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‘ThaGreats’ is taken from Verbal Skillz second album ‘VerbalVision’ dropping May 2015. The joint pays homage to the great emcee’s and the influence they had on all of hip hop. This dope track and video features UK don Micall Parknsun and Boston heavyweight emcee Acrobatik (The Perceptionists) joining Verbal skillz to pay respects to the best to ever grab the mic.
DJ Stix cuts the hooks over this Endemic Emerald head nodding beat.
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A few things come to mind when you think of the phrase “Cold As hell”. One of them being brutally cold weather, another being some disturbingly bad news, or somebody giving you some hard cold truth. Now imagine all those ideas wrapped in one rap group. California’s own, Anterluz and Swedish spitter, Lyrical join forces with production duo The Usual Suspects (Severe Beats & Slay Ferizi) to shake things up a bit.
Their new Self-titled EP embodies quite a musical package for the listener with just 7 tracks. It covers a variety of soundscapes and concepts but still manages to hold a cohesive blend that flows easily on the ear. The project masterfully captures all of the traditional essences of hip-hop and creatively weaves it into a contemporary gumbo pot with jazz fueled luxuriousness and plenty live instrumentation as a backdrop. The very crass-in-your-face type of songwriting that Lyrical and Anterluz exercise makes for a great layer in concoction with the colorful production that The Usual Suspects have finessed. A powerful collaborative team indeed, and showcasing just that with their first offering to the world. This is Cold As Hell.
Here’s the audio for the opening track of the EP ‘Best Served Cold’
2nd track from the EP ‘Top So Lonely’
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Throughout the years, Brooklyn’s Saga has had one advantage over the countless aspiring rappers — a sixth sense for authenticity. The drums and samples that fuel his music are nothing short of hard hitting and carefully chosen to match the depth of his lyrics.
For Saga, there is no division between commercial and underground Hip-Hop, only what’s real. His rhymes are not anti-anything. Rather, they serve as a mirror through which you and he view himself, and the world. It’s through his music, that he hopes you find ideas that resonate with yourself. Saga understands that people are multi-faceted, so he wants to appeal not just to the hustler or fighter, but also the conscious, and responsible human.
When asked how he wanted to be remembered, Saga replied with a simple metaphor. “When you break up and write down what happened, you capture something that never changes. If you rewrite that story every year, the details may change, but what you feel each time remains the same.” Those raw emotions that you experience when you hear Saga’s music for the first time may never go away.
It’s those very emotions that Saga has successfully been able to capture with his debut effort, From Out of the Shadows. Comprised of ten tracks, produced in most part by the Brooklyn by way of Toronto beatsmith, Marco Polo, Saga at long last steps from out of the shadows to tell his story. From Out of the Shadows is now available for stream via SoundCloud below, and free download, courtesy of AudioMack.
Saga – ‘City Streets’ ft.Roc Marciano (Official Video)
Stig drops some fire over the instrumental for the Ghostface Killah joint ‘Run’, Produced by Rza.
Vocals recorded by Sumgii
‘Zatoichi’ is taken from Stig Of The Dumps 2013 release ‘Free Sh!t……’ which you can stream and download here….
The Four Owls – ‘Dawn Of A New Day’, featuring Smellington Piff lifted from the new album ‘Natural Order’ OUT NOW on High Focus Records. The album is produced by Leaf Dog with guest production from DJ Premier and features Dirty Dike, Jam Baxter, Smellington Piff & DJ Sammy B-Side. Available to order on CD & limited edition vinyl now @ http://www.high-focus.com
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Video by Aboveground (Filmed on part 1 of The Four Owls ‘Natural Order’ UK tour)
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Oxford MC and producer Dead Ott is part of Styxmen and DeadEye, and has been making UK Hip Hop for many years. Following the success of his first beat tape ‘Winter Is Coming’ Dead Ott is back with his second official beat tape ‘Spring Into Action’.
Any MCs or singers who are interested in working with any of these beats get in touch via dead_ott@hotmail.com
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In celebration of Rhymesayers 20th Anniversary this year, Rhymesayers packed up and headed down to SXSW 2015 in Austin, TX. First, they gave a panel discussion on the label’s history, as well as its future. Afterward, they headed over to the House of Vans at the Mohawk to perform a label showcase for a packed house.
This is a brief recap of this monumental event, which featured performances from Atmosphere, Dilated Peoples, Brother Ali, Grieves, Prof, deM atlaS and Get Cryphy, as well as surprise guest appearances from P.O.S, Freeway, Murs, Fashawn and the legendary Chuck D!
Rhymesayers – “Thank you to all who came out to show us some love that night, as well as all those who’ve shown your love and support over the last two decades. With so much more in store, we look forward to growing with you in the years to come.”
Songs:
deM atlaS “Time Of Our Lives” (0:06 – 1:02)
Brother Ali “Self Taught” (1:53 – 2:52)
Atmosphere “Trying To Find A Balance (Live)” (2:53 – 3:25)
Produced by 1 Light Films
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BBP are proud to present this Record Store Day 2015 limited run 7″ release from Nick Roberts featuring J-Live! Pre order now on vinyl and digital…
Pressed on 7” heavyweight virgin black vinyl with inner bags and full colour sleeve with artwork from Bukioe protected by shrink wrap.
Featuring New York born true school Hip Hop chief executive officer J-Live. Lesson Learned is described as an orchestral cinematic film score. Mechanical Limbs combines’ classical grand piano with future proof electro beats while Argh Yeah reverberates a nostalgic reminiscence of a 1970’s funk television theme tune. Soul Assassin closes the EP with a complex sonic graffiti soundscape that can only be described as LA gang related Hip Hop.
Release Date: 18th April 2015
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Produced & mixed by Nick Roberts
Vocals on ‘Lesson Learned’ by J-Live
Scratches by DJ Jabbathakut
Cover design and artwork by Bukioe
Additional cover design by Big Tim
Mastered by Chemo
Executive produced by Nick Roberts & Steady Rock
Termanology is back with another video off his “Shut up and rap” Album. This time its for the track “Streetwise”, Produced by The Mighty Moe and with cuts & scratches by DJ Statik Selektah. Video directed by Gil Videos.
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