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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
Miami artist Swa Playmaker returns with another banger produced by Oakland’s TOPE, entitled ‘FIRST LOVE’. Following up their first single ‘FLIGHTS‘, TOPE and Swa hook up again for some soulful story telling vibes. Swa provides the vivid metaphor of meeting his first love and how that relationship changed his life, with a slight plot twist…
Unknowingly, very quickly Jay-Z’s debut album turned 20 years old on the June 25th, in 1996 a Classic by the name of ‘Reasonable Doubt’ was born. This album skyrocketed countless hit singles and classic albums from Mr. Shawn Carter. Not only did this album introduce us to Jay himself but it was a start of…
Boom Bap are the UK’s only dedicated Hip Hop festival. 2016 marks their fifth year, and this summer they’ll be returning to the fields of Midlenhall, Suffolk to unleash a line-up of Hip Hop and grime heavyweights. Expect veterans of the UK and US scenes, fresh newcomers, street wear and exclusive merch, vinyl on sale,…
NASS Festival returns this summer for three days of banging Drum n’ Bass, Dance, Hip Hop, Grime and high octane action sports. Witness incredible skateboarding and bmx’ing from some of the worlds best in the NASS Pro Park and Vert competitions. NASS is three days of raw action sports, music and party-hard living. Land at…
Here comes a hard hit single off of Killa Q latest project labeled ‘Network’. He decided to call it that being because all tracks are featuring other artists and to show other artist that networking is a vital key in today’s industry. This track named ‘Given’ features a old friend of Killa Q named Matty…
With the summer now officially here the sound of music usually moves to an upbeat sound. Royce Rizzy teamed up with fellow label mate NephLon Don for a release entitled ‘Bank House’. This track also features Chase Moola an artist from Philly who is on the rise and building quite a name for himself. ‘Bank…
Hip Hop collective from Philadelphia Huff, consisting of 2 producers – Priiimo and Danny – and 2 rappers – OG Pick and NxG, have debut material from both of their rappers coming out this summer. OG Pick recently released the single ‘Bluetooth’ from his upcoming tape. ‘Bluetooth’ is a carefree summer Lido/Goldlink-esque song that is…
Chicago-based Hip Hop group, Dope Fantasy, have dropped the visuals for their single ‘Caskets’ via HipHopDX! This track comes from their forthcoming project, S.L.A.M (Sorta Like A Mixtape), slated for release this summer. Dope Fantasy’s ‘Caskets’ is a fan favorite with over 31 thousand plays and counting on Soundcloud. The video release came with much…
Foursix is an eclectic music collective and art label out of New York comprised of Amoedo, Ashlee, J-Payso, Jahnei, Verdé Madera, Zach Day, and Zino. Each member’s distinct individuality helps to create an uncanny chemistry and energy when they all link up. LVL1 follows the group’s incredible well-received debut ‘Favors’ which has been doing the…
Calling all my BassHeads! Finally, the time is here! C4MULA, Nu3Tron, and Mic Moses united to form the cleverly named, creative crew, Four Finger Ring! These southern Cali gentleman abruptly released their first single and music video titled ‘BassHeads’. The song is giant, a high energy trap/Hip Hop single, just in time for summer! With their combined…
East coast duo Constant Deviants release their new album ‘Omerta’ on June 28th through Six2Six Records, available worldwide on vinyl, CD and digital formats. Next Saturday June 25th, M.I. and DJ Cutt will be performing at the Loudpalooza event being held in Baltimore’s Castaways, before heading north for a week long series of radio show…
Stone & Robert are back with their third freestyle off the up & coming ‘Us vs them’ mixtape hosted by legendary DJ PF Cuttin. Stone & Robert are an alter ego group from Skanks & P General of Brooklyn’s Bankai Fam. The ‘Dropping Gems’ freestyle portrays the dynamic duo offering knowledge for the misguided youth…
NC Hip Hop duo, SteadyFlow (Cyrano Sinatra & SharpCuts) have returned, offering up ‘Osso Buco‘, as the 1st single from forthcoming concept album ‘Good Eats’, SharpCuts on the boards, with backing from Centric’s Free At Last Music imprint. The title, means ‘bone with a hole’, in Italian, is used metaphorically as Cyrano Sinatra waxes philosophic…
On his new soulful song D.P. Da Prophet pens a touching letter to his daughters about life, being a father and the love he shares for them. Just in time for fathers day. www.dpdaprophet.com/ www.facebook.com/DPDaProphet https://twitter.com/DPDaProphet https://soundcloud.com/dpdaprophet https://instagram.com/DPDaProphet/
The New York singer/songwriter remains unstoppable with her latest offering – with its steamy/heady production and Bank$’ unmistakable alluring vocals, ‘Off’ is yet another taste of the rising artist’s upcoming debut project to be released later this year. “Liana Bank$ … is all swag and noise” – The Fader “There’s no doubt that Liana Bank$…