As egotistic and pretentious as he may come across at times, its hard to deny that Adrian Younge is something of a musical genius. This new short film breaks down his process, with DJ Premier, RZA and more sharing their experiences of working with the man himself, and how they dig his strictly analogue approach to making music. Definitely worth a watch.
Black Milk – ‘I Guess’
Black Milk is back with new track I Guess, and maintains his solid rep of basically never having made a bad song yet. He seems to grow more confident as a rapper and producer with every release, and this is another worthy addition to his extensive catalog.
Vursatyl – ‘Super’
Super is a smoothed out track from Vursatyl of The Lifesavas. Its from upcoming album Crooked Straights, and you can clock the video below.
eMC – ‘Triple Threat’
Masta Ace and the rest of the eMC crew ramp up the hype for upcoming new album The Tonite Show with a video for track Triple Threat. Watch below, and then go pre-order the album on iTunes.
Also listen to Fly Thoughts from eMC here.
Apollo Brown & Ras Kass – ‘Drink Irish’ feat. Slaine
The Apollo Brown and Ras Kass Blasphemy joint is still in our regular rotation, and now we’ve been blessed with a video for Drink Irish, featuring La Coka Nostra member Slaine, and Sick Jacken. Watch below and let us know your comments.
The Purist – ‘Pimp Hand’ featuring Freddie Gibbs
The Purist drops another track from his upcoming Pyrex Scholar album, and this time the guest vocalist is Freddie Gibbs. Listen to Pimp Hand below, and look out for the full album coming soon.
Listen to previous The Purist tracks El Capitan and Patina.
Big Shug – ‘I Bleed for This’
The Triple OGzuz album from Big Shug came out this week, and he’s celebrating with the release of this video for track I Bleed for This, produced by his old buddy DJ Premier. Watch below, then go support the Gang Starr Foundation vet by copping the album.
Saga – ‘City Streets’ feat Roc Marciano
Brooklyn rapper Saga has dropped a video for the Marco Polo produced track City Streets, featuring Roc Marciano. Its taken from Saga’s From Out of the Shadows EP, and you can watch below.
Mykill Miers – ‘My Prime’
Following hot on the heels of recent track ‘Spells D.A.N.G.E.R.’ featuring Planet Asia, Mykill Miers is back with a video for My Prime. Its on some classic boom-bap Primo shit, and you can watch below. Special props to Miers for not being too modest to wear a t-shirt with his own name on it. Baller.
Megadon – ‘Reformat’ feat. Large Professor
Rapper Megadon has dropped a video for new track Reformat, with the legendary Large Professor riding shotgun. The production values are a little on the cheesy side, but the track is dope, and the video features some much-missed NYC hip-hop hotspots. The track is from Megadon’s No Man is the Best album, out now.