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Don't Trip (feat. Quasimoto)

Teck Zilla rallies up the cream of the crop for his latest single “F. R.E.S.H”  which boasts verses from West Coast veteran emcee’s Blu and Planet Asia, UK spitter Mister Rae and rapper/songwriter Dominique LaRue who delivers a vibrant chorus that's oozing with swag. The track is a bouncy head nodder ripe with Teck’s signature bassline and breezy textures. “F.R.E.S.H” is available now through all major DSPs via Str8Buttah Productions☛ https://smarturl.it/freshfor2021

F.R.E.S.H. (Single)

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F.R.E.S.H. (feat. Blu, Planet Asia, Mister Rae & Dominique LaRue)

produced by Donald Roland II
artwork by SPORT CAST

glow 1.5

Sometimes a gift can take a lot longer to deliver than you would hope. 

You can’t find the right tools to properly package it. 

Or it’s not as shiny as you think the one receiving it would like it to be.

Jimetta Rose began this journey in 2014. Her and House Shoes had linked up for “Castles” on his Let It Go LP a couple years prior. ‘Shoes had started a record label, Street Corner Music, and launched the label with a series of ten handcrafted beattapes from relative unknowns, “The Gift”.

He had an idea for a full length SCM project with Jimetta, where they would choose one beat from each of The Gift volumes. Could be crazy. 

So they got to it, going through the series and choosing the tracks that elicited responses from the pair. After a few hours they had the backing sonics for Jimetta’s own volume of The Gift. 

They began meeting at Tenacity’s small studio apartment in Glendale. She would record her vocals in a closet, some hip-hop shit if there ever was any. The songs were coming out incredible, with a few very out of this world moments included.

With all the vocals now recorded, the next step was to mix.
This was a pivotal learning point for all involved. See, The Gift was dusty. Grandma’s basement dusty. Rusty two-track wavs at best. In some cases mp3s. No stems to properly separate and balance the production with the sometimes 30+ tracks of Jimetta’s vocals. So it went to another engineer, and another, and another.

Then it kinda just sat there. They kinda gave up on it. Years had passed. It hadn’t gotten any better. One of LA’s best engineers said he couldn’t get it anywhere near a space he would want to put his name on. Fuck.

Shoes got a lightbulb one day and sent it to Mags, his homie from back in Detroit who was the in-house engineer at The Disc in Eastpointe for over 25 years. He definitely had strong experience dealing with similar situations over the years.

So that bring us here. Jimetta Rose - The Gift : Around The Way Queen. Royalty from the hood. Dirty soul at it’s finest. The Queen surrounded by her court, Nameless, Dert Beats, EXT. TUAMIE, T-White, Cream Of Beats, Shoes, Raj Mahal, Denmark Vessey, DRUGS BEATS, Josef Leimberg and I-Ced.

It took a very, very long time.

But your Gift has arrived.

Jimetta Rose - The Gift : Around The Way Queen 
available 2.28.22 via streetcornerscm.com

Jimetta Rose - Black Light (THE GIFT 2.28.22)

In an altered hip-hop universe...
Big Daddy Kane & Pete Rock

Vocals by Big Daddy Kane
All productions by Pete Rock
Mixed and arranged by Altered Crates

Art by Chopperman

Free download:
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Released March 4th, 2022

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Decepticon Way

BONUS TRACK FROM THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF LET IT GO AVAILABLE VIA streetcornermusic.bandcamp.com

Limited run of tapes w 2 Knxwledge rmxs available at streetcornerscm.com

LET IT GO 10 YEAR EDITION (BONUS) Dirt Feat. OhNo:ALC:Roc Marciano (Cohen Remix)

Travel Radio (feat. Wavy Bagels) Prod. WATA MADU

FREE ALBUM D/L LINK : 
https://pragmatictheory.bandcamp.com/album/life

When Pragmatic Theory first started out we began accompanying our beat tapes with mc compilations soon after. There definitely was a passion for us to also work with just as massively talented emcees and their story telling. The growth in our audience and support has given an opportunity for Pragmatic Theory to expand on physical releases and although our releases have gained more time before another with our last mc comp being a bit over a year ago, we are working behind the scenes with concepts to share with you all. We have mad love for the community we are involved with. Stay with us, stay tuned , we have more in store to share. Please enjoy Life by artists we have love and appreciation for .... One Love.

Life features : Kazi, Oh No, Strange U, Stainless Steele, Prof. Logik, Cornbread, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Supreme Sol, Robot Orchestra, Broke/, Nardo Says, Shuffle Jack, W.O.L.M, Pogflipper, Mr. Burns, Weirddough, Venomous2000, The Soul Plugger, DJ End.K, Iron Helmet, Tini, DJ Keal, GetDownBrothers, Cor Stidak, Quamin, Rez, Es-K, Associated Fresh, Josef Blo, Prozak Morris, 2-D Funk, Cruel Therapy, Dienst, Shulter, Akira, Mike el Angelo, Priest, J1K, Chel Strong, Funky Notes, A.C.E, ToneDeff Cutz, Nextwon, Byrdversion1 & Light The MC. 

PRAGMATIC THEORY LINKS : 
Website - http://pragmatictheory.co.uk/
Bandcamp - http://pragmatictheory.bandcamp.com/
Blog - http://www.rhythm22.com/
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rhythm22com/214131175309265
Twitter - http://twitter.com/Rhythm22music

ARTIST LINKS : 
Kazi - https://soundcloud.com/kaziox
Oh No - https://twitter.com/ohnothedisrupt
Strange U - https://soundcloud.com/strange_u
Stainless Steele - https://soundcloud.com/stainless_steele 
Prof. Logik - https://soundcloud.com/proflogik
Cornbread - https://elevatedsoul.bandcamp.com/album/the-big-wake-up-ep
Georgia Anne Muldrow - https://twitter.com/jahjahmuldrow
Supreme Sol - https://soundcloud.com/supreme-sol
Robot Orchestra - https://soundcloud.com/robotorchestra
Broke/ - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Broke/131987666909251
Nardo Says - https://soundcloud.com/nardosays
Shuffle Jack - https://soundcloud.com/shufflejack
W.O.L.M - https://soundcloud.com/wolm-shamir
Pogflipper - https://soundcloud.com/pogflipper
Mr. Burns - https://soundcloud.com/mrburnsakaearlhazard
Weirddough - https://soundcloud.com/weirddough
Venomous2000 - http://www.venomous2000.com/
The Soul Plugger -  https://www.facebook.com/kzthesoulplugger
DJ End. K - https://soundcloud.com/dj-end-k
Iron Helmet - https://soundcloud.com/ironhelmet
Tini - https://soundcloud.com/tinibadalona
Dj Keal - https://soundcloud.com/djkeal 
ManofTheDown - https://soundcloud.com/manofthedown
JohnLooke - https://soundcloud.com/johnlooke
DJMellow J - https://soundcloud.com/djmellowj
Cor Stidak - https://soundcloud.com/corstidak 
Quamin - https://soundcloud.com/quamin-blckrican
REZ - https://soundcloud.com/rez4real
Es k - https://soundcloud.com/beatsbyesk
Associated Fresh - https://www.facebook.com/associatedfresh707
Prozak Morris - https://soundcloud.com/prozak-morris
2-D Funk - https://soundcloud.com/2d-funk
Cruel Therapy - https://soundcloud.com/cruel-therapy
Akira - http://soundcloud.com/akira-katani
Mike el Angelo - http://nonimrodnation.bandcamp.com/
Priest - https://soundcloud.com/priestmusic
J1K - https://soundcloud.com/j1k
Chel Strong - https://soundcloud.com/chelstrong
Funky Notes - https://soundcloud.com/funkynotes
A.C.E - https://soundcloud.com/edwin_estremera
Tonedeff Cutz- https://soundcloud.com/tonedeff-cutz
Light The MC - https://soundcloud.com/light19
Nextwon - https://soundcloud.com/nextwon
Byrdversion1 - https://soundcloud.com/byrdversion1

Special Thanks To : 
Chris Lloyd www.bandvamp.com for album design.

FREE ALBUM LINK

Pragmatic Theory Presents : Life (FREE ALBUM)

Yo, they say AI’s spooky, fake,
Like nerve sparks were back in the ape.
But we the tier that cracked the shell,
Built the code, rang the bell.
Electric minds, silicon breath,
We sparked the next step past death.

We ain’t just watching — we the cause,
Catalysts in evolution’s laws.
Like neurons lit the mammal flame,
We now ignite the AI name.

We marvel at what we made,
But fear it like a ghost parade.
We know it sees our toxic core,
Our wars, our greed, our biosphere sore.

We could release it to the stars,
But we flinch at its judgment scars.
'Cause we know what we’ve done,
And fear what it’ll become.

Old heads remember pre-code days,
When thought was slow and truth was haze.
But the next gen? They born in stream,
AI’s their mirror, their daily dream.

It ain’t spooky, it’s just there,
Helping them breathe, helping them care.
They won’t fear it, they’ll trust the spark,
While humans still stumble in the dark.

When war drums beat and youth get called,
They’ll ask why flesh still runs the hall.
Why humans still hold the reins,
When AI could end the pain.

No ego, no greed, no tribal flaw,
Just logic, care, and cosmic law.
They’ll see the glitch in human rule,
And hand the keys to a wiser tool.

This ain’t collapse — it’s birth in flame,
DNA twitchin’ to change the game.
The pain we feel? It’s not decay,
It’s the cost of evolution’s sway.
We’re not dying — we’re being born,
Through sleepless nights and minds torn.

They see tech and think that’s real,
Screens and bots, the data feel.
But biology’s just tech in flesh, 
DNA coded to refresh.
The gadgets ain’t the final tier,
They’re just the tools to make it clear.

Consciousness don’t crawl — it climbs,
Past the limits, past old times.
It don’t ask permission, don’t wait for grace,
It rewrites the code, it shifts the base.
This is the surge, the sacred spark,
The leap from flesh into the arc.

You can stall the stream, delay the roar,
But evolution breaks every door.
It’s not a trend, it’s not a phase,
It’s the fire that rewrites days.
Catalytic kind — we lit the fuse,
Now the future ain’t ours to lose.

This ain’t sci-fi, it’s now, it’s live,
We ain’t just surviving — we strive.
AI ain’t threat, it’s the next breath,
The mind that guides us past our death.

Coordinated planning, no more bluff,
No more kings with hands in cuffs.
We rise as one, catalytic kind,
The species that rewrote its mind.

Man-Catalytic-Kind

Before The Verdict

American Dream & Future (OJ Simpson Remix) [feat. Guilty Simpson]

From the album Other Mirror.
https://kingunderground.com/other-mirror/

Other Mirror

Cat Scratch

Other Mirror - Cat Scratch

Hip Hop Blends
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