Jay Z has often been criticized for not making his voice felt in the face of social injustice. With all the tragedy surrounding us, Hov drops “Spiritual.” The emcee originally recorded this song during the Mike Brown tragedy but it went unreleased. Unfortunately, he always knew it would be relevant and held it until it needed to drop. That time is now.
The Dopplegangaz recruit Your Old Droog for “Batterram.”
Producer Ras Beats grabs Detroit’s Elzhi and New York legend O.C. for “Knowledge Of Self” off of Ras Beats’ album Control Your Own.
With the unfortunate addition of Alton Sterling and Philandro Castile to the mounting toll of African Americans killed by police, Termanology and Saigon’s “We’re Both Wrong” comes right on time with its distrust in law enforcement.
Dave East’s batting percentage in 2016 has been remarkably high as the Mass Appeal emcee hasn’t missed very much despite a high volume of output. Here’s his latest with “Stovetop.”
If Joe Budden didn’t get Drake’s attention with “Making A Murderer Pt 1,” he wants to make certain that the Toronto rapper hears him loud and clear with his second salvo “Wake.” Produced by araabMUZIK, Budden picks up where he left off and tackles everything about Drake that he didn’t get to the first time around.
DJ Skizz decided to drop off this breezy joint “Open Seas” off of his Cruise Control project dropping later this month. Backed by Skizz’ cool ass production, O.C. and Milano Constantine get busy as they cruise the open seas.
It’s hard to believe that it has been two decades since Jay Z released his debut album Reasonable Doubt. And in honor of the 20th anniversary of the day Jay Z entered the game and took over, Statik Selektah puts together this tribute in honor of Hov.
The two XXL Freshman get together for this Black Metaphor produced joint represent for the hood.
DJ Kay Slay assembles a committee of emcees that includes Papoose, Jon Connor and Sheek Louch for “No Sucka MCs”