URBAN VAULT UK
Positive Hip Hop artist Ahmen releases his new album, ‘If Not Now Then When‘, today, but fans have already been getting a strong dose of his powerful and inspiring messages for the past few weeks. Ahmen’s first single, ‘Our Time’, can be heard on ESPN’s SportsCenter throughout August and the album’s second single, ‘We Choose…
Wane Enterprises CEO, New York artist Bruse Wane presents the music video for VENOM, featuring guest appearances from the late Sean Price as well as Chris Rivers, son of the late Big Pun The video features DJ Eclipse dropping cuts and a cameo from Illa Ghee. Produced by Kloud Nine Music, ‘Venom’ appears on Bruse’s…
Los Angeles, CA based Jez Dior emerged onto the music scene in 2013 with his singles ‘Candles‘ and ‘Love Me To Death‘. Marrying grunge with Hip Hop, his music has been well received by rappers and rock artists alike and has landed him opening spots for Chance The Rapper, J.Cole, G Eazy, Kanye and more.…
Miami artist Swa Playmaker drops off the new single ‘Now’ detailing his grind over the years and the need to get it sooner than later. Having worked in the Miami scene for over a decade with legends including DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, and many more, Swa has been stepping out on his own…
UK Grime legend Skepta cosigns Tifton, Georgia’s very own, Bernard Jabs as he releases a new song titled ‘Boy Better Know Better’. Nick Mira produces the song and it’s a hit! Skepta Cosign: https://twitter.com/Skepta/status/762021705535655936 & https://twitter.com/Skepta/status/762029450053713920 https://instagram.com/bernardjabs/ https://soundcloud.com/bernardjabs https://twitter.com/bernardjabs https://twitter.com/nickmira_ www.helloskepta.com/ https://twitter.com/Skepta https://twitter.com/Foredise
Carlos Ferragamo is a Hip Hop artist from Bronx, New York whom has worked with major Hip Hop names like DJ Green Lantern and DJ Drama. He has been featured on WorldStarHipHop.com, AllHipHop.com, HipHopDX.com, HipHopGame.com, Video Music Box and The Source Magazine. The Source featured him as an ‘Unsigned Hype’ artist, which is one of…
Check out the new track from Bronx, NY, based artist St Ivan The Terrible, ‘Sound Of The Police’ which features Senica Da Misfit and samples KRS-ONE’s 1993 track ‘Sound of Da Police’. St Ivan The Terrible speaks about this track : “‘Sound of the Police’ is a song which was introduced as an idea to me by my…
Kosha Dillz has recently released his 3rd solo effort ‘What I Do All Day and Pickle‘ on his Oy Vey! Imprint, and the album is seeming to gain more attention than anyone (including himself) has thought. Hitting a total of 6 billboard charts last week including #15 on the National Heat seekers and one notch…
In mid July 2016, Detroit MC, recording artist, Nametag Alexander delivered his latest EP, ‘Metal Letter’ produced entirely by Virginia producer, JR Swiftz. First offering from the EP along with the release, was the narrative video for the lead single ‘Down’. This time around ‘Tag presents an ode dedicated to his hometown Detroit, with ‘Thirty…
Since he stepped foot on the music scene, Scott King formally (Q Da Kid) has made a ferocious climb from his starting point and propelled himself into the recording studios with some of the biggest names of Hip Hop culture. From collaborations with production legends like DJ Premiere and NO ID; From Kool & Dre…
‘Incandescent’ is a tough, cinematic new track from the duo of Teck-Zilla and Allen Poe, who provide a slapping instrumental and raw rhymes, respectively. It’s also the lead single off their anticipated upcoming joint EP, ‘Lightbulb Over My Head While I’m Thinking’. Poe kicks off the track shooting down armchair quarterbacks and anyone disrespecting the…
New Jersey rapper Mazzi & S.O.U.L. (Sense Of Understanding Life’s) Purpose presents ‘Heart Of A Lion’, his new video featuring UK vocalist Eva Lazarus. ‘Heart Of A Lion’ is the first single from his forthcoming album ‘The Building’, the followup to ‘Digital Diggin’ 3Minus1‘, his previous EP where he rhymed over beats composed of samples…
MindsOne & DJ Iron collaboration album ‘Phaseology’ (CD/LP/cassette/digital), entirely produced by DJ Iron, in stores today! MindsOne connects with Belgium’s DJ Iron on their newest endeavor, ‘Phaseology’, and aim to examine the bigger picture. Why are we here? Where do we go in the end? Is that an SP1200? Damn right. Is life too complex…
Urban Vault have hooked up with our friends at Soundcrash, to give one lucky reader/fan the chance to win a pair of tickets to Soundcrash Presents: Raekwon & Ghostface Killah at the O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, UK, on Sunday the 25th September, 2016. Soundcrash Presents for the first time ever in the UK, Raekwon and Ghostface…
Inspired by Nina Simone, ‘Blackbird’ explores how experiencing personal pain and embracing the strength of femininity can be the catalyst to radical transformation of self, and eventually, society. The protagonist is critical of herself, yet also keenly aware of the social and institutional barriers that have led to her current state. Reflections on this give…
Blake Banks has been on a mean streak after releasing his new video ‘Wave‘. This time Blake is back this time with a lucid dreamy type track titled ‘Wide Awake‘. After relocating to Los Angeles from Chicago, Blake Banks has been doing everything from collaborating with Post Malone to crafting a unique sound with his…
Drae Slapz has had a busy year holding it down as the live DJ for some of Portland’s most exciting Hip Hop acts, including Mic Capes, Brookfield Duece, and Lang, as well as maintaining his own Saturday night residency at The Pharmacy. His latest announcement finds the popular performance DJ switching gears though, getting back…
Portland’s T$Poon is back again with ‘Dope As Me’ featuring Smigg Dirtee & 6ix, produced by NonStopDaHitman. If you’ve been paying attention, you already know $poon has been dropping heat all summer long with ‘Wasted‘ and ‘Icee‘ still making waves. It looks like NonStop might be $poon’s new go-to-producer, as the duo hooks up again…
Hear why the Wu-Tang logo has BNR Records artist, Charlotte, NC based emcee JulesIsDope signature cheetah print and colorway below… ”WuTang is the dopest record to be released in 2016!” – BNR Records. https://twitter.com/julesisdope www.facebook.com/JulesIsDope/ https://instagram.com/julesisdope/
Emmy award-winning Oklahoma City rapper Jabee presents ‘Come Up’, his new single featuring Meant2B and produced by Chris Cutta. His last visual was for the Statik Selektah-produced single ‘Exhausted’ (watch). Both singles will appear on ‘Black Future’, his forthcoming album featuring Chuck D, Brother Ali and Killer Mike as well as production from J57, Hannibal…
He has worked with everyone from Snoop Dogg to Masta Ace, but before he releases his new project, ‘Love Is Not Lazy’, West Coast Hip Hop veteran Ariano starts the summer of 2016 with his first official self-produced instrumental EP ‘Less Is More (Instrumentals) Volume 1.‘. http://arianomusic.com/ www.facebook.com/arianomusic https://twitter.com/arianomusic https://soundcloud.com/ariano-music https://instagram.com/arianoeye/
With the release of ‘シャウ道。- The Way Of Shao’ (His third album and original manga series) drawing closer, Shao Dow presents his fourth single ‘Til The Casket Drops’ featuring Serocee, Durrty Goodz, AC MC & Papoose’. Debuted by Charlie Sloth on BBC Radio One on the 18th June 2016, ‘Till The Casket Drops’ features a…
From the Swamps of Orlando Florida. Beer Money UNLTD ‘s Marz Mello and Shinobi Stalin collaborate on Scumbag Jazz ‘An Exercise In Patience’ #1. Mello’s smooth yet hard hitting instrumentals combined with Stalin’s forceful and laid back vocals create a soundscape that is hard hitting and as cool as a smokey cellar full of musicians…
Still buzzing from his recent feature on Bassnectar’s ‘Unlimited‘ album, Macntaj returns with new heat titled ‘Gods Bleed‘ produced by M3 and Qreepz. Macntaj flows effortlessly, switching up styles all over the eerie keys and banging 808’s while asking the question, “If you’re a God what am I?” It looks like it’s going to be a…
Orlando’s The Beat Ministry returns with another powerful single off their impending release ‘Vol. II’. This time headlined by Hip Hop legend Ras Kass, along-side the more than complimentary poetics of Ozone’s own MyGrane McNastee, and Illustrate; with Marz Mello on production (of course). ‘Fame, Silver, & Gold’ expresses the Hip Hop purists’ defiant stance…
Private Club Records is a collective of artists who are different in their own way and next up on the roster is Philadelphia based artist NephLon Don. He has a sound that isn’t like the most, he can switch things up and sound like a whole other artist. He is known for his trap based sound…
Eff Yoo is back with another video off of ‘The Eff Word‘, this time for ‘Chineese Super Ninjas’ feat. GS Advance, Skanks and Spit Gemz, continuing his string of high quality visual treatments the album has inspired like ‘Alpha Mega’ and ‘God Hates Me’ feat. The Audible Doctor & Airon Azure. This time Eff enlists…
Premiered exclusively by HipHopDX, Dim Mak’s prized production team GITCHII presents their new collaboration with Grammy-nominated producer Count Justice, ‘Henny Hardaway‘. Featuring a contagious hook from Lucc White and smooth production from Justice, whose impressive credits include Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, and Rihanna, ‘Henny Hardaway’ is up for free download as GITCHII makes a statement…
Fresh off a run of Jean-Michel Basquiat-inspired mixtapes – ‘New Art, New Money’ (Bandcamp) and ‘The Radiant Child’ (Bandcamp) – Yinka Diz returns with his new single ‘You & Me II’, produced by Kid Soul Brother. The new single will appear on his forthcoming album ‘The Departure’, also set to feature production from Yinka as…
Inglewood spitter Element Rhymes has been MIA from DubCNN for too long, but he’s back today with news of a full new mixtape release. Last time out he dropped ‘The Best is Back‘ – which touched on everything from Young Thug and Chuck Wilson from Babygrande (his former label who reportedly stole money from the…
Underground Hip Hop group World-N-San from Los Angeles brings us ‘Antidote’, a 90’s Boom Bap style Hip Hop song. World-N-San consists of San Brown, Small World (in spirit) and DJ Trevie Trev. This is new music coming from the A&R responsible for bringing Wu-Tang Clan and Mobb Deep to Loud Records. https://twitter.com/world_n_san www.facebook.com/Blockrockaz/
Chicago-based emcee, Uspire, delivers his first solo work, ‘Shadows In The Night’, a conceptual-based project dealing in the sharp realities of life. Backed entirely by production from the legendary Pete Rock, Uspire takes you on a winding journey through varying levels of pain and misfortune. In the hour of darkness, he provides a source of…
‘7:30‘ is the debut collaboration from New Zealand based super producer, SoulChef, and Seoul’s favorite new rap duo, Part Time Cooks. Part Time Cook’s emcees Saul Goode (U.S.A) & Black Moss (Durban, South Africa) met a few years back in a cypher in South Korea after moving there to temporarily teach English, and since then…
Lagos, Nigeria born MC, Phlow goes for the jugular on her latest venture. A one off track titled ‘Phlowetic Justice’ which is a play on Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Poetic Justice’. Far from being a cover and more of using K-dot’s song as inspiration, Phlow uses similar backdrops (The same Janet Jackson sample and a portion of…
After doing a host of film work for some of the most legendary artists in Hip Hop (Redman, Chuck D, Sean Price, Cypress Hill etc) film/video director Myster DL brings you his 200th music video for a self produced solo record titled ‘Too Late’. With lines like “I still call a pound an elbow /…
6 weeks after ‘The Pain’ was recorded with Royce da 5’9″ in Vancouver SITES was arrested and sent to prison for 6 years. After his release the video was made for the song in London while Prhyme was touring. This video is dedicated to Canadian rapper DY, aka Forrest Schab who introduced SITES and Royce.…
ZEPS, an MC from Brooklyn with roots in Puerto Rico collaborated with Count Bluntas to bring you ‘The MOTTZ‘, an album with the smokey sound of South Brooklyn Boom Bap. The visual ‘Play For You’ off the album is a fun and raw love song about playing on your favorite girls team. Starring in the…
Concrete Saints is a Los Angeles Hip Hop collective including emcees Bacardi Riam, Knosense & producer St. Louis of The Druglab. This group came together while working at Sick Symphonies Druglab Studio & made they’re first appearance as a group on Sick Jacken’s ‘Stray Bullets’ album. They have since been blazin’ stages across California opening…
East coast duo Constant Deviants released their fifth studio album ‘Omerta’ today through Six2Six Records. (Emcee) M.I. and producer DJ Cutt return a year after releasing the critically acclaimed ‘Avant Garde‘ with a new album and concept. The duo, who have further developed their creative enterprises to incorporate film production as part of their ever…
A$AP Ferg who’s had a tremendous year so far with the release of his sophomore album ‘Always Strive and Prosper‘ now drops the latest visuals for ‘The World is Mine’ featuring GOOD Music’ Big Sean. A$AP Ferg will be performing at Wireless Festival in the UK on Saturday July 9th. https://twitter.com/ASAPferg www.facebook.com/asapfergofficial https://twitter.com/BigSean