The Return of Clean
DJ shadow released “The Mountain Will Fall” back in early May and this connection with De la Soul was a part of it. This is great to hear from De la again after their trials with tommy boy and Trugoy’s illness. This is a fun hiphop song with a node to classic hiphop style. De … Read More “DJ Shadow- Rocket Fuel featuring De La Soul” »
Locksmith dropped Ali on December 7 2018 which was a follow up to his dope collabo album with Apollo brown “no Questions” this summer. This jawn continues where that left off but the production leans toward a experimental open ended trap sound that brings a difference bounce to his bars. He also brought some interesting … Read More “Locksmith-ALI” »
After dropping the dope collabo “24 hours” featuring Billy Daze from M.O.P. Monch kicks 2019 off with another blazing track entitled “yayo”. It is a dope song about one of the most infamous drugs of all time(cocaine). This is similar to the work he did on gun violence with “bullet” in its eerie delivery. The … Read More “Pharoahe Monch-yayo” »
Chuck D is on his gil scott heron lane of his career and on celebration of ignorance I think he has found his voice even though his voice sounds a bit more strained than usual which can be due to his production or his years of performing on the road like dmc(from run dmc). Chuck … Read More “Chuck D-Celebration of Ignorance” »
The south has been ruling the mainstream airwaves in hiphop for some time now with the triplet flow that was a mainstay in Memphis TN for some time but there was a more soulful brand of hiphop that was also a staple of the south that we hear even less than boombap in the mainstream … Read More “Eightball & MJG- Take a Picture” »
Ras Kass kicks off 2019 with a bang with visuals from his upcoming project SO12: The leaks. The video was directed by underground legend Shabaam Sadheq and production was handled by Omid G who gave Ras a great boom bap banger to lace with his usual thought provoking wit. ENJOY!
What a way to return! I am back on my hiphop journaling and Vast Aire has brought me back in style by dropping a track that hits so many touchstones for this hiphop Nerd it is amazing. I am going to also do a vlog about the whole elp(Live from the Aireport) that this jawn … Read More “Vast Aire- Solomon’s Temple (He Is Man) feat – Kenyattah Black” »
One of the most beautiful things about indie hiphop is the endless supply of dope producers who are there to step forward and add fresh sounds to existing work. In 2017 the preceptionists released their album resolution and it was dope as per usual. Go back and peep the the original jawn and then give … Read More “The preceptionists- low resolution (Paten locke mix)” »
The legendary producer and emcee Erick Sermon of epmd, has been busy working on two efforts. The Dynamic Duos project celebrating some of the greatest two 2 man teams in hip-hop. I pray that outkast is really on this effort(if the rap gods are listening make it so). He is also working on a solo … Read More “Erick sermon- “come Thru” featuring Mr cheeks, Method man and craig mack” »
Fresh off winning a beat contest last year and working with Chicago rapper lil durk & DJ cannon as a result on the song “no fear“, Koji dropped a chill banger of a beat tape on us in 2017 and it was loaded with laid back trunk rattling goodness. He flipped a lot of jazz, … Read More “Koji the bandit – never enough” »
