Elgin, Illinois hip hop ensemble Watch City releases “Rock The Cradle”, a soulful production provided by group member Angrous that also showcases Kyle Cole’s verbal abilities. Check out the song below.

Chicago, Illinois producer/ emcee Chance drops a brand new beat tape titled “A Stolen Love Story” as a free download via his Bandcamp page. A mix of vintage funk, reggae, soul & new age contemporary sounds bring a bit of Chance Productions to your ears. Crazy drums influenced from hip hop, African drum circles, jazz and salsa, all blend together …

Next up out of the Portland, Oregon music scene is SamuelThe1st, who is prepping the April 25th release of his upcoming mixtape, “1st of the Kind”. He teams up with fellow Portland artists & STRAY Music Group members ¢hief and Donté Thomas for a super infectious club single titled “Bring Two”. With a coy twist based on “doubling up”, the …

Rockford, Illinois hip hop emcee The Last Wordbender delivers a Rocky inspired visual to his lead off single, “Now is the Time 4 Me”, which carries a feature from fellow artist Akeem Kizart. DJ Brickrock does a wonderful job providing an eighties themed production complete with a clever vocal sampled chorus line. Wordbender & Akeem make the perfect tag team …

Illinois recording artist and first lady of UG Promotions releases her Good Eye directed video to her single, “The Duchess”. The song is featured on her new album that also shares the same name, which is available for purchase online now. HaZe “The Duchess”

Detroit, Michigan is notorious for it’s rough times and rougher streets. Prezident Chris Walker is a product of that environment and on his latest single, “Secret Service”, Mr. Walker pays tribute to those that help in assisting him in maintaining office in the Motor City.

Baltimore, Maryland has a new rapper emerging by the name of Lee Mitty and don’t let her gender confuse you, Mitty gets brutal over a techno trap style  beat provided by Dzony Beatz simply titled, “Bang”. The song will be featured on her upcoming project, “Any Day Now”.

New York rap group Groove Gang gets mega wavy in their video to their freestyle rendition of “Computers”.

Nigerian-blooded, Dubai-based rapper GMAC presents “Turnt Up”, his new single produced by Dameon Hughes. “Turnt Up” comes on the heels of the release of his previous single “Arab Swag” (listen on Soundcloud) which details his life in Dubai, where he moved five years ago. His event company UrbanBushMan has brought the likes of Nicki Minaj, Beenie Man, Ryan Leslie and …

St. Louis, Missouri artist Yak Boy Fresh gets a co-sign and feature from Bone Thugs N Harmony’s own Krayzie Bone on his latest single, “Scraping The Sky”, with a fun feeling video to accompany the release. Watch the video below and purchase a copy of the single from iTunes today. Yak Boy Fresh – “Scraping The Sky”