Last year, DJ Premier released a new Gang Starr album that featured Guru vocals over brand new production. One of the Best Yet took fans back on a journey to a time when Guru was still here and the duo was delivering the highest quality in hip hop. A little over a year later, Preemo releases the instrumentals from the album and drops a previously unreleased joint with “Glowing Mic.”
One of the standout tracks from Your Old Droog’s recently released Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition, YOD gets Mach-Hommy and Phonte to bless “Uzbekistan” with their impeccable bars.
After appearing alongside his cohorts from The Firm on Nas’ King’s Disease, AZ is back at it with a new single titled “Different.” Whether or not this will be on Doe or Die 2 is yet to be seen, but it’s always good to get some new music from the rapper who is three decades deep into the game.
Killer Mike and El-P connect with Royal Blood for a reimagination of “The Ground Below.” The added flavor gives it a genre-bending accent and is a welcome addition to the fantastic catalog of Run The Jewels.
Statik Selektah is preparing to drop another heat rock of an album on our heads when he delivers The Balancing Act on November 27. The producer brings together the unique combination of Conway the Machine, 2 Chainz and Killer Mike to rock with Haile Supreme and Allan Kingdom on “Play Around.”
Nas celebrates Black excellence with his new song from the HBO series “Between the World and Me” with “Fallen Stars Flying.”
Russ dropped his “Chomp” EP with a list of heavy hitters to collaborate with. Among them is DJ Premier, who offers Russ a trademark Preemo production with “Inside Job.”
Pete Rock cuts loose the second joint from his PeteStrumentals 3 album with “Rejoice.” Rolling with his band, The Soul Brothers, Rock deploys a groove that has us salivating for the release of his next instrumental project.
Well, who saw this one coming? J.I.D. forms the unlikely tag team with Conway the Machine and goes in over a soul sample from the production tandem of Christo and Big Jerm on “Ballads.”
Surely, you’ve heard Busta Rhymes’ Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God by now, right? If not, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? If you’re still here, take the time to listen to Bussa Bus rock over DJ Premier production on “True Indeed” off the album. It was originally intended to be the album’s intro but stands on its own as a song. We need more Preemo and Busta!