Its hard to write a post about this without making puns related to DJ Premier being in deep concentration, so fuck it. Watch the maestro in deep concentration as he throws back to Who’s Gonna Take The Weight and Full Clip, live at the recent PRhyme show in New York. Classic shit.
Category: Hip-hop
Awon & Phoniks – ‘Knowledge of Self’
Boombap purists Phoniks and Awon are back with a new album, and it sounds dope as fuck. Stream Knowledge of Self below, featuring an impressive line-up of guests.
Moka Only – ‘Morning Star’
The onslaught of demo tracks from Moka Only rolls into this week thanks to a new one, Morning Star. Its dope yet again, and you can listen below.
Busdriver – ‘Ministry of The Torture Couch’
Busdriver has released the next teaser from his upcoming new Thumbs album, this time featuring a guest spot from Hemlock Ernst. Listen below, and look out for the album coming November 6.
Big K.R.I.T. – ‘Guillotine Flow’ feat. Rapsody
9th Wonder provides Big K.R.I.T. with a dope beat on this new joint, Guillotine Flow. It also features a guest verse from Rapsody, and you can check it below.
Nolan The Ninja – ‘delpoi’ feat. Phat Kat
Nolan The Ninja is back with the latest track from his upcoming Fuck The Hype EP, delpoi. This one also features Detroit legend Phat Kat, and you can listen below.
PRhyme – ‘Courtesy’ (full video)
The video for Courtesy was one of the first things DJ Premier and Royce Da 5’9″ unleashed back in 2014 when they introduced us to PRhyme. It was short though, and only now have we been treated to the full version of the flick. It’s timed nicely for the upcoming Deluxe Edition of the album, which we’ve been waiting for patiently. Watch below.
Spectacular Diagnostics – ‘Tha God’
We’ve been championing the production work of Spectacular Diagnostics for a while now, and they’ve impressed us again on this new joint. It features guest bars from The God Fahim, and you can check it below.
Lost Poet & Kincee – ‘Golden Calf’
The Golden Calf album from Lost Poet and Kincee came out last year, but here gets the Special Edition treatment thanks to new tracks with Bronze Bazareth and Sadat X. Listen below.
J Dilla – ‘Dillatronic’ (stream)
Ma Dukes has made the new Dillatronic collection available for stream in advance of it’s release, making this a great day for us die hard J Dilla heads. Listen on the link below, and cop it when it drops in a few days.
Stream it here (H/T Okayplayer).