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Baltimore, Maryland emcee Korleone The Steel Hammer premieres his sixteen track LP entitled “Prometheus”. The name carries back to ancient Greek mythology and for this album, Korleone is set on a similar path, bringing fire back to mankind via audio. With only two guest features from Sullee Justice and C. Diggs, he creates warrior chants for the everyday people, giving …

Philadelphia artist Voss (BET 106 & Park Freestyle Friday Hall of Famer) seeks to feed his unquenchable thirst for success, truth and music on his thirteen track album, “Insatiable”. Voss also contracts a long list of featured guests including Revolution, I Love You, Evan Rotunno, Ron Swerdon, Milton, Jake Palumbo, Mel Alston Jr., Harrowgrove, Azar, Kim Jong, Ill Mason and the …

Brooklyn’s Danté Lennon debuted her highly anticipated project, “Party at a Funeral”, on May 9th and it has been building momentum ever since. That in part is due to the dual release of the “One Thing” visual to accompany the album. The eight tracks are presented very tastefully with an array of production elements. Danté has a voice that really …

Portland trio Cloud9Krew present their latest offering in the form of a seven track EP entitled “A Flight On Cloud9” that features their explosive debut single “Let’s Go Get It” with Young Quicks. The album bolsters seven tracks with production from Bryan Blount, Blackxipher, RETRO1 and DeadBrainz. GYBU has been keeping an eye on the PDX squad since the release …

New York artist Eff Yoo combines forces with Chicago producer Rediculus for “The Eff Word”, the Queens emcee’s sophomore solo endeavor. Similar to Eff’s debut project, “Papa Dios”, the eleven tracks are constructed into one complete unit with those songs creating a movie like setting thanks to the production details of Rediculus. The beat selections are full of Jazz and Blues …

“Kali Ma: The Heart Eater” is CyphaDenMusic artist’s Maximus Da Mantis‘ debut label release featuring a plethora of influences deriving from Kung-Fu movies, Wu-Tang albums and immensely detailed lyricism as exercised by the Milwaukee emcee. Nineteen songs with features from fellow labelmates Taiyamo Denku, D-Cypha and Urban Legend as well as Thirstin Howl III, Shogun Assason and Menes The Pharoah. …

Seven Oddities Records presents the next installment in their Out For Blood mixtape series with the eleven track hardcore sounds of “Out For Blood Vol. 3 (Chapter 2)”. This particular release showcases the alpha male approach the crew exemplifies when it comes to demolishing emcees and anything that looks at them the wrong way. Again, the album is produced solely …

Wisconsin rapper Scumbag Kea aims to represent his hometown of Oshkosh while providing some very solid party anthems with his debut album, “In Line”. The projects is made up of twelve tracks, with two of those records being comprised of interludes. Featuring production from Bob Frank, Seco Scott Elite, Alegal and Scumbag himself, the instrumental selections are club infused and …