TRIUNE is up first with the Still Matter EP, Brainorchestra. is From the 908, Cazal Organism drops Look Into Her Eyes and Anti-Lilly & Phoniks follow with That’s The World. The UHssentials have Everything You Need, Donwill is on deck with One Word No Space, The Cool Kids team with The Alchemist for Layups and Baby Keem plants his flag with Die For My Bitch.
38 Spesh and Big Ghost team on A Bullet For Every Heathen. Robert Deniro and Miskeen Haleem’s Blackkk History makes the cut, WesWill returns with Summertime Slaps Vol. 2 and Reckonize Real drops Bridges & Tunnels. Shane Great and Sndtrk close things out; the former presents Greatstrumentals and the latter follows with the Wav Tape Vol. 2. Oh, and there’s a bonus from DJ Jazzy Jeff and MICK.
Nahid Abunama-Elgadi, Josh Hey and Sigmund Washington combine as TRIUNE to lay the cornerstone for “Astral R&B” with their Paxico Records debut titled Still Matter.
Elizabeth, New Jersey representative and rap polymath Brainorchestra follows the winter release of Havens and lead single “OG + IPA” with the highly-anticipated album From The 908.
In 2015, someone that I cherish til eternity transferred to the spirit realms. The experience led me to new depths of self-understanding, helping me learn how to better channel my intentions when it comes to the art of relationships/communication, and furthermore the messages I intend to get across within my work. This EP is my best attempt to document the growth that period triggered. Other than that, it's on yall to determine what these songs mean for you.
H-Town and Portland, Maine connect across twelve tracks on the introspective new album That’s The World from Anti-Lilly & Phoniks.
Kenny Keys and Encyclopedia Brown are back to work as The UHssentials with the release of Everything You Need featuring Psalm One, Def Cee, Wes Restless and Longshot.
TDE affiliate Baby Keem delivers on his Sound of Bad Habit follow-up titled Die For My Bitch featuring tracks from DJ Dahi, Cardo, Kal Banx and Keanu Beats.
Ever wondered what happened to Hip Hop albums that touched on different emotions n topics? Remember when cats had the street joints...the little club banger...some shit for the ladies...the introspective joint or some shit where knowledge was gettin dropped? Well this aint that dumb shit. Look at this album cover yo.. Do this man look like he tryna heal the world? Like he tryna hit you witta song bout global warming or how you need to work on ya self esteem n shit? You think its some hit records on this muthafucka? Its all murder death kill over here b. Bullets. Drugs. Money. Drug money. More bullets. Bullets that was purchased wit drug money n used to cop more drugs to sell in order to get more money to buy more bullets. This is the range of topics you can expect from this little masterpiece right here namsayin.
Reckonize Real connects with a who’s who of underground hip-hop on Bridges & Tunnels featuring Blu, Guilty Simpson, Rasheed Chappell, Jamal Gasol and more.
DJ Jazzy Jeff and MICK hit a milestone with the tenth installment of their annual tag team mix titled Summertime 10.
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Karas Lamb writes and digs for tunes you haven’t heard yet. She actually wants to listen to your mixtape. Follow her on Twitter @karaslamb.
A perfect blend of old and new, the “wav” series is meant to take the listener on a journey. As a lover of true hip hop, we cannot ignore where the current sound of our culture lies. Instead of neglect our extended “trap” family, we learn to embrace the subgenre that has dominated radio for the past decade.
