Go Big TV presents a Brand New acoustic session series where it is stripped down bare, an artist and an instrument, no backing track and no where to hide…..
‘Go Bare’ episode 1 sees JR Fens take centre stage and give Go Big TV an amazing acoustic performance.
Boston MC and EMS crew frontman M-Dot presents “Days Are All The Same”, his new single produced by Hi Tek, the Ohio producer behind collaborations with Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent and Ghostface Killah.
The coveting of societal acceptance has reached new heights in a social media (“like” based) dominated planet. You find more people looking down (at their phones) then looking up to see what’s happening with our culture nowadays; increasingly becoming robots to a system dangling products to the wide eyed eager consumer. M-Dot’s latest single ‘Days Are All The Same’ paints a lucid world of these exact human shortcomings. The social/political narrative is carefully laced upon the back-drop of Hi-Tek’s (Snoop Dogg, Big L, Eminem, 50 Cent, GhostFace Killah) eccentric drum arrangement.
“Days Are All The Same” follows the releases of the horror-core cinematic ‘Dreamscape’ (Prod. By Marco Polo), the innovative 360° visual ‘Give It To Me’ & the impetus latent ‘Shine’ (Ft. Method Man). All of the aforementioned appear on M-Dot’s forthcoming “egO anD The eneMy”, due to drop 1/27/17 (additional production by Large Professor, Marley Marl, Khrysis, Buckwild, 7L & more). Buckle up, as these cats ain’t playing around. Real hip-hop is alive & well.
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New visual from verteran UK emcee Si Phili for the track ‘Scrollin’ produced by Urban Click and featuring renowned Birmingham, UK Poet Benjamin Zephaniah in the track Si Phili addresses our obsession with Social Media with wise words from Benjamin as the track closes out.
Phili said on his facebook page about Benjamin Zephaniah featuring “It was an honour for me to get this humble man to feature on a track, let alone get him to come and appear in the video as well. ”
‘Scrollin’ is lifted off of Si Philli’ dope 2016 album “The 11th Hour” a contender for album of the year available digitally here
on CD https://siphili.bandcamp.com/album/the-11th-hour
Video Directed by Oliver Whitehouse for Sektion Red
Following the release of single “Stay Out The Way,” Rochester, NY rapper Snackz returns with another banger, “I Get It.” Reuniting with director YoLastFilms, Snackz track addresses the hate that goes on in his city. If you have haters you can relate to this one. “I get it, I get it, know they don’t like me I feel it,” says the Rochester rapper.
With so much hate going on the world we live in and just in the States alone, Snackz takes matters into his own hands and does the unthinkable to stir the pot in a fashion where things could get controversial. Watch to the very end to see what happens.
Check Out Swifty McVay of D12 Deliver BARZ with his “BARRY BONDS ” (Official Freestyle Video) Be on the look Out For D12 Presents SWIFTY MCVAY – ‘GREY BLOOD’ LP, available Feb 3, 2017 click link to GET Your Preorders NOW!!!!!!! http://smarturl.it/SwiftyMcVay
Australian emcee OptiMystic presents his new video “Madd Rush” which features Onyx & JR going in over the top of a Loftwah Beatsmiff production. Shot down under in Australia, the video also features appearances from the UK’s fire spittin bad girls… Pyrohex! The hardcore track is lifted from his double album; “Day of the Guiding Light / Followed by the shadow”.
OptiMystic has been manifesting dreams, making connections and spreading his vibe the only way he knows how… with raw love and hard-core positivity! His passion and extreme addiction to the art of rap has lead him on an amazing journey from childhood to the present moment. In 2005 he released his debut ‘ReVamp’ an independent release that featured Grammy award-winning superstar Speech from Arrested Development.
“Day of the Guiding Light / Followed by the shadow” showcases strictly hip hop vibrations pulsating throughout the double album, OptiMystic spits, rips and kicks a range of flows with variety and passion. The Two discs feature a light side, which is bursting with positive and uplifting anthems while the shadow sides grants Optimystic a platform to showcase his rawness. Other guest appearances on the LP include Sticky Fingaz, Fredro Starr, Afu Ra, Chip FU, Doitall, Mr Cheeks, Killah Priest, Das EFX, Rockness Monsta, Big Shug, Jeru the Damaja & more!
This conscious style rhymer delivers topics of love, death, addictions, the great unknown, and just straight up having fun on the mic. OptiMystic’s love knows no boundaries! So be prepared and stay aware, for if there ever was a time for this MC to be unearthed to the masses… it’s now!
NYC veteran emcee Saint Ivan The Terrible links with French producer L’Undercover of the Production team Sismographe for “The Inevitable (All Or Nothing)” EP.
7 tracks deep the features on the EP are kept to a minimum allowing Saint Ivan to display his raw lyricism over the Parisian beatmakers ill beats with just appearances from rappers Dro Pesci and Don Streat adding their heat on the track “Carnage” and the super dope UK turntablist DJ Jabbathakut adding his flavour to the cuts to complete this dope EP.
High Focus Records’ first ever official karaoke video for ‘Teeth Marks’. Earlier this year High Focus Records sent Jam Baxter on a jet plane to the other side of the world to work on a new album with producer extraordinaire Chemo, who had recently relocated there. Upon his arrival, Jam Baxter checked into his temporary residence for the duration of his stay, called Mansion 38, of which his forthcoming album is named after. After a crazy 2 month stay, the duo have created a unique masterpiece, which picks up where the critically acclaimed ‘…so we ate them whole‘ left off.
It seems right that Jam Baxter’s two favourite tracks from the forthcoming ‘Mansion 38’ album, ‘Teeth Marks‘ & ‘Soi 36‘ be combined into a singular item, limited to 500 copies never to be repressed. This limited edition hand numbered seven inch vinyl has been officially released today and is available to purchase from the High Focus Store, all good digital platforms and Bandcamp.
In Jam Baxter’s own words: ‘I’d completely lost the plot by this point in my trip. Too many late ones in Mansion 38. Shot in Dak Lak, Vietnam. Feel free to drown out my voice with your own using the handy singalong feature’.
Incidentally, the location for the ‘Teeth Marks’ video shoot doubles as the location for the iconic photo used for the ‘Mansion 38’ album cover which can be seen below for the very first time!
Written by Jam Baxter
Produced by Chemo for KMJ45.com
Video by Theo Lowenstein and Sean Richards for 120degrees
Logistics and Animal Handling by Rueben Austen-Hakin and Ciaran O’Connell
Edited by Andrew Craig
Animation by Anslim Yearwood
Dope UK turntablist and former DMC and IDA Champion DJ Rasp has uploaded this sick 2016 routine live and direct from his kitchen displaying his full array of talents behind the turntables.
“Wrath of a Menace” is the latest video from NJ native, now residing in St. Louis, emcee & producer Rec Riddles. Rec Riddles unleashes his lyrical wrath along with frequent collaborator, Ackurate. This visual & song combines street imagery mashed together with sophisticated cool all produced by Rec himself.
“Wrath of a Menace” is off Rec Riddles debut album entitled “Brilliant but Disturbed” available here