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Lords Of The Underground - So Legendary (Prod. by Snowgoons/Album/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Lords Of The Underground – So Legendary (Prod. by Snowgoons/Album/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Newark, New Jersey-based Hip Hop Trio Lords Of The Underground return with their new album SO LEGENDARY, produced by German underground Hip Hop production team the Snowgoons The Lords Of The Underground will forever be associated with the Golden Age of Hip Hop. When Nas decided to remix his track ‘Where Are They Now?’, where…

Urban Vault Exclusive: Wu-Syndicate - Think Not! (Prod. by Shaka Amazulu The 7th/Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)

Urban Vault Exclusive: Wu-Syndicate – Think Not! (Prod. by Shaka Amazulu The 7th/Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)

Virginia-based Wu-Syndicate are back with their new track, THINK NOT!, produced by Shaka Amazulu The 7th The wait is over. Joe Mafia, Myalansky, and Napoleon, the trio that once set the streets ablaze under the Wu-Tang flag, reunite with their new single ‘Think Not!’. A bold message aimed at the doubters. After years of silence,…

ILL Clinton - Grimeball Crimelord (Album/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

ILL Clinton – Grimeball Crimelord (Album/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based ILL Clinton recently released his new album GRIMEBALL CRIMELORD, featuring some of the most respected names in the underground scene Ill Clinton returns with ‘Grimeball Crimelord’, his first feature album since 2014, a raw and uncompromising showcase of elite Hip Hop production. This project blends street narratives with verbal craftsmanship, delivering unique perspectives…

Pawz One x Mister CR x Blu ft. Note The Rydah - Talkin Reckless (Prod. by John Henry/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Pawz One x Mister CR x Blu ft. Note The Rydah – Talkin Reckless (Prod. by John Henry/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Los Angeles-based artists Pawz One, Mister CR, and Blu drop their new track TALKIN RECKLESS, featuring Note The Rydah, produced by John Henry, via Below System Records Pawz One, Mister CR, and Blu become lyrical on ‘Talkin Reckless‘ over the thick and woozy bass and key-laden instrumental produced by John Henry. Adding to the Cali…

Tre-Dot - SoulTre EP (Prod. by Eliah Soul/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Tre-Dot – SoulTre EP (Prod. by Eliah Soul/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

North Carolina-based established adult-contemporary Hip Hop artist Tre-Do recently released his SOULTRE EP, produced by Eliah Soul Tre-Dot and Eliah Soul link for a collaborative EP titled ‘SoulTre’. The five-track project lays the foundation for the ultimate boom-bap and soul marriage. The duo offers a refreshing and ear-pleasing experience with a purpose that will move…

Termanology & Bronze Nazareth ft. Wais P - Fargo (Music Video) Taken Off: Things I Seen (Album/iTunes/Spotify)

Termanology & Bronze Nazareth ft. Wais P – Fargo (Music Video) Taken Off: Things I Seen (Album/iTunes/Spotify)

Massachusetts-based Termanology & Detroit, Michigan-based Bronze Nazareth drop their new album THINGS I SEEN, accompanied by the visual to the track FARGO, featuring New York-based emcee Wais P Termanology and Bronze Nazareth join forces to deliver ‘Things I Seen‘, a gripping fusion of lyrical excellence and soul-drenched production. This collaborative album captures vivid storytelling, street…

Urban Vault Exclusive: Shaka Amazulu The 7th ft. Rubbabandz - Circle of Rust : Iron Shiek - The Black Devil (Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)

Urban Vault Exclusive: Shaka Amazulu The 7th ft. Rubbabandz – Circle of Rust : Iron Shiek – The Black Devil (Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)

London, UK-based recording artist Shaka Amazulu The 7th drops his new track CIRCLE OF RUST : IRON SHIEK – THE BLACK DEVIL, featuring New York-based emcee Rubbabandz Shaka Amazulu The 7th & Rubbabandz team up on their new track ‘Circle of Rust : Iron Shiek – The Black Devil’ via Black Stone of Mecca, marketed…

El Da Sensei & MentPlus ft. Venomous2000 & DJ Hush - Funktabulous (Music Video) Taken Off: The Unexpected (Album/iTunes/Spotify)

El Da Sensei & MentPlus ft. Venomous2000 & DJ Hush – Funktabulous (Music Video) Taken Off: The Unexpected (Album/iTunes/Spotify)

Newark, New Jersey-based El Da Sensei & Brooklyn, New York-based MentPlus are back with their new track/visual FUNKTABULOUS, featuring New Jersey-based Venomous2000 & Memphis’ DJ Hush ‘Funktabulous’ is a word that describes this funky-ass new single from El Da Sensei & MentPlus featuring Venomous 2000, taken off ‘The Unexpected‘ album, which is out now across…

Urban Vault Exclusive: Shabazz The Disciple – The Psalmist Trilogy 3: Halo Like Glo EP (Prod. by Ayatollah/Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)

Urban Vault Exclusive: Shabazz The Disciple – The Psalmist Trilogy 3: Halo Like Glo EP (Prod. by Ayatollah/Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)

Brooklyn, New York-based emcee Shabazz The Disciple is back with his seven-track THE PSALMIST TRILOGY 3: HALO LIKE GLO EP, produced by New York based Ayatollah With ‘The Psalmist Trilogy 1: Supply The Drought’ (Shabazz The Disciple & Focus) and ‘The Psalmist Trilogy 2: Hood Scriptures: The Untold Pages’ (Shabazz The Disciple & DJ Extremidiz)…

White Shadow x Son Of Saturn - Seppuku (Album/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

White Shadow x Son Of Saturn – Seppuku (Album/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Norway-based DJ/producer White Shadow & Chicago-based lyricist Son Of Saturn drop their new album SEPPUKU In the timeless tradition of two turntables and a microphone, White Shadow and Son of Saturn take you on a mind-bending journey through boom-bap dreamscapes exploring the vivid wastelands of world politics, artificial intelligence, ancient alien civilizations, spiritual practice, and…

Lateb ft. Reks & M-Dot - Predators (Prod. by AnyWayWell Beats & The Arcitype/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Lateb ft. REKS & M-Dot – Predators (Prod. by AnyWayWell Beats & The Arcitype/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Massachusetts-based Hip Hop artist Lateb drops his new track PREDATORS, featuring fellow Massachusetts-based emcees REKS & M-Dot Underground Hip Hop heavyweight Lateb is back with a fierce new single, ‘Predators‘, featuring fellow Mass lyricists REKS and M-Dot. The gritty, yet melodic backbone provided by AnyWayWell Beats & The Arcitype, showcases Lateb, REKS, and M-Dot trading…

Urban Vault Exclusive: Shabazz the Disciple & DJ Extremidiz - Hood Scripturez: The Untold Pages (Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)

Urban Vault Exclusive: Shabazz The Disciple & DJ Extremidiz – Hood Scripturez: The Untold Pages EP (Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)

Brooklyn, New York-based emcee Shabazz The Disciple recently dropped his seven-track HOOD SCRIPTUREZ: THE UNTOLD PAGES EP, featuring Solomon Childs, The Holocaust, Gage the Conqueror, Celph Titled, exclusively produced by Canadian beatsmith DJ Extremidiz Following the success of The Psalmist Trilogy 1: Shabazz The Disciple & Focus – ‘S.T.D. Supply The Drought’, which dropped last…

Urban Vault Exclusive: Kinetic 9 & Jade River - Lyrical Fusion (Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)

Urban Vault Exclusive: Kinetic 9 & Jade River – Lyrical Fusion (Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)

Ground Zero Records presents Ohio-based Killarmy member Kinetic 9 & Portland, Oregon-based recording artist Jade River’s latest single LYRICAL FUSION Kinetic 9 of Wu-Tang Clan affiliates Killarmy & esteemed producer Jade River are back with their new track ‘Lyrical Fusion‘, the second single taken off their forthcoming album due July 2025. Mixed and Mastered by…

VT Union ft. Sean Price - This Is Me [The Tribute Remix] (Prod. by NasteeLuvzYou/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

VT Union ft. Sean Price – This Is Me [The Tribute Remix] (Prod. by NasteeLuvzYou/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

AfterLyfe Music presents Burlington, Vermont-based VT Union’s new track THIS IS ME [THE TRIBUTE REMIX], featuring the late/great Sean Price, produced by NasteeLuvzYou Vermont supergroup VT Union’s throwback single ‘This is Me’ originally released in 2009 on their third album ‘The VT Union is Dead’, has been remixed and reissued by AfterLyfe Music on their…

Big Dese & Confidence - Melt (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Big Dese & Confidence ft. Oak Lonetree – Melt (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Boston, Massachusetts-based underground lyricist Big Dese & producer Confidence are back with their latest track MELT, via Below System Records Bringing the heat, Big Dese and Confidence return with their new single. ‘Melt‘ is pure boom-bap fire delivered though it’s deceptively smooth beat, turntable cut chorus, and lethally humorous punchlines. Added lyrical Fuego comes courtesy…

Meeco x DJ Access ft. REKS - That Boy (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Meeco x DJ Access ft. REKS – That Boy (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Berlin, Germany-based producer Meeco & Dresden, Germany-based DJ Access drop their new track THAT BOY, featuring Massachusetts-based underground Rap legend REKS Renowned producer duo Meeco & DJ Access are back with a powerful new track, ‘That Boy‘ featuring none other than legendary underground Hip Hop heavyweight Reks. The song blends Meeco’s signature boom-bap production with…

Urban Vault Exclusive: Jade River & Kinetic 9 - Forever Living Proof (Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)

Urban Vault Exclusive: Jade River & Kinetic 9 – Forever Living Proof (Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)

Ground Zero Records presents Portland, Oregon-based recording artist Jade River and Ohio-based Killarmy member Kinetic 9 new single FOREVER LIVING PROOF Jade River and Kinetic 9 are back with their new track ‘Forever Living Proof‘, the first single off their forthcoming album due July 2025. Mixed and Mastered by Deeskee for Weightless Audio LA, and…

Hectik The Latin Assassin - One Of A Kind (Prod. by Vinz Vega/Music Video) Taken Off: Life Is Always Hectik Pt. 2 (Album/iTunes/Spotify)

Hectik The Latin Assassin – One Of A Kind (Prod. by Vinz Vega/Music Video) Taken Off: Life Is Always Hectik Pt. 2 (Album/iTunes/Spotify)

 Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York’s Hectik The Latin Assassin drops the visual to his track ONE OF A KIND, via Down The Barrel TV, taken off his recent album LIFE IS ALWAYS HECTIK PT. 2 Seasoned BK indie rapper & official Fleet Artist, Hectik The Latin Assassin showcases his boom-bap roots in his recent album ‘Life…

Urban Vault Exclusive: The Holocaust aka Warcloud - That Which Others Cannot Do (Album/Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)

Urban Vault Exclusive: The Holocaust aka Warcloud – That Which Others Cannot Do (Album/Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)

Ground Zero Records presents Los Angeles, California-based The Holocaust aka Warcloud album THAT WHICH OTHERS CANNOT DO It is with both sorrow and reverence that we announce the release of ‘That Which Others Cannot Do’, the final solo project from the late Anthony Creston, better known to the world as The Holocaust, aka Warcloud. This…

Lower Life Forms - Circling The Drain (Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)

Lower Life Forms – Circling The Drain (Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)

DMV-based  Hip Hop duo Lower Life Forms drop their new track/visual CIRCLING THE DRAIN ‘Circling The Drain’ juxtaposes the dire state of the modern human condition with society’s casual acceptance of it. Mister Wise lays out our geo-political and environmental reality in a ‘Matter Of Fact’ tone and detail over a unique, Jazz fusion-inspired rhythm…

DJ Kut One ft. Ruste Juxx - Say It Loud (Music Video) Taken Off: Live Wires 4 (Album/28th March)

DJ Kut One ft. Ruste Juxx – Say It Loud (Music Video) Taken Off: Live Wires 4 (Album/28th March)

Melbourne, Australia-based DJ Kut One teams up with Brooklyn New York-based Ruste Juxx for their track/visual SAY IT LOUD, taken off the forthcoming LIVE WIRES 4 Kut One returns with the 4th and last installment in his acclaimed Live Wires series (Release Date 28th March). ‘Say It Loud’ features the ‘James Brown of the Underground’…

Chi Sees x Wes Nihil x Pryme Prolifik - Where Eva I Go (Prod. by Clipsmoke/Music Video)

Chi Sees x Wes Nihil x Pryme Prolifik – Where Eva I Go (Prod. by Clipsmoke/Music Video)

Roxbury, Massachusetts’ Chi Sees steals the spotlight in WHERE EVA I GO her first-ever music video appearance alongside New Jersey’s Wes Nihil & Pryme Prolifik Comparable to the saying, “More Money, More Problems”, success equally attracts envy, the inevitable surge of jealousy and animosity of those left behind. No matter how high the dose of…

Urban Vault Exclusive: Myalansky - Fricassee (Album/Audio Premiere/Spotify)

Urban Vault Exclusive: Myalansky – Fricassee (Album/Audio Premiere/Spotify)

Ground Zero Records presents Virginia-based Myalansky (Wu-Syndicate) latest album FRICASSEE, featuring Shaka Amazulu the 7th, via Know the Names Music Group ‘Fricassee’ marks Myalansky’s triumphant return, blending gritty storytelling with refined lyricism. Drawing inspiration from life’s complexities, this album serves a rich feast of street tales and introspection, layered over cinematic, hard-hitting beats. Fricassee offers…

Urban Vault Exclusive: 5 Ft Hyper Sniper x Shaka Amazulu The 7th - Supa-Ninja (Audio Premiere/Album/Spotify)

Urban Vault Exclusive: 5 Ft Hyper Sniper x Shaka Amazulu The 7th – Supa-Ninja (Audio Premiere/Album/Spotify)

Zu Ninjaz presents 5 Ft Hyper Sniper x Shaka Amazulu The 7th album, SUPA-NINJA, featuring Zu Ninjaz, Myalansky, Solomon Childs, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Ghostface Killah & K-Blunt ODB’s protege and mentee; 5 Foot Hyper Snyper, also known by his numerous aliases, Dre Street, Irie, Dremanilo, and more, steps into the spotlight with his highly anticipated…

Mister Misk & Kromeatose - Ghost Mantis (Prod. by Johnny Slash/Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)

Mister Misk & Kromeatose – Ghost Mantis (Prod. by Johnny Slash/Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)

Staten Island, New York-based Mister Misk & Kromeatose, recently dropped the visual to their track GHOST MANTIS, produced by Johnny Slash More times than not, life remains unpredictable. Many things happen in a different order than wanted, or even expected. It takes the power of patience to bring us closer to what sometimes seems so…

Ant – Darker Colours x Prelude Revisited (Audio) Taken Off: Collection of Sounds: Vol. 4 (Album/04th April)

Ant – Darker Colours x Prelude Revisited (Audio/iTunes) Taken Off: Collection of Sounds: Vol. 4 (Album/04th April)

Minneapolis, Minnesota Hip Hop pioneers Atmosphere’s producer Ant gears up to drop his latest instrumental album COLLECTION OF SOUNDS: VOL. 4 Anthony Davis, AKA Ant, the producer half of the legendary, pioneering Hip Hop group Atmosphere, proves once again how irreplaceable he is with the announcement of Collection of Sounds: Volume 4 (the last installment…

Urban Vault Exclusive: Jade River & Kinetic 9 – Echo Of Destruction (Album/Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)

Urban Vault Exclusive: Jade River & Kinetic 9 – Echo Of Destruction (Album/Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)

Ground Zero Records presents the new ECHO OF DESTRUCTION LP by Portland, Oregon-based recording artist Jade River and Ohio-based Killarmy member Kinetic 9 Jade River and Kinetic 9 are back with their new seven-track ‘Echo Of Destruction’ LP, featuring Los Angeles-based emcee CookBook. Mixed and Mastered by Deeskee for Weightless Audio LA, and marketed by…

Emma Lee M.C. & Roccwell ft. Bahamadia - Cravings & Withdrawals [Retrogott Remix] (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Emma Lee M.C. & Roccwell ft. Bahamadia – Cravings & Withdrawals [Retrogott Remix] (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)

Harlem, New York City-based Emma Lee M.C. & Munich, Germany-based producer Roccwell & Philadelphia legend Bahamadia gets the remix treatment from German emcee/producer/DJ/author Retrogott on their 2024 track CRAVINGS & WITHDRAWALS The underground hit single ‘Cravings & Withdrawals’ by Emma Lee M.C. & Roccwell featuring Gang Starr Foundation member Bahamadia (taken off the critically acclaimed…

ILL Gordon - Stalls (Music Video) Taken Off: Beautiful Dirt (Album/iTunes/Spotify)

ILL Gordon – Stalls (Prod. by Deka Derse/Music Video) Taken Off: Beautiful Dirt (Album/iTunes/Spotify)

Chicago, Illinois-based emcee ILL Gordon recently released the first visual from his BEAUTIFUL DIRT project, titled STALLS ‘Stalls’ is the first of a series of videos ILL Gordon plans to drop from the ‘Beautiful Dirt‘ project! Deka Derse produced the track and the video was shot and directed by Deka Derse as well. The visual…

Mitchy Slick & Sir Veterano - Yeah Dat’24 (Music Video)

Mitchy Slick & Sir Veterano – Yeah Dat’24 (Music Video)

West Coast Hip Hop heavyweights Mitchy Slick and Sir Veterano reunite to bring fans the highly anticipated visual for their latest track YEAH DAT’24 The music video showcases the duo’s undeniable chemistry and commitment to keeping the spirit of West Coast rap alive. Mitchy Slick’s signature smooth flow pairs seamlessly with Sir Veterano’s flawless production,…