Chitown heavyweights cut up something fresh on the latest leak (full) from Ye’s forthcoming Cruel Summer release expected September 18th.
Kanye West (Official)
R Kelly (Official)
Rating 8
Chitown heavyweights cut up something fresh on the latest leak (full) from Ye’s forthcoming Cruel Summer release expected September 18th.
Kanye West (Official)
R Kelly (Official)
Rating 8
The sultry tones of Polica’s Channy Leaneagh highlight the cooled out “Top Down”, the latest from Gayngs man Ryan Olson’s side proj Marijuana Deathsquads. We’re feeling this #fridaycooler.
Marijuana Deathsquads – Top DownMarijuana Deathsquads (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
So yeah, THIS just dropped. First, the good: Hit Boy’s beat here is bananas, maybe one of his best productions to date. …And the bad: MEDIUM SEAN. Sean’s verse, which occupies the track’s leadoff slot is capital-A Atrocious. Like they couldn’t have put Pusha there? or 2 Chainz? OJ Da Juiceman? anyone? Get like b3sci and #fastforwardto1:52.
Kanye West, Jay-Z & Big Sean – Clique (Prod. Hit Boy)Kanye West (Official)
Rating 8.5
BK rapper Curt@!n$ grabs a Biggie sample and Schoolboy Q for his return to the hip hop blogosphere on new track “Ruthless”. Squarely in the “old school feel” category ,”Ruthless” rumbles & grinds to a relatively strong listen for much of its four minutes ten duration. We’ll be on the lookout for more new material from Curt@!n$ as a new mixtape announcement can’t be too far behind this new track.
Curt@!n$ – Ruthless (Feat. Schoolboy Q)Curt@!n$ (Twitter)
Rating 8.1
Houston gospel rapper Lecrae’s got a new album in the offing Gravity due Sept. 4. “Mayday”, which features K.R.I.T. & American Idol-alum Ashthon Jones, is the latest leak from the project. Ashthon’s powerhouse vocals turn what’s an otherwise ok-to-good rap track to a great rap track. We knew Ashthon could sing; but, girl, we need more! A K.R.I.T.-produced Ashthon Jones album, make it happen!
Lecrae – Mayday (Feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Ashthon Jones)Lecrae (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
“Make My Money”, new from NYC MC Phreshy Duzit (we hadn’t heard of him either but he does have a new mixtape that dropped yesterday that’s pretty fresh), features one of the best (and most idiosyncratic) beats of the year. Equal parts Kirko Bangz “Drank in My Cup” and some wild gospel vocal & organ samples, the track’s seemingly disparate dynamic works phenomenally well; add to the mix solid features from Rich Flyer & (in maybe his first b3sci feature) Cory Gunz and you have all the ingredients of a standout rap track.
Phreshy Duzit – Make My Money (Feat. Rich Flyer & Cory Gunz)Phreshy Duzit (Facebook)
Rating 8.2
Check this fresh new Cardo production c/o LBC MC Joey Fatts. The vibed out “Die Rich” is excerpted from the SoCal rapper’s Chipper Jones Vol. 2 mixtape.
Joey Fatts – Die Rich (Feat. Vince Staples) (Prod. Cardo)Joey Fatts (Twitter)
Rating 8.1
M00N is the latest from Supreme Cuts & Haleek Maul’s upcoming collaborative mixtape Chrome Lips. A definite improvement over first single “Dummy”, “M00N”, which samples King Crimson’s “Moonchild” (King Crimson, still the shit), bangs, clangs & smangs boosted into stratospheric heights via some pretty fresh sounding SC atmospherics.
Supreme Cuts & Haleek Maul – M00NSupreme Cuts & Haleek Maul
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
DJ Khaled dropped three not one, not two (crazy Khaled), but THREE new tracks from his upcoming Kiss The Ring LP on Funkmaster Flex’s show tonight. The J. Cole-produced Kendrick and K.R.I.T.-featuring “They Ready” is the easy standout of the trio. Get a sample below. p.s. Khaled you misspelled K.Dot’s first name on the single artwork. K-E-N-D-R-I-C-K.
DJ Khaled – They Ready (Feat. J. Cole, Big K.R.I.T., Kendrick Lamar)DJ Khaled (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
The Raider Klan general dropped off a little something new today in the form of the spooky a.f. “Black Swamp”. The b3sci crew have been doing the “Creepy Walk” (which looks something like praying mantis hands combined with the way Dick Dastardly sort of hobbles about like he’s got a serious lower back problem) all day to this joint.
SPACEGHOSTPURRP – Black SwampSPACEGHOSTPURRP (Facebook)
Rating 8.1
Lupe’s latest from Food & Liquor II (which drops 25th September) sees the Chicago MC jump on a hypnotic-sounding jawn c/o rising producer Mr. Inkredible.
Lupe Fiasco (Facebook)
Rating 8.1