KXNG CROOKED – ATTRACTION
25 weeks in, KXNG Crooked is still going strong and addresses the dealings with the opposite sex on “Attraction.”
ROC MARCIANO – NOT ONE
Roc Marci sets up a new vinyl-only EP titled The Prequel with the silky smooth sounds of “Not One.”
88 KEYS FEAT. MAC MILLER & SIA – THAT’S LIFE
88 Keys has unearthed a song he recorded with Mac Miller back in 2015 titled “That’s Life” featuring Sia.
“The song was inspired by a 90-minute conversation he and I had about… From what I recall, he was going through some relationship issues with his then-long-term girlfriend,” 88 Keys said to DJ Booth about what inspired the song. “I felt bad, but I was surprised he was confiding in me. I started to tell him about my relationship because I was married at the time. I was married for 12 years. I was trying to enlighten him on relationships in general, and more specifically, giving him bits and pieces of my own relationship. Trying to relate it to his situation, just letting him know that he’ll come out on the other side.”
It’s been four years and nobody could have guessed that Mac would no longer be with us, which gives the song more weight.
“I would want (Mac Miller’s fans) to know that the song is completely, 100 percent heartfelt,” he said. “I feel very strongly that it came from the conversation we had. He put everything into his music, but this song, in particular, he really dug deep. He loved the song so much, it spawned the album title. He was just very happy about the song, and that he made the song with me.”
RAS KASS FEAT. LIL FAME & STYLES P – GUNS & ROSES
Ras Kass will drop the sequel to Soul On Ice (finally!) on July 26th on Mello Music Group nearly a quarter century since he released his seminal debut album. Soul On Ice 2 has an exceptional list of guests ranging from production by Pete Rock and Diamond D to guest spots from Cee-Lo Green and Immortal Technique. To get things going, Razzy delivers the Styles P and Lil Fame assisted banger “Guns & Roses.”
KXNG CROOKED – WEEK 24
No fancy names for the Kobe Bryant week’s installment from KXNG Crooked’s Hip Hop Weekly series. Dizz flips Eminem and Royce’s “Scary Movies” to frightening resuts.
BENNY FEAT. PUSHA T – 18 WHEELER
Everybody wants a piece of Griselda lately. The upstate collective hasn’t missed with their poignant bars over Daringer production. Pusha T is the latest to collaborate with a member of the crew as he goes bar for bar with Benny on “18 Wheeler.” You can only imagine what the top is.
FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB FEAT. ANDERSON PAAK – GIANNIS
As June 28th draws near, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib are in full promo mode in preparation of their joint album Bandana. The duo team up with Anderson .Paak for “Giannis.”
YOUR OLD DROOG – TRANSPORTATION [ALBUM STREAM]
Your Old Droog comes back with a new album two months after his last one. Transportation is 15 tracks of Droog delivering bars over dope beats. Guests include Wiki and Quelle Chris but this is mostly a Your Old Droog effort built for your listening pleasure.
KXNG CROOKED – JEWELRY BUSINESS
You know what time it is. Dizz hijacks Lil Troy’s “Wanna Be A Baller” and puts his own spin on it as KXNG Crooked’s 23rd week of the Hip Hop Weeklys with “Jewelry Business.”
BOBBY FEENO (F.K.A. ARIAN FOSTER) FEAT. XAVIER OMAR – S.W.A.N.
Ex-NFL Pro Bowl running back Arian Foster resurfaces as Bobby Feeno and announces that he’s inked a deal with Mass Appeal and will be dropping a project titled A Late February on June 14th. The lead single from that project finds Feeno connecting with Xavier Omar for “S.W.A.N.”