For all the mainstream success that Wiz Khalifa has had, sometimes people forget that he can move away from the pop side and drift back into his roots of rhyming over sinister production. Wiz connects with Alchemist for the dusty cruise of “Tequila Shots In The AM.”
Nas drops the video for “War Against Love” from his The Lost Tapes 2. The Jason Goldwatch directed video juxtaposes feats of love in humanity with man-made destruction that often offsets the good in the world. The message is clear: choose love.
With just a few days before Young M.A. finally drops her full length album, she drops the intro “No Mercy.” A piano driven tirade that sets the stage for what’s to come, Young M.A. has finally arrived.
The verbally vicious Young M.A. drops by to absolutely annihilate a pair of beats that kicks off with Casanova’s “So Brooklyn.” Man, HERstory in the Making can’t come soon enough. Drops on September 27th.
Casanova is preparing to drop his album Behind These Scars on October 11th and continues to pummel the production with his ruthless rhymes with the latest drop “Stay Wit It.”
“It’s no secret that I’ve been through a lot,” Casanova says. “This body of work will invite you into my world. My life. My pain. It’s my most vulnerable body of work. I invite you to listen to the story.”
Although Guru is gone, he will never be forgotten. The legacy of Gang Starr will live forever and DJ Premier has preserved that memory and extended its reach into 2019 with a brand new song titled “Family and Loyalty” that finds previously unreleased Guru vocals over DJ Premier production with a touch of today as J. Cole blesses the song with his presence.
“I never lost faith, or wavered. I still felt it inside of me, it just happened to be nine years later (after Guru’s passing)” Premier says. “We all want the things we want right now, but I am a patient guy. I hung in there and I just kept believing.”
It’s quintessential Gang Starr brought to the masses and J. Cole appearing on the song gives it a very current feel that vibes with the classic Gang Starr sound.
“When it comes to this generation of emcees, ones that are lyrically on the level that Guru was on and someone that he would want to work with; Cole is that guy” Preemo confidently asserted. “When Cole heard the record he got the chills and knew it was a classic.”
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
1. Robbery – Blu & Oh No (f. Montage & TriState)
2. Black Mask – Termanology & Dame Grease (f. Lil Fame, Wais P & Sheek Louch)
The underrated lyrical dexterity of Pharoahe Monch surfaces alongside a new musical outfit known as Th1rt3n. Monch is flanked by drummer Daru Jones and guitarist Marcus Machado to get busy over Nottz production on “Palindrome.”
Not too long ago, KXNG Crooked flipped Nas’ “I Gave You Power” for his “The Weeklys” series and delivered the brilliant journey of a gang rag in “Life of a Bandana.” Now, the Los Angeles spitter drops a video to illustrate the words.
Apollo Brown will showcase over fifty artists from Detroit on his massive Sincerely, Detroit album to salute the Motor City and the plethora of talent that has come out of the midwest. Before the album drops on October 29th on Mello Music Group, Brown drops the single “God Help Me” that features Black Milk, Ketchphraze and DJ Los.
“There are cities that get by on their good looks, offer climate and scenery, views of mountains or oceans, rockbound, or with palm trees,” Apollo Brown says of the project. “And then there are blue-collar cities like Detroit that have to work for a living. Cities that rely on the toughness and resiliency of their people. Cities that will not quit. Detroit has an unmistakable soul; nobody can duplicate what we give to the world.”