Open Mike Eagle appears on this nice slice of oddness from Nalepa. Judging from the artwork above, this looks to be from a project featuring members of the Project Blowed crew and beyond, and you can listen to Another One of Mine below.
Paris – ‘Buck, Buck, Pass’
Veteran emcee Paris is back with this new track, and as you’d expect, its a politically-charged and violent one. Buck, Buck, Pass is taken from new upcoming album Pistol Politics, and you can watch the video below.
Mos Def (Yasiin Bey) – ‘Basquiat Ghostwriter’ video
There’s now a video for Mos Def single Basquiat Ghostwriter. This being Mos, and this being dedicated to the late artist, its a prefictably pretentious visual, but still worth a watch. Let us know what you think.
3rd Eye Contact – ‘3rd Eye Contact’ EP
Following on from the single Piece Be Still we posted a few days ago, you can now stream the full self-titled EP from 3rd Eye Contact (Cas Metah, Mellow Drum Addict, Defizit and EF Cuttin). It’s definitely worthy of your time, and you can listen and buy below.
Constant Deviants – ‘Standards’
Constant Deviants (M.I. and DJ Cutt) have released this new single, the latest from their decent Avant Garde album. It sounds dope, and you can listen below. Also go check out the album if you haven’t already.
Onra – ‘Anything’ feat. The Doppelgangaz
The latest single from French producer Onra and his Fundamentals album features those crazy kids, The Doppelgangaz. As with most videos that feature Matter Ov Fact and EP, its a weird one, but the jazzy track bubbles away nicely in the background to keep it all grounded. Watch below, and shout us your comments.
Gangrene (Alchemist & Oh No) – ‘Sheet Music’ feat. Sean Price
Alchemist and Oh No have paid their own tribute to Sean Price with this smoked-out video for Sheet Music, from the new Gangrene album, You Disgust Me. The track features both Price and Havoc from Mobb Deep, with a slow-burner of a beat. Watch below, then go get the new album if you haven’t yet.
Rapsody – ‘Don’t Need It’ (remix) feat. Joey Bada$$
Jamla Squad emcee Rapsody is back with this dope remix of Don’t Need It, backed up with a beat from Young Guru, and a guest spot from Joey Bada$$. The original version featured on the recent Beauty & The Beast project, but you can check the remix out below. Hit us up with your comments.
Big Twins – ‘It’s A Stick Up’/’I Don’t Give a Shit’
Queens veteran Big Twins from Infamous Mobb has dropped this two-in-one video, spitting solid verses in his trademark gritty-as-fuck vocal tone. Both joints are taken from the Thrive 2 album, and you can watch the video below.
Eazy-E, Peanut Butter Wolf style
In an incredible bit of DIY hip-hop history, Stones Throw Records honcho and all round good-guy Peanut Butter Wolf has unearthed this from his personal archives – a cover of Eazy-E single Boyz N The Hood, with the brilliantly-named local artist Spunky Spunk Dogg on vocals, and PBW on the wheels of steel. A few years later he would go on to link with Charizma, and the rest is history. As for the collaboration with Spunk D-O Double Gizzy, this was their first and only live performance. Listen below, and read the backstory from the man himself further down.
“This recording is the only one I have with him from back then and we performed outside at the backyard of a BBQ on a Sunday afternoon for an audience of around 15-20 people. We did around 5 or 6 original songs we had made and 1 cover and for the cover, we chose the biggest rap song in LA at the time. My turntable kept skipping as it wasn’t a 1200 and nobody even really cheered. I don’t even recall people really paying attention, but we were having fun and it was our first and last show together as a group. This was in the summer of ’88, and soon after, I moved back to San Jose, where I eventually met Charizma and started all over again.”