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At the age of 21, Portland artist, Chris Lee has been making waves in the Northwest scene recently with a string of sold out shows and impressive releases with his up and coming crew, STRAY Music. Only one year into his young career, Chris has already shared stages with Kid Cudi, Tory Lanez, E-40, and…
‘Adventures In Technicolour‘ is the brand new album from Imperial & K.I.N.E.T.I.K. Following the success of their debut E.P., the dastardly duo packed away their pencil cases and returned to their countryside hideout to prove that their unexpected crossing of paths was no fluke. Two years later, they have emerged from their Oreo milkshake scented…
On March 22nd, California’s Grand Opus (Joc Scholar & Centric) are set to drop their debut album ‘Forever’. In the meantime, the left coast duo, MC, Joc Scholar and producer Centric release the 3rd single from the full-length, titled ‘Cen Cal Profile’ which features Planet Asia, Fashawn and Overcome. If you missed the first 2…
Emerging Hip Hop Buffalo, New York based artist Pharagamo unleashes his lead single and video ‘This Town Is Dead’, via Tidal Records. The walking dead like theme mixed with a pinch of Will Smith’s ‘I Am Legend’, dives in what appears to be Pharagamo and swat; entering an asylum like building to take humans infected…
09/03/2016 marked the 19th anniversary of the passing of DJ Soulchild’ all-time favorite rapper NOTORIOUS B.I.G. and he really wanted to do his own musical tribute this year. The new remix of his 2005 smash hit ‘Nasty Girl’ was inspired by the trademark late 90’s Bad Boy Records sound, pioneered by Deric ‘D-Dot’ Angelettie and Stevie…
New Jersey rapper Mazzi & S.O.U.L. (Sense Of Understanding Life’s) Purpose presents ‘Heart Of A Lion’, his new single featuring UK vocalist Eva Lazarus. ‘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 all found online.…
Hailing from Charlotte, NC, Ferris Bueller began rapping at age ten. Heavily influenced by the environment he grew up in and issues that plague the world around him. He made his mixtape debut in 2011 and has been working nonstop ever since. He’s currently working on an EP entitled ‘WEST: We Eventually Shine Through’. Reminiscent…
No1MC speaks on the challenge of keeping a lasting relationship while being an artist pursuing success in his new track ‘Goodbye Love’. www.noonemusic.com/ www.facebook.com/noonemusic https://twitter.com/noonemusic https://soundcloud.com/noonemusic
Holy Ghost! reveal new single ‘Crime Cutz’ via Zane Lowe Beats1 and announce plans to release the ‘Crime Cutz’ EP April 29, 2016. Featuring an 8-bit beat shimmied over an expanse of futuristic synths, Wild Style soundtrack-inspired drum breaks, and the East Coast Singers Choir (whom the duo found online), ‘Crime Cutz’ marks the beginning…
Earl Fletcher aka Earl Sweatshirt made his DJ debut at our GoPro session spinning classic Lil Wayne cuts, Lil B joints, and just about everything in between. Sunny vibes, good music, and skateboarding straight from Babylon LA. GoPro and Boiler Room have joined forces to provide the most immersive and unexplored first person experiences of…
Unlike your favorite club bangers, Leap Year only comes around every four years. Enter the duo of Electric Bodega, made up of producer Mike Cash and DJ Klutch. It’s really not a shocker that Electric Bodega has been carving out their own lane with a trio of flavors ranging from Hip Hop, Trap, and EDM.…
The IGive, with great assistance from close friend and long-time collaborator ILL Clinton, paints a colorful canvas with warm deep brush strokes that develop a Hip Hop picture apart from many of his contemporaries and predecessors. ‘RAPDNA’ gives us life, refreshing grooves, and passion as he expresses his thoughts on life, love, and the pursuit…
One of Baltimore’s most Illustrious MC’s, Sullee Justice has broken all barrier’s of hip hop with this new release ‘The Undefined Soul‘. Not only does he challenge your mind when reciting verses, but his words seem to pierce through the listeners hearts. Gaining nationwide acclaim over the years through major collaborations with artists such as…
Grand Rapids, Michigan rapper/producer/visual artist Tekh Togo presents ‘BlackWater’, his new album featuring Mick Jenkins, Nitty Scott MC and Dougy Lo Hot as well as production from Mistro, Nixon and Seventh of AGO. One music video from the project has been released, for ‘Dressed To Kill’ featuring Joose The Conqueror. Tekh describes ‘Blackwater’ as, “dark elegance,…
D.Focis (Pronounced Dee Focus) is a music Artist/Producer from Detroit, Michigan. As an artist he has released 4 albums; The Believe EP (2013), Title Goes Here (2014), He Says She Says (2015) and his most recent XXL Freshman Vol 1 Stating my Case (2015). D.Focis music is a refreshing blend of Hip Hop and R&B,…
Macklemore Teams Up With Leon Bridges for his Somber new Music Video, ‘Kevin’, the song tackles the addiction culture, something Macklemore is all too familiar with. Macklemore discusses the troubling effects of America’s pharmaceutical and narcotics culture, in addition to its enabling relationship with addiction, which is a ubiquitous American problem. The track appears on…
Fresh off the release of his eye-catching debut music video ‘This One Chick‘, Chisom delivers the self-produced ‘Africa Get Money’, a lively, Rap-meets-Afrobeat anthem. The Detroit-based MC/producer shows off his Nigerian roots and the new wave of African culture in America. ‘Africa Get Money’ is a call to celebration: an ode to prosperity and enjoyment,…
Tampa, Florida emcee, Rahim Samad, teams up with Joey Bada$$/Pro Era beatmaker, Chuck Strangers, to deliver a hard hitting, dusty banger called ‘Strut’. From the upcoming Rahim Samad EP/album ‘Supreme 7’, that features production from Ski Beatz, Phil Chronics, Chuck Strangers, and Rahim Samad. https://twitter.com/rahimsamad https://twitter.com/Chuck_Strangers
Hip Hop has grown into something massive and beyond our own control. Our parents now listen to it, and our friends who hate Hip Hop have even found ways to like certain kinds of Hip Hop. For Jewish freestyle rapper Kosha Dillz, ‘We Are Different’ has become his live anthem on tour, celebrating his weirdness…
Brooklyn native Joey Bada$$ shares his new track ‘Ready’ which premiered on BEATS 1 Radio show. ‘Ready’ is produced by Statik Selektah via Joey’ own Pro Era Records. With work on his sophomore album underway, an appearance on ‘Forbes’ Hip Hop Cash Princes’ list under his belt and some new fire to feed the fans,…
Atlanta rapper Skinny-C presents his new single ‘Blow Strong’. Produced by Young Buck collaborator BeatGodz, ‘Blow Strong’ is the lead single from ‘Never Hungry Always Thirsty Vol. 2: Back For Seconds’, his new album featuring Monsta Luther King, Loc Barz, F1Phat, Skolar B, Shod Cooley and Holly Crew as well as production from Nobody Famous,…
Baltimore’s own legendary emcee Don Streat teams up with the french crate digger and producer Odweeyne to deliver a brand new joint smelling dusty drums and sharpen lines. ‘Streat Recognition’ is the new single off of the up coming Don Streat’s album ‘Streat Certified’. This single is produced by Odweeyne from France. STREAT RECOGNITION by…
Following the release last year of their critically acclaimed album ‘Avant Garde‘, Constant Deviants and their ever expanding label and entertainment group Six2Six Records return in 2016 with more music and a movie. MC M.I. has just dropped his new solo album ‘Catch 22’, available as a free download HERE. Having branched out into the…
Check out the new video from Travis Barker and Yelawolf, ‘Out Of Control‘ directed by Jason Goldwatch. TRAVIS BARKER UPCOMING GIGS: Feb 20 at Hyde Bellagio in Las Vegas, NV Feb 21 at Air+Style in Los Angeles, CA March 4-6 at Musink in Costa Mesa, CA http://travisbarker.com/ https://twitter.com/travisbarker www.facebook.com/travisbarkerofficial https://soundcloud.com/travis-barker-official https://twitter.com/Yelawolf
First video off Truth’s debut album ‘From Ashes To Kingdom Come‘, featuring O.C. (of D.I.T.C.). The Album is entirely recorded and mixed by PF Cuttin and features and production by Sean Price, O.C., AG, Da Beatminerz, PF Cuttin, DJ JS-1, JK1 The Supernova, DJ Doom, Psycho Les, The Barbarian, and Red E. The emergence of…
Woodbridge, VA, Rapper NoFace presents ‘A Couple For A Couple’, his new EP to celebrate Valentine’s Day. “This EP is inspired by two things,” he says. “For one I noticed that there’s a lack of adoration for our significant others in hip hop and as a MC I wanted to make actual love songs and…
In time for Valentines Day, T-pain releases the ultimate love song, Officially Yours produced by The Internz! Be sure to check out the lyric video featuring amazing wedding footage submitted by T-Pain’s biggest fans! Two-time Grammy Award winner T-Pain has debuted his new single entitled ‘Officially Yours’. Following fan requests that he release it after…
In honor of Dilla month and the 10th anniversary of J Dilla’s passing, New York producer Dezo Williams gives us a hard-hitting tribute instrumental ‘Spirit Of Dilla’. This track was composed of multiple samples and soundbytes straight from Dilla tracks, as well as compiled ‘dead-air’ spots from numerous J Dilla raps which overlays throughout the…
Mic Audio returns with a mixtape hosted by fellow Detroit native and Jay Electronica’s partner in rhyme, DJ TJ The King. After taking a long hiatus, Mic creates a concept around adapting to any environment in Hip Hop, thru honest lyricism. Having had his first child in 2015, he started hashtagging #dadrhymes hoping to Inspire…
Phoenix, Arizona rapper Mr. Miranda presents the Jaron Ikner-directed music video for his new single ‘No You Don’t’. The track is produced by Ghanaian producer 3KubeBeats, who also collaborated with Mr. Miranda on previous single ‘The Thoughts’ (watch the video). Mr. Miranda has also collaborated with Hexsagon (watch the ‘Key To Success’ video) as well…
TOPE’ back! For the first official release of 2016 TOPE steps behind the boards as a producer for the new Cool Nutz remix, featuring the legendary Slum Village and Bosko. Appearing on Cool Nutz upcoming album, ‘N.P.Y’ (Never Play Yaself) dropping 23/02, the beat for ‘Best & Worst’ originally appeared on TOPE’s 2013 release ‘TROUBLEMAN’…
African born/Boston bred EK drops a collaborative effort with vocalist Mitymaose for his latest single ‘I Got You’ produced by Bueffard Mallary. This song about falling in love with a deceitful women, a cleopatra but whole heartily submitting to her deceitful ways, despite knowing its not towards your best interest. ‘I Got You’ is off…
Grabbing loads of attention back in 2015 with their hard hitting trap-house creation titled ‘Get Down‘, alongside Swagglerock, Jameston Thieves and YOOKiE are at it again, but this time with a wonky, hard hitting, EP titled ‘Freshkimo’, available for purchase via Beatport and Spotify. Last week teasing ‘Freshkimo’ with their first single released as a free…
Make sure to check out the Vinyl Edition of ‘MAN PLANS GOD LAUGHS’ Hip Hop legends Public Enemy’ latest album, available from rapcentralstation.com. ‘Man Plans God’ Laughs LP Tracklist: 1. NO SYMPATHY FROM THE DEVIL 2. ME TO WE 3. MAN PLANS GOD LAUGHS 4. GIVE PEACE A DAMN 5. THOSE WHO KNOW KNOW WHO 6.…
Check out the Brand New single from Skeezo ‘Between The Line’s’, featuring Mic Handz & Shabaam Sahdeeq and Produced by Khrysis. From The forthcoming album ‘Fouls and Free Throws’ From Skeezo Dropping Soon! https://twitter.com/THEREALSKEEZO https://soundcloud.com/skeezo-2 https://instagram.com/therealskeezo/ https://twitter.com/therealMICHANDZ https://twitter.com/ShabaamSahdeeq
Private Club member NephLon Don is back again with his latest release ‘Trenches’ a gritty trap based sound that is sure to get your speakers knocking. Look out for more releases in the near future from NephLon Don and the Private Club collective. https://twitter.com/NephLonDon https://soundcloud.com/nephlondon https://twitter.com/RicandThadeus
Since the late 80’s, the Hip Hop blood stream has been steadily injected with music and culture from this Southern realm. A regional resurgence in the early part of the millennium spawned a heat wave that would go on to warm the game for a while, so it’s only fitting that one of it’s own…
With his first release of 2016 Brooklyn Bred Muzik artist Dapa Don returns with his first studio offering since 2014 with the follow up to his first release in the ‘#FOOD‘ series now with ‘#FOOD2’. Taking most of 2015 to create this album, ‘#FOOD2’ features production from Synastetic, Chris Prythm, FastLifeBeats, Lef & More along…
Jo-E the MasterMind Hyphenate is a Recording Artist/Producer, Filmmaker, Entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. Taken from his new album ‘Fighter‘, ‘The Emcee’ is a lyrical Hip Hop song about the realities of being a real emcee and the dedication to becoming successful despite all the frustrations and hardships of an independent artist. ‘Doubt Me’ Apparel…
If you’re looking for some turn-up tunes to pregame to, then C-Sharp’s ‘Flex On ‘Em’ should do the trick. The Cali-grown rapper is stepping his game up with recent leaks like ‘Welcome 2 the Juice‘ featuring Kevin Parx, Matt Allenn, and Kaliber and ‘Hotbox‘, which set the Internet ablaze, and made the front page of…