‘Ham on Rye’ is the album opener for Cynic’s ‘Get The Gringo 2’ solo LP dropping in January. Production duties are handled by fellow PENPALS, Rapswell & Squires, as well as a track produced by Killclaw.
You can pre-order the album on limited cassette tape on Bandcamp, it includes all of the album instrumentals on the B-side.
Sick UK lyricist Cyrus Malachi with the track ‘Ethics’, produced by Tony Mahoney and is lifted from the Cyrus Malachi and Tony Mahoney EP ‘Naked Among Wolves’
“Following on from the incredible ‘Dystopian Dialect’ LP, Cyrus Malachi is back on Hour 25 Records with a stunning 8 Track EP “Naked Among Wolves” . Entirely produced by Tony Mahoney this is one body of work that is not to be missed.”
The prolific MC, producer and musician Oddisee’s new album ‘The Iceberg’ is a plea for humanity to dig deeper in search of understanding and common ground. His third release in just 12 months, ‘The Iceberg’ is a distillation of stereotypical tropes in hip-hop and beyond, 12 tracks about money, sex, politics, race and religion that appear superficial until his multi-dimensional lyrics unfurl to expose the complexities of individuality and identity: how we see ourselves and how others see us. Deeply soulful, and shot through with jazz, Go-go, gospel, thick r&b and hard beats, the album is a timely, poetic statement. ‘The Iceberg’ is out February 24 on Mello Music Group.
Lead single “Things” acts as a mission statement for the album, a deep dance groove with lightning-quick lyrics about “things” he’s going through. Says Oddisee, “”We all go through the trials & tribulations of life. Why is it we feel the need to individualize our shared experiences? If only we could see our concerns as others do, maybe they wouldn’t be so serious.”
‘The Iceberg’ was recorded and produced by Oddisee at his own studio in Brooklyn, made with live instrumentation performed by Oddisee and members of his band, Good Compny.
Oddisee has released two studio albums, several EPs mixtapes and instrumental albums, and has over 23 million plays on Spotify. He’s been profiled by NPR, the Washington Post, praised by Pitchfork and Stereogum, performed on NPR’s Tiny Desk, Red Bull Sound Select and at festivals including Glastonbury and Sasquatch. ‘The Iceberg’ follows two releases in 2016, the ‘Alwasta EP’ and the instrumentals album ‘The Odd Tape.’ His 2015 full-length ‘The Good Fight’ was a Top 10 album on the iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap chart and he won the iTunes Music award for Best Hip-Hop Album of 2012.
Oddisee’s 2017 international tour with Good Compny starts March 2nd in Paris and includes dates across the U.S. in April and May. Full list of dates below with more to be added.
Oddisee World Tour
March 2 – Paris, France – La Place
March 3 – Lyon, France – Bizarre!
March 4 – Nantes, France – Stereolux
March 6 – Bristol, UK – The Lantern
March 8 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla
March 9 – Dublin, Ireland, The Sugar Bluc
March 11 – London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall
March 13 – Munich, Germany – Ampere
March 14 – Erfurt, Germany – Franz Melhose
March 15 – Berlin, Germany – Gretchen
March 16 – Hamburg, Germany – Mojo Club
March 17 – Cologne, Germany – Gloria
March 18 – Stuttgart, Germany – Im Wizemann
March 19 – Frankfurt, Germany – Zoom
March 22 – Nijmegen, Netherlands – Doornroosje
March 24 – Rotterdam, Netherlands – Bird
March 25 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
March 26 – Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique
March 30 – Milan, Italy – Biko Club
April 7 – Sofia, Bulgaria – Sofia Live Club
April 8 – Bucharest, Romania – Arenele Romane
April 10 – Vienna, Austria – Grelle Forelle
April 11 – Warsaw, Poland – Stodola
April 18 – Philadelphia, PA – Theater of Living Arts
April 20 – Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club
April 21 – Raleigh, NC – King’s Barcade
April 23 – Atlanta, GA – The Loft
April 26 – Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s
April 27 – Dallas, TX – Dada Dallas
April 28 – Austin, TX – Empire Control Room
May 1 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
May 5 – San Diego, CA – Music Box
May 7 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency
May 9 – Eugene, OR – WoW Hall
May 10 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
May 11 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
May 12 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
May 13 – Spokane, WA – The Big Dipper
May 14 – Boise, ID – Neurolux
May 17 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown
May 18 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
May 19 – Milwaukee, WI – Shank Hall
May 20 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
May 21 – Indianapolis, IN – The HiFi
May 26 – Detroit, MI – Arab American National Museum
May 27 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
May 30 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
May 31 – New York, NY – Highline Ballroom
Lewisham rapper Airklipz dropped a further two ‘Themestyles’ in the past week as he continues to drop bars over Popular TV series. Check him as he displays his talents over the themes for ‘Dexter’ and ‘The Sopranos’.
‘Klipz also dropped his first studio album ‘Single Speed’ last weekend (10th December), look out for a post coming soon looking into that album release further. However, if you cant wait for that post you can check the album out for yourselves here and let me tell you a little secret we don’t think you will be disappointed….
Tommy Boy Entertainment recently uploaded this Official Lyric Video for the Method Man joint ‘Worldwide’ featuring Uncle Murda, Hanz On and Chedda Bang. The track featured on Method Mans dope 2015 album ‘The Meth Lab’, if you missed out on that heat first time round you can get it here….
The official music video from Sean Strange for his new self produced single titled “No Time” from the “Everything Is Nah Bro” album available now from the official Nah Bro Store http://www.nahbrostore.com/store
Music Produced By: Sean Strange
Video Directed By: Dj Illegal & Sean Strange
Edited By: Mr. Erbi
Snowgoons ‘Team Death Match’ featuring Diabolic, Chino XL, Lil Fame, Fredro Starr & Justin Tyme and DJ Crypt on the cuts. The track is lifted from the Snowgoons dope NEW album ‘Goon Bap’ available on various formats below…
North London rapper Allstar Stacks featuring Mas Law – ‘Gimme A Beat’, produced by Session Spacey aka Session 600. The track is lifted from Stacks’ ‘Rocky Roads’ project entirely produced by Session 600 and features Flowtecs, Ray Vendetta, Mas Law, K-Zorro, Sarai Jazz, Marv Radio and Kalel.
Check out the latest album ‘Rise Of A King’ from Huddersfield rapper Spida Lee which dropped back in October. ‘Rise Of A King’ is his 2nd official album with a majority of the production from China’s Natural Doc other producers featured are Hash Finger, Brutal Artistry, illuzual and Spida also shows us his production skills.
The album features the dope joint ‘The Cypher’ featuring rappers from Spida’s ends Kd, Billy Starks, Lost Props, Scriptors, Eskar, Gen, T Mac, Tazer, Jahrel Mission and Krankit all killing it.
With the soulful sounds of singer Sara Lasoul featuring on the tracks ‘Fuck The Hype’ and the uplifting ‘Keep Ya Head Up’ and Spida’s 15 year old daughter Jaydee makes an appearance on the track ‘So Real’. Add to the mix reggae artist D Bo General on ‘No Competition’ then you have an album full of head-nodding flavour.
Apologies to my man Spida Lee for sleeping on this, don’t you lot do the same! If you like 90s Boom Bap Hip Hop beats, soulful sounds and conscious lyrics then this is for you.