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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 …

Lyricist Gil Thompson unleashes the Kraken on his eleven track LP, “Gods At War”, which utilizes lyrical content and beats sampling the classic Playstation game franchise, “God of War”. Assuming the role of Kratos via emceeing, GT smashes thru tracks like a modern day Hercules on songs such as the lead off single “I Thought You Knew Better”, the thrilling battle …

Seven Oddities Records premieres their latest effort, an EP produced entirely by Aromotherapy’s ALF entitled “Old Fashioned Hip Hop”. Nine songs of unfiltered, hard hitting lyricism over Boom Bap instrumentals. 7oddz is one of the unpolished gems of indie Hip Hop and OFHH further solidifies them as a top tier crew. Having strong support from Chicago and it’s surrounding regions, …

After a countless amount of singles, an all-star cast of guest features and albums like “RadiOctive”, CyphaDenMusic’s Taiyamo Denku offers something different with “If I Did An Album With Nick Wiz”. On the release, we get a more concentrated lyrical approach from Denku. Typically hearing the Milwaukee emcee over Australian producer Dcypha’s beats, Taiyamo switches gears and creates a ten …

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 …

Seven Oddities Records are the unsung and often unmentioned lyrical powerhouse that’s been hand crafting their own brand of Hip Hop since the dawn of 2000. Since it’s conception, the rhyme house megalith has carved it’s name deeply within the underground Chicago Hip Hop scene and has also became a mainstay at the legendary Sub T Lounge, performing numerously in …