Audio

\ Altadena, California’s bomb emcee, Che Skizza, links up with JCA Beats and DJ BB Famous for a monster track off of “I’ll Make You Famous”. Over a haunting, hard hitting instrumental full of daunting piano chords, Skizza wastes no time at all demolishing wack ass emcees all throughout the track. Famous straight blanks out on the 1’s & 2’s …

Up-and-coming Hip Hop artists, The Sickest Drama (T.S.D.), has released the heavyweight collaboration, “Kingston Invasion”, featuring Nomad Carlos and Five Steez. The track, produced by Mordecai, signals the ongoing surge of Jamaican-based Hip Hop artists who are making names for themselves in Jamaica and online. The song is also a part of the promotional campaign for “The Takeover”, a stage-show …

“Land of Synth” plays on several themes of synthetic sounds, to the synthetic roles played by artist in the “music industry to every day life. Influences run the gamut Sun Ra, Wutang to Nas, Tupac, The Roots, Mos Def, Common, A Tribe Called Quest, Pharaoh Monch, and Outkast to name a few. “Land of Synth” reveals heavy themes of political …

The second song The Game drops the late night of his birthday celebration is produced by Timbaland and features fellow California native Nipsey Hussle titled “Judas’ Closet”. On the hook, both men claim to feel they’ve sold their souls to the devil for that Cali lifestyle. The duo fit well to the Timbo instrumental and Game goes hard on his …

To celebrate his birthday and the release of “Jesus Piece” on 12-11-12, The Game drops two tracks from off the album. The first is a Cool & Dre produced “baby making” slow jam titled “Stripper” that features MMG’s Wale. In the song, Game goes into great detail about his favorite stripper, which Game states may be rapper Drake’s also , …

“New York Shit” is more than just a song, it represents loyalty, strength & unity at the same time. Two well known artists from a well known place, coming together to bring you this NY anthem. Why not at a time like this? With Hurricane Sandy causing a lot of damage and forcing some families into homelessness for example. ‘We …

Ty Farris returns with Portland’s own Cassow to deliver 2 menacing verses about living under “Black Clouds” which is metaphor to living in poverty stricken environments. With the blessing of an incredible Trox’s beat, this is sure to be a standout collab for the year. This is the 2nd release (1st release was “Out The Ghetto”) off Ty’s new project …

Little Brother Syndrome, Varyus Waise’s debut project name is inspired by two distinct themes close to his heart. The album is about his ambition to grow as an artist, seeing himself as a “newbie.” He wanted to make sure he gave the listener a real album, unlike many fly by night artist who litter the internet with countless half bake …

In the era of “swag rap” and one-hit-wonders recycling topics of fashion, money and nearly unattainable glamour comes Rickaby, the antithesis of pop culture trendiness. This Midwestern producer, engineer and recording artist has just released a 20-song mixtape entitled “Testing the Water,” a combination of remixes and originals featuring a cast of regional colleagues. “Testing the Waters” combines gritty hip-hop …

Rickaby drops the remix to “Swimming Pools” off his upcoming mixtape “Testing Water” dropping on Nov 26th