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When you think of Milwaukee what probably comes to mind is basketball, baseball and cold winters. The last thing you would associate Milwaukee with is Hip Hop right? Well if you ask Vincent VanGREAT, Mike Regal and El Shareef, they would not only tell you but show you that Milwaukee is where it’s at when it comes to Hip Hop. …

Po Politickin is back again with a brand new Artist Spotlight podcast interview with Milwaukee emcee, Taiyamo Denku. A founding father of the Cypha Den Music imprint, Denku has an extensive music catalog and has collabed with many of underground Hip Hop’s elite. Listen in as Po asks Taiyamo about his name origin, vocal presence and what’s in store for …

What started out as a trip out East to shoot a video for “Levitate” lead to Cypha Den Music’s Taiyamo Denku meeting with Bankai Fam‘s, Skanks. Both sides would ultimately landed onto a track together which would later be titled “Indifferent”. The grimy production comes from CDM’s own, Dcypha. The release falls along the lines of last year’s “Gutter Noise”, …

Dee Phr3sh brings together a number of Milwaukee artists to take part in his nine track EP effort, “Trap Card”. Straight out the gate, Dee gets an intense cinema-like soundbed on “Tundra”, perfect to slither over with his infinite rhyme schemes. Full of high quality production with equally matched wordplay, “Trap Card” is worthy of a few spins. Listen to …

Milwaukee resident CT decides to close the laptop and take his talents behind the mic for the nine track album, “Not Bad for a Blogger”. With Deshun Jetson leading the production angle, he is also joined by LeanBeatz, Mike-A-Knight Beats, WVESOUNZ, Beatman Shawty and Citobeats. NBFAB has a very fresh sound surrounding it, showcasing the Wisconsin rapper’s song crafting abilities. …

Milwaukee rising rapper Dee Phresh is feeling more “Alive” then ever with the news of his “Trap Card” EP on it’s way soon. A few days ago, Dee debuted the Bizness Boi-produced single in celebration of his born day. Full of trippy production and vocal layers, He is a local artist to watch in 2017, listen to “Alive” below.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s Cleo Fox presents the SPRME-produced, “Too Much”. The song serves as a loose single while he preps his forthcoming “PressPlay” project, produced entirely by OG Abi.

Oshkosh, Wisconsin artist Keag presents “YDKU (You Don’t Know Us)”, produced by fellow Wisco native, Kyle 2.0. The budding artist has graced our pages before over the past couple of years and songs like this is what landed him here in the first place. In 2017, he’ll have a full length album as well as a project with Kyle 2.0. …

Back on August 8th of 2015, Hip Hop lost one of it’s most noted lyrical soldiers when news broke that Sean Price had passed away. To add to the sorrow, it seems as though the Hip Hop genre is losing it’s way from the path it ought to journey down. Thankfully, we have artists such as Milwaukee’s Taiyamo Denku who …

In anticipation of his upcoming EP arriving on December 20th, Madison emcee Kid Vibe leaks out an A. Wash visual alongside Red and King Tazer urging viewers to kick back, subtract the drama and “Relax”. An obvious smoker anthem, Kid and company offer up reefer infused lyricism with a splash of braggadocios swag. The Midwest connection is really felt by …