The Bronx, New York City-based emcee losLAUREN 718 recently released the visual to his track SOBER THOUGHTS, PERFECT CLARITY, produced by the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League losLAUREN 718 is back once again and he’s starting the New Year right! The ‘Allergic to Failure’ Captain dropped off the visuals for his ‘Sober Thoughts, Perfect Clarity’ freestyle. Simple and…
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Tru Trilla ft. REKS & Lakim Shabazz – Sun Rays (Prod. by LG ROC/Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)
Newark, New Jersey-based 050 Boyz member Tru Trilla recently released his latest track SUN RAYS, featuring Massachusetts-based REKS & Lakim Shabazz Tru Trilla releases his phenomenal new album ‘XVI: Return of the Gods’ on May 31st through New Dawn Records. Several years in the making, the follow-up to the classic 2020 banger ‘God of Barz’…
Jezus Martinez – Back To The Basics (Prod. by Mike Martinez/Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)
Florida-based Hip Hop veterans Jezus Borgia & Mike Martinez aka Jezus Martinez drop the visual to their lead/title track BACK TO THE BASICS, taken off their new album of the same name Jezus Martinez is an off-kilter, underground Hip Hop duo from Flagler Beach, Florida. Consisting of emcee Jezus Borgia and emcee/producer Mike Martinez, the…
Snowgoons ft. Ras Kass, Benny Holiday, Destro, Jacc D. Frost & DJ Illegal – Raise The Bar (Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)
Berlin, Germany-based Hip Hop production team Snowgoons drops their new track/visual RAISE THE BAR, featuring Ras Kass, Benny Holiday, Destro, Jacc D. Frost & DJ Illegal The Snowgoons are back with another 1st Of Da Month and they ‘Raise The Bar’ with Ras Kass one of the best lyricists from the Golden Era. The 1st…
II Tone – Feels Good (Prod. by DJ Squeeky/Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)
South Memphis, Tennessee-based II Tone recently released his latest track/visual FEELS GOOD, produced by fellow Memphis-based DJ Squeeky Emphatically commencing 2024 following a successful 2023, II Tone opens his new year catalogue with the rap single ‘Feels Good’, an ideal Hip Hop track with inch-perfect production provided by the musical mastermind DJ Squeeky, incredible mix…
Omen44 ft. Shadow The Great & Raz Fresco – Culture Pusher (Prod. by Budamunk/Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)
New Jersey-based Hip Hop artist Omen44 recently released the visual to his track CULTURE PUSHER, featuring Brooklyn, New York-based Shadow The Great & Canada’s Raz Fresco Following the heels of ‘Plug‘ featuring Tragedy Khadafi and Big Twins, Omen44 is back with a new collaboration ‘Culture Pusher‘, featuring Japan’s very own Budamunk along with Raz Fresco…
Urban Vault Exclusive: Ground Zero – SAVAGE, Pt. 2 (Mixtape/Audio Premiere)
Ground Zero presents SAVAGE, PT. 2, featuring iNTeLL, Method Man, Killah Priest, Planet Asia & more… The Bandcamp exclusive mixtape features iNTell, Method Man, Killah Priest, Planet Asia, Hus Kingpin, Myka 9, Frukwan, Shabazz The Disciple, The Holocaust, and The Flatlinerz. Ground Zero Mixtape Volume 7: Marketed by Ground Zero Entertainment PDX. Savage, Pt. 2…
Copywrite – Green Screen (Prod. by Evidence/Music Video) Taken Off: T.H.E. Last Supper (Album/01st March)
Columbus, Ohio-based emcee Copywrite drops the visual to his track GREEN SCREEN, produced by Los Angeles-based artist Evidence This is the second single from my new album, ‘T.H.E. Last Supper‘ dropping this March on Man Bites Dog Records. I enlisted Evidence for the production on this track and my brother DJ Ceven killed the scratches…
Vic Shadez – CRAZY (Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)
New Jersey-based emcee/producer Vic Shadez recently released the visual to his track CRAZY, ahead of his forthcoming album TIMETRAVELER What is reality? The simple answer: the truth. What is perception? How something is interpreted, or understood, meaning though perception is not reality, it can become someone’s unequivocal reality, controlling how one views the truth. Vic…
Dynas x Jah Freedom ft. Money Mogly & Shottie – Spaghetti (Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)
Miami, Florida-based emcee Dynas recently released SPAGHETTI, the 3rd single off the Dynas x Jah Freedom collaborative CALLALOO AND COLLARDS EP, featuring Miami lyrical heavyweights Mogly and Shottie Immerse yourself in the darkness with ‘Spaghetti’, a menacing collaboration of Legendary emcee Dynas and the mad scientist Jah Freedom featuring Money Mogly and Shottie. The track…
Urban Vault Exclusive: Ground Zero – SAVAGE, Pt. 1 (Mixtape/Audio Premiere)
Ground Zero presents SAVAGE, PT. 1, featuring iNTeLL, Inspectah Deck, Rubbabandz, Myka 9 & Timbo King The Bandcamp exclusive mixtape features iNTeLL (2nd Generation WU), Inspectah Deck (Wu-Tang Clan), Rubbabandz (GP WU), Myka 9, and Timbo King (Wu-Tang Royal Fam). Ground Zero Mixtape Volume 6: Marketed by Ground Zero Entertainment PDX. Savage, Pt. 1 by…
Marcus Stokes – NO CONTEXT UMAR (Prod. by N. Chase/Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)
New York-based emcee Marcus Stokes drops the visual to his new debut solo track NO CONTEXT UMAR, produced by N. Chase Marcus Stokes has established himself as a prolific lyricist and songwriter as a part of the duo 21 Grams. Now the Greenburgh, New York native is branching out to further establish his name atop…
Koncept – Never Better (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)
Brooklyn, New York-based emcee Koncept recently released his new track NEVER BETTER Koncept blesses the start of 2024 with his thrilling new single ‘Never Better‘ This is your song and mood for 2024. Stronger, healthier, fresher than ever, and ready for everything to come. Powerful production from George Reichart & Mark ‘Keitel Jr.’ Lowe that…
M-Dot ft. Revalation – You And You (Prod. by M-Phazes/Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)
Boston, Massachusetts-based emcee/producer M-Dot & Revalation of EMS drop the visual to their track YOU AND YOU, produced by Los Angeles-based M-Phazes M-Dot starts off the new year the same way he left off last year, with a brand new music video. This time, he connects with long-time EMS ally Revalation for ‘You and You‘…
Daemon – Three Years Sober (Prod. by Troglodyte The Neanderthal/Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)
St. Louis, Missouri-based emcee Daemon recently released the visual to his track THREE YEARS SOBER, produced by fellow St. Louis-based Troglodyte The Neanderthal Daemon presents the Digital Co-Op-directed video for ‘Three Years Sober’, which continues a string of releases from Daemon as of late, including ‘Comfortable‘, ‘ROTN – Inertia‘, ‘Credit Check‘, ‘Elevation‘, and ‘Vader‘. Daemon…
Timbo King x Ras Ceylon x Dawit Justice – It’s On In (Music Video)
Brooklyn, New York-based Wu-Tang Royal Fam member Timbo King traveled to California to celebrate the New Year with the visual for IT’S ON IN, alongside Ras Ceylon & Dawit Justice The origins of music can be traced to the origin of language, leaving many to argue which came first. What cannot be disputed is that…
Tre-Dot – Only You x Blood Sweat N Tears (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)
North Carolina-based established adult-contemporary Hip Hop artist Tre-Dot drops back-to-back singles ONLY YOU & BLOOD SWEAT N TEARS ‘Only You’ flows with a captivating blend of 70’s soul and a vintage Hip Hop flow (without sounding dated). Tre-Dot leaves a lasting impression for listeners to decipher if only you refer to love, life, music, etc. Whatever…
IAMISEE & DJ IRON – Phantom X (Album/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)
Philadelphia-born, Atlanta-based veteran emcee/producer IAMISEE & Belgium-based DJ IRON recently released their thirteen-track album, PHANTOM X ‘Phantom X’, the collaborative album by IAMISEE and DJ IRON, was initially started back in the summer of 2013 and was finally completed shortly after the pandemic hit the world back in 2020. Sonically DJ IRON fuses classic Hip…
V Knuckles – The Next Chapter (Prod. by Phoniks/Music Video/Album/iTunes/Spotify)
Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts-based V Knuckles (N.B.S.) & Portland, Maine beatsmith Phoniks recently dropped the Chow Films directed visual for their track THE NEXT CHAPTER V Knuckles and Phoniks present the new visuals for ‘The Next Chapter’, the title track for the album by this East Coast dynamic duo. Directed By Chow Films, this is Real Hip …
ECHO – EchoisthenameTV Season 12 (Prod. by KHEYZINE/Audio/Mixtape/iTunes/Spotify)
Los Angeles-based emcee ECHO drops his new ECHOISTHENAMETV SEASON 12 mixtape, produced by Bordeaux, France-based KHEYZINE Los Angeles-based emcee ECHO drops his new EchoisthenameTV Season 12 mixtape, which is fully produced by KHEYZINE, featuring the recent single ‘Originoo Gun Clappaz’. ECHO & KHEYZINE ” ECHOISTHENAME TV SEASON 12 ” by KHEYZINE ECHO – EchoisthenameTV Season…
IshTheKid – Half Angel, Half Devil (Album/Audio/Spotify)
Nevada-based recording artist IshTheKid recently released his debut album HALF ANGEL, HALF DEVIL, an emphatic nod to the greats of Emo Rap Sometimes it takes accepting your demons to move towards the blessings in your life, an outlook that emerging artist IshTheKid is no stranger to in his enigmatic debut album ‘Half Angel, Half Devil‘.…
Team Demo Music – It’s A Demo (Album/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)
Alexandria, Virginia-based Team Demo Music recently released their new ten-track album IT’S A DEMO Team Demo’s brand new self-produced LP ‘It’s a Demo‘ is available. The legendary DMV production crew is joined by the likes of Method Man, Skyzoo, Rome Streetz, Planet Asia, and Ras Kass for a record full of banging beats and slick…
Rockwelz X Nam Nitty – LL2j (Album/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)
New York-based emcee Rockwelz recently dropped his new album LL2J, fellow New York-based produced by Nam Nitty It’s been said that lightning strikes twice…NY indie artist Rockwelz heard and listened to his worldwide fan base and unveiled the highly anticipated sequel ‘LL2j.’ The 9-track project is entirely produced by label mate Nam Nitty and features…
Urban Vault Exclusive: Gen-3 (Shaka Amazulu The 7th & Holy Smokes) – G3N0C1D3 (Album/Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)
Ground Zero Records presents Shaka Amazulu The 7th & Holy Smokes aka Gen-3’s latest album G3N0C1D3 ‘G3N0C1D3’ features Papa Wu, Black Rose Kartel, Daddy Rose, Lord Salaudiin, DJ Flipside, School of the Gifted, Napoleon, Solomon Childs, Ancient COINS, Armel The Great, Spanky Splash, 9th Prince & Holocaust. Gen-3 is made up of Wu-Tang affiliate Holy…
GIN – Vibra (Music Video) Taken Off: La Dolce Vita (Album/iTunes/Spotify)
Los Angeles-based emcee GIN recently dropped the visual to her track VIBRA, taken off her recent album LA DOLCE VITA GIN’s newest single and video ‘Vibra’ is off her newest album ‘La Dolce Vita‘. The video was filmed in Izmir, Turkey by Mesut Yagci. The video takes place during the twilight hours on the Alsancak…
Status The Marlboro Man – S.F.Y.L. (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)
North Denver, Colorado-based emcee/producer Status The Marlboro Man drops S.F.Y.L., taken off of his new KNOTS FERATU EP ‘SFYL’ aka ‘Screaming For Four Life’, written and Produced by Status The Marlboro Man is Available Now on All digital platforms. No-nonsense production and deep lyrics give this underground classic a level of maturity not heard in…
M-Dot – Done (Prod. by Apollo Brown/Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)
Renowned Boston, Massachusetts-based Hip Hop artist M-Dot drops the visual to his track DONE, produced by Detroit’s own Apollo Brown M-Dot continues to cement his reputation as a consistent force in the industry. Fresh off his nomination for ‘Most Consistent’ at the 2023 Hip Hop New England Awards and honored as one of ‘Boston’s Top…
Omen44 ft. Tragedy Khadafi x Big Twins – Plug (Prod. by DJ Scratch Nice/Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)
New Jersey-based Hip Hop artist Omen44 recently released his latest track/visual PLUG, featuring Tragedy Khadafi & Big Twins, produced by DJ Scratch Nice Queensbridge Projects legend Tragedy Khadafi along with Big Twins (Infamous Mobb) join Omen44 in the new single/visual ‘Plug‘. The national/international Hip Hop veteran embodies the essence of the plug before it was…
ECHO – Originoo Gun Clappaz (Prod. by KHEYZINE/Audio)
Los Angeles-based emcee ECHO drops his latest track ORIGINOO GUN CLAPPAZ, produced by Bordeaux, France-based KHEYZINE The new single ‘Originoo Gun Clappaz’ is taken off the upcoming EchoisthenameTV Season 12 mixtape, which is fully produced by KHEYZINE. Originoo Gun Clappaz by ECHO Check out the previous EchoisthenameTV Season installments HERE Also, check out Urban Vault Interviews…
Mantronix ft. Bruse Wane – ERA OF THE AI (Music Video/iTunes/Spotify)
New York-based iconic Hip Hop group Mantronix founder Kurtis Mantronik is back with his latest track/visual ERA OF THE AI, featuring Wane Enterprises CEO, New York-based emcee Bruse Wane Fresh off the heels of the success of their recent track ‘Money Talks‘ Kurtis Mantronik and Bruse Wane return, with the official visual to their latest…
J57 – If I Should Wake Before I Die (Album/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)
Brooklyn, New York-based rapper and producer J57 recently released his IF I SHOULD WAKE BEFORE I DIE album J57 is back with a self-produced, featureless boom-bap project titled ‘If I Should Wake Before I Die‘ which is now available on all streaming platforms via FiveSe7en Collective/Chavez Sound/Soulspazm! This project is dedicated to J’s late friend…
Urban Vault Exclusive: Jade River – Rise [Deluxe Edition] (Album/Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)
Ground Zero Records presents Portland, Oregon-based producer Jade River’s DELUXE VERSION of his album RISE ‘Rise [Deluxe Edition]‘ is a selection of Jade Rivers’s releases from 2020 to present all on one album. Mixed and mastered by Deeskee for Weightless Audio LA, and marketed by Ground Zero Entertainment PDX. Jade River – Rise [Deluxe Edition]…
Lu Chin Chen – What A Loser (Music Video) Taken Off: Weight EP (iTunes/Spotify)
Boston, Massachusetts-based emcee Lu Chin Chen drops the visual to the track WHAT A LOSER, taken off his recent WEIGHT EP Lu Chin Chen follows up his incredible concept album ‘NA Meeting‘, one year later with a rugged EP ‘Weight‘. For the True School Hip Hop heads out there. “The weight is over, the weight…
Too Familiar ft. Solomon Childs – Declare War (Prod. by djcharlibnzoo/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)
Roosevelt Island, New York-based emcee Too Familiar recently dropped his new track DECLARE WAR, featuring Staten Island, New York-based emcee Solomon Childs, produced by Switzerland-based djcharlibnzoo ‘Declare War’ is Too Familiar’s new single taken off his anticipated upcoming project ‘Transition’, which is planned for early 2024. The new release is in collaboration with the GOD…
Urban Vault Exclusive: School Of The Gifted – Semester V: Dialog (Album/Audio Premiere/iTunes/Spotify)
Ground Zero Records presents the International mega Hip Hop collective School Of The Gifted’s new eleven-track album SEMESTER V: DIALOG ‘Semester Vol. V’ (5) presents Dialogs of the School of the Gifted members, which exhibits solo tracks, Schools within Schools, and sub-groups within groups with his release. No Features, strictly School members ONLY! Sub-groups: BlacKula…
Freddie Black ft. King Hansom – Piensalo (Prod. by McTeMatico/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)
Newport, Rhode Island-based emcee Freddie Black recently released his new track PIENSALO (Think About It), featuring fellow Rhode Island-based King Hansom ‘Piensalo’ is an electrifying Hip Hop single crafted by the dynamic duo of Freddie Black and King Hansom, with production wizardry by McTamatico out of Venezuela. This track encapsulates the raw essence of boom-bap…
Shabaam Sahdeeq & John Jigg$ – Don’t Feed The Bears (Album/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)
Brooklyn, New York-based emcee Shabaam Sahdeeq & Long Island, New York-based John Jigg$ recently dropped their new album DON’T FEED THE BEARS Shabaam Sahdeeq and John Jigg$ join forces for the ultimate collaboration titled ‘Don’t Feed The Bears’. Their first single ‘Tyrant‘ was a smash hit and was just a sample of the feast being…
Team Demo Music ft. MC Eiht & Montage Øne – Creep (Audio/iTunes/Spotify)
Alexandria, Virginia-based Team Demo Music presents CREEP, featuring Compton, CA based MC Eiht & Los Angeles based Montage Øne Take a trip to the West Coast on Team Demo’s latest single, ‘Creep‘, a low-key funky banger featuring dope verses from MC Eiht and Montage Øne. From the sing-song hook to the bass-driven production, the track…
Urban Vault Exclusive: DOMINATION (Mixtape/Audio Premiere)
Urban Vault UK teams up with Ground Zero Records to bring you their new exclusive DOMINATION Mixtape Check out the new exclusive DOMINATION Mixtape from Urban Vault UK x Ground Zero Records, featuring a whos who of Hip Hop artists from around the world, Jade River, Ruste Juxx, Crunch Lo, Rubbabandz, Cotardz Matthew, Shabazz The…
Shah Leezy – Mohammad Speaks (Album/Audio/iTunes/Spotify)
New York City-based emcee Shah Leezy recently released his new twelve-track album MOHAMMAD SPEAKS If a bad dream had to be described musically it would be Shah Leezy’s new album ‘Mohammad Speaks!’ The project is an introspective album from the proclaimed King of The Middle East. Shah dares to touch on four major themes Life,…