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[20 Sep 2013 | No Comment | ]

Legendary Bay Area hip-hop duo Latyrx recently announced that their first album in 16 years, titled The Second Album, will be released November 5th. Brooklyn Vegan has just premiered the lead single from the album, “Exclamation Point,” produced by and featuring jazz rapper Forrest Day. Known for their experimental and adventurous approach to sonic landscapes and lyrical content, Latyrx’s members Lateef the Truth Speaker and Lyrics Born were at the forefront of an underground Bay Area hip-hop movement of the late 1990s alongside the likes of DJ Shadow and Blackalicious, …

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[20 Sep 2013 | No Comment | ]

The League Of Extraordinary Gz released a new single today, premiered by AllHipHop in preparation of their upcoming album #LeagueShit. The track “Intercourse,” featuring an opening verse from Dallas native Slim Gravy of A.Dd+ and production from the League’s Reggie Coby, has a pretty straightforward message. “Just letting females know that I ain’t trying be in a relationship. I’m just trying to fuck” says Dowrong of the League.
Producer Reggie says although the skit at the end of the song was an afterthought, it fits in the track well. “There was a breakdown at the end of the beat that we weren’t sure what we …

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[18 Sep 2013 | No Comment | ]

Detroit rapper/producer Black Milk released the official track list for his upcoming album No Poison No Paradise today, along with the full album artwork (inside and out) and a video that goes inside the cover artist Joonbug‘s sketchbook. Check out the track list and artwork below, and pre-order No Poison No Paradise on iTunes or FatBeats. The album drops on October 15th.
Black Milk will also embark on his No Poison No Paradise Tour with Quelle and DJ Sober later this month, kicking off September 20th in Dallas, TX and running 28 dates before wrapping up on October 24th in Washington, DC. Check out the dates below.
No Poison No Paradise Track List:

Interpret Sabotage ft. Mel
Deion’s House
Codes and Cab Fare …

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[18 Sep 2013 | No Comment | ]

MTV Hive premiered the latest single from rap duo Grayskul, titled “Not Going Anywhere.” The track is from their brand new album Zenith, which drops today. Special guest Aesop Rock not only lays a verse on the track, but also produced it. Grayskul’s Onry Ozzborn says that collaborating with Aesop “brings out the best in all of us. When Aes, JFK and I get on a song together, we are at our Zenith at that moment.”
Grayskul released Zenith’s title track on Complex earlier this summer and released a visual for “Face And The Fang.” The duo’s first official album in eight years, available today, features Raekwon, Solilla, Terra Lopez, …

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[17 Sep 2013 | No Comment | ]

Today Seattle rapper Nissim, formerly known as D.Black, releases his self-titled album, his first full length work since converting to Orthodox Judaism and beginning his journey as the face of what could be considered a new genre of hip-hop music. Having already released a slew of powerful, uplifting and inspiring tracks, most recently the unprecedented “Sores,” which combined hip-hop and classical Jewish music, Nissim now drops his latest single, “Revered,” to celebrate the album’s release.
“[This is] my favorite record on the album,” says Nissim, “I wanted to bring about awareness, spiritual awareness. This awareness has an impact on …

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[13 Sep 2013 | No Comment | ]

Earlier this year, the Bay Area-based rap duo Main Attrakionz partnered with Sacramento producer Tynethys – the chemistry between the three was quick and easy, and from those sessions came a full album, produced by Tynethys, announced with the release of a first single, the excellent “Kinfolk.”Then came an artist’s worst nightmare – the drive where all of the sessions were stored crashed, and the album was lost.
Rather than go back and attempt to re-record the songs that were lost, Squadda B, MondreM.A.N., and Tynethys set out, ambitiously, to record a completely new album and …

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[12 Sep 2013 | No Comment | ]

Today AllHipHop premiered the latest track from Seattle rapper Nissim, formerly known as D.Black, entitled “Sores.” The gripping and powerful song is perhaps the first of its kind, combining hip-hop and classical Jewish Cantorial (Hazinut) music, as it tells the story of first an African-American slave during the 1700s and later a German Jew in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. Nissim’s Orthodox faith continually informs his work, but perhaps never so explicitly as in this new track, where he draws on the parallels of two seemingly disparate peoples’ struggles, ultimately affirming the common humanity underlying both.
“My …

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[10 Sep 2013 | No Comment | ]

2013, like 2012 before it, has been a landmark, record-breaking year for super producer Mike WiLL Made It. And while he’s spent much of that time producing countless hits for other artists (12 of which have become Billboard-charting singles), including songs for Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, 2 Chainz, Kanye West, Jay Z, Future, Juicy J, Lil Wayne, and more, Mike WiLL is now excited to unveil the first single from his own debut album, Est. In 1989 Pt. 3 (The Album).
The song, “23,” features Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa, and Juicy J, and Mike WiLL has been teasing the song …

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[29 Aug 2013 | No Comment | ]

Group Vigilant is pleased to announce the release of Proxy’s “Magnificent”. The album hits all digital retailers September 10th, 2013. “Magnificent” features production by Symbolyc One among others in addition to an impressive guest list including: Ahmad Jones, Antonio Neal, Braille (Beautiful Eulogy), Jurny Big (The Battery), Mr. Del, Propaganda, Shonlock, and others.

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[27 Aug 2013 | No Comment | ]

Durban producer rapper Prinston is back with another smashing single to follow up to the B-Boy favourite JUICED UP. His new single “LOOKIN AT ME” features SK (who’s a Tv presenter / actor / singer) on the hook who just takes the song to another level. Prinston never dissapoints when it comes to music quality and visual quality and after all the hard work he’s been putting in independently throughout the years he’s time has finally come. The single drops free for a limited time.

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[26 Jul 2013 | No Comment | ]

The Bangerz have stood alongside a veritable Who’s-Who list of groundbreaking artists, including Diplo, Chris Brown, Afrika Bambaataa, Kelis, The Clipse, Ghostface Killah, Z-Trip, Major Lazer and Odd Future. Their ongoing collaboration with dance crew The Jabbawockeez has created some of the most innovative explorations of the intersection between music and dance to date. The six-person production/DJ crew returns in full force with PRiSM, a 14-track electronic explosion that leaves the listener’s head spinning in the best possible way.

The extraordinary musical IQ of the group is on display here-heavy trap tracks sit right alongside funky house, covering the scope …

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[18 Jul 2013 | No Comment | ]

Since beginning his “Ill Mind Of Hopsin” video series 4 years ago, Funk Volume Records co-founder Hopsin has already racked up nearly 120 million views to his YouTube channel, in addition to seeing his label thrust into the spotlight with the recent explosive success of artists Dizzy Wright and Jarren Benton. Today he released the latest installment, “Ill Mind Of Hopsin 6,” in which he details the experience of losing a childhood friend to drug addiction. The track will be featured on his highly anticipated upcoming album Knock Madness, which will be released on November 26. Known for explicitly detailing his struggle toward success …

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[2 Jul 2013 | No Comment | ]

Future soul singer/songwriter Nylo shares her tender tribute to Audrey Hepburn, whom she considers “the most beautiful woman to ever grace the silver screen,” with “Breakfast At Tiffany’s,” the third taste from her upcoming mixtape Indigo Summer, due July 16th. Her tenuous connection to that one faded lover she just can’t shake is accentuated by her delicate and raw falsetto, a haunting force that weaves with producer Jerry Good‘s ethereal layers of instrumentation. The result is a thoughtful tableau-prodding but shy, guarded but still willing to expose Nylo’s tempestuous soul. The track illustrates her uncanny ability to create an clear vibe …

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[27 Jun 2013 | No Comment | ]

Young emcee Roach Gigz has a certain indescribable charisma that draws the listener toward his light-hearted, dexterous lyrical style and devil-may-care demeanor. Judging by his newest video, this charisma has a pretty clear effect on the ladies. Posted up with a blue sky behind him, feet in the swimming pool, and a red cup in his hand, the California rhymer matter-of-factly spits game about his legendary stature with the opposite sex: “Believe me, I ain’t never met a broad who said it wasn’t cool.” Buddy and fellow Left Coast rapper Kreayshawn backs up his claims as …

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[4 Mar 2013 | No Comment | ]

“STRICTLY” is the lead single from “The Brilliant EP” by Nigerian rap artist, BREIS (breeze). “Strictly” was produced by BREIS and Leroy Brown and is an Afrobeat flavoured single featuring the sweet Zimbabwean vocals of Eska Mtungwazi. Eska’s lush melodies and BREIS’ raw delivery sound brilliant together on this Hip Hop – Afro beat fusion. The Brilliant EP will be available digitally on March 25.
“This one is for Africa and the Diaspora,” says BREIS. “It’s for those that positively contribute to society but are ignored or unseen. I’m saluting them …