J. COLE – MIDDLE CHILD
J. Cole and his Dreamville collective recently wrapped up recording Revenge of the Dreamers III. In celebration, J. Cole drops “Middle Child” produced by T-Minus. Just a mild flex before the collaboration album drops.
38 SPESH – 5 SHOTS [ALBUM STREAM]
Ahead of 38 Spesh dropping his full-length album The 38 Strategies of Raw, the emcee that represents Rochester drops six songs on a quickstrike EP titled 5 Shots. Why it’s not called “6 Shots” we’ll never know but this will hold you over for another week.
B LEAFS FEAT. ELZHI, RAS KASS, LARGE PROFESSOR & M-DOT – REAGANOMICS
Boston producer B Leafs unites a very interesting lineup of emcees for the politically charged “Reaganomics.” Elzhi, Ras Kass, Large Pro and M-Dot all do their thing. B Leafs album The Horizon drops on January 29th.
SMIF N WESSUN – TESTIFY [VIDEO]
Smif N Wessun’s The ALL is set to drop next month and serve up a new video for “Testify” produced by The Soul Council’s Khrysis. It’s brief, but effective.
ROYCE 5’9″ – COCAINE [VIDEO]
Royce 5’9″ drops the video for one of the most personal songs of his career with “Cocaine.” The visual treatment tells the true story of Royce’s father as he deals with addiction and decides to choose his family over the white powder.
KXNG CROOKED – PISTOL GRIP
We’re in the third week of KXNG Crooked’s Hip Hop Weekly series, the Cali emcee torments a sped up version of the Intro from Jay-Z’s Dynasty album for “Pistol Grip.”
YOUNG M.A. – BAKE FREESTYLE [VIDEO]
Young M.A. knows that everyone is waiting on her next project. In order to hold us over, she blesses the instrumental to The Clipse’s “Grindin” with “Bake Freestyle.” As always, once she gets rolling it gets ridiculous.
BOOGIE FREESTYLES OVER KENDRICK LAMAR’S ‘SING ABOUT ME’ [VIDEO]
With Everything’s For Sale around the corner, Boogie drops by Sway in the Morning to discuss the waiting game and what he’s been up to. At the 25:00 mark, Boogie freestyles over Kendrick Lamar’s “Sing About Me.”
PAPOOSE FEAT. REMY MA – THE GOLDEN CHILD [VIDEO]
Papoose drops the first single from his upcoming album Underrated. “The Golden Child” finds Papoose and his wife, Remy Ma, celebrating the birth of their baby girl.
“This isn’t your typical song,” Papoose posted on Instagram about the song and video that gives fans a look at the Mackie’s baby shower. “This is genuine love, admiration, and happiness for our unborn. Those doctors said it wasn’t possible. No prison wall, miscarriage, or anything can stop us now!”
THIRSTIN HOWL THE 3RD (GENERAL-LO) – LEGEND OF LO PALM [VIDEO]
A Premier Wuz Here exclusive, Thirstin Howl The 3rd channels the epic kung-fu vibes of the Shaw Brothers with an 8-minute video titled “Legend of Lo Palm.” The set of visuals directed by Thirstin nods and winks at kung-fu classics including Five Deadly Venoms and 36th Chamber of Shaolin. The film shows Thirstin — under the alias General Lo –defending his book of holy scriptures on money, hoes and clothes from off-brand clans out to seize it.
Portraying one ofthose rivals is long-time Thirstin crimey/emcee Master Fuol (MTV’s The Lyricist Lounge Show) who recreate their classic duo joint “Thirsty Greedy” while trading blows.