Rashad & Confidence
"The City (Instrumental)"
Taken from the instrumental album version of "The Element of Surprise", out now on limited CD/LP and digitally.

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Rashad & Confidence "The City" lyrics:
http://rapgenius.com/Rashad-and-confidence-the-city-lyrics

"The City" vocal version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssH_MCHWjmI

Ill Adrenaline Records is proud to announce the long awaited instrumental version of "The Element of Surprise" by Rashad & Confidence! The debut album by the back then totally unknown MC/producer duo was already released in November 2011... In the meantime Ill Adrenaline Records dropped underground smash albums and singles by Beneficence, Purpose & Confidence, Tragic Allies & Tragedy Khadafi, Da Beatminerz, Neek The Exotic, The Legion and The Purist & Roc Marciano. And, in the meantime "The Element of Surprise" by Rashad & Confidence became an internationally critically acclaimed album, considered as an instant classic by hip-hop heads worldwide. Push the play button and listen closely to the deep and soulful, but still hard hitting boom-bap beats of "The Element of Surprise", and get taken back to a time when hip-hop only produced classic albums.

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You Know the Rules (feat. Rashad & DJ Rob Swift) - Single

Rashad & Confidence "The City" (Instrumental)

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of 93 'Til Infinity, Souls of Mischief graciously opened their vaults to give Gummy Soul the exclusive acapellas of their classic album, to remix for the first time ever. 

As the framework of the project, Gummy Soul’s Wally Clark, dug through his extensive record collection, and gathered all of the songs that were sampled to make hip-hop in 1993. Jazz, Funk and Soul songs, used to create classics from Digable Planets, Snoop Dogg and Black Moon, were then re-contextualized to provide familiar, yet updated versions of some of hip-hop’s most beloved material. 

"I wanted to take all of the records that people used back then, and create new compositions using the same techniques they were using – such as filtered bass lines, classic drum breaks, echo-y horns – to make an album that sounds like it could have been released in 1993," says Clark. "It was an amazing exercise trying to capture the essence of a sacred time in hip-hop. It also allowed me to playfully use samples that are normally deemed off-limits, because they are too well known." 

Be on the look out for Soul's of Mischief's new album "There Is Only Now," produced by Adrian Younge, as well as the 93 'Til documentary, featuring Questlove, Mos Def, 9th Wonder, Pete Rock and more. 

Check out the video here: 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0Zv4rPBgo0&feature=youtu.be

Gummy Soul - 93 Still - 13 Tell Me Who Profits

Yak Ballz - The Plague

Jizzm- Based On Principle (Feat. Evidence)

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Taken from #WantForNothing in stores 11/11/14

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Get Out!

Kev Brown presents Hassaan Mackey
"Dope"
Produced by Kev Brown
Project management: Ill Adrenaline Records & Iveriani T. Lawrence

Video:
http://youtu.be/67JuDzwLlUs

From the long awaited "That Grit" EP/mini-album, available worldwide (CD/LP/cassette/digital) November 4 on Ill Adrenaline Records / Low Budget Records.

Order "Dope" on iTunes:
http://bit.ly/KevBrownAndHassaanMackey

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(Please note: if you pre-order the album, you'll immediately get "Dope" and "Dope (Instrumental)" as instant gratification tracks, then the rest of the songs on the release day)

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About Kev Brown & Hassaan Mackey and "That Grit":

Following the critically acclaimed "Pillars" EP with MindsOne, Kev Brown teams up again with Ill Adrenaline Records, this time collaborating with fellow Low Budget Crew member Hassaan Mackey to bless listeners with "That Grit".

Both the Washington D.C. based producer-on-the-mic and the Rochester, NY emcee are longtime members of the prolific artist collective and have previously worked together various times, but this mini-album marks the first time the two embark on a full project. Most boom-bap enthusiasts should already be well acquainted with both Kev Brown and Hassaan Mackey: double threat Kev Brown already showcased his skills on microphones as well as production boards on countless releases and has been dubbed "king of basslines" by fans worldwide. In addition to his solo recordings Kev's credits include beats for heavyweights like Busta Rhymes, Biz Markie, De La Soul, Jazzy Jeff, and Marley Marl just to name a few, as well as handling entire album production for LMNO, Kaimbr, and Raw Poetic. Hassaan Mackey released a string of albums, including a full-length LP with Apollo Brown, and appearances on releases by Oddissee, Kaimbr, The Left and L'Orange.

Recorded during a series of impromptu bus and train trips Hassaan took from Rochester to visit Kev in Washington, "That Grit" was created with a spontaneous approach, reflecting both Mackey's freestyle background and Brown's proven "random joints" formula. Entirely produced by Kev Brown and featuring his signature bassline-driven and raw but soulful sound, "That Grit" consists of an intro, eight full-length tracks and six instrumentals. Hassaan and Kev share mic duties on most of the songs, inviting close friends/frequent collaborators Kaimbr, Toine, yU, Kenn Starr, Eye-Q, Asheru (of Unspoken Heard) as well as the Younger Soul Brother Grap Luva along as feature guests, turning the record into a true family affair.

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Dope (feat. Kaimbr) - Single

Buy on iTunes

Kev Brown & Hassaan Mackey feat. Kaimbr "Dope"

“Satin Black” is the first single off of the third Converse CONS compilation, CONS EP Vol. 3, with three more tracks being released throughout Spring 2015. The song was written by Hanni El Khatib and Freddie Gibbs, with Khatib handling production as well. 

Produced by: Hanni El Khatib
Music by: Hanni El Khatib
Lyrics by: Hanni El Khatib and Freddie Gibbs
Vocals by: Hanni El Khatib and Freddie Gibbs

Hanni El Khatib x Freddie Gibbs – “Satin Black”

"Real Bullets" From The Album "El Gwapo"
Available Now For Free Download (Link Below)

https://donproducci.bandcamp.com/album/el-gwapo-deluxe-edition

"Real Bullets" - Miknetik Feat. Man-U-iLL (Prod. Don Producci)

#NTFT

Prod. NBHDN8

VIOLENCEISNECESSARY 

Verse:

They tried tell the people the music was the problem 

If you black there ain’t no potluck 

Either rap play ball move product 

Popo running 'round 

Bussin shots with lots of violence 

Violate my niggas hands in any crevice they can find

And then confine em 

Confidential snitches they confide in
 
We don’t trust you

If we ain’t ever seen you on this side here

That’s sign of the fucking times changing right around us 

Just yesterday 

I remember Ducking from the sirens

Heavy breathing in the silence 

It’s a dog eat dog world

Where surviving is a prize

Eyes wide or siyonara 

Nigga

The fucking hood dry as the Sahara nigga 

Desert 

You turn dessert if you sweet 

Make a non believer turn to a believer in a blink 

It’s all bad you ever see karma on repeat 

Doubt it

That’s what happens when your Jesus Was the streets

You can’t repent 

Then run and do the same thing every week 

I need holly water 

I need holy water 

For the drink 

Yeah 

you sip Molly water and your body prolly stink 

Man 

You running in place 

I’m running this place 

They said to tread lightly for them mills

I wanted a taste

They ate in my face 

You know what it’s like fight for a meal 

No help and having to deal with vices in the field 

Life and its devices act like vice grips 

On my heel 

You really never struggled in your life let’s keep it real 

Never had to worry bout no lights or pay a bill

You type to live off of your friends and family still 

Still borrowing clothes 

No vision no goals 

Still fake in real life 

But playing internet roles 

I ain’t into that shit 

That’ll get you smacked quick 

I was never taught to turn the other cheek

But what the fuck I look like getting into beef 

Wit those who ain’t even in my level to say the least 

told me take it with a grain 

I got enough to build a beach

How people out here bugging when 

You know the word cold

And even colder for this color skin

Everybody I know know a somebody that struggling 

We all know a friend with a single mother that’s hustling 

Tryna get them bills paid 

Double shifts but make enough time to get them meals made 

Homework done on time 

With time and half 

Time is of the essence 

With blessings coming in bags 

Tryna get from rags to riches. 

These riches ain’t coming fast enough 

All this negativity you bringing bringing me down weighing me 

this isn’t adding up 

People out here working hard 

You just out working my last nerve 

My nigga your irkin us

Went to Stephon from urkle

It’s full circle it’s worth it all 

tell me Who passin us 

No past only present 

That’s a gift you can’t forget it or pass it up

VIOLENCEISNECESSARY PROD. NBHDN8

"Kiss the Cook" is the first single from Blockhead's upcoming LP, Free Sweatpants out January 18th on Backwoodz Studioz. Free Sweatpants also features  Open Mike Eagle, Armand Hammer (ELUCID & billy woods), Homeboy Sandman, Breezly Brewin, TREE, Vic Spencer, Hemlock Ernst, and MarQ Spekt, amongst others. /////

There are two Blockheads.

There is the Blockhead that has been a fixture of the electronic music scene for more than since his 2004 Ninja Tune debut Music By Cavelight; putting out a string of critically acclaimed albums and touring with everyone from Diplo to Amon Tobin and Kid Koala.

Then there is the rap producer Blockhead, whose collaborations with Aesop Rock-Labor Days, None Shall Pass- are part of indie hip-hop canon. The veteran who collaborated with luminaries like Cage, Illogic and Blueprint but also made memorable records with then little-known artists like Despot and billy woods early in their careers.

Free Sweatpants is the first time the two Blockhead’s connect, in what is really the most appropriate form. A mixtape-esque album that pairs his narrative-driven solo aesthetic with a team of rappers that thrive in Blockhead's layered, melodic sound. Aesop Rock, Tree, Breezly Brewin, Open Mike Eagle, Homeboy Sandman, Armand Hammer, Vic Spencer, Hemlock Ernst, MarQ Spekt, and billy woods round out the guest list.

"It's really something I have been wanting to do since way back in 2002 but then other things picked up and I just never got around to it" Blockhead explains, "but I felt like this was a good time for it. These are artists I actively listen to, so it was exciting to make just based on that".

Free Sweatpants

Blockhead - Kiss The Cook Ft. Aesop Rock

VIDEO📽🌬 https://youtu.be/pyE-1_siIlA

Queens rapper Bobby J From Rockaway hilariously skewers fame-chasers and social-media wannabes with this clever new single, “Let Me Breathe,” produced by the legendary Kwame.

Check out the Llama-directed visuals which takes every modern-day cornball to task with great editing and direction. Of course, some of that direction is guided by Bobby’s own lyrics, which include rewind-worthy lines like, “It’s obvious the weed has probably got you faded/ Heavily intoxicated, brain discombobulated.” This is translated perfectly to the video that stars Bobby as himself, a hard-working artist who clowns a face-tatted, gun-toting phony and an Instagram tryhard.

Head over to your preferred digital retailer to support the single which is out now, via Kwame’s Make Noise imprint☛ http://smarturl.it/letmebreathe

Twitter:
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Let Me Breathe

Let Me Breathe (Prod. by Kwame)

Producer from Queens NY
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"Real Bullets" - Miknetik Feat. Man-U-iLL (Prod. Don Producci)

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