Cali underground rap legend Murs proudly presents the music video for “316 Ways”, premiering today on MTV to celebrate today’s release of Love & Rockets Volume 1: The Transformation, his new album produced entirely by Ski Beatz, the man behind classic tracks for Jay-Z, Mos Def, Camp Lo and many more. Love & Rockets comes courtesy of BluRoc, the fledgling imprint headed by ex-Roc-A-Fella co-owner Damon Dash, who also counts rappers Tabi Bonney and Da$h, singer McKenzie Eddy and musician Sean O’Connell on his roster. The BluRoc crew is currently on the road for the MTV/Sirius/Adidas-sponsored Hip Hop & Love Tour, on track to hit 50+ cities between September 27 and November 26. Love & Rockets‘ cover art was designed by Dave Barnett, the talent behind covers for Curren$y‘s Pilot Talk series. The album features O.C., Dee1, Tabi Bonney, Ab-Soul and Locksmith, and is available on iTunes, Best Buy and mom ‘n pops worldwide.
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Lowkey drops the latest offering from his soon to be classic album ‘Soundtrack To The Struggle’ which is released at midnight tonight. Track produced by Show N Prove. Video produced by Global Faction.
Buy Soundtrack To The Struggle here : http://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/soundtrack-to-struggle…/id460452870
This is Benefit 1st single off his street album “Timing Is Everything” all produced by one producer (Norman Crates). Spitting along with Benefit on the album are Steele (of Smif-N-Wessun), Jaz-O, Herb McGruff, Famoso, M-Dot, Tools, Rap-P and Benefit’s group (Tha Tangierz) which consist of himself & K.illa aka Killa Kane. Also Benefit album “The Time Is Now” is out now on iTunes!
BENEFIT FEAT. STEELE (OF SMIF-N-WESSUN)- BLOOD, GUTS & GLORY
http://hulkshare.com/a91k7niui0e8
BANDCAMP LINK http://firstson.bandcamp.com/album/art-illery-e-p
FREE DL OF COMFORT ZONE http://firstson.bandcamp.com/track/comfort-zone
The new ep from Rhode Islands Troop Raw is finally here. Troop has been a constant figure on the RI scene for years,a part of many groups,most recently Boombox Saintz with LordWillin’, Boombox Saintz recently toured East Coast USA with Danny Diablos Ill Roc Records. The ep only has 2 featured artists Swann & LordWillin and features production from Enlight, Studs Ramrod,Shroomz One and Mic Feen.
Already the single Comfort zone has been played on The Bottomless Crates Radio Show on NE1 FM, Thomas Handsomes shows Dumb Up Radio (Fleet DJs),Dumb Up Radio 2.0 motahiphop.com and Lokal Vokalz on 89.5fm KOPN in Columbia MO and on DJ 456 to and by DJ Modesty on his Real HipHop Show and also on Matt Chans show,Straight No Chaser on CJSF in Canada. It was also featured on Thomas Handsomes mixtape Sweet Sixteen (Coast 2 Coast) and DJ Nominals Revolutionary Riot Report Volume 13.
Troop is also a well known name in graff circles in his hometown and beyond and this ep is definetely one for the graff heads. Troop displays his versatility for hardcore punchlines while still keeping it grounded in real life,switching from typical bragging bars to dropping jewels on loyalty,brotherhood and the struggle to live in these uncertain times.
Originally the art.Illery project was meant to be his debut album on First Son Records but Troop had some minor legal problems that he had to deal with and is now finishing off a 12 month bid.
So heres an EP of 6 bangers with all proceeds going to his family.
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TROOP RAW – COMFORT ZONE (PROD. BY STUDS RAMROD)
Troop Raw feat LordWillin and Swann ” Don’t Wanna Die”
Follow Sway on his journey towards the release of his highly anticipated third studio album entitled “The Deliverance”. This episode shows us the making of Sway’s new release “Still Speedin'”.
In case you missed it first time round
Sway – Still Speedin
Sway ft Kano – Still Speedin (Remix)
Follow Sway on Twitter @SwayUK
Gearing up for his 2011/12 album release: Bass Music Adventure / Escapism, Inja steps up his pace with the first single Laters Later, crossing channels and genres in an explosive hook up with Northern French / Belgian bass fanatics, Allouette Street records. A rave-bound blend of grime, dubstep and industrial electronics from Lille production duo Hungry Studio grips Inja’s renowned lyrical hyper-activity to create a perfect, thumping compromise of UK grime, rap, European electronics and pure bass music adventuring.
Next up is Pepper Sauce, a single to wet our appetites and dance floors as Inja turns up the heat a little, relaxes a little and takes to the streets carnival style. The track is an explosive collaboration, blending the reggae production of Northern French DJ Edsik (Allouette Street Records) with Injas lyrical hip-hop mastery. Pepper Sauce is a perfect example of this emcees ability to float rhymes seamlessly across styles and seas, to uplift crowds and – something hip-hop tends to forget – have a f*cking laugh now and then. Inja comes back to his beloved reggae roots with style in this search for his number one dietary requirement.
Hear Laters Later Here:
http://soundcloud.com/injamusic/sets/laters-later-01-10-2011/
www.inja.bandcamp.com
www.injamusic.com
www.twitter.com/Injamusic
Nottingham MC Karizma and Philadelphia producer Starkey join forces for Karizma’s new single Bad Boy (in a Different Way) which was premiered on Hyperfrank’s official Youtube page on 13 October 2011. The video was directed by Faolan Jones http://www.junglewirefilm.com
Karizma is a Nottingham based MC who started out with local Hip-Hop group Out Da Ville in 1998 alongside Scorzayzee, Lee Ramsay, C-Mone, Tempa and Instinct. He has collaborated with UK Hip Hop’s founding father Rodney P (London Posse) and has performed alongside Afrika Bambaata, Gza (Wu Tang), De La Soul, and Estelle to name a few. Karizma’s MC style spans across ‘hip-hop, grime, dubstep and anything with a beat’.
Starkey is a super-producer and DJ from Philadelphia. He has remixed and worked with some of the biggest names in the UK music scene including Kozzie, P Money, Trim and Virus Syndicate. Nottingham-based production duo BeatGeeks and DJ (Rogue and Nasty FM) and producer Illmana provide official remixes for ‘Bad Boy’.
Karizma released his first solo mixtape ’10/10′ in February 2011. He also hosts regular dubstep event Basslaced and has performed alongside Mercury Prize winning Producer MJ Cole on a number of occasions most recently at Standon Calling Festival in Hertfordshire. Uniquely, during live events Karizma takes subjects from the audience to freestyle. In this performance the crowd gave him three random subjects; Shoes, Kebabs and T*ts and A*s. This summer Karizma also performed alongside Starkey at London’s Lovebox festival.
BadBoy in a Different Way is released 28 November on Bad Mannerz Entertainment
Statik Selektah & Lecrae’s ‘Live & Let Live’ track is available on iTunes now, click here to purchase: http://bit.ly/qQgkgH
‘Population Control’ album is available everywhere Oct 25th on Showoff / Duck Down Music Inc.
Music video for “Live & Let Live” coming soon
Unless you’ve been living under a rock in the jungle you would have probably heard talk of UK rapper, AC by now. His latest EP ‘Prophecy For Profit’ is now out so go get those little clicking paws busy and cop his new release (For a whole ONE POUND, you can’t even get a bus for that) If you need a bit of convincing of the man himself you can peep a recent interview we did with him by clicking on the image below.
Tracklisting:
01 – Allow That (Produced by Deadman Walkn)
02 – Get Better (Produced by Deadman Walkn)
03 – Real Grafters (Produced by Deadman Walkn)
04 – Sometimes I Wonder (Produced by Deadman Walkn)
05 – Work (Produced by June 25th)
Download links:
http://acthemc.bandcamp.com/album/prophecy-for-profit-ep
Canadian rapper/producer Moka Only teams up with Swiss beatmaker Chief for the finest indie hip-hop album you might hear this year, “Crickets”. The album showcases the talent of two very gifted artists, pushing the boundaries of hip-hop while preserving its backbone. The album showcases Moka Only’s unique raps fused with Chief’s sound signature of merging straight hip-hop elements with forward-thinking production.
Moka Only and Chief first collaborated in 2008 on the tracks “Do Work” and “Felt before”, and soon after Moka Only released his album “Lowdown Suite 2 – The Box” on Chief’s label Feelin’ music. A good connection and the fact that each artist seemed to get the best out of the other convinced Moka Only and Chief to deepen the collaboration and have this natural flow of united work result in a full-length album, so in 2010 they started getting busy with this.
The result is “Crickets”, a smashing collision between two creative minds with strong backgrounds in hip-hop which coupled with borderless imagination bring you more than “just another hip-hop album”. The album confirms the genuinely productive union of Moka Only and Chief’s abilities, it is the finely crafted and accomplished result of two artists naturally complementing each other’s ideas.
From moody ambiences, bewitching loops and hybrid beats to sophisticated soulful beats or mesmerizing urban soundscapes, “Crickets” exhibits a rich pallet of atmospheres and attitudes with a smart and creative approach. Blending deft production with unique raps, “Crickets” truly is a refreshing hip-hop exploit from two driving forces in the hip-hop scene.
For fans of : Madlib, Stones Throw, Flying Lotus,…
Moka Only is a founding member of the chart-topping hip-hop supergroup Swollen Members. Moka Only has collaborated with the late great J Dilla, MF Doom, Aceyalone, Buck 65, K-Os, Sadat X and Oh No just to name a few. Chief previously produced for artists such as Blu, Co$$, John Robinson, Kissey Asplund, Dynas, Les Nubians, or Sene. He also released the successful album “Collabo Collection” and the instrumental album “Drone Beats & Electric Waves”.
Moka Only’s career spans over 10 years, 26 LP’s and 400,000 records sold independently. He has won three Juno’s, seven Much Music video awards and so much more. Chief is the founder of Feelin’ music, label that put out his own material as well as Moka Only’s “Lowdown Suite 2 – the Box”, releases from Blu & Sene, etc…CD / Digital album – Out in November 2011 on Feelin’ music
TRACKLISTING
01. Crickets
02. Mess around
03. Let it show
04. For always
05. In here
06. Form the future
07. Relief
08. What to do
09. Tropicana
10. Show
11. Next step
12. It’s all us
13. Appreciation
14. First time back
15. If you want it
16. The new
