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Keeping the spirit of J-Dilla alive was evidently on North Carolina emcee Alex Aff‘s mind when he laid down a freestyle over “Life”. While currently recording his upcoming album, Aff wanted to share something for his fans to enjoy while paying homage to the late & great producer. Here’s “Life” by Alex Aff.

Smokey, Chiefy and Donavon Banks form to make the Portland, Oregon Hip Hop group, cloud9krew. Back in January, the fellas went all out to record their upcoming mixtape, “A Flight on Cloud9“. They rented an RV fully equipped with a tv, video game console and Mortal Kombat. They then added two friends and a cameraman to the mix and set …

Los Angeles emcee Vada debuts his latest promo single, an insane remix to 50 Cent‘s “Irregular Heartbeat”, found on the album “Animal Ambition”. Having already dropped the street singles “Peroxide” and “Twist My Fingaz”, Mr. Aye Aye Aye shows he not only can hold his own next to the G-Unit captain but also puts in a performance that Mr. Matthers …

New Orleans recording artist Alfred Banks pens a record that is compiled into a two-part visual entitled “A Beautiful Song / Bless You”. March 20, 2014 was a day that would change Alfred forever, the say his beloved brother Orlandas committed suicide after battling schizophrenia, which may have been sparked by his time in the Marines. The video will correlate …

Taiyamo Denku links together with New Jersey producer Nick Wiz for the hard hitting, head nodding, “If I Did An Album With Nick Wiz”. Containing ten tracks of brolic beats and precision sharp lyricism, the Milwaukee emcee sets precedence among a land of watered down artists, breathing new life into the dying art form in which we call real Hip …

Gritty Lyf Music’s Nobi debuts his collab effort alongside Ali Vegas and a barbarian verse from the late, great Sean Price. The song, “Operation Hellstorm”. kicks off with audio from Call Of Duty and then the soundtrack sounds of producer Genyside, who offers up a beat that sounds straight out off “300” or “Gladiator”. The single also serves as the …

HERecords CEO and lead producer Moses debuts the lead off video single “Run” from his upcoming album, “Not Quite Vegas”, dropping on March 14th. Appearing as an instrumental project at first glance, listeners are in for a treat upon finding out that this is a concept based album and not so much a mere beat tape. Enter “Run”, the WhyBoxWhy …

SKE Records own Trel Mack presents his fourth studio project, a nine track album entitled “Night Before The Dawn”. The project has guest features from Mel Alston Jr. along with label mates Shawn Archer, Petter Jones and Q The Question. From the production standpoint, we’re treated to beats from the likes of Canis Major, Yung Exclusive, Lexi Banks and a …

South Florida’s J-Giles Son is hot on a campaign trail for his seventh studio album, “Kill To Protect”. He just recently released back to back singles to help promote it’s release. One of those singles was titled “Willing To Kill” and the second is today’s presentation, the ultra soulful “Trust Issues”. With a guest feature from Swift, the two emcees …

Always one to present listeners with well constructed releases filled with real life lyricism, South Florida artist J-Giles Son debuts a brand new single from his seventh studio album, “Kill To Protect”. On “Willing To Kill”, Giles is joined by Kayla Starks and FLO for an emotionally driven record filled with an array of delivery styles and a powerful chorus …