Mar 9, 2020 If I was at court, I'd listen to this song and tell the judge he's guilty. The music makes me do it.
Mar 10, 2020 Day 23 What if Slim Charles from the Wire was a rapper? ShooterGang Kony has had a meteoric rise leading up to his latest album Red Paint Reverend that dropped a few weeks ago. The whole album is great, in a vein similar to what you might expect from Mozzy, but this song is the immediate standout.
Mar 11, 2020 Day 24 Doughboy Roc, member of the infamous Detroit Doughboyz Cashout collective was shot and killed in 2017. The group's best-known member - Payroll Giovanni has put out a stream of consistently excellent music since, but the group as a whole hasn't. This one's off one of their last projects - 2014's We Run the City, Vol. 4 - the final in a series that saw them starting off in 2008 as an unknown act but has since laid the foundations for the new wave of Detroit rap thats exploded in recent years - from Sada Baby to Tee Grizzley to Teejayx6, you can still hear the sounds of DBC echoing in Motown's streets.
Mar 12, 2020 Day 25 ATL native/Cleveland repping, and Freebandz signee Doe Boy has been dropping music since 2012 but Decembers' Streetz Need Me 2 has pushed him into the spotlight. A breath of fresh air in a scene swamped with Thug/Future clones, Doe Boy takes a lot of inspiration from 80s/90's LA (according to a recent interview, Future called him up and told him "You gotta make the project sound like that old school Eazy E and Ice Cube"). On this standout, which features YG on the album version, and which blew up after it got the Lebron treatment, Doe Boy channels NWA, threatening his opps over that unmistakeable piano loop.
Mar 13, 2020 Day 26 d--- forgot TBT yesterday. Couldn't think of a more fitting throwback. 10 years. And its finally here.
Mar 13, 2020 I've only listened to the new album once and there are some unbelievably good songs on there but it'd be a big push to say any of them are even remotely on the same level as this
Mar 14, 2020 Day 27 Released towards the end of 2015, just before the SoundCloud era exploded, the first collaboration project between Thouxanbanfauni and UnotheActivist is a fascinating glimpse into why Chief Keef is - without question - the most influential artist of the 2010s.The instrumentals, aesthetics, flows, everything down to the adlibs is repurposed and draped in a hazy, drugged-out, lo-fi SoundCloud sheen. Think of these 2 as the bridge between Sosa and Carti, this song as the best case study of that connection.
Mar 15, 2020 I think Carti pretty much took their spot, no room at the top for all 3 of em. They still drop plenty of new music, just goes very under the radar.
Mar 15, 2020 Day 28 I wasn't too impressed with J.I.D's debut The Never Story tape, the dude can rap his a--- off but wasn't doing much to differentiate himself or make his music interesting. DiCaprio 2, released the following year changed my mind entirely, and this song - featuring another emcee who I've recently done a complete 180 on - J. Cole - is more that enough evidence that not only is J.I.D. insanely talented and has a technical mastery few can match, but can make some seriously entertaining music at the same.
Mar 16, 2020 Day 29 One of the few new songs on Drakeo's latest FREEDRAKEO compilation which dropped a few weeks ago, this one featuring fellow Stinc Team member 03 Greedo (who also happens to be behind bars) and the indomitable Maxo Kream. Drakeo's debut album which dropped at the tail end of 2017 is one of the most under-appreciated gems of the last decade and this compilation shows why he's still one of the most exciting voices coming out of the Bay. #FREEDRAKEO
Mar 18, 2020 Plus gives his voice a whole new perspective when he's on the same track as Drakeo imo; they're alike in so many ways but at the same time can sound like polar opposites. Have you listened to any of Drakeo's stuff?
Mar 18, 2020 Day 31 In a double-stacked (side note, I wonder if this will become a trend...) album stuffed full of intergalactic instrumentals from Mars, Lil Durk, DY and KidWon3r hop into the spaceship and provide a brief 2:15 reprieve, bringing Uzi down to earth. Or 6 feet below it. A haunting funeral dirge of an instrumental is the playground for 'no auto' Durk and Uzi to trade cut-throat bars. Oh you scared huh? Oh you p----? Imagining a Lil Uzi the same size as Dave East, I'd say... yeah, i'm pretty d--- scared.
Mar 18, 2020 i've listened to cold devil several times but to be honest I can't quite get into his usual whispering delivery. i love all his greedo collabs though, they do complement each other very well. "let's go" is probably my favorite collab of theirs, incredible track