Add Prodigy to the list of those who have grown restless with the state of American under the iron fist of Donald Trump. The Mobb Deep emcee drops “Make America Great Again” just to get some issues off his chest.
Styles P took his talents to The Boiler Room, where he surprised the crowd with his Lox brethren, Jadakiss and Sheek Louch. But in the midst of it all, the Ghost dropped an a capella spoken word freestyle that cut through the politics of America.
Nas has quietly kept the social consciousness flowing with his clothing line HSTRY. The Queensbridge emcee cut loose the Black History Month Capsule Collection for February that features a number of dope t-shirts and a callback to the Malcolm X hats made famous in the early 90s. Check it out below and then head to the HSTRY website and spend some money.
Virginia’s Aspect is back after a four-year hiatus and drops the video for the Skyzoo assisted banger “Nick of Time.”
The Lox recall a time when The Notorious B.I.G. dissed them on their own song “You’ll See.” It’s quite the hilarious story when you think about them both being on Bad Boy.
With Oddisee’s The Iceberg around the corner, the DMV producer and emcee drops “Like Really” as he asks questions that would appear to be obvious, but are not.
The assault on beats that Royce Da 5’9″ has been on is nothing short of legendary. Once again, the Detroit emcee is out here trying to catch a body and teach all of you emcees a lesson. With a stranglehold on Migos’ “Bad & Boujee” and French Montana and Kodak Black’s “Lockjaw,” you will be in awe of the torment that Nickel delivers to these instrumentals.
From Hanz On and Joe Young’s forthcoming project, Dame Grease puts the power pack behind a unique lineup of emcees that includes Dave East, Method Man and Max B for “Eviction.”
O.C. drops another jewel from his forthcoming album Same Moon, Same Sun dropping on January 30. Check out “The Good Man” produced by Soultronik.
DJ Premier properly introduces the threesome of Ras Kass, El Gant and J57, better known as the Jamo Gang.