Exclusives

Maryland artist J. Idara releases his debut mixtape, Theatrical Fire”. Featuring sixteen ear banging tracks, Idara contracts producers such as Primestar, Soul Blade, Inspired Minds, Strong Symphony and a slew of others and scoops up only two features from Lee Sakyi & Makenzie Till, keeping “Theatrical Fire” centered around his musical abilities. A must have for hip hop heads, listeners …

As his reign of Madison’s Hip-Hop ‘Artist of The Year’ comes to an end he decided to offer some advice to other aspiring/up-coming musicians on this weeks episode of #SelloutSunday, which he has learned over my 15+ year long career.

The reformated Three 6 Mafia, NKA Da Mafia s6x, return with their latest mixtape, “Hear Sum Evil”, just in time for Halloween. A 12 track release with features from Fiend, Paul Wall, La Chat, MJG, and more. Keep on the lookout for their new album, “Watch What You Wish”, scheduled for a February 2015 release.

Midwest Hip Hop artist Shady Wayne is out to prove he’s ready for the majors. If is “Love and Stillettos” remake is any indication this young rhymer is already on pace to become a household name. Lacing the story of a relationship destroyed by insecurity Shady displays his ability to make real life music.

Chicago’s own Elementz Emcee is proud to release his full length album, “Open Bar”. The project features production from the likes of DeTayl, Wes P., Nascent, QB, Trumaine Sabachthani, Mister K.A., Trox, Drty Gnus, ILL Brown, D-Que, Trox, Brotha Gif & Family Biz Ent. The album also bolsters guest features from J. Hollins, Renee’ Victoria, Scheme Navarro, Dawreck, G Count, …

Sometimes you just got to spill your thoughts on a beat and that’s exactly what Words does on “My Thoughts”. With a serene piano sample and aggressive delivery this track is sure to make the audience listen closely. Back again with yet another solid record is Chicago emcee Words and for this journey, we’re taken on a journey through the …

Anna Shay is exploding onto the scene thanks in part to songs like “Honey” and her latest video, “Freak”. VxionBeats provides a unique R&B/club instrumental that perfectly fits Anna’s voice. It’s no wonder Capone of CNN fame is going all in on this fast rising star, stay tuned for new music from Shay…

Garnering much buzz after the release of his project, “Purple Earth Vibe Sessions”, Compton, California artist and Houston, Texas native Bennie Dub links with Trel Mack & Petter Jones for the remix to Dub’s “Weatherman” track from off his previously mentioned release. With this newfound attention, Bennie Dub has recruited the SKE Records team out of Philadelphia Trel Mack and …

Big City of Family Biz Ent. releases the first video from his upcoming project, “My Struggle, My Glory” titled “Home Of The Hate”. The song touches on the mentality of people in Chicago who hate to see someone else become successful. If you’re from or are familiar with Chicago and are doing something well, surely you’ve been hated on before …

Northwest London vocalist Basheba is back with another darkly lyrical dance record and hard hitting music video. 2014 has been a big year for Basheba. Having made it to the final ten on MOBO Unsung’s competition (beating over 400 other unsigned artists) and featuring on platforms such as BBC R1, 1xtra, Kiss FM, MTV Base, London Live, AKA, Flava, Record …