Video: Kendrick Lamar - HiiiPower

We still waiting on this young new talent's debut album....til' then we get the vid for his undeniably dope "HiiiPower" track, produced by J. Cole.

I'm taken by Kendrick's on screen presence...he may just have it all...certainly has the lyrics and the content...thus far anyhow...Directed by Fredo Tovar and Scott Fleishman.

"Section 80" coming soon...I hope..

-BIG D O

Co$$ - Sleepwalking (Mixtape)

That man Co$$ is livening up ya Memorial Day with a brand new mixtape full of new and unheard music....

If you ain't heard yet, Co$$' debut album "Before I Awoke" is dropping on Tres Records this June 21st and it will no doubt be a banger....Til' we get that dig into this 17 track mixtape that Co$$ has kindly made available to us free as a sort of prequel to his album...

-BIG D O


Co$$ - Sleepwalking

Grand Agent - Hustle Til' It Hurt Album (Mixed by DJ Modesty)

Whoo! Brand new album from none other than Grand Agent ya'll! Check in!

GA as many of you know is the Philly cat that hit the Hip-Hop underground with the classic debut "By Design" back in 01'...

GA spent a couple of years out in Europe makin his dollars and has subsequently released 4 LP's since "By Design" and continues to be the total embodiment of dope Indie underground rap...

Today we got a brand new album outta nowhere from GA titled "Hustle Til' It Hurt" and I can honestly say it's dope to hear from GA again...Hip-hop needs more of this man's music. This release has a wide array of sounds on it, very diverse listen...as good as his prior stuff? Well, that's another story...All the same, the tracks I found to be the complete standouts were "On My Jock", "Smooth Jazz" and "Addicted".

-BIG D O

Single: Action Bronson ft. Lil' Fame - Time For Some Action

It ain't no fluke...Action Bronsosn is nice ppl....

The Queens based emcee blesses us with a new look off his upcoming collab album with Statik Selektah, "Well Done" (you'll get the title if you follow Bronson's chef show on Youtube) which drops July 5th.

Lil' Fame and Bronsalino go to work over an excellent beat from Statik...this is great Hip-Hop music folks...

link via Iceddotcom

-BIG D O


Action Bronson ft. Lil' Fame - Time For Some Action

Single: Slaine ft. Vinnie Paz & Reef The Lost Cauze - Landscapes

Brand new Banger from one of Beantown's best new thesbians artist's, in Slaine...

Mr. Carroll is prepping to release "A World With No Skies 2.0" on August 16th, which is basically a re-release of his "A World With No Skies" album that was pushed back in October of 2010  (and leaked horrendously) due to some sample clearance issues that Suburban Noize records thought needed to be ironed out and re-worked.

Here's one track that you'll find on both versions that is absolutely one of Slaine's best collab joints ever as he teams with Reef The Lost Cauze and Vinnie Paz to threaten listeners and impale a hell of a beat from Hirolla.

link via Nahright

-BIG D O


Slaine ft. Vinnie Paz & Reef The Lost Cauze - Landscapes

Hip-Hop Battlefield & Cullpa P.F.E. Present Strictly Weapons: Another Round Of Remix Abuse By Drasar Monumental

Been waitin on this one since the last one....

For all you new jacks this'll be a treat..Drasar Monumental is truly one of the more multi-talented entities out there in the blogoshere...In addition to running the flat out dope HipHopBattlefield blog, Dras is also one of the illest producers you ain't heard of out west...

A seasoned crate digger and remix maker, Drasar has a brand new mix for all of us to enjoy in "Strictly Weapons" and man, I gotta say despite the fact that I speak to this man on occasion and am friendly wit duke, he's really put together an impressive mix. Not only are all the beats properly nostalgic and flooded with warmth, but the actual mixing is interesting and creative as shit...few cats today is really flexing on the effects this nicely man...Drasar's talent for throwing together soundscapes is truly impressive.

Mix is one single MP3 file, just the way us old tape heads like it....dive into this joint, Drasar re-works some of ya fav. standards from names like Royal Flush, M.O.P., Onyx, Lord Finesse, Fat Joe, Nas and others...10 tracks, and the whole mix checks in at just under 43 minutes long...this is pure flava ppl...

-BIG D O


Hip-Hop Battlefield & Culpa P.F.E. Present Strictly Weapons: Another Round Of Remix Abuse By Drasar Monumental

News: Gil Scott-Heron Passes Away

"Because I always feel like running 
Not away, because there is no such place 
Because if there was, I would have found it by now 
Because it's easier to run, 
Easier than staying and finding out you're the only one who didn't run 
Because running will be the way your life and mine will be described, 
As in "the long run" 
Or as in having "given someone a run for his money" 
Or as in "running out of time" 
Because running makes me look like everyone else, though I hope there will ever be cause for that 
Because I will be running in the other direction, not running for cover 
Because if I knew where cover was, I would stay there and never have to run for it 
Not running for my life, because I have to be running for something of more value to be running and not in fear 
Because the thing I fear cannot be escaped, eluded, avoided, hidden from, protected from, gotten away from, 
Not without showing the fear as I see it now 
Because closer, clearer, no sir, nearer 
Because of you and because of that nice 
That you quietly, quickly be causing 
And because you're going to see me run soon and because you're going to know why I'm running then 
You'll know then 
Because I'm not going to tell you now" 
-Gil Scott-Heron


Today we lost an icon at 4 PM, as he lay in a New York City hospital, at the age of 62.....


Gil was a complicated man, who triumphed, struggled and was in-between many times throughout his life. Personally, I believe he's one of the most important poets of the Hip-Hop generation's lifetime...His work is timeless...rest in peace Gil. 


-BIG D O 

Interview: 9th Wonder Tells All: The Stories Behind His Classic Records

Really excellent new digital article/interactive piece from Complex mag that finds us being led on a wonderful tour of 9th Wonder's 30 most classic records...Included with the actual song embedded for you to hear (god, I love the internet) is some choice commentary from 9th himself about each record and trust, he holds nuthin' back....

Personally I have far too many fav. 9th joints to narrow em' down to even 30, but please believe I really liked this jaunt...great stuff...hats off to Complex man...

-BIG D O


read here: 9th Wonder Tells All: The Stories Behind His Classic Records

Snippets: Random Axe

Holy shit...Random Axe snippets people!

If your wondering how this surely excellent release is going to sound than wonder no longer....The good people over at Amazon have now put snippets of all 15 joints on this album...I took a listen earlier and all I can say is wow...100% solid man...

Don't get too excited however, some of the album's most tantalizing joints (namely the cut w/ Roc Marcy) aren't available to preview...so there's still a bit of suspense...

-BIG D O


Random Axe - Random Axe (Snippets)

Single: The Rza - Only The Rugged Survive

WTF, I guess I missed the memo that said there was going to be a new Wu album coming out....*sighs*

The only reason I'm a lil' frustrated with the lack of promo for the new album, which is titled "Legendary Weapons" and drops at the end of next month on E1 Music, is because yo, this single is killer!

I mean, this is probably the nicest Rza track I've heard in a long, long time...Wu enthusiasts I think will agree with me when I say the production is a lot more conducive of a "classic" Wu sound as well...

There are a good amount of details that did come with this single however and they are as follows, pour through this if you'd like:

The Wu-Tang Clan is one of rap music’s longest running and most influential groups. Over the last two years the group has made a remarkable return to form. Beginning with E1′s 2009 release “Wu-Tang: Chamber Music” and continuing with projects such as “Wu-Massacre”, Ghostface Killah’s “Apollo Kids”, Raekwon’s “Only Built For Cuban Linx 2″ and “Wu-Tang vs Shoalin” they have released a series of critically acclaimed and commercially successful projects. 

Wu-Tang: Legendary Weapons will continue in that streak. This album includes a heavy dose of Ghostface Killah (he is featured on 8 of the albums 11 songs) alongside The RZA and all of the other core Wu- Tang group members. Dark, raw tracks produced by The RZA together with members of the Brooklyn based band The Revelations provide a solid foundation for the crew’s tales of violent New York street life and debauchery.

Hmmmm....so 11 tracks and most of them feature Ghost and the production is being handled mainly by Rza and this new production squad called the Revelations....hey...at least it's somethin' right?

-BIG D O

Video Interview: Tek And Steele Of Smif-N-Wessun For Out Da Box TV

Real cool and candid sit down with Smif-N-Wessun speaking about their new album with the man, the legend Pete Rock, the appropriately titled, "Monumental". Interview conducted with Out Da Box TV.

Tek and Steele speak separately about some of the different aspects that went into making the album and what it was like recording with Pete Rock...nice, in-depth, 7 minute interview...get up on game and be sure to go cop "Monumental" on June 8th!

-BIG D O

Single: Awar ft. Joe Budden - Standout (prod. by M-Phazes)

Still sleeping on NY-based Awar and Australia's nastiest beat man in M-Phazes? Well...time to stop...

Brand new banger from Awar that features Joey providing the assist...Only the stream link for right now, but I hear whispers of a video soon...

Also coming soon is Awar's "Nature Of The Beast" EP, that's gonna feature production from Sid Roams and The Alchemist.

Bonus: Peep Awar's already released EP "Things Of That Nature"

-BIG D O

Video: Armageddon - Sending My Love

Former T Squader Armagddon sends his well wishes and thank you's to a longtime incarcerated uncle as well as his fans who've stuck by his side through a turbulent career, which he now promises will be different in this new vid "Sending My Love"...The video gives a pretty in-depth look at the life and times he's had in Hip-Hop thus far.

I've been a fan of Geddy's since 98' and I can wholeheartedly tell you the talent has always been there...maybe he's a victim of mis-management in part, but a lot of what has held him back has been a lack of production...and I don't mean dope beats...

I hope Geddy is ready to turn that corner and really start giving us consistently dope music like this here...and while he's at it he needs to holla at Prospect and tell him to do the same.

Armageddon's "The Journal Vol. 1" The Rebirth EP" coming soon...

-BIG D O

Video: Lyrics Born ft. Sam Sparro - Coulda Woulda Shoulda

Lyrics Born and Sam Sparro dole out some good old fashioned smooth funk on "Coulda Woulda Shoulda", flexing some serious versatility and providing that age old tale of caution for many a gold diggin' and impatient woman out there...

Directed by Yoram Benz, this actual video is stunning and really brings back that 70's aesthetic in a way that I haven't seen in a minute...a great, highly memorable vid...

Lyrics Born's new album, (from which this is the 4th track on) "As U Were" is out now...

-BIG D O

The Underdogz - Wuttup Doe?

Still kinda hazy about whether this is a mixtape or an album release....what I'm not hazy about is these casts' track record...they're dope and that's what counts...

The Underdogz (Warren Britt & Otis Clapp) will supply you with some of that hard hitting, high energy, dancin' bassline, NY gully shit that ya love...Always good to see a new generation of emcees outta the big apple come correct...

Guest appearances on "Wuttup Doe?" include Craig G and Silent Knight...

 -BIG D O


The Underdogz - Wuttup Doe?

Single: Thoth ft. Planet Asia & Mistah F.A.B. - TurnHeads (prod. by !llmind)

Newcomer Thoth [pronounced th-awth]  has a brand new single he wants us to hear...and he came correct...

Of course the assist from Bay area royalty Mistah F.A.B. and Fresno, CA repper Planet Asia always helps as well, but honestly, I think the newbie did okay in this instance....Over a subdued, yet knockin' production from !llmind all three emcees get loose and truly "Turn Heads"...A lot better a single than the first one he let go in the regrettably titled "On My Terminator Shit"

Thoth's upcoming mixtape with Statik Selektah is set to drop here shortly, keep ya glims peeled...it's got features from Raekwon, Danny Brown, Guilty Simpson and Termanology amongst others...

link via Nahright

-BIG D O


Thoth ft. Planet Asia & Mistah F.A.B. - Turn Heads

Single: Action Bronson - Savage From Sarasota

Perhaps you heard about the recent passing of Wrestling icon "Macho Man" Randy Savage...maybe you haven't....

In any case, one cat that has been generating some crazy buzz as of late in Action Bronson chooses to sort of pay homage to the late Macho Man in this loose joint that he totally dismantles while sound clips from the late legend are intermixed with the actual joint...

-BIG D O


Action Bronson - Savage From Sarasota

Single: Masta Ace & Guru - Conflict (Paul Nice Remix)

A pure gem un-earthed by Brooklyn Label Slice-Of-Spice Records...

Here we find the late Guru going back and forth with Masta Ace, as one of the illest DJ's and crate diggers ever AKA Paul Nice provides the sound background...

If you like what you hear, and trust me you will, be sure to go ahead and get on Slice-Of-Spice's pre-order list...

-BIG D O

Single: Bambu - America

This man Bambu just don't make bad music....it's all usually real well done, intensely personal and overtly wise...

Here again Bambu sheds some light on his military service, why he took  that route and some of the sincere qualms he has looking back on it....

Bambu's "Exact Change Reloaded" and the 7 extra tracks included with it, dubbed the "Short Change" EP out now...

link via Ms.Peas

-BIG D O


Bambu - America

Single: Mr. SOS - Listen (prod. by Ricky Raw)

QN5 in the building baby!!

Mr. SOS (formerly of CuninLynguists) drops his first single, "Listen", which implores all you young and old Hip-Hoppers alike to really delve further into the music these days and to stop letting all these frauds get over on ya....

Of course not everyone's gonna heed his call...and then some already were....

Joint is off SOS's new LP "Cassette Verite"..coming soon...

-BIG D O


Mr. SOS - Listen (prod. by Ricky Raw)

Video: Co$$ - Spaceman

"Fuck Hip-Hop if the music ain't freein' souls"

Yeah, new Co$$ ya'll....

Fervent PHH readers know that I've been hypin' this kid for a minute...he's given us several mixtape and free releases, but this right here is definitely a new level for him...really like how he's pulling everything together and coming out strong with his upcoming solo LP release "Before I Awoke" which is due out June 21st on Tres Records.

Gotta give a special shout to Fonetik Simbol, who produced this joint...my man you absolutely slayed that....updated, spaced-out g funk type ish'...

video directed by Chancler Haynes

-BIG D O

Single: Random Axe - Random Call

I've been dragging my feet a lil' on the Random Axe (Sean P, Black Milk & Guilty Simpson) leaks...I apologize....let's catch up a lil'...

Their new album cover looks like this, and the LP will have 15 tracks on it that you can peep the titles of here...Oh, and last week the trio released a pretty nuts video for "The Hex"

According to the above tracklisting image this new single leak, "Random Call" is teh 2nd track on the LP, and this friggin' slaps...

June 14th we get what I'm sure will be the nastiest group album of the Summer...

Streaming link only ppl...

-BIG D O

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest Movie Poster

Man, I so hope this jawn is picked up at my local arty farty, let-you-drink-wine in their establisment indie film theater....

It's out and somewhat official...this will be the movie poster you see when you go take in Michael Rapaport's somewhat controversial biopic of one of, if not thee greatest rap group ever, A Tribe Called Quest.

It premieres in NY and L.A. on July 8th...if you ain't in either city check ya local movie houses....I know I will be...

-BIG D O

Video: Brown Bag AllStars - The Agenda (Marco Polo Remix)

New video from them BBAS boys....

You know these cats had to drop a video release to accompany they're latest double CD release "Brown Bag Season Vol. 1" , and I gotta say, I'm impressed...Real rowdy, boisterous posse jam...Hip-Hop needs more of this typa shit...

Their first choice to give us a taste of is "The Agenda" remix produced by none other than Marco Polo.

video directed by End Of The World Ent.

-BIG D O 

Single: T3 ft. Illa J - Motor Freaks

Brand new banger from two of The D's favorite son's....

T3 of Slum Village fame and Illa J (Dilla's talented younger sibling) go in on this insane joint and rock it all the way out for all the "Motor Freaks"...

This joint stems from T3's upcoming new album "3illa"

link via GowhereHipHop

-BIG D O


T3 ft. Illa J - Motor Freaks

Video Interview: Cormega Talks His New Deal

This man Mega gets up with Chevon of Necktie Revolution Blog to talk his new marketing outlooks and deals as well as his new joint "I Made A Difference" that is up on PHH right now...Kind of a quick lil' 2 minute interview, but it is what it is...any Mega interview is a good one...

-BIG D O

Snippet: Common ft. Nas - Ghetto Dreams

I was debating whether or not to put this joint up or not due to the fact that I am so not a fan of snippets of just single tracks...got damnit, if you gon' put the shit out, just put it out, fuck the fake ass suspense...In any case, Nas teaming up with Common is a big enough deal for me to momentarily set aside my pet peeves and put this joint up on the page for ya'll....

The actual sound we gettin on "Ghetto Dreams" is a pretty fuckin crazy one man...Some ole' prodding, hardcore type shit with Com taking it back to when he needed to Barrow a dollar...it's a horribly short clip, but whaddya gon do? That's right kiddo's, no Nas on this clip...

This joint is supposedly off Common's upcoming new album, please believe the whole joint will be up when it drops...

link via Amazon.com? LOL...wow...

-BIG D O


Common ft. Nas - Ghetto Dreams

yU- Before Taxes (Full Album Download)

Now this is a real special treat ya'll are gettin blessed with man....

Yesterday the good folks over at Mello Music Group decided to re-release yU's debut album "Before Taxes" 100% gratis...yup, you read that right...for free...

People that follow PHH know how into this LP I am...If you don't know bout this album feel free to skim over the review I gave it, or just peep my annual year's best album list from last year...

The version you're getting here is a lil' different being that it features a few new remixes that weren't on the CD or vinyl release...trust me when I tell y'all this album is soooo worth the DL...the best of last year...pick it up! Nuff said.

-BIG D O


yU- Before Taxes

Video: Bamboo Bros - American Jibaro Promo #1

New Bamboo Bros (Kurious & Dave Dar) promo baby!!

Right here you can catch a real quick peek of Dave Dar chillin in the studio with Pete Rock as well as gain a lil' insight on the Bamboo Bros. upcoming release "American Jibaro" . I know I can't wait....ish' is gonna be flava for real!

-BIG D O

Single: Ro Spit - All Alone (prod. by Apollo Brown)

I've been hearing lil' murmurs about how ill the upcoming new Quality Control and Unique Squared SXSW Mixtape is finna be...Ro Spit's "All Alone" sort of confirms what I expected...

The Pontiac, MI native that is multi-talented teams with Detroit beat sensation of 2010, Apollo Brown for a sincerely bangin' joint that'll have ya neck snappin' soon as you press play..I'm really impressed. Perfect 2nd single if you ask me...Download includes the regular version, the clean one and the instrumental....

keep ya eyes peeled for the whole SXSW Mixtape, comin at you soon...

Bonus: Peep the first single from the tape here

-BIG D O


Ro Spit - All Alone (prod. by Apollo Brown)

Single: Bumpy Knuckles & Statik Selektah ft. Nore - Lyrical Workout

Two cats once thought to be rivals (Bump Knucks openly threatened Nore not once, but twice on record I thought...lol) are now joined together for a brand new cut off Bumpy's upcoming collab record with Statik Selektah, "Lyrical Workout". 


Gotta say, I liked everything about this record except the Nore verse...

link via Nahright

-BIG D O


Bumpy Knuckles & Statik Selektah ft. Nore - Lyrical Workout

Single: Awthentik - Purified Madness

Peep this single from Silverspring, Maryland artist Awthentik....

Ya'll know I rarely get a chance to scan the Internets for new talent these days, most of the time my inbox is a huge list of good shit I won't get to peep out...every now and again however I stumble upon a new name who's really, truly makin some dope music and upholding the tradition of true school Hip-Hop culture.

Today it's Awthentik with his track "Purified madness"...don't let the title fool you, the joint is actually a more subdued and introspective romp, that contains searing lines like "They buried my momma right in that dirt, and it hit me in my heart where it hurt, this life is a curse"...

 I commend this brother on his work...and do believe I'll be checking for his 2-track album "Consequences2beingyourself" that dropped this past November...

-BIG D O

Video: Stik Figa & D Will - Imjussayintho

I really think this man Stik Figa is a huge talent....

Everything he drops has some sentiment of sparking thought or pointing out things around his environs with such a vivid manner, you feel like you're right there with him...and oh yeah, did I mention dude can rhyme?

In his brand new video Stik gets up with D Will and speaks a lil' bit about those cats and females from round the way that, well, let's just say we all know the type...and they always are around...lol, I'm Jus Sayin tho...

Directed by Joshua Browning...

-BIG D O

Single: Erick Sermon ft. Sheek Louch - Dodge This (prod. by Rockwilder)

New E Double for ya...

Getting up with Sheek Louch over a very underwhelming Rockwilder track, Sermon and Sheek go back n' forth...

I gotta say man...I expected a lot...well, more...not diggin' this much but, I am happy to see Sermon is still out there makin music....overall, he's good for Hip-Hop...

link via HipHopNMore

-BIG D O


Erick Sermon ft. Sheek - Dodge This (prod. by Rockwilder)

Single: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun ft. Styles P & Sean Price - That's Hard

Really been waitin on this record for a minute now...

The Chocolate Boy Wonder, Tek and Steele are getting ready to unleash their first collaborative album on the Hip-Hop world, titled "Monumental" and thus far they've kept most of it under wraps..."That's Hard" is only the 2nd sampling of it that we've gotten, but sometimes less is more, seeing as how this joint is huge...

Sean Price and Styles P are called upon to help enhance this notably bangin' joint and the results are a hardcore lover's delight...PR's minimal, yet adequately thumpin' beat cascades underneath the no nonsense wordplay contained...I'm excited man...

PR & Smif-N-Wessun's "Monumental" drops June 28th

-BIG D O

Single: Eternia - Remix Of Elzhi's One Love (Nas Tribute)

Even though I have my many feeling about paying "tribute" to artists that are still actively recording (outside of Rakim or KRS-One) I simply cannot deny the dopeness of this remix, carried out in Nassir's name, from one of Canada's best emcee's Eternia.

Eternia is fresh off releasing the undeniably dope "At Last" collab album w/ MoSS, and now we're getting a lil' bit of new music from her as she adds her vocals to Elzhi's re-working of Nas' "One Love" record that he put out recently on his "ELmatic" mixtape.

As usual, Eternia puts her usual introspective and highly adept stamp on this one...tears that beat switch to shreds...

link via UndergroundCharizma

-BIG D O


Eternia - One Love (Remix)

Born Day: Malcolm X

(May 19, 1925 - Feb. 21, 1965)


"A man who stands for nothing, will fall for anything"


Rest in peace to one of the foremost intellectual, revolutionary and civil activist minds this world has ever known on this, what would have been his 86th birthday...

-BIG D O

Georgia Anne Muldrow & Dudley Perkins - SomeOthaShip Connect 2011

Celebrating their brand new website SomeOthaShip.com and just letting us know that their triple talented selves are still out there, Georgia Ann Muldrow and Declaime AKA Dudley Perkins drop this brand new compilation sampler of sorts...

Featuring names like Prince Po, Madlib, Aloe Blacc, Rif Raff McGriff and several others, we get a nice helping of soul, funk, Hip-Hop, electro, house and the friggin' kitchen sink in terms of musical variations and guest names.

While it kinda saddened me to hear that Georgia and Dudley both bounced from Stones Throw records, I am happy that they building they own thing up and I'm happy to help spread the word...

Be sure to grab this, and look out for Georgia and Dudley's new, upcoming album "The Lighthouse" and Declaime's new album "Self Study", due out July 12...


-BIG D O


Georgia Anne Muldrow & Dudley Perkins - SomeOthaShip Connect 2011

Single: Cormega ft. Redman, General Steele, Stic.Man, Maya Azucena & Lil' Fame - I Made A Difference

Brand new single shot from Mega'....dedicated to all those who were affected by the disaster in Haiti...you remember that don't you?

Coming together wit Stic.Man, Redman, General Steele, Lil' Fame and Maya Azucena who anchors that chorus wonderfully, Mega unleashes a truly proper dedication and remembrance of what happened in Haiti..Newbies pay attention, this is how you pay ya respects...

Tagged version...courtesy of KevinNottingham

-BIG D O


Cormega ft. Stic.Man, Redman, General Steele, Lil' Fame & Maya Azucena

Single: Arch Druids ft. Planet Asia & Roc Marciano - Scorched Earth Policy

That cats formerly known as Brothaz Bent are back under the new alias Arch Druids and they've also got a new project on the horizon too...

"Scorched Earth Policy" is the new LP and here's the title track that absolutely lives up to it's name..featuring one of Hip-Hop's most sought after hardcore lyricists at the moment in Roc Marciano and the west coast's most ravenous and busy performers in Planet Asia, this is pure hardcore griminess....

Roc and P.A. go back and forth over this stirring drum break powered track that you simply gotta hear...

New album drops soon on Blunt Boogie Records...

-BIG D O


Arch Druids ft. Planet Asia & Roc Marciano - Scorched Earth Policy

Video: Oddisee ft. Tranquil - Ci'iy Life

That's "Ci'iy", pronounced 'sii ee' and what it is...well, it's everything in this eclectic video and music that Oddisee just seems to have a knack at capturing...

The video is great and features Tranquil, but I really want ya'll to know that today Oddisee released all four of his "Odd Seasons" projects together in one bundle....you really should go ahead and cop those...just hit up the link...

BONUS: Peep this man Oddisee working on a completely sick new beat that he just constructed yesterday here

-BIG D O

Blu - Jesus LP

Blu knows how to be a true artist man...fuck the limelight, fuck the hob nobbing and rubbing elbows, the smoke sessions...okay, maybe not he smoke sessions, but eff all the extra shit and just get the music out to the fans however possible and on a consistent basis.

Here, Blu again sticks to his truly indie formula and drops, seemingly out of nowhere a brand new LP titled "Jesus"....

I love this Hip-Hop shit man...and I love artists like Blu who just throw the industry bullshit to the side and really only seem to care about expressing themselves the way in which they'd like to..

You can hear the new LP in it's entirety on Blu's Bandcamp (or down below) as well as cop it for the ultra cheap price of $10 bones...which it's definitely worth...I've heard all the complaints about the mic quality on the tracks...I mean, yeah, there's that, but I think it adds like, character to this project and makes it standout from other stuff...plus I know how expensive it is to get shit mastered...lol...either way, peep it out down below.

-BIG D O

Single: Rah Digga ft. Torae & Styles P - You Got It (Remix) [prod. by Nottz]

Bran new remix from the best hardcore female on the microphone...

Digga Digga gets up with The Ghost and Coney Island's finest in Torae to go in over an excellent remix done up proper by Nottz, one of Hip-Hop's last great minimalist, sample based producer's....

The groove is perfect and this is so replayable it's nuts..enjoy this and go grab Digga's latest album "Classic"...

-BIG D O


Rah Digga ft. Torae & Styles P - You Got It (Remix) [prod. by Nottz]

Single: Skyzoo - Written In The Drums

New banger from one of NY's best up and coming solo acts, AKA Skyzoo...

"Written In The Drums" contains an ample beat provided by Swiff D and finds Sky reflecting on that deeper meaning in music making...and well, the hustle that goes with it.

It's apart of Sky's 'Debate Team Tuesdays' series...check into that people...

link via nahright

-BIG D O


Skyzoo - Written In The Drums

Video Interview: Nas Axes Lost Tapes 2

Well, I guess that's off the fucking table.... -__-

-BIG D O

Single: DJ JS-1 ft. Joell Ortiz, Lil' Fame & Freddie Foxxx - Reppin' NY

Not much to say here...You know how JS-1 gets down...nuthin but real beats complimented by real rhymes...none of that wack ass, Hip-Pop, radio station bullshit...

Linking with Joell Ortiz, Lil' Fame and Bumpy Knuckles, JS provides the perfect hardcore, boom bap canvas for these lyrically proficient New Yawka's to man handle....enjoy this...it's what real rap sounds like...

JS's new album "No One Cares" out June 21st....

-BIG D O


DJ JS-1 ft. Joell Ortiz, Lil' Fame & Freddie Foxxx - Reppin NY