JOEY BADA$$ FEAT. DESSY HINDS – KING TO A GOD
Joey Bada$$ links up with Dessy Hinds to drop “King To A God” to celebrate his 23rd birthday.
PLANET ASIA FEAT. AZ – FAST NOT SLOW
Planet Asia’s The Golden Buddha album drops today and the emcee delivers his collaboration with AZ “Fast Not Slow” as a teaser of what’s to come.
AUGUST GREENE (COMMON, ROBERT GLASPER & KAREEM RIGGINS) FEAT. BRANDY – OPTIMISTIC
Common has formed the group August Greene alongside Robert Glasper and Kareem Riggins. You may have heard them before on the soundtrack for 13th with the song “Letter to the Free.” Now the trio are back at it with Brandy providing additional vocals on “Optimistic.”
“August Greene actually formed before we chose a name, before we even knew it was a band,” Common said in a statement. “Karriem, Rob and I go back many years. It was something natural. When I started working with them it was like, ‘man, this feels like home,’ and it felt new and fresh. We love working together. The music takes us all to new places and it just feels like, everything I want to be as a musician is within the group of August Greene.”
38 SPESH & BENNY FEAT. STYLES P & JADAKISS – DRIVER’S SEAT
Rochester, Yonkers and Buffalo represent the grit and grime of New York courtesy of 38 Spesh and Benny’s “Driver’s Seat,” which also features bars from Jadakiss and Styles P.
MEYHEM LAUREN & DJ MUGGS – 151 [VIDEO]
Meyhem Lauren and DJ Muggs continue to churn out videos from their Gems From the Equinox album. This time we get the trippy visuals from their potent “151.”
CRIMEAPPLE – SIEGFRIED (PRODUCED BY DJ SKIZZ)
DJ Skizz provides the production for Crimeapple to get busy over on “Siegfried.” Straight ferocious bars. Nothing more, nothing less.
NINO MAN – GET IT STRAIGHT
With Jadakiss’ SORaspy label in full swing, his first signee, Nino Man, continues to bang out new music. Here’s “Get It Straight.”
DAVE EAST FEAT. NAS – THE HATED [VIDEO]
With P2 out now, Dave East drops a short film for “The Hated” featuring Nas and documents the rise and fall of a pair of Harlem hustlers who idolized the wrong ones on their way to the top.
A$AP FERG & DJ PREMIER PERFORM ‘OUR STREETS’ ON TRL [VIDEO]
DJ Premier and A$AP Ferg take over MTV’s TRL stage to perform “Our Streets.” We can probably assume that nobody was ready for this performance on TRL.
LLOYD BANKS – SUGAR HILL FREESTYLE
The “At Your Request” series continues as Lloyd Banks gives AZ’s classic “Sugar Hill” a makeover.