Dillon and Full Plate are keeping the spirit of the late Paten Locke alive with the Rations album, coming next month. This first single features guests vocals from Masta Ace and Akrobatik, for good measure.
Apollo Brown – ‘Aquarius’
New one from the prolific and always great Apollo Brown.
A-F-R-O – ‘King Ov Da Throne’ feat. Slug
A-F-R-O unleashes a new, self-produced track, with a little help from the Minnesota indie rap legend.
J-Live – ‘The Feeling’ (remix)
J-Live gives us more of what we can expect from his Face Value album, coming in November.
Mobb Deep – ‘Against The World’ (video)
Mass Appeal continue with their year of new releases from legacy artists, this time with the first taste of the upcoming Mobb Deep album, Infinite. Great to hear P’s voice.
Rapsody & Madlib – ‘MadRaps’ (stream) + ‘Daddy’s Girl’ (video)
Rapsody and Madlib finally liberate their two recent tracks together, and a video for one of them, “Daddy’s Girl”.
DJ Mirage – ‘Background Check’
DJ Mirage drops his feature-packed new album in full, with guest spots from all manner of timeless emcees.
Redman – ‘Hoodstar’ (video)
At a time when a lot of 90s artists can’t work out how to navigate the modern ways to promote new music, Redman has been doing a great job keeping up momentum for last year’s long-awaited Muddy Waters Too. He’s keeping it moving with a video for one of the tracks, Hoodstar.
Smif-N-Wessun – ‘On My Soul’ (video)
Tek and Steele put a video to a cut from the Infinity album, released earlier this year.
Edo. G – ‘Make A Living’
A taste of the upcoming 500 Miles album by the Boston legend and producers Parental and Lex.