New Music – Page 188 – Grown Up Rap

Cavalier – ‘Different Type Time’ (stream) + ‘Manigaults’ (video)

Cavalier finally lets us get his new, Backwoodz Studioz powered album in full.

UPDATE: There’s also now a video for album cut “Manigaults”:

Leaf Dog – ‘When Sleeping Giants Wake’ & ‘Anything is Possible’

Four Owls member Leaf Dog drops a couple of new projects.

Tha Dogg Pound & Snoop Dogg – ‘Smoke Up’ (video)

DPGC is back in the muthafuckin’ house, and it feels damn good.

Daniel Son & Raz Fresco – ‘W C H M F’

Drop number three from the new, upcoming Northside album from Daniel Son and Raz Fresco.

Nas & DJ Premier – ‘Define My Name’

Well, after decades of waiting, the album from Nas and DJ Premier is finally coming this year. No details yet, but they’ve dropped an absolute banger to kick things off. Of course, this is also nicely times for today’s 30th anniversary of Illmatic.

XP The Marxman & Icerocks – ‘Nomads: The Amsterdam EP’ (stream) + ‘Atlan Khan’ (video)

Long-time collaborators XP The Marxman and IceRocks return with another solid set of tracks.

Gangrene – ‘Heads I Win, Tails You Lose’ (stream) + ‘Magic Dust’ & ‘Watch Out’ (videos)

Alchemist and Oh No never miss on their own, and never miss as Gangrene, and this new album is business as usual. Listen below, and also watch the video for the latest, Evidence featured single.

Update: There’s also now a new video for “Watch Out“:

Hus Kingpin – ‘In A State of Nirvana’

Continuing his series of projects paying tribute to classic music outside of hip-hop, Hus Kingpin drops new music that references the influence of the late Kurt Cobain, and his group Nirvana.