The Return of Clean
Needless to say we lost one of the all time greats when Malik Taylor aka Phife Dawg returned to the essence last month. Well almost as a goodbye in true emcee style his latest video appeared across the internet just two days ago and it is him doing what he does best, spitting hot memorable … Read More “Phife Dawg-Nutshell(produced by J dilla)” »
Grand Puba of brand Nubian fame is about to bless us with another solo jawn on April 15th through the good folks at Babygrande Records. He dropped this little taste of things to come back on March 11th a song entitled “UDK”. The production on this track sounds very minimalist 808 and snare like kool … Read More “Grand Puba-UDK” »
Sam Peezy has decided to go back in the booth and flex his pin once again on us. Following his current motif electronica, this effort is laced with synth heavy funk with a take them to church vibe. Sam cadence is somewhere between rapper and a gospel preacher and his raw experimentation reminds me a … Read More “Sam Peezy – electronica 1.0 Genesis” »
Elzhi “lead poisoning” is now in the running for one of my favorite albums this year. Each track has a dark moody overtone and Elzhi rhymes about some very personal topics, including what went into creating this album. This album is a great balance between craftsmanship and subject,i.e. everything I look for in a album. … Read More “Elzhi-Lead Poison” »
Oddisee gives us a great free ep entitled “Alwasta” as he prepares to drop a instrumental album later this year. It is a Jazzy soulful effort with thoughtful lyrics that take a variety of issues and they really connect. Check out the media blurb about the album from his bandcamp page and download this dope … Read More “Oddisee-Alwasta” »
I have been a fan of the Hue since I originally discovered their sound. They just recently dropped “Aurora” which is a spacey soulful hiphop journey that any self respecting head must take. The production is spacey bubbly bounce laden tracks with boom bap meets dirty south sensibilities. The flow is lyrical with a native … Read More “The Hue-Aurora(Deluxe addition)” »
David Banner is like a hip-hop prodigal son. He began in the lyrical and conscious world of hip-hop with partner Kamikaze as the crooked letterz and later became a southern dance rap sensation with “get down on the floor”. He went toward more of a street oriented sound for the most successful part of his … Read More “David Banner – Before the Box” »
Big Craz is a veteran emcee hailing from Tuscaloosa Alabama by way of Detroit and he is also the brother of legendary indie producer Sam peezy Adams who blessed the track “whisky” with his board work. Craz has had a career with many concept driven albums are memorable quotes(see propa ganja)….His always rhymes with the … Read More “Craz Dr Grabow I.M. – Whiskey” »
Producer Seanh2k11 gives us one of the more memorable mash ups in years. Taking various MF Doom acapella verses and matching them with instrumentals built from samples of Sade’s Kiss of love. There is nothing not to love here. If you are a fan of chill hip-hop beats and MF Doom in general, give this … Read More “Seanh2k11 presents sadevillian” »
Wow Royce Da 5’9 killed this joint….We are waiting on him to drop his solo effort “layers” after the critically acclaimed “Prrhyme lp” with the legendary producer DJ Premier. This first track he let us hear from the “Layers” album is “Tabernacle” and it is a heavy one. He goes down one of the more … Read More “Royce Da 5’9- Tabernacle” »
