All rap beef is largely pathetic, essentially boiling down to a couple of grown men acting like children in the school yard. It does sometime lead to good music though, and the Bridge Wars still remain as one of the most exciting periods in the history of hip-hop. Now, many, many years later, MC Shan has pointlessly re-igniting his fued with KRS-ONE. They have been taking shots at each other this past week, like a couple of old wrestlers embarrassingly past their use by date.
Following on from the Blu and Elzhi featuring Caddy Music earlier this week, the always-dope MED has released his new Bang Ya Head 4 project in full, featuring input from the usual suspects: the brothers Jackson (Madlib and Oh No), Guilty Simpson and more.
Conway guests on this dope one from French producer Odweeyne.
Khyrsis drops the full stream of his new instrumental album, which is dopeness, as you’d expect from the Jamla man.
Here we get treated to another glimpse of what’s to come from the anticipated new album by one of the nicest of all time, Grand Puba. Look out for Black From The Future coming next week on Babygrande.
Take a walk through the twisted genius of Al Shid with this collection of his best joints, many of them recorded alongside his partner in rhyme, J-Zone.
Its been a while since we had new music from DJ Shadow, but a new album named The Mountain Will Fall is coming in June. Check the title track below.
The Voyagers return with some new mellow goodness, hopefully from a full project coming soon.
Ivan Ave is certified dopeness, and there’s now a video for I Do, taken from his recent Helping Hands album.
We’ve loved everything those crazy Da Buze Bruvaz have done so far, and this new one is decent too. The first minute of the video is pointless, but skip past that to get to the good stuff.
