AZ – GREW UP A SCREW UP FREESTYLE
DJ Absolut nabs AZ for his freestyle series where Sosa gets busy to the Young Jeezy instrumental to “Grew Up A Screw Up.”
SHEEK LOUCH – GORILLA HOMICIDE
Sheek drops some bars over Nas & AZ’s legendary “Mo Money, Mo Murder, Mo Homicide” as we continue to wait for Silverback Gorilla 2.
SCARFACE FEAT. JOHN LEGEND – GOD
Scarface questions the existence of God with this introspective offering alongside John Legend from his forthcoming album Deeply Rooted.
RAPSODY FEAT. JOEY BADA$$ & MERNA – DON’T NEED IT REMIX (PRODUCED BY YOUNG GURU)
Joey Bada$$ joins Rapsody for the remix of “Don’t Need It.”
STYLES P – A WISE GUY & A GOOD GUY (ALBUM STREAM)
Styles Pinero didn’t plan for his album A Wise Guy & A Wise Guy to leak nearly two months ahead of schedule, but that’s just how the internet works sometimes. So The Ghost has decided to stream the full project on Spotify. Featuring his Lox brethren, Tyler Woods, Dave East and more. Listen via Spotify and cop on iTunes.
TALIB KWELI – F*CK THE MONEY (ALBUM STREAM & DOWNLOAD)
Talib Kweli’s album title is indicative of his mind state as he drops a free project that features the likes of Styles P, Ab Soul & Miguel. Stream the album above and then head to Kweli’s website for the free download.
AWKWORD FEAT. JOELL ORTIZ, WORDSWORTH, AARON COHEN & K. SPARKS – GO! (NYC REMIX)
What originally appeared on Awkword’s World Wide View gets the New York treatment with a remix.
SEAN PRICE – PLANET APES
A vicious lyrical offering from the late Sean Price from his forthcoming album Songs In The Key Of Price dropping August 21st. #riP!
YASIIN BEY – BASQUIAT GHOSTWRITER
The artist formally known as Mos Def drops in to offer some bars on police brutality and social injustice while under the influence of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
No rap circuses. A Country Called Earth. Free the land. Love and respect to the Basquiat family and Mr. W.F. Flame. Let us be reminded of Sandra bland, Fegurson, Baltimore, and all the injustice of the world, as well as the beauty. Respect to the family of Sean Price and Brooklyn, from which I and Jean-Michel are from. Eternal love to my city. God bless the soul and keeping living, even when we die, we wont stay dead.Lyrics by Yasiin Bey, Music by Jean-Michel Basquiat’s band Gray, off of their album Shades Of, originally recorded between 1979-1981. Lyrics taken from Jean-Michel’s paintings, graffiti and notebook sketches. Make peace and be grateful. L T P F J – Yasiin Bey
SHEEK LOUCH – SURVIVAL OF THE GORILLAS
Sheek rocks over Mobb Deep’s “Survival Of The Fittest” instrumental while we keep waiting for SBG2 to drop.