After the Action Bronson featuring Voodoo from a few days back, the latest drop from new Alchemist album Retarded Alligator Beats is a more laid back track, with no vocals. It’s another dope beat from one of the true masters of the art, and you can listen below.
We slept on Maffew Ragazino for a minute, but we’ve now finally woken up to how good his new VIII Million Stories EP is. It has guest spots from Roc Marciano and more, and you can listen below. Let us know what you think.
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 … Continue reading Classic tracks from Stretch & Bobbito
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx was always going to be difficult to top, even for one of the best artists amongst the nine men that made up the Wu-Tang Clan. By 1999, the world had already been blessed not just with Raekwon’s classic debut some four years previously, but also superior albums from Ghostface Killah, … Continue reading Slept-on albums in retrospect: Raekwon’s – ‘Immobilarity’
Cyrus Tha Great has released his King Kong Ain’t Got Shit On Me album, including the Roc Marciano featured single Crime & Punishment that we wrote about a few weeks ago. The album also has the likes of The Black Opera, Skyzoo and Torae as guests, and you can take a listen below. The artwork … Continue reading Cyrus Tha Great – ‘King Kong Ain’t Got Shit On Me’
Kool Keith guest spots on this nice track from ELL$ Digi, taken from his Key 2 The City EP. Get your Rocky Ballboa on by taking a listen on the link below. Listen here.
Kool A.D. has bagged a formidable line-up of guest vocals in the shape of Talib Kweli and The Coup legend Boots Riley for new joint Hickory. It has this simple but effective animated video, and is take from 2014’s Word O.K. album. Watch on the link below. View here.
The Dopplegangaz have unleashed a free new EP named Parts Unknown, including the recent single Scintilla. Both the vocals and production from Matter Ov Fact and EP sound mad nice, and you can stream the whole thing below.
The new drops from Skyzoo and his upcoming Music For My Friends album continue with Hands Folded Together. This one features Elzhi on guest vocals, and it sounds pretty nice. Listen below, and look out for that album coming in the next few days.
The latest video from Mr Green and his amazing Live From The Street project sees the team head south of the border, down Mexico way. There they find a talented ‘big guitar’ player, who provides a nice lick for album track Step Into The Booth, with vocals from Toronto rapper Raz Fresco.
