Alchemist instrumentals are always required listening and the producer is back at it with Rapper’s Best Friend Pt. 5, which unleashes 12 tracks of instrumentals for you to vibe out or rhyme over. It’s your choice.
KXNG Crooked pays tribute to the late Nipsey Hussle on this installment of Hip Hop Weekly with “More Love.” Crook takes on life in the streets while saluting Neighborhood Nip.
Benny the Butcher has been tearing apart everything in sight. It’s only appropriate that the upstate NY rapper keeps things rolling alongside M.O.P. on the Planit Hank produced “What Happened to the Streets.”
It’s still hard to believe that Nipsey Hussle was taken from this world on March 31st when he was shot outside of his Marathon store in Crenshaw. It goes without saying how much Nipsey meant to the community and the 33-year-old made every effort to leave this world a better place. As a tribute to the late rapper, DJ Noize put together a mix of songs from Neighborhood Nip’s impressive catalog that clocks in at just over an hour.
It may be a difficult listen but it’s a reminder of how talented Nipsey Hussle was.
Rest in Power.
One more leak before DJ Muggs and Mach-Hommy hit us with Tuez-Les Tous. The duo connect with Tha God Fahim for “Kouign-Amann.”
Another dose from DJ Muggs and Mach-Hommy’s Tuez-Les Tous project dropping on Friday. It’s a quick strike joint titled “Stain Glass” that just cruises along for under two minutes.
On Friday, MED and Guilty Simpson will drop a joint album titled Child of the Jungle. Before the album drops, here’s their collaboration with Georgie Anne Muldrow “Visions” produced by Nottz.
There’s a lost album from the late, great Marvin Gaye titled You’re The Man on the way and will see the light of day on March 29th. One of the songs from the album is a Salaam Remi remix of “Symphony,” which was originally recorded three decades ago and ended up on Gaye’s posthumous album Dream of a Lifetime.
Dizz flips Tupac’s “Ambitionz of a Ridah” for KXNG Crooked to bless his lyrics on with “Glock Away.”
DJ Muggs continues to deliver collaborations that keep our heads ringing. On the horizon is the Soul Assassin’s collaborative project with Mach Hommy with Tuez-Les Tous (“Kill Them All”). The project drops March 29th and the duo deliver the first single “900K.”