Atlanta rapper CKENT took a brief hiatus, but is now back and prepared to end the year with a bang. Today he releases his brand new EP, “Surreal”, produced entirely by Rob Surreal out of New York. The 5-track EP is a display of CKENT’s growth and progression as an artist, as he shows us that he’s been perfecting his …

Masi & HP return with the visual to their single “Harder Days”, which just dropped on iTunes. Catch the track on the upcoming EP, “Champaign For The Pain”, due out later this year. https://youtu.be/8wMiC-NPDsI

In a world full of fakes, fools and wannabes, a true emcee resurfaces to shed light on lost minds. His name is Versatile E and he’s come to deliver “The Rude Awakening” that the music world has been missing for years. Although it’s a brand new release, the song itself sounds as though it came from out of the nineties. …

Chicago native and one half of L.E.P. Bogus Boys, G Count, returns with a vengeance and offers up a BOGO video offering. The first, “No Smoke”, is nothing short of a hardcore, street record aimed directly at his city. The song also carries a feature from Black Ralphy. For the second installment, G switches his focus from the street to …

You can spend your entire lifetime waiting for things to change but if a life changing opportunity comes knock at your door will you recognize it and be ready to embrace it? In order to tell us how to be prepared for anything, Jean Kengz recruits Electro/R&B singer Farrah Mechael with rappers Young L3X and Taywill as they express their …

Just months after wowing listeners with her 2017 album, “Strange Woman”, Bates reminds everyone of the roots that grounds her with the re-release of her critically acclaimed project, “For Colored Folk”. Hailed by the Riverfront Times Newspaper as “a navigation through spiritual, social and political minefields— a crossroads of intersectional issues that she attacks head-on while aiming straight for the …

As a follow-up to their late summer single release, Motor City upstart, BadTrip, continues their campaign into Q4 with another single. In-house producer, Benstrumentals, laces the beat with hefty drums, laying down a perfect soundscape for P.Rich. “Killa Stay” is as savage as the title suggests; Rich’s lyrical onslaught is spewed with no remorse. The song also serves as the …

HawkLyfe Records presents ConwayDaCreature and his “Open-Faced” EP. Produced entirely by iLL Brown, the four tracks serve as a proper introduction for CDC. In conjunction with “Open-Faced”, the Chicago rapper also debuted a video for the Waterr-featured track, “New Karate”, featured below.

Flagstaff, Arizona emcee So Realistic joins forces with Chicago / TBP producer iLL Brown for the eleven track “ViiiBE”. With minimal features from Melanie Rutherford and Faith James, the southwestern artist excels behind the microphone with the sharp edged production of Brown throughout the course of the album. No need to skim thru the production, as there is zero filler …

Oklahoma City-based rapper Gospel Lee collabs with video sharing giant YouTube with his latest visual, “Reset”. Featuring production from Wayne Klassik, Gospel Lee uses his cavalier delivery to emphatically finalize his break up with the regret of the past. The video was filmed & directed by YouTube for their “Nashville Sessions” series in Nashville, Tennessee. “YouTube is such an incredible …