After a prolonged hiatus, West London rapper Swami Baracus is back in his element, bringing you bars on beats and bass with ‘RETURN OF THE DRAGON!’ Baracus showcases his stellar wordplay and clever metaphors over a bassy boom-bap beat, with charismatic aplomb. The tongue-in-cheek video also highlights the Baracuda’s comedic side, as displayed in his previous incarnation with the Caravan Crookz.
‘Return Of The Dragon’ is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD! So grab a piece of the Dragon, and let the fire burn through your speakers!
Comet and Rediculus are back with another visual from their “End of Dayz” album with “World to See” featuring P Stew which was filmed by InDa Streetz TV and directed/edited by Comet for MadMen Visions.
Rediculus provides a hypnotic piano driven beat for Comet and P Stew to drop their gems over, and they don’t disappoint. Comet delivers 2 blazing verses that describe his unique vision of life on The Island and P Stew compliments that with tales form his own brand of street living. With guest appearance by Blaq Poet in the video, this one will blaze out the end of summer no doubt.
The album is released by Platformz Records in partnership with Mad Men Ent.
“Work Hard Play Hard” is the new album entirely produced by independent hip hop artist Abstract Soundz, featuring Iron Braydz (Triple Darkness), Flying Monk (Split Prophets), Skunkadelic (Afro Cluster), Kali Mist (Crudely Cut Records) and many more! The first single from the album “Dust”, featuring Lady Sanity, made the BBC 1Xtra playlist and was dropped by the likes of Mistajam and Trevor Nelson.
“Excellent stuff” – Chemo (Kilamanjaro Music)
“Abstract Soundz is well worth checking out, it might not be a name that you’ve heard of, but it definitely should be” – Vice (Wordplay Magazine)
The sound of this project has been influenced by the pioneers of that early 90s boom bap vibe, such as Pete Rock, Q Tip, Lord Finesse, Dj Premier and J Dilla – as well as household UK names such as Harry Love and Lewis Parker. The production on this record is heavily laced with Jazz, Funk and Soul samples pinned down by dusty breaks. All tracks were mastered by the experienced ears of Chemo.
Abstract Soundz Ft. The Real Dill ‘Hard Working’
A Brief History
Abstract Soundz has been producing sample based hip hop for about 10 years. At 18 he moved to London and began to network within the Capitals vibrant hip hop scene. In 2010 he released his first album “Abstract Soundz Presents….” collaborating with artists across the UK. This release was followed by production for Skunkadelic’s debut album “Musically Drifting” which came out later that year. Since then Abstract had been trying to hone in his skills and master the art of crafting funky and jazzy, laid back, smooth hip hop instrumentals with and old school 90s boom bap vibe.
Connect with Abstract Soundz:
Abstractsoundzuk@gmail.com
Brown Bag AllStars member The Audible Doctor remixes the hit ‘World View’ single “Go!”, now featuring NYC heavy-hitters Wordsworth, Aaron Cohen and K. Sparks, in addition to Joell Ortiz and AWKWORD.
In the spirit of what seems to be beef season, C.Shreve just recently dropped a new track called ‘Dark Matter’ and it has an aggressive and ominous feel as he launches a lyrical assault. The song is definitely Shreve putting the booth to use as a place to vent and air it all out, as some old business is handled thoroughly.
The Professor said about the track “It is what it is. I’m all about positivity. I’m positive I can move forward now with a clear conscience knowing I said what needed to be said. The young kids coming up in this need people to set the tone for how to handle both the business and the bullsh$t.”
Golden Coast MC Robby RA’$hu teams up again with UK upcoming beatsmith “Spacedtime” to bring you their first offering “7 Forward (4:44)” from their upcoming short film/ EP “#Pangea” a project about a trip to the one in our selves.
“7 Forward (4:44)” sees Robby coming with heavy flows laced over Spacedtime’s wavy, chilled production. Check it out here
Res One & BlabberMouf – ‘Wreck Shit’, produced by Truffel, taken from Split Prophets member Res One’s dope debut solo album ‘Delph Efficacy’ available here
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