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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, …

ABG/Money Ave. affiliate Kid Maleek refuses to let his beef with Chicago rapper King Lil Jay die down. Back with another scathing diss and video to accompany, Maleek is making noise. “Fuck Yo Clout” is basically part 2 to his original diss “500”. Maleek wastes little time getting to it in his Glass Imagery directed video.

Bo Dean and T Dubb O team up with Crisis for “The Roc Back”. Taking our ears back a few years to when Jay Z and the Rocafella movement were dropping powerful song after powerful song. Crisis mans the boards as well as spitting an ill verse and Bo and Dubb do exactly what they were supposed to do. They …

When you think of cities that are called to nurture emerging talent the top ones that usually come to mind are New York, Atlanta and Houston. Outside of Kayne West, Chance The Rapper, Big Sean and now Stalley, the Midwest is often left out of these honorable mentions. Ohio being the lowest on the totem pole. Enter Buggs Tha Rocka. …

It’s finally here. After much anticipation and a promotional roll out from HISO Music, Shady Wayne’s “American Sugar Kid” mixtape has found it’s way online. With a sound reserved for industry vets, Shady easily navigates life’s everyday truths with a blue collar approach. Taking pride in all 14 tracks and with standouts like “Grown Man” and “Love and Stillettos” anchoring the …

Smook Deville bills himself as Chicago’s resident nerd emcee. With his cross continental collaboration “Making Future Plans” featuring singer Sydney Selewa gaining traction Smook can only go up from here. Australia’s VictoriousVIC handles the production on “Making Future Plans” and if this is any indication those plans look awfully bright.

Chicago emcee and Cooshit affiliate Dooblavey recently dropped his latest mixtape. “All Me” features 10 tracks and only 2 guest appearances. While the project has an underground feel with production from Doob himself as well as label mate, D.B. Cooper, randomblackdude, and Larry Fisherman it’s the beat jacks that make the project. Choosing to jump on beats from Pharrell Williams, …

Northern and southern Illinois came together to form the Dirty Rich Boyz. With representation from Chicago all the way down to Charleston the boys have their state on lock. Keeping the streets hot with their “Black Dxpe” recipe the Dirty Rich Boys are on their way to becoming hip hops next big thing.

With Freeway and The Jacka’s “Highway Robbery” project coming 9/16 the duo links up with Freddie Gibbs and Jynx for the single “Cherry Pie”.  

Ohio native, King Chips has it all figured out. He makes being “Lazy And Lucrative” look amazingly easy in his new video. Check it out.