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Duck Down Record’s own Tek (of Smiff & Wessun) recruits Hustle Gang member Young Dro and Ghana’s hip-hop star Kwaw Kese on his new track “Way more fresher.” Beat by DJ Pain 1.

Chicago, Illinois’ hardcore hip hop extraordinaire J-Fishcale combines forces with Chicago’s Hellsent to conjure up visuals for the mega dope “Keeper Of Myself”. With musical & lyrical content reminiscent of early nineties hip hop, Middle Eastern samples set the tone for harsh bars from Fishcale to deliver that raw biz. Find the song on JF’s “J-Merk EP”, available to purchase …

Portland, Oregon / Hollywood, California artist Mike Bars recently dropped his highly anticipated, much talked about mixtape titled “16 Bars”, which is hosted by Funk Volume’s DJ Hoppa, as a free download. Consisting of 16 tracks, plus a bonus cut, Bars touches on many aspects of life such as love, personal struggles and relationships. Mike also not only raps his …

After his recent release of the swing hop single “Pin Up ‘Preciation“, Portland, Oregon’s Devin “Gatsby” James is back with his latest single titled “Just Ride”. Once again, Gatsby reaches out to Aurora, Illinois’ JCA Beats Productions to provide the soundscape for the ultimate cruising record from the Northwest to the Midwest. The video contains clips of popular movies involving …

Emcee Focus The Truth deserves some much needed shine within the music world. Stepping away from dumbed down lyrics and repetitious instrumental cycle, his August 2012 mixtape release “D.U.I. (Discourse Under Influence)” made some big noise on the underground scene and garnered a video for one of its standout tracks “As The Horn Blows”. Over a jazz influenced soundscape, Focus’ …

Chi-town stand up! Vic Mensa links up with Chance the Rapper for “Suitcase”. Two of the hottest independent artists in the midwest deliver real-life bars over mellow production. Speaking on failed relationships the Savemoney crew members exhibit great chemistry on the single and leave us wanting more from this duo.

Love knows no bounds. That statement holds true as Talib Kweli finds it half way around the world. Featuring the sounds of Brazil as Kweli enlists Seu Jorge and the entire city of Rio De Janeiro to set the scene for his latest Jean Grae directed video “Favela Love”. You can find the single on his “Prisoners of Conscious” album …

Like many of us who are fans of hip hop, New York rhymer Skyzoo is also a fan of Jay-Z. He links up with Philadelphia composer Antman Wonder for “An Ode to Reasonable Doubt”. The 9 track EP finds Mr. Wonder remaking some of most well known songs from “Reasonable Doubt” with live instrumentation and Skyzoo spitting the lyrics in …

Tech N9ne takes time out to Dissect “Therapy EP” track by track in full detail. Tech shows you how you can be successful at the same time being yourself.

Taylor Gang signee J.R. Donato releases the video for his latest single “Puttin’ On”. Hitting blocks with you boss doesn’t seem like fun. Unless your boss is Wiz Khalifa and there is an over abundance of mary jane. Reppin’ for Waukegan, Illinois J.R. Donato is showing ’em how he’s been “Puttin’ On”.