Inglewood MC Shawn Chrystopher lets loose “One of My Homies”, the first single off his My Name Is Shawn project which is due in July. The excellent “One of My Homies” is built on Shawn’s float-on-top-the-mix flow and a heavy vibe 2 AM (awesome) beat. Ride out to this one.
Shawn Chrystopher – One of My HomiesShawn Chrystopher 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
Stalley goes in again for the 330 on new track “BCGMMG”. Produced by Block Beattaz, “BCGMMG” is another in the Massillon rapper’s ongoing #songsbystalley Savage Journey to the American Dream project (which we couldn’t be more psyched for) build-up series. Can’t wait to hear our hometown dude on some of those A-level Maybach $$$$ beats. #330.
Stalley – BCGMMGStalley 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.1
Yeahhhhhhhhh, we can tip to this. Our dude Scolla grabs Phil Ade and Gerald Walker for a five-star slow-knocker. Tip them tins.
Scolla – The Jones (Feat. Phil Ade & Gerald Walker)Scolla 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.0
Our man Havoc cooks up a heater for the Mobb Deep vet. Prodigy and French Montana (weirdest name in rap) rhyme well enough but Havoc’s eyes-to-the-sky chest-puffed-out beat is the main attraction here. Get it girl below.
Prodigy – I’m From the Trap (Feat. French Montana) (Prod. Havoc)Prodigy 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.0
By Jon Herriot
Whenever I listen to Teen Daze I always find myself grooving out a little bit. “Brooklyn Sunburn” starts out nice and slow, and builds into something funky. There is one continuous underlying beat but TD keeps us captured throughout the entire track with subtle changes and twists around every corner, including some haunting backing vocals from LA artist Steph Thompson. The new Teen Daze LP All of Us comes out on May 22nd, make sure you check it out!
Teen Daze – Brooklyn SunburnTeen Daze 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.1
Heems, of Das Racist fame, dropped a mixtape project last week Nehru Jackets. That was cool. Now Heems lets go “Mr India” a fresh (and as the title indicates) Indian-inflected big beat loose track. Thanks Heems!
Heems – Mr. IndiaHeems (Facebook)
Rating 7.9
By Aisling Sheehan
Ed Sheeran’s mellow vocals are a great counterpoint to Alabama rapper Yelawolf’s badass rhymes. The lyrics are clever, and the contrast really works. Sheeran gets bonus points for being friends with Britpop boy band One Direction. 🙂
Ed Sheeran & Yelawolf – You Don’t Know (For Fuck’s Sake)Ed Sheeran 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
Our Cleveland Superfriends re-unite once more on “Gloryus”. Featuring production from b3sci fav beatmaker Hi-Tek, the vibed out track puts Cudder on some of the strongest shit we’ve heard out of him in a minute. Chip’s awesome just-released Tell Ya Friends mixtape is out now.
Chip Tha Ripper – Gloryus (Feat. KiD CuDi) (Prod. Hi-Tek)Chip Tha Ripper (Facebook)
Rating 8.0
MMG’s lil’ bro and our NE OH family Stalley puts some of that MMG $$$ to work, securing an A+ cinematic Toomp beat. When you’re from Ohio you live that struggle everyday, Stalley’s just puting it in the track.
Stalley – City of 30,000 Wolves (Feat. DJ Khaled) (Prod. DJ Toomp)Stalley (Facebook)
Rating 8.0
You know b3sci reps its city. It’s 216 ’til our dying day. We know our Cleveland rap. We also know our good Cleveland rap. Familiarize yourself with CLE rapper SIR and his $$$ heater track “Like a Player”, produced by Tone-P.
SIR – Like a Player (Prod. Tone-P)SIR (Twitter)
Rating 8.2
One of the standout tracks on Q’s just released Habits and Contradictions mixtape, “Hands on the Wheel” features A$AP Rocky and is that sort of fist-pumping-in-the-air making-it-rain-every-night-of-the-week victory rap that puts proper punctuation on the sort of run that Schoolboy Q is in the middle of right now.
Schoolboy Q – Hands on the Wheel (Feat. A$AP Rocky)Schoolboy Q (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
It’s like Kid Ink has already gone and inked in his own Top 40 appeal. On “Time of Your Life” the young MC conducts his pop with the conviction of the rest of ’em, Wiz Khalifa, B.o.B, Drake, Lil’ Wayne? But as prolific? #MMAYBEMUSIC
Kid Ink – Time Of Your Life (Prod. by Ned Cameron)Rating 8.3
