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Actor/emcee Page Kennedy swaps machismo for introspection on the title track of his forthcoming debut album, “Torn Pages”. Pairing up with Marsha Ambrosius, Kennedy faces his demons head on, exposing his broken relationship history and life-long sex addiction. “Torn Pages” the album releases nationwide through Empire Distribution on March 10th and includes appearances from a healthy roster of lyrical emcees …

“God’s Got A Gun” is the latest visual offering from Pennsylvanian-based artist, Izzy Strange. The song features the vocal workings of Mike Incite and is once again produced by Casa Nada, who produced the previously released “Real Love” single. Though the song title and fragments of the lyrical content may offend some listeners initially, once the song plays out one …

It’s always wonderful seeing artists from within the same area supporting each other, that goes ten fold for established artists. This is exactly what seasoned Detroit lyricist Royce Da 5’9 did with his new freestyle track, “Let’s Take Them To War”. With the arrival of Big Sean’s “I Decided” on February 3rd, Royce decides to flip the instrumental to Sean’s …

Apollo Brown and Skyzoo invite fans to nod along to the beat while viewing their Diego Cruz-directed visual for “Nodding Off”. The song is featured on their collaborative effort, “The Easy Truth”. In the video, Cruz captures the essence of the city night choke full of street lights, bodegas and the subway tunnels. To add a cherry on top, the …

  Illinois rappers, the Co Pilots deliver their “217” project. The release features 10 tracks of heat from some of the Midwest’s most consistent rhymers. “217” sports tons of hometown pride over energetic production. With a nearly 2 year wait between projects, the fans have been clamoring to hear new music from the duo that produced the hit single “Marciano”.

After the heated exchange of words with Lil Yachty via Twitter and debuting the controversial “No Offense” video, Page Kennedy follows that same tone on “Testing Me” and contracts the lyrically gifted King Los along with Detroit legends, Royce Da 5’9″ and Denaun Porter. Over some tough drums and an eerie piano melody, the foursome tear down the booth with …

Take a psychedelic Hip Hop journey with Boston emcee Peter James on his six track EP, “The Cycle Tape”. Serving as his first official solo presentation, the Beantown artist blends old school lyricism with a modern-day production back splash courtesy of Butter, Ghost McGrady and Felly. Fellow Lodus Dei member Nicholas Crowe also makes an appearance but for this release, …

The Last Wordbender is gearing up to release his upcoming “Rumble In The Rock” albumin Spring. In doing so, he delivers the lead off single, “Fast Food & No Sleep”. Wordbender once again pairs with fellow Rockford, Illinois producer, DJ BrickRock. We first got a taste of what these two could do on TLW’s debut album, “The B-Side Love Songs”. Following …

Coming off a stellar collaboration with Lil Uzi Vert, the Philadelphia based duo, Moosh & Twist, announce the release of “All Of A Sudden,” on Friday the 13th. A high energy trap anthem, Moosh & Twist state “The message of the song is that at any moment, life can change for the better. How crazy would it be if all …

The following 45 hip hop venues also book acts, and/or their deejays spin records, from other genres. So being exclusive to rap or hip hop was not a prerequisite to make our list. To be one of the best music venues listed here, you needed serious music knowledge, respect, and passion for music… although possessing a bangin’ sound system and …