Here’s a new track from DJ and producer Diplo called “Rock Steady” that will be featured on his new Revolution EP. The song also features the services of Action Bronson, Riff Raff, Mr MFN eXquire and Nicky Da B as they turn the energy up over the odd sounding sampled based production courtesy of Diplo. Fans can pick up “Rock Steady” and more as the Revolution EP is now available to purchase on iTunes and Beatport.
Here’s a standout track called “Don’t Forget Us” from Nipsey Hussle that’s featured on his new mixtape, Crenshaw. Produced by The Futuristiks, the L.A. native decides to combine forces with Leimert Park’s Dom Kennedy for a smooth track that showcases both artists dropping bars about their California lifestyle. Listen as Nipsey laces the mellow instrumental with introspective rhymes on his experiences in the streets, hustling in the music game and celebrating his continued success on his rise to the top.
Memphis Bleek takes Rick Ross’ instrumental for “I Wonder Why” and delivers his own remixed freestyle version. Take a listen as the New York native laces the hard-hitting track with Bedstuy inspired bars about his early street days, living the high life and getting around with the ladies. It doesn’t sound like Bleek has missed a beat as the rapper demonstrates he’s still got it and lets listeners know he’s got more on the way.
Here’s a new standout track from Chief Keef titled “Rider” off the new #Been #Trill compilation mixtape, In The Field. The preview showcases Taylor Gang general Wiz Khalifa on the song’s intro and chorus while the Chicago native drops his signature street infused bars focused on guns, puttin’ in work on the block and being down to ride out. In The Field is now available to download and comes equipped with a whopping 52 tracks.
Chevy Woods is back with another offering from his anticipated mixtape, Gangland 2. The upcoming project from the Taylor Gang signee is scheduled to finally release next week but in the meantime fans can take a listen to “Just How I Feel.” Chevy’s newest track showcases the rapper dropping braggadocios rhymes about his success, drug selling past and serves up a big middle finger to the naysayers and competition over smooth production.
Drop-the-top and roll your finest for this smooth cut. Tha Dogg Pound is back with a new song titled “Nice & Slow” appropriately featuring Snoop Dogg. Backed by a whinny synth and slappin’ drums, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger and Snoop lace the track with pimp raps and entice their love interests with some explicit sexual wordplay. ”Nice & Slow” will be featured on the duo’s upcoming Dogg Bagg project.
Chuck Inglish delivers a new collaborative track titled “Came Thru / Easily” featuring rapper’s Mac Miller and Ab-Soul. The combination is a winner as each artist showcases their respective skills over the track’s lively production courtesy of Inglish. ”Came Thru / Easily” is set to make the tracklist for Chucks upcoming Easily EP which is meant to hold the fans over until The Cool Kid can release his debut Convertibles album set to hit shelves on February 11.
New York rapper JR Writer delivers a new cut off his recently released The Stash LP with the standout track “The Great One’s Back.” Over loud horns and slappin’ drums, Writer calls out artists currently taking up space in the rap game spotlight and questions their skills as he refers to himself as the “The Great One.” Writer smothers the instrumental with braggadocios rhymes that showcase the rapper’s cocky attitude after having been absent from the world of Hip Hop for sometime now.
New York MC Sean Price is back with a new song cleverly titled “Sean Shank Redemption.” Price demonstrates his lyrical wordplay as he finds a comfortable delivery to effortlessly lace the instrumental with.
Lauryn Hill gets released from Prison and releases a new song titled “Consumerism.” The track almost sounds as if it was accidentally uploaded at a higher speed than what it was recorded at but it eventually grows on you as it forces the listener to have to keep up with Hill’s quick flow. The production is all over the place as well as it features some nice live instrumentation. Still, the song’s finest moment comes in the form of its chorus which features some soft and mellow vocals for a nice contrast against Lauryn’s Twista-like delivery. See what Ms. Hill had to say on the matter below.
“Consumerism is part of some material I was trying to finish before I had to come in. We did our best to eek out a mix via verbal and emailed direction, thanks to the crew of surrogate ears on the other side. Letters From Exile is material written from a certain space, in a certain place.”
“Consumerism is part of some material I was trying to finish before I had to come in. We did our best to eek out a mix via verbal and emailed direction, thanks to the crew of surrogate ears on the other side. Letters From Exile is material written from a certain space, in a certain place. I felt the need to discuss the underlying socio-political, cultural paradigm as I saw it. I haven’t been able to watch the news too much recently, so I’m not hip on everything going on. But inspiration of this sort is a kind of news in and of itself, and often times contains an urgency that precedes what happens. I couldn’t imagine it not being relevant. Messages like these I imagine find their audience, or their audience finds them, like water seeking it’s level.”
– Ms. Lauryn Hill
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