MARV WON FEAT. ROYCE DA 5’9″ – SUICIDE SQUAD
Detroit’s finest connect for the Motor City version of the “Suicide Squad.”
AZ – BABY GIRL FREESTYLE
DJ Absolut drops this quickstrike freestyle from AZ for his weekly #DJAbsolutMIXTAPEmondays drop.
COMMON FEAT. GUCCI MANE, PUSHA T & BJ THE CHICAGO KID – BLACK AMERICA AGAIN
For his remix of “Black America Again,” Common taps a pair of emcees who couldn’t be more different in Pusha T and Gucci Mane. Along with BJ The Chicago Kid handling the hook, “Black America Again” is black excellence.
RANDY REIMER & WADE BARBER – HEROIN MAN (PRODUCED BY STATIK SELEKTAH)
Massachusetts very own Randy Reimer and Wade Barber tackle the very real and understated topic of opioid abuse in America with “Heroin Man” over a Statik Selektah production.
O.C. & PHAROAHE MONCH – NIGHT RIDER [VIDEO]
O.C. & Pharoahe Monch drop their music video for the song “Night Rider” which is directed by Giff & Harold Urena. The song was taken from the DITC Studios Deluxe Edition album and the song was produced by Motif Alumni.
RAS KASS – AMERIKKKAN HORROR STORY PT 1 & 2
Ras Kass is severely underrated when it comes to his stance on social issues and politics and how he embeds those topics in his music. With both Nottz and The Olympicks providing the production, Ras Kass drops a two-part “AmeriKKKan Horror Story,” condemning Donald Trump’s policies and touching on what’s to come under his “leadership.”
KXNG CROOKED – NEXT [VIDEO]
KXNG Crooked drops a video for “Next,” which is a letter to the next generation of emcees in the game.
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST – WE THE PEOPLE (LYRIC VIDEO)
With the release of A Tribe Called Quest’s final album, the legendary group drop a lyric video for “We The People.”
SHIA LABEOUF DESTROYS THE 5 FINGERS OF DEATH FREESTYLE [VIDEO]
Shia LeBeouf is a hip hop head. But you probably didn’t know how vicious his mic skills are. The actor showed up and showed on on Sway In The Morning’s “5 Fingers Of Death” freestyle with a session that is arguably the most surprisingly dope thing you’ll see and hear all year.
RUN THE JEWELS FEAT. BOOTS – 2100
From RTJ…
“For our friends. For our family. For everyone who is hurting or scared right now. Here is a song we wrote months ago. We weren’t planning on releasing it yet but… well it feels right, now. It’s about fear and it’s about love and it’s about wanting more for all of us.”
Now hit play.