Album
Audio Push – “Play Action” feat. Hit-Boy (Prod. By G Dave x Hit-Boy) [Video]
September 29, 2016
Gotta feel this new “Play Action” from Audio Push (featuring Hit-Boy). Certainly feeling how they slipped in the fit-n-thick Honeyz in the visuals above to ‘make em flip’ (hahaaaa)! Get this single on the “90951” album Audio Push is pushing right now.
MaxPtah – “Breathless” feat. StaHHr
September 27, 2016
Been a long time since we’ve heard from StaHHr. Good to hear…esp. since she has been keeping the rhyme skills up to par. Here she is teaming with Memphis (Tennessee, USA) producer MaxPtah on the single “Breathless.” You can get that on “Full Range Frequency” (LP).
MAXPTAH – BREATHLESS FEAT STAHHR | FULL RANGE FREQUENCY (LP)
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Ras Kass – “Bardom” feat. KRS-ONE
September 26, 2016
Ras Kass and KRS-ONE. They got one with this one. Hip-Hop heads, lean forward and prepare to nod. Even the title though… you certainly don’t think boredom with either of these emcees. You think BARS! Rhymes at the highest level… setting the bar for rap time and again. On the block. In the booth. Moving the Hip-Hop nation. Bar domination. All that – “Bardom!” Damn a Grammy! Heralding the release of Ras’ “Intellectual Property: SOI2,” this is “Bardom.” An incredible follow-up to “PayPal The Feature” (also on the LP, posted here.)
RAS KASS – BARDOM FEAT. KRS-ONE | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: SOI2 (LP)
– @ojones1
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Like – “Vice” (Video)
September 20, 2016
That dude Like from Pac Div… He’s back with a full-length LP on the way (“Songs Made While High,”, due out September 30, 2016). And lookit: Here’s the first visual, for “Vice,†off the forthcoming project.
The concept for the video is going into detail about people’s vices – whether it’s sex, drugs or alcohol. We focused on dark yet neon colors captivating the illuminating mystique of night; where temptation of addiction is most busy.
– Like
ScHoolboy Q – “Overtime” feat. Miguel x Justine Skye (Video)
September 14, 2016
Well, well, well! Remember how the Honey Wendy Haze was serving up haircuts in that Eye Candy post a while back? Yeah. Enjoying the pleasure at his leisure… on the BEACH! Just how a Top Dawg do. Haaa!
Smooth music loaded with pimpish raw talk in this “Overtime” (featuring Miguel & Justine Skye) off the “Blank Face” LP. Video loaded with luscious Eye Candy, too. ENJOY!
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Reks – “Gone Baby Gone” (Prod. By Large Professor)
September 10, 2016
And with “Gone Baby Gone†(produced by Large Professor), REKS has released “The Greatest X” (pronounced “The Greatest Unknown”). The single is yet another banger, but check out what REKS said about the long-awaited album…
Over the past two and a half years I have been recording songs with the understanding this would be album number 10 for me and thus something monumental. “The Greatest X” is a valuable addition to my catalogue; and an important album for Hip-Hop period. I liked the idea (double-album) because it would represent something special for album number 10. “The Greatest X” is more of an experience than it is an album. It is one of my proudest accomplishments.
REKS – GONE BABY GONE (PROD. BY LARGE PROFESSOR) | THE GREATEST X (ALBUM)
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De La Soul Is Not Dead (Documentary)
September 9, 2016
Gotta love the insistence of these recent De La Soul documentaries. Earlier, we posted “We’re Still Here” on the DayGlow Bros. Now, we get a “De La Soul Is Not Dead” documentary… that is so dope! And you gotta love that Prince Paul (The Doo Doo Man, DJ for legendary Hip-Hop crew Stetsasonic) kicks this thing off & narrates, being so integral to the Soul’s success from jump!
Guaranteed that even the most knowledgeable De La fans will get something from watching this.
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De La Soul: We’re Still Here (Now)… A Documentary About Nobody (Video)
August 30, 2016
Oh yessir! As of August 26, the wait is over! De La Soul’s jawn “and the Anonymous Nobody…†is out. Long time coming, and the story behind its getting out here is likely one worth hearing. Want to hear the story? Here it goes!
(Very dope.)
Kanye West – “Fade” feat. Ty Dolla $ign x Teyana Taylor (Video)
August 30, 2016
Oh my, on my everything… Teyana Taylor is so gee-yot-dam HOT in this vid!! Cleveland Cavaliers guard Iman Shumpert, her husband, is a lucky mutha-shut-yo-mouf (especially at the end of this…WHEW)! Kanyeezy does it again for sheezy. Ty Dolla $ign on the track, too. But make no mistake: Teyana is the star of this special presentation for “Fade” off Ye’s “Life Of Pablo” LP.
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Joell Ortiz – “Precious” feat. Raven Felix (Prod. By 20th Letter) [Video]
August 26, 2016
The “That’s Hip-Hop” LP is out… like NOW! We posted on it yesterday here. Trying to hip y’all on the dopest music daily; so how about this? Another video leak from the LP – “Precious” (featuring Raven Felix). Produced by 20th Letter.
Yessir. Raw; kinda racy at parts! Enjoy (the story and visuals).
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“Tiny Desk Concert” Series Welcomes Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals (Video)
August 25, 2016
Anderson .Paak and his band The Free Nationals… Much of their sound is layered atop a soulful Hip-Hop foundation; from there, your safest bet is to call it a hodgepodge of genres in the best way possible. Guitarist Jose Rios and bassist Kelsey Gonzalez inject a hard-rock edge into the Hi-Tek-produced “Come Down,” this set’s opening number. When you hear them play the first few jazz chords of “Heart Don’t Stand A Chance,” it’s hard to simply call this R&B…
But what you can call this is a dope set, a mini-concert, a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. Yeah, call it that. Now listen to the band and .Paak.
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Joell Ortiz – “Walk With Me” feat. Whispers (Prod. By Domingo x Armada Beatz)
August 25, 2016
If the leaks’ heat is any indicator of the temperature level of Joell Ortiz’s and Domingo’s project “That’s Hip-Hop” (out now)… then this “Walk With Me” is another signal of a banging body of work. Know what? Hear proof for yourself after the jump (where the album stream is embedded). And just as you get used to Whispers collaborating with Chris Rivers all the time, Joell drafts the homie for a track attack. Beat by Domingo & Armada Beatz.
JOELL ORTIZ – WALK WITH ME FEAT. WHISPERS (PROD. BY DOMINGO X ARMADA BEATZ) | THAT’S HIP-HOP (LP)
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De La Soul – “Greyhounds” feat. Usher
August 24, 2016
Can you believe there are still more bangers to drop from De La Soul’s new album “and the Anonymous Nobody…” though? You should, because here is another – “Greyhounds” featuring Usher. So dope… and there’s a story behind this jawn, too.
We were taking a break from recording to drive and get some food. Along the way we passed the bus station and someone in the car said, in a tour guide voice, “and to the left is the bus station where people come from everywhere to get their piece of Hollywood.” I immediately thought that would be a great song, having the entry and departure point of the story be the Greyhound bus station. A few weeks later, music from a jam session presented itself as a perfect fit for that subject, birthing the song “Greyhounds.”
DE LA SOUL – AND THE ANONYMOUS NOBODY (PRE-ORDER)
– @ojones1
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Coldplay – “A Head Full Of Dreams” (Video)
August 20, 2016
Freshest yet. Latest single from Coldplay’s acclaimed hit album, “A Head Full Of Dreams” (out now). Get them bikes out and ride out. Looks like they had fun on the shoot. Enjoy the sights and sounds of this vid for the title track.
Bruse Wane – “Venom” feat. Chris Rivers x Sean Price (Video)
August 20, 2016
New York’s own Bruse Wane presents the music video for “Venom” (featuring Chris Rivers and Sean Price). Son of the late great Big Pun beasting this Kloud Nine Music beat with the late great Sean BARbarian; led by the Gotham spitta. The video features DJ Eclipse dropping cuts. And peep the copius cameo time put in by one Illa Ghee. Get this single on Bruse’s new album “The Earl Manigault Of Rap” (out now).
BRUSE WANE – THE EARL MANIGAULT OF RAP (LP)
– @ojones1
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AlunaGeorge – “Mean What I Mean” feat. Dreezy x Leikeli47 (Video)
August 16, 2016
Mm hmm. See how hot it can get in the dessert? Especially when you add a dance to it. The Eye Candy (lead Aluna Francis and friends) in here won’t melt… Unless… nah, not going there. However, if you want to pre-order the “I Remember” LP (due out September 16, 2016), you can go here.
Nice up-tempo, definitely danceable track and vid by AlunaGeorge – “Mean What I Mean” (featuring Dreezy & Leikeli47).
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ScHoolBoy Q – “JoHn Muir” (Video)
August 16, 2016
Imagine the hum of this jawn in the car speakers as you’re bailin’ in the muthaf**ckin’ street y’all! Well, without the mayhem here… then again, why not, we’re imagining. Go all NWA with that sh!t and nod out to this banging azz “JoHn Muir” track off ScHoolBoy Q’s “Blank Face” LP (out now)!
Dom Pachino – “Red Dots” feat. Inspectah Deck (Prod. By Bronze Nazareth)
August 13, 2016
Red hot first shot the fully loaded Dom Pachino “Gemini Mind” project (due out August 29, 2016). The KILLARMY vet teams up with his Wu-Tang comrade Inspectah Deck to take the rap game to war! Raw beat by Bronze Nazareth for this “Red Dots.”
DOM PACHINO – RED DOTS FEAT. INSPECTAH DECK (PROD. BY BRONZE NAZARETH) | GEMINI MIND (PRE-ORDER)
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De La Soul – “Drawn” feat. Little Dragon
August 12, 2016
Dope… “and the Anonymous Nobody…” is coming… and the leaks hits keep on coming. Check out the latest from the soon-to-be-released latest De La Soul LP – “Drawn” (featuring Little Dragon).
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Big Piph – “Burning Embers” (Suitcase Session) [Video]
August 12, 2016
If you are a regular partaker of the greatness on this site, then perhaps you are familiar with my Arkansas bredren Big Piph (some know him as Epiphany, all good). If you are a first-timer or ‘infrequent flyer’ or just unfamiliar… click on the name or do a search on here for all the dope stuff dude does on AND off the mic. World traveler, Hip-Hop Ambassador (for real, for the U.S. Embassy no less), dope music collaborator, and much more. If you need to catch up on your Big Piph knowledge, do that. But definitely catch this “Burning Embers” jam he put down. Dope video!
Suitcase Session #7 Big Piph performs “Burning Embers” from his 3rd full length album “I Am Not Them.” Along with the rest of the crowd at last Hot Water Hills Music Festival, I was blown away by his performance with full band Big Piph & Tomorrow Maybe. He released his 4th full-length album “The Legacy Project” this month and is always active in strengthening the community by helping coordinate great educational programs such as Global Kids-Arkansas and Books & Bagels.
– Mick or Mack
– @ojones1
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