COZZ – BOUT IT
Dreamville’s Cozz is preparing to drop his new album Effected on 2/13 and will feature appearances from J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar. With about a week until the album drops, Cozz delivers “Bout It.”
JOEY BADA$$ – THUGZ CRY
Joey Bada$$ pays homage to the late, great Prince with his remake of “When Doves Cry” titled “Thugz Cry.” What are your thoughts on his flip of The Purple One’s classic?
KENDRICK LAMAR FEAT. THE WEEKND – PRAY FOR ME
With DAMN being all about nobody praying for Kendrick Lamar, the TDE emcee keeps that theme going on the Black Panther soundtrack alongside The Weeknd with “Pray For Me.”
APATHY FEAT. PHAROAHE MONCH – I KEEP ON (PRODUCED BY PETE ROCK)
Apathy has long been one of the more underrated emcees in hip hop. But with a catalog full of dopeness and a new album on the way titled The Widow’s Son on March 2nd, Ap drops “I Keep On” produced by Pete Rock and featuring Pharoahe Monch. Hit play and get your neck snapping.
KXNG CROOKED FEAT. ANEESA BRADSHAW – BIANCA
KXNG Crooked doesn’t give you much time to breathe between songs as the artist formally known as Crooked I teams up with Aneesa Bradshaw to tell the tale of love gone wrong on “Bianca.”
PRHYME (ROYCE 5’9″ & DJ PREMIER) FEAT. DAVE EAST – ERA
It’s the return of PRhyme, y’all! After killing the game with their first album, Royce 5’9″ and DJ Premier are back at it with PRhyme 2 dropping on March 16th (pre-order here). For this go around, the duo will sample work from Antman Wonder for the entirety of the album. To start the rumbling, Preemo and Nickel team up with Dave East for “Era.”
ARSONISTS FEAT. VINNIE PAZ – TOUGH GUY
This isn’t for the emcees who are faint of heart.
“Tough Guy” is the first new track from legendary NY emcee squad The Arsonists (D-Stroy, Q-Unique, Freestyle, Jise and Swel) since the turn of the millennium. Also featuring a guest verse from Vinnie Paz (Jedi Mind Tricks, Heavy Metal Kings) “Tough Guy” is one of six new tracks recorded for the forthcoming double album that will be released on CD/digital editions via Below System Records (Verbal Kent, Superior, Masta Ace, Pearl Gates). Dropping on February 16th the double album will include a deluxe edition of the group’s classic debut album As The World Burns (first released in 1999) which yielded such underground anthems as “Blaze,” “Halloween” and the “Session.”
It will also include Lost In The Fire, which will include the six newly recorded tracks as well as many unreleased and rare gems with appearances Ill Bill (La Coka Nostra, Non-Phixion), J-Live, High & Mighty and Mass Influence.
Cop “Tough Guy” on iTunes.
Pre-order “Lost In The Fire” here.
ONYX FEAT. SKYZOO – I’MA F*CKIN ROCKSTAR
After hearing Skyzoo pay homage to Fredro Starr’s Bamboo from “Strapped,” the group reached out to the emcee to get him on their song “I’ma F*ckin Rockstar.”
“We linked with Skyzoo after we heard the song ‘Bamboo‘ on his Peddler Themes EP; he was basically paying homage to my character in the movie Strapped,” Starr told XXL. “The next day we reached out, ‘I’ma F*ckin Rockstar’ was a perfect fit for Skyzoo! People can expect boom-bap mixed with guitars, but it’s what people wont expect that makes this album dope!”
Listen to it now.
JAMO GANG (RAS KASS, EL GANT & J57) FEAT. SNAK THE RIPPER – THE ALTER
Ras Kass, J57 and El Gant will finally drop their Jamo Gang project on 2/2 and as the day draws near, we get a new joint featuring Snak The Ripper titled “The Alter.”
U-GOD – GHOSTFACE KILLERS FREESTYLE
U-God gives us a sample of what’s to come on his upcoming mixtape “Bring Back God II” with his freestyle over 21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin project Without Warning titled “Ghostface Killers.” The mixtape, hosted by DJ Homicide and featuring remixes from DJ Green Lantern, will drop on 2/2/18 on DatPiff.com.