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Aurora, Illinois production duo JCA Beats Productions teams together with Chicago underground emcee Big X to deliver a powerful anthem aimed at those individuals that came from struggle and overcame the adversity. Filled with clever sample chops and large instrumentation, the guys provide a warrior like theme for the seasoned lyricist to unleash his aggression over. Cover art was supplied …

Two of St. Louis’ hottest prospects combine forces for “Bruce vs Bane”. Bo Dean plays Bruce, the calmer of the adversaries with his laid back, witty flow. T Dubb O takes on the role of the merciless Bane with his intense rhymes and content. The duo compliments each other to perfection over production from the likes of Crisis, Bentley Hendrixxx, …

Danny Jams and Chicago’s rising star Mick Jenkins link up to prove their profession of word play and lyricism. Danny is a 21 year old rapper from Tucson, Arizona. His upcoming project “2 DOAP” is dropping on January 1st, 2015.

Just in time for the holidays, rap veterans Sivion, Sareem Poems, Kinetik and Sojourn spit some bars over the Imperial produced beat for “12 Bars of Christmas”. Each emcee waxes about their favorite holiday memories as a child centering around Christmas with some slick sample cuts from Nice & Smooth.

Hagerstown, Maryland emcee C-Trox drops his “Perspective” EP which carries features from Marvin Divine, Hi-Rez, Klouds Music & Nate Good with production from Tido Vegas. Investing over 2k and 5+ months of hard work into the production of the album all while attending WVU for an engineering degree, C-Trox hopes you appreciate the music put forth.

Born and raised in North Carolina, Chris Jordan started rapping in the 7th grade but didn’t take it serious then. He was involved in basketball and all his focus was on hoop dreams until his senior year in high school where he quit his school team and ended up rapping the summer after his graduation. From then on he’s posted …

Chicago’s BanksThe Genius drops a video to his single “Promise” which was shot by Chicago filmmaker J Krown and the instrumental was laced by OneTwoKno. The track has received praise for it’s emotionally significant and raw nature. The content of the song and the video embodies a reflective and personal testament to Banks not only as an artist but also …

Another benchmark for hip hop duo Epidemic’s Hex One, “Hologramz” pairs the hungry MC with an old friend, Mic Theory affiliate, and equally voracious producer: 5th Element. With the two not having worked on any new material together since 5th and Epidemic’s debut album “Illin’ Spree” back in 2011, this project aims to recapture the essence that first brought them …

Chicago, Illinois native & Independent Ear Records associate Clifton Derrell is set to release his brand new album “The Day Job” on January 15th. Featuring nineteen tracks (5 of those being skits) and collabs from the likes of Watch City’s Angrous, B.A., Theo Write, North the Emcee and Cire. To sum up “The Day Job” it’s a story driven, semi …

Genre bending breakout recording artist Justin Hibbert [i] unleashes his debut music video for his ode to the classic “Boombox” era of hip hop which features New York representative Troy Ave and underground rap legend & activist Sole of Anticon fame. The single is off of Justin Hibbert [i]’s 2014 project, “Initiation [Prod. i]”. This cinematic video is full of …