The Return of Clean
The Avalanches are a dope electronic music group. They released a few critically acclaimed albums in the last few years and have connected with indie emcees in the past to deliver vocals over their production. This time they flip a sample and bring out some beautiful brass to provide a back drop for none other … Read More “The Avalanches featuring Sonny cheeba of camp lo-Because I’m me” »
All De la soul fans know about their epic kickstarter campaign that funded the legendary hip-hop groups latest effort yet to be release because of distribution and artist clearance issues. Well the plugs have decided to give us a free EP to hold us over while everything is cleared up for the official summer release … Read More “De La Soul-For your pain and suffering” »
David Banner is like a hip-hop prodigal son. He began in the lyrical and conscious world of hip-hop with partner Kamikaze as the crooked letterz and later became a southern dance rap sensation with “get down on the floor”. He went toward more of a street oriented sound for the most successful part of his … Read More “David Banner – Before the Box” »
Joquan is a Detroit indie emcee and producer who has been on the grind for a while. He was brought to my attention by Mic Rockwell over at cassette tape kids. Joquan is everything you would expect from a lyrical emcee from the D i.e. carrying on the traditions of dope word play over banging … Read More “Joquan Da Hooligan – yes he was colored” »
One look at this line up and you will see that it has banger written all over it. Then you listen to it and realize it delivers in spades. MF DOOM sounded better on this jawn than much of his recent work. This sounds like some classic Doom and Phonte reminds us how sharp he … Read More “PRHYME-HIGHS AND LOWS FEATURING PHONTE AND MF DOOM” »
This is what I expect from Yassin Bey. I know a lot of heads have been on the diss/beef kick since the overblown mainstream battle occurred recently. Then Yassin mentioned something in a interview about forming teams and battling anyone, maybe even jokingly and it went viral and was answered by Lupe fiasco. Which was … Read More “Yassin Bey-Basquiat Ghostwriter” »
Here’s the new Madlib joint. The record will be released Sep 1, 2015 on Madlib Invazion, and a limited run of vinyl with one-of-a-kind screen-printed covers. Three rap tracks + three instrumentals on Side A. Flip side has instrumentals for the rap tracks. readmore at RAPPCATS
Nyck Caution is continuing the pro era tradition of blazing the mic over dope beats. “Vulcan” is the second release from his up coming project and if this is any indication it stands to be dope. ENJOY!
B Dolan has been at it for a minute and deserves more attention in my humble opinion. He is a poets emcee with songs that are fun, introspective and entertaining. ENJOY! House of Bees vol. 3 by B. Dolan, mixed by Buddy Peace
SkyBlew gives us a dope visual for his song “The Grey Ballons” from the album “window seat on that midnight train” from back in 2013. The animation was provided by Benjamin D. Sutherland and goes along with the beat perfectly. The animation is whimsical and matches up with the cheerful yet introspective bars delivered by … Read More “SkyBlew-The Grey Ballons” »
