Us and the rest of the boom-bap addicts went nuts recently when Stretch & Bobbito released some of their archive radio shows on tape for sale on Fat Beats (already sold out). They’ve also now released several classic tracks and features from the golden years for stream, including appearances from O.C., Black Moon, Smif-N-Wessun, Kool Keith and more. Listen below, and enjoy that trip down memory lane. Also look out for the Stretch & Bobbito documentary coming soon.
Category: New Music
Apathy – ‘Crew’
Apathy has dropped another single from his new Weekend At The Cape EP, one of several projects from him set to be released this year. He and Suave-Ski get down and dirty on this one, and you can watch the video below. Click here for previous single New England Royalty.
MoSS – ‘Boombastic’ feat. Slum Village
There’s now a video for the Boombastic single from MoSS that we told you about last week. It features the legends Slum Village, and is taken from producer MoSS’ new album, also called Boombastic. Watch below.
Finale – ‘Just Due’ feat. Oddisee & Homeboy Sandman
Oddisee has blessed Finale with a nice beat for Just Due, taken from his upcoming Odds & Ends album. It also features Homeboy Sandman, making for one formidable team. Listen below, and keep an eye out for that Finale album when it comes this August.
Stig of The Dump ‘- ‘Kubrick’ feat. Jehst
UK hip-hop stalwarts Stig of The Dump and Jehst join forces for this incredible video that pays homage to the many classic films of Stanley Kubrick. The music is awesome too, and the track is taken from Stig’s new album, Kubrick.
Bedlam Brethren – ‘When The Sun Speaks’
Bedlam Brethren is a duo consisting of NYC rapper Udi The Erratic Assassin and Indiana-based emcee Merc Versus. When The Sun Speaks is from upcoming album Instruments of Cruelty, and you can listen below.
MeRCY – ‘Eagle Eye View’ feat. Sean Price
Sean Price features on this brooding new track from MeRCY, taken from his recent new album The Prestige 3. The Heltah Skeltah man steals the show as always, and you can check it out for yourself on the link below.
Listen here.
Blu – ‘Thriller’
Blu is back with a new EP named The Return, and has dropped this single from it. As always with Blu, its pretty dope, and it’s good to have him back. Listen to Thriller below, then go get the rest of the EP.
Madlib – ‘African Earwax’
The Beat Konducta Madlib has unleashed a new edition of the Mind Fusion series, named African Earwax. A tiny run of 30 physical copies were manufactured and snapped-up at a recent Rappcats pop-up shop in L.A., complete with hand-drawn designs from MF Doom cover artist Jason Jegel, but you can stream the whole thing in its digital form below. Dope as always.
Listen here.
Juju Rogers – ‘Dreams’ feat. Oddisee
Oddisee is a busy man these days, but has somehow squeezed in time to guest on this nice joint from Juju Rogers, charting the stress and strains that go hand-in-hand with trying to make it in the rap game. Its taken from Roger’s From The Life of a Good-For-Nothing album coming soon, and you can listen below.