SKYZOO – BAMBOO [VIDEO]
Straight off of Peddler Theme comes the video for Skyzoo’s “Bamboo.” If you didn’t know, Sky is referencing the underrated hood flick “Strapped.”
PROFIT & BENEFIT – TURN IT UP (PRODUCED BY STATIK SELEKTAH)
Profit & Benefit announced that they would become a duo known as the Co-Defendants about a year ago and now we’re getting to see more of their work together as they drop “Turn It Up” produced by none other than Statik Selektah.
JAY-Z AND NAS KICK NOTORIOUS B.I.G. RHYMES IN THE ‘LIFE OF NOTORIOUS B.I.G.’ TEASER
In the latest trailer for A&E’s upcoming documentary on the life of the Notorious B.I.G., you can catch both Nas and Jay-Z reciting bars from the legendary rapper. Both of them kick bars from “Who Shot Ya?” The documentary premieres on September 4th.
DJ GREEN LANTERN FEAT. ROYCE 5’9″ & CONWAY – ILL [VIDEO]
DJ Green Lantern is still bringing quality rap music to the forefront of the genre. His latest single “ILL” is just that. Shot in the streets of Detroit, Green Lantern grabs two incredible emcees, Conway the Machine and Royce Da 5’9″ for a gutter new single.
ROYCE 5’9″ FEAT. TECH N9NE – BARELY HUMAN
To celebrate the six year anniversary of Success is Certain, Royce 5’9″ released the S1 produced “Barely Human” featuring the independent monster himself, Tech N9ne.
SEAN PRICE FEAT. BERNADETTE PRICE – DEAD OR ALIVE [VIDEO]
Imperius Rex is on the loose! With the late Sean Price’s 4th album being released today, the video for “Dead or Alive” also sees the light of day. And this joint is bananas. The ape known as Imperius Rex is running rampant at the Brownsville Zoo and disrespects everything in its path.
MF DOOM FEAT. SEAN PRICE – NEGUS
Adult Swim recently announced that MF Doom sent them a folder of 15 songs titled The Missing Notebook Rhymes and will release them to the masses. First up, DOOM and Sean P.’s “Negus.”
EDO. G, SHABAAM SAHDEEQ & FOKIS – YIN & YANG [VIDEO]
Edo. G x Shabaam Sahdeeq x Fokis release new visual for “Yin & Yang”. The single is off the Recognize Your Power – EP, which is available now on Vinyl, Cassette Tape & all digital retail outlets. Produced entirely by Fokis, the project features Ras Kass, Oh No, Planet Asia, Torae & Craig G.
BRADY WATT FEAT. CLIFFLIGHT – ROOTS AROUND MY RIBCAGE [VIDEO]
Brady Watt is part of DJ Premier’s The Badder Band and you may have heard him rocking the bass on Talib Kweli and Styles P’s The Seven EP.
Today, Brady releases the visual for the second single, “Roots Around My Ribcage” f/ Clifflight from his forthcoming To Get Back Home album. “I was going for uptempo/feel good with “Roots Around My Ribcage,” but still hard. My roots are in hip-hop, so the drums always have to be knocking” Brady commented. “I’m as much a fan heavy musicality as I am of simplicity and great songwriting; so I try to do both. The greats all achieve a balance of this.”
FASHAWN – MANNA (MOSES)
Fashawn is preparing to drop his 9-track Manna project on August 11th and delivers the title track before dropping the entire project on our head.