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RAEKWON – IT’S A SHAME

Raekwon drops his third song of 2018 as he delivers “It’s A Shame.” We still don’t know if this is signs of something bigger but, either way, it’s good to know that The Chef is still cooking.

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SKYZOO – IN CELEBRATION OF US [ALBUM SAMPLER]

Prior to the release of Skyzoo’s In Celebration Of Us album, the New York emcee gives us a taste of his forthcoming project with a sampler that premiered on Billboard.

“On this album, I wanted to tap into the present, more so than any other album of mine as far as full projects. Music of the times is the best way to describe it” Skyzoo commented to Billboard. “From cultural appropriation and gentrification to police brutality and the irony of motives behind bigger motives, it’s an album that explores who we are and why we are where we are in society, as a people. What’s been done to us and what we’ve done to ourselves, mainly out of confused necessity, all while celebrating us in the process. Conceptually, this is Ta-nehisi Coates meets Chappelle’s Show, The Autobiography of Malcolm X meets Black-ish, the case of Sandra Bland meets the birth of Air Jordans. It’s intense, and it’s beautiful. I’m honored to be able to give my take on our story”.

 

Tracklisting For Skyzoo’s ‘In Celebration of Us’:

  1. Everybody’s Fine
    2. Sound Like…
    3. Baker’s Dozen f. Raheem Devaughn
  2. Crown Holder
    5. Heirlooms & Accessories
    6. Forever In A Day
    7. Remembering The Rest (Interlude) f. WordsNCurves
    8. The Purpose f. Kay Cola
    9. Love is Love
    10. Black Sambo
    11. Parks & Recreation f. Saba Abraha
    12. Collateral f. Jake&Papa
    13. The Stick-Up Tape From “Menace”
    14. Hoodie SZN
    15. Honor Amongst Thieves
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ROB MARKMAN – BELIEVE ME

You may know Rob Markman from his work with Genius, MTV and his many well-written features on hip hop for a number of media outlets. But his first love has always been rhyming and the emcee formally known as BK Cyph recently dropped an album and now shares this song that serves as a letter to his 15-year-old self titled “Believe Me.” Believe him, dreams come true.

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KXNG CROOKED – A PARTY GOING ON

There’s a party going on, but not quite the one you’d expect. KXNG Crooked touches on a day observing police brutality, the state of American politics and interracial dating with “A Party Going On” off of the Jazz [Deluxe] album coming later this year.

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JON CONNOR FEAT. DR. DRE – I’M BACK

Jon Connor has been relatively silent for a good minute but returns with the aptly titled “I’m Back” complete with a Dr. Dre intro that announces that Connor’s full length album is titled Vehicle City and coming this year. As for the rhymes, Connor goes bananas over the instrumental to Remy Ma’s “Wake Me Up.”