Skanks the Rap Martyr, Pee General & DJ Eclipse – Permanent Damage (Prod. by BigBob/Music Video)

New York-based Ruste Juxx & Canadian producer BigBob team up with Skanks the Rap Martyr, Pee General & DJ Eclipse on their latest track/visual PERMANENT DAMAGE ‘Permanent Damage’ is the latest track/video off the forthcoming album ‘Culturally Rich’, from Ruste Juxx & BigBob. Juxx delivers a versatile combo of linguistic wordplay, style, and originality that…

Realio Sparkzwell x DJ Audas - DEADLY: Blood Brothers (Album/Audio/Free Download)

Realio Sparkzwell x DJ Audas – DEADLY: Blood Brothers (Album/Audio/Free Download)

Syracuse, New York-based emcee Realio Sparkzwell teams up with Chilean DJ Audas once again for their new album DEADLY: BLOOD BROTHERS ‘DEADLY: Blood Brothers’ is the combination of New York-based emcee Realio Sparkzwell and Santiago, Chile based DJ/Producer Audas. In 2012 Realio and Audas invented this movement that became the biggest underground Hip Hop movement…

Kano ft. Popcaan - Can't Hold We Down E01/02 (Documentary/Music Video)

Kano ft. Popcaan – Can’t Hold We Down E01/02 (Documentary/Music Video)

London, UK based Grime legend Kano shares his two-part video for CAN’T HOLD WE DOWN, featuring Popcaan, taken off Kano’s recent album HOODIES ALL SUMMER Kano has dropped the video for Can’t Hold We Down featuring Popcaan, taken from his acclaimed sixth studio album ‘Hoodies All Summer’. Underlined by a galvanizing melody, Can’t Hold We…

Juls ft. Worlasi - Nyafu Riddim (Music Video) Taken Off: COLOUR (Mixtape/iTunes/Spotify)

Juls ft. Worlasi – Nyafu Riddim (Music Video) Taken Off: COLOUR (Mixtape/iTunes/Spotify)

East London artist/producer Juls aka Juls Baby drops the visual to his track NYAFU RIDDIM, featuring Ghana-based recording artist Worlasi Following the release of his recent body of work ‘Colour’, one of the UK’s foremost rising producers Juls, known for his Juls Baby moniker, drops the beautiful visuals for his jazzy, enthralling track ‘Nyafu Riddim’…

Jay Douglas ft. General Trees - Jah Children + Dubmatix Dub Mix (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Jay Douglas ft. General Trees – Jah Children + Dubmatix Dub Mix (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Toronto, Canada based JUNO Award-Nominated & Award-Winning Reggae Master Jay Douglas recently dropped his latest track JAH CHILDREN, featuring General Trees & a Remix by JUNO Award-Winning Dubmatix JUNO Award-nominated and award-winning reggae and music master Jay Douglas drops ‘Jah Children’, available now from Slammin Media and worldwide by Believe Distribution. Jay is available for…

ONYX & Snowgoons - SnowMads (Album/Audio/Limited Edition Vinyl/CD)

ONYX & Snowgoons – SnowMads (Album/Audio/Limited Edition Vinyl/CD)

Queens, New York-based ONYX & Berlin-based Snowgoons drop their new album SNOWMADS, featuring Bumpy Knuckles, Dope D.O.D., Nems, SickFlo & more… The Snowgoons have teamed up with Onyx once again to release their new album entitled ‘SnowMads’. This isn’t the first time the two camps joined forces. Five years ago The Snowgoons brought Onyx back…

Chima Anya & SoulChef - Always Be (Music Video) Taken Off: No Pressure (Album/iTunes/Spotify)

Chima Anya & SoulChef – Always Be (Music Video) Taken Off: No Pressure (Album/iTunes/Spotify)

Oxford/London based UK Hip Hop artist Chima Anya and New Zealand based producer Soul Chef recently dropped the visual for the track, ALWAYS BE, taken off their recent album NO PRESSURE ‘Always Be’ is a feel-good song that flips the concept of eternity. The setting of the visual is a wedding which serves as a…

New Noise: MATT DOE & Fools Of Wisdom - ANUBIS (Free Download/Dim Mak Records)

New Noise: MATT DOE & Fools Of Wisdom – ANUBIS (Free Download/Dim Mak Records)

MATT DOE joins Fools of Wisdom on a powerful display of Canadian dubstep via their thrashing Dim Mak, New Noise debut ANUBIS Hailing from Montreal, MATT DOE and duo Fools of Wisdom are carrying the torch for Quebec-based bass-heavy sounds. ‘ANUBIS’ marks their latest collaboration, following recent joint efforts ‘BRING EM OUT‘ and the MagMag…

Bantu & Dr. Chaii ft. Bipolar Sunshine - DiCaprio (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Bantu & Dr. Chaii ft. Bipolar Sunshine – DiCaprio (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Much sought after Los Angeles-based Zimbabwean artist-producers Bantu & Dr. Chaii are back with their new track DICAPRIO, featuring multi-platinum selling British singer and songwriter Bipolar Sunshine ‘DiCaprio’ serves as the third single to be taken from the highly anticipated 6-track collaborative EP currently in the works from Bantu and Dr. Chaii, following their breakthrough…

MCskill ThaPreacha & Stormatique – NUCLEUS Vol. 2 EP (Audio)

MCskill ThaPreacha & Stormatique – NUCLEUS Vol. 2 EP (Audio)

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…

DIE-REK - The Dying Ones (Album/Audio/iTunes/Spotify/Illect Recordings)

DIE-REK – The Dying Ones (Album/Audio/iTunes/Spotify/Illect Recordings)

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…

Vincent Barrea - Chemical Or Love (Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)

Vincent Barrea – Chemical Or Love (Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)

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…

Teeah ft. Sarkodie - Zengeh (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Teeah ft. Sarkodie – Zengeh (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

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…

Choclair & Lee Ricks - Life This Way (Prod. by DCypha/Audio/Elite Sound International)

Choclair & Lee Ricks – Life This Way (Prod. by DCypha/Audio/Elite Sound International)

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…

Spragga Benz ft. Killa P & Harry Shotta - TRILOGY (Music Video) Taken Off: CHILIAGON (Album/iTunes/Spotify)

Spragga Benz ft. Killa P & Harry Shotta – TRILOGY (Music Video) Taken Off: CHILIAGON (Album/iTunes/Spotify)

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…

Shabaam Sahdeeq & J57 - Steady Pace (Cuts by Chinch 33/Music Video)

Shabaam Sahdeeq & J57 – Steady Pace (Cuts by Chinch 33/Music Video)

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…

Onyx ft. Dope D.O.D - Ain't No Time To Rest (Prod. by Snowgoons/Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)

ONYX ft. Dope D.O.D. – Ain’t No Time To Rest (Prod. by Snowgoons/Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)

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…

ROCKY - How Will I Know (Prod. by Defnelson/Audio/Spotify)

ROCKY – How Will I Know (Prod. by Defnelson/Audio/Spotify)

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…

Demola ft. Davido - Gbedu (Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)

Demola ft. Davido – Gbedu (Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)

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…

Lee Ricks ft. LDontheCut – I KNOW (Prod. by BigBob/Audio) Taken Off: Beats For Breakfast EP

Lee Ricks ft. LDontheCut – I KNOW (Prod. by BigBob/Audio) Taken Off: Beats For Breakfast EP

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 Interviews - Naya Ali

Urban Vault Interviews – Naya Ali

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’…

Cypher Wars 4 ft. illwill, Psalmurai, T-Rex & Paybac (Audio) Taken Off: The Goodwill of illwill (Album/iTunes)

Cypher Wars 4 ft. illwill, Psalmurai, T-Rex & Paybac (Audio) Taken Off: The Goodwill of illwill (Album/iTunes)

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…

Sneadr & Dookie - Battle Royale : A Mini-Documentary + Battle Royale EP (iTunes/Spotify)

Sneadr & Dookie – Battle Royale : A Mini-Documentary + Battle Royale EP (iTunes/Spotify)

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 ft. Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Dreads (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Lee Scratch Perry ft. Brian Eno – Here Come The Warm Dreads (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

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…

EMS (Experimental MindState) - Rapscallions (Prod. by Agent Dan/Music Video)

EMS (Experimental MindState) – Rapscallions (Prod. by Agent Dan/Music Video)

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,…

BlabberMouf - Resonate (Prod. by SQB/Music Video) Taken Off: Aint Backin’ Down (Album/iTunes/Spotify)

BlabberMouf – Resonate (Prod. by SQB/Music Video) Taken Off: Aint Backin’ Down (Album/iTunes/Spotify)

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…

Edward Sizzerhand - Wildflower (Audio/Spotify) Taken Off: A Taste Of Honey (Album/29th Nov)

Edward Sizzerhand – Wildflower (Audio/Spotify) Taken Off: A Taste Of Honey (Album/29th Nov)

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…