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London, UK-based emcee K.I.N.E.T.I.K. & French producer Terem recently dropped their new track RHYME TRAVEL, via Seattle based Illect Recordings Whether by plane, train, or automobile, much can be learned by traveling. However, as the airports shut down and the borders close because of the pandemic, we can still use our imaginations to journey onward…
Cambridge, UK based producer Imperial & London based emcee K.I.N.E.T.I.K. drop their latest track SOMETHING FROM NOTHING, featuring Virginia based emcee Awon, via Illect Recordings Whether you believe that Hip Hop started at a party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue or literally out in the park, there’s no doubt that the culture has surpassed fad status…
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Dallas, Texas-based emcee Sivion & DertBeats celebrate ten years of their album BUTTERFLY SESSIONS with the release of it on 12″ Vinyl for the first time… Sivion & DertBeats joined forces to release ‘Butterfly Sessions’ in 2010 via Illect Recordings. Now ten years later, the project is now pressed on vinyl for the first time.…
Seattle based Hip Hop record label Illect Recordings proudly presents MIND THE RAP VOL. 5, a twenty track album, representing eight different countries With a roster that spans eight countries (Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, UK, and the U.S.), Illect Recordings proudly presents ‘Mind The Rap Vol. 5‘. The Twenty track compilation spotlights…
Lansing, Michigan based emcee James Gardin & Japanese producer Toshiki Hayashi(%C) team up on their new track SOUL RICH, via Illect Recordings In recent months, we’ve had to recognize and realize that there is still a war going on outside. For the foreseeable future, it’s grit over glamour because the shiny trinkets and human-made accolades…
Dallas, Texas-based Sivion, Oklahoma City-based Dre Murray & San Diego based Sojourn are joined by singer/songwriter Ryann Darling for their new track BETTER, produced by MALEX, via Illect Recordings Somehow we’ve made it to the middle of what has been a tumultuous 2020 thus far. A much-needed pep talk has arrived in the form of…
Dallas, Texas-based emcee Sivion drops the visual to his new track I’M GOOD, produced by Philadelphia based Tee-Wyla, via Illect Recordings It’s time to face facts. This year has been a little funky and not in the head nod type of way. There are rumors of war; government officials are winging it and marketing outrage…
Lansing, Michigan based emcee Sareem Poems & Beaumont, Alberta based producer Newselph return with their latest track THAT’S WHAT I’M ON, via Illect Recordings The sophomore season has officially returned. Sareem Poems and Newselph double back with another single from their upcoming LP. Hip Hop with witty wordage beats that boom and distinct direction is…
Lansing, Michigan based emcee Sareem Poems & Beaumont, Alberta based producer Newselph are back with their latest track MOURNING THE MORNING, via Illect Recordings “Good morning, it’s a great day to be alive”. That’s just the first bar of the new single from Sareem Poems and Newselph, and the positive vibes proceed to flow from…
Toronto, Canada based emcee/producer DIE-REK has dropped his debut album via Illect Recordings titled THE DYING ONES For as long as this writer can remember, Hip Hop has had an obsession with death. The great Masta Ace asked if it was because we were blessed with less? We still don’t know. But from Tupac conspiracies…
Cambridge, UK based Imperial & London based K.I.N.E.T.I.K. are back with their latest track FOR THE LOVE, featuring Toronto, Canada based emcee/producer & label mate DIE-REK, via Illect Recordings Back in 1993, Haddaway asked the million-dollar question? “What is love?” Is it an emotion? A vibe? A word that comes and goes?” Love is all…
Toronto, Canada based emcee/producer DIE-REK drops his latest track UNPREDICTABLE, featuring fellow Toronto, Canada based emcee/producer Rel McCoy, via Illect recordings Historically, in the music business, the fourth quarter is reserved for the power players and hard hitters. Alas, after a steady flow of releases throughout the year, the man known as Derek Jordan has…
Lansing, Michigan based emcee Sareem Poems recently teamed up with Beaumont, Alberta based producer Newselph to drop their album 88 TO NOW, via Illect Recordings Older heads often look back at the eighties with fond memories and rightfully so. That decade saw the arrival of the Air Force One sneaker, countless classic albums and the…
London based emcee K.I.N.E.T.I.K. and Swiss producer Soulseize turn out a jazzy/soulful joint called PARK BENCH, it’s a reminder to let yourself relax once in a while and enjoy some downtime For those among us who like the speed of life slowed down a little, ‘Park Bench’ the new single from K.I.N.E.T.I.K. is perfect for…
Toronto, Canada based emcee/producer Rel McCoy teams up with fellow Torontonian Eternia once again for their new track PEACE, via ILLECT Recordings ‘Peace’ has never been the Word To Play. This adage remains to be accurate with the brand new sure shot track from Toronto based Rel McCoy. Crew love is in effect once again, and…
Cambridge, UK based Imperial & London based K.I.N.E.T.I.K. are back with their latest track THOSE WERE THE DAYS, featuring fellow Londoner emcee BREIS, via Illect Recordings For their latest single, the unlikely duo, Imperial and K.I.N.E.T.I.K., link up with wishlist collaborator, BREIS and time travel back to the days when it was safe to play…
Lansing, Michigan based emcee Sareem Poems & Beaumont, Alberta based producer Newselph are back with their latest track THIS LIFE, featuring James Gardin & Macklyn, via Illect Recordings For the second single from their upcoming collaborative album, Sareem Poems and Newselph take the fatal four-way approach and link up with James Gardin and Macklyn to…
Toronto, Canada based emcee/producer, Rel McCoy is back, this time with Scarborough, Ontario based recording artist/emcee Grimace Love, who recently dropped their new track THE MOMENT, via ILLECT Recordings Whether you’re beating yourself up over past mistakes or tiptoeing on the cusp of a dazzlingly bright future, for many of us, just being present and…
Toronto, Canada based emcee/producer, Rel McCoy & emcee DIE-REK recently dropped their new track HALLELUJAH, via ILLECT Recordings Canada’s very own Rel McCoy is back with his single number three. For the third release in as many months, Rel is joined by his label-mate and brethren, DIE-REK, to pop off the praise break for real.…
Lansing, Michigan based emcee Sareem Poems has teamed up with Beaumont, Alberta based producer Newselph for their new track KICK’N IT, via Illect Recordings Even though his government name is Solo, the man known as Sareem Poems is back, this time with producer/emcee Newselph, who plays the Anvil to his Hitman. The new single titled ‘Kick’n…
Imperial & K.I.N.E.T.I.K. team up with Brooklyn based emcee Oddisee and 5 International producers to create the TRAVEL THE MAP EP, via Illect Recordings After spending the last few years traveling without moving, Imperial and K.I.N.E.T.I.K. make their long-awaited return back to their regional roots bearing a special gift from their technicolor adventures. Much like…
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Imperial & K.I.N.E.T.I.K. teams up with UK producer Micall Parknsun for a remix of their track TRAVEL THE MAP, featuring Brooklyn emcee Oddisee The ‘Travel The Map’ remix is produced by the UK’s very own working class Dad, Micall Parknsun. Parky, as he is affectionately referred to, offers up an eerie yet engaging soundscape complete…
Toronto, Canada based emcee DIE-REK recently dropped his latest track LIFT ME UP 1 TIME, via ILLECT Recordings From the physical to the spiritual to the digital, we are living in some competitive times. We’ve gone from trying to establish points of commonality to setting up barriers of difference. When was the last time you…
San Diego based emcee Sojourn teams ups with California based Ras Kass to drop their new track BASEMENT BOOGIE, via ILLECT Recordings In Hip Hop, the basement is more than a secluded room in the house. It is a sound, a feel and a song on the ‘Mecca & The Soul Brother’ album. Most importantly,…
Lansing, Michigan based Sareem Poems teams up with James Gardin, Sivion and Sojourn for their new track WORK FOR IT, produced by Philadelphia’s Tee-Wyla, via Illect Recordings The late and forever great, Keith Elam, once said: “I put in work and watch my status escalate”. That’s a far cry from the, “Speak it into existence”,…
Lansing, Michigan based emcee James Gardin is back with his latest track CHITOWN BOOGIE, produced by TheyCallMeHeat, via Illect Recordings Just like the cold blasts that are synonymous with the Windy City, James Gardin once again breezes through in the form of a welcome and life-sized juxtaposition and drops this warm and catchy ditty, ‘Chitown…
Lansing, Michigan based Ozay Moore drops his latest offering in the form of THE BETWEEN TIME EP, via Illect Recordings Every unit of time has value. The years, months, weeks, days, seconds and minutes that we so often take for granted are an extension of divine grace and favor. Illect’s Ozay Moore has been using…
Lansing, Michigan based emcee James Gardin & Ozay Moore drop their new track FUNKY FUNKY FRESH, via Illect Recordings Alliteration aside, funky and fresh are two attributes that many people desire but few can lay claim to. Throw your whole objectiveness away, you either have it or you don’t! Following their epic link up on ‘Where…
Seattle based Illect Recordings have released the 4th volume of their chart-topping MIND THE GAP compilation series, featuring Chris Orrick, Datin, DIE-REK, Imperial, James Gardin & many more… Illect Recordings are playing no games for 2019, and the cavalry is coming out in full force for their ‘Mind The Rap Vol.4’ (MTR4) compilation project. The…
Lansing, Michigan based emcee James Gardin drops the visual to his latest track JOY, via ILLECT Recordings James Gardin continues his undefeated streak as The World’s Most Encouraging Rapper™ and reconvenes with his longtime collaborator TheyCallMeHeat. The result is a fresh new single to help people get through their big, medium and small sads. Joy…
Toronto, Canada based emcee DIE-REK drops his debut ILLECT Recordings single, THE NAME IS DIE-REK There is power in a name. The best names command attention, intrigue, and respect. This rings true with the lead single from ILLECT Recordings’ newest signee. Staying true to his name and style, DIE-REK is just that. With his flow,…
Lansing, Michigan based emcee James Gardin drops his new track JOY, via ILLECT Recordings Joy is something we all try to find in every day. At times, its located in painfully apparent places. Sometimes, its qualities are more elusive and need to be dug up from overlooked nooks and crannies. At the end of the…
Columbus, Ohio based emcee Armond WakeUp drops his new video to the track REVELATION IS REVOLUTION, produced by Doc via Illect Recordings Armond WakeUp releases the visual to his track ‘Revelation Is Revolution’ taken from his latest album ‘Even If I Lose’. ‘Revelation Is Revolution’ was filmed by Matelli Graves and edited by Gabyo, whose credits include Ralph Lauren,…
Lansing, Michigan based emcee James Gardin teams up once again with Switzerland based producers Soulseize on their new track VICTORIOUS, via Illect Recording Illect recording artist James Gardin collabs with Soulseize once again. This time they’re bringing an anthem to count your blessings too, ‘Victorious’. James says, “Sometimes we have to sit back and think about…
James Gardin recently dropped his latest single SHOT WITH YOU produced by Switzerland based Soulseize who provides a delightfully bluesy track Bluesy and soulful. Transparent and hopeful. James Gardin & Soulseize collaborate on a new single, ‘Shot With You’. James shares, “Shot With You is about confronting how alcohol has been a coping mechanism for me…
Cambridge, UK-based artist and producer, Imperial, has released his new album LAYERS, via Illect Recordings It has been a very colourful few years for Imperial on both a personal and professional level. His family has grown with the birth of his daughter and he has studiously enhanced his production repertoire tenfold. Like many of the legendary…
Imperial has a new summer jam for your playlists as he drops his new track, HOT SAUCE, released via Illect Recordings Cambridge, UK-based artist and producer, Imperial, has released his new track, ‘Hot Sauce,’ drawing inspiration from live Hip Hop and Jazzy rhythms. Imperial shares, “I’ve always loved the sound of live Hip Hop, whether…
Lansing, Michigan based Ozay Moore drops his new track P.T.P.I., featuring label-mates Sivion, Sojourn, and Ragen Fykes, released via Illect Recordings Most people will know what it is like to not have ‘a pot to piss in’ at some point in their lives. Emcee Ozay Moore, formerly known as Othello, puts that feeling and experience…
Lansing, Michigan based Sareem Poems & Ess Be drop the visual for their track SHALLOW, featuring Detroit’s Finale Sareem Poems & Ess Be drop the new video for ‘Shallow’, featuring Detroit based emcee Finale, taken from their ‘Mind Over Matter‘ album, out now via Illect Recordings. “Shallow is a song reflecting on the ups and downs of…
Sareem Poems & Ess Be drop EYEDENTITY, the latest single from their forthcoming release MIND OVER MATTER, on Illect Recordings After three years of writing, developing, and preparing new music, Sareem Poems, and Ess Be are back with ‘Mind Over Matter’. Releasing via Illect Recordings, Mind is the second full-length project from the Lansing, Michigan-based…