Fave producer Black Metaphor sets the instrumental for the 70’s cinema rap of Young Jeezy’s “Beautiful”. The three vets trade hooky bars on top a “Gonna Fly Now/Summer Madness”-styled and one of the coolest tracks in hip hop this year. Jeezy’s Seen It All LP is out September 2. “Mirror mirror in my garage, tell me which lambo to park at B3SCI”.
Young Jeezy 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.5
Sample the Aaliyah-sampling “Polaroids”, the coolly soulful self-produced new one from great UK artist Jay Prince.
Jay Prince 
(Soundcloud)
Rating: 8.8
“Hot Box”, new from L.A. emcee Bobby Brackins, has hip-hop radio hit marked all up and down it. From it’s “2 On”-styled off-beat instrumental to its mainstream radio-flavored hook from rising songstress Mila J of “Smoke Drink Break-up” fame. Give “Hot Box” your time below.
Bobby Brackins 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.1
The Chef loves a ballad. As part of his current “Throwback Thursday” series Rae spins a couple Moscato-ref’ing verses around the 2010 Fantasia R&B joint.
Raekwon 
(Twitter)
Rating 8.4
’90’s rap-referencing “Big Dusty” is the lead single from Pro Era-affiliate Joey Bada$$’s first proper LP B4DA$$.
Joey Bada$$ (Facebook)
Rating 8.5
Joey Bada$$
‘Yonce comes with the predictable, hip-hop linkbait, “elevator incident”-referencing new remix to her hit “Flawless”. The remix’s feature artist Nicki Minaj is the track’s clear victor as the young Ms. Miraj puts down an immediate set of some of her best bars to date. Beyonce and Nicki Minaj, google’em.
Beyonce 
(Official)
Rating 8.5
Internet lightning rod Trinidad Jame$ is no longer a component of the roster of Def Jam. Jame$, who signed a reported $2 million deal w/ the label in 2012, released the decidedly contemplative “Doin’ Me” shortly after announcing the Def Jam departure over the weekend. We like it.
Trinidad Jame$ (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4938
