After releasing the Jarren Benton assisted “Don’t Know,” Jon Dubb returns with the latest leak, “Ladder,” featuring Kool G Rap from his recently released ‘The Leilana May Project’.
Jon Dubb’s debut album, ‘The Leilana May Project’, (Verzatile/RBC Records) featuring Dizzy Wright, Canibus, Kool G Rap, Cappadonna and more is now in-stores!
V. Nova drops the video to his latest single, ‘I Still Love Her’, from his highly acclaimed street album “HiPS3: The New Commission”. ‘I Still Love Her’ is produced by the Crack Factory and the video is directed by MalikYouGotIt
Manchester is a city that has long been associated with music and culture, and has played a part in almost all areas of British music, probably most famously during the Brit Pop era of the early 90’s,however (maybe due to my southerners ignorance!) I had not been aware of much Manny Hip Hop.
However over the past few years the city has been producing more and more artists that are impossible to ignore, whether its the live band party vibes of The Mouse Outfit (and their stellar cast of guest MC’s), the wavey ‘sweg’ of Black Josh , the gritty, hard styling’s of Meany or Mosh Team, or the party starting, sound system inspired Chimpo, Manny has been making serious noise!
Continuing the Manchester onslaught is talented MC Sangy, and his debut release on Room 2 Records, ‘Introspection’.
The 7 Track EP is the second release of 2014 for Sangy (the first being his independently released EP ‘Paving the Way’) and is a solid and well rounded showcase for the various styles and flows that seem to effortlessly flow from his pen.
Throughout the EP Sangy’s confident ,but relaxed, delivery and flow perfectly compliment the organic, smooth beats provided by Manny go – to producers Pro P and Kydro, and the mix of styles and tempos keeps the listener’s interest.
All in all this is a solid release, and there will be no need for the skip button! Highlight’s include the bouncy double time party tune ‘One Night’ featuring Blind MIC and Afro Sam, the lead single ‘Deadline Day’, and the cautionary, rather sad, track ‘Joe (skit)’, the latter highlighting Sangy’s story telling ability.
Definitely one to add to the growing number of banging Manny releases, and a name I will certainly be keeping an eye on.
Words; Chris
Stream and download Sangy’s ‘Introspection’ EP here
Today, Devine Carama surprises his fans with ‘The Lost Jewels’, which is a “lost tapes” compilation of previously never heard unreleased tracks, songs featured on other projects, or bonus material featured on previous released limited edition projects.
All tracks were recorded between 2004-2014. Lexington MC, Sheisty Khrist is the lone artist featured on the project with several tracks left on the cutting room floor of off their ‘OMG’ album in 2011. This is his 4th project (The Dream Walker, Something More, Believing In Forever) of 2014 and an early Christmas present for fans……
‘NARCISSUS’ is the second album from Coventry, UK rapper Shakezpeare entirely produced by Manchester producer Dr G who recently released his critically acclaimed album ‘The Coalition VOL 1’ which features real heavyweight legends of Hip Hop such as Canibus, KRS1, Hell Razah, Inpectah Deck, Outlaws, Kool G Rap, Big Noyd, Saigon, St Laz and many more.
Now Shakezpeare and DR G have teamed up to bring that real rap back to the UK with this heavy, unfabricated 100% rap album, this album is for the purest’s of Hip Hop, if hard beats with real street flows and harsh reality bars are your thing then you’ve came to the right place.
Kicking off with the heavy track ‘Rago Shit’ featuring Wolverhampton emcee Big Dutty Deeze the opening track sets the standard and the remaining 9 tracks don’t disappoint with some great underground features from some real hungry UK artists, such as the legend NOVAR (F.L.I.P), Trademark Blud , Shakezpeare’s fellow Coventry emcee’s Eastwood and Ny, Coopz from Manchester and Big Ribzy from Wolverhampton all adding their touch to this sick album
Shakezpeare and Dr G have delivered 10 tracks of that raw, heavy rap sound and the Coventry emcee who has spent many years behind bars proves that he’s not here to play games and is a rapper to take notice of!
You can stream ‘NARCISSUS’ and download it for just £5 here. Go Cop it NOW!
The Regiment was recently featured on the new collaborative album ‘Triangle’ , soley produced by D-Kay Drummasta. The single, “Mic Check”, is classic Regiment material and is a track that fans must have in their collection.
The full album features artists such as Guilty Simpson, Phat Kat, J. Nolan, Nametag, as well as a previously unreleased verse from the late Praverb The Wyse and many, many more. This is classic boom-bap hip-hop and its available now as a free download!
‘Traveling Man’ is the latest release from the continuously creative Harn SOLO, is more than just a title. SOLO’s eleventh creative endeavor, ‘Traveling Man’ tells the tale of a young music fan from Southern California that chased his dreams to New Orleans before stopping in his current locale of Denver. Those familiar with the past releases from Harn SOLO will not be disappointed to see imaginative boundaries continued to be pushed; something that is lacking in today’s mainstream music. More than a rapper, but rather an artist, Harn SOLO has added another masterpiece to his collection with ‘Traveling Man’.
After his recent relocation from New Orleans to Denver, Harn linked up with recording engineer Jonathan Klein to document the experience. Assisting with the overall transportation theme, Traveling Man features airplane and train audio clips handpicked from creative partner Caliobzvr. The graphic design for the release was conceptualized by Elespee of Guerilla Publishing Company in NYC. The magnum opus of Harn SOLO’s assortment of works, ‘Traveling Man’ Is available for download now on Soundcloud and Audiomack as well as here on bandcamp….
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