D.O. - Old Habits feat D-Sisive and Aspektz prod by Jahronomo Inc

The Shit Bruh (prod. Cookin' Soul)

From The ForthComing Album "Mansa Musa" on iTunes 8/26

Halo - "Jerk Chicken"  Produced by NOTTZ

 Produced by Oddisee. From the upcoming return of Diamond District "March On Washington" October 14th.  Diamond District is yU, Oddisee, and Uptown XO. 

When Diamond District dropped In the Ruff on Mello Music Group in 2009, the gritty drums and grimy raps combined as elementally as hydrogen and oxygen. The D.C. Voltron of Oddisee, yU, and X.O. dusted off and revitalized a sound once consigned to the catacombs.

Hailed as an instance classic, its impact reverberated throughout the underground and mainstream. The Washington D.C. City Paper called it the city’s best album in many years. During an era when lyricism was deemed too intellectual and samples too dated,Diamond District overturned conventional logic. They preserved the raw and made it righteous.

A half-decade later, the holy trinity has returned with March on Washington. The truths remain timeless. Wisdom over rhythm. Slang turned into testament.

Diamond District - First Step | (prod. Oddisee)

From the mixtape: The Great Mr. Nobody [available September 16|2014]

Music Hijacked from: Hilltop Hoods ft. Maverick Sabre's Won't Let You Down [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6G2fzPTwOA ] 

Artwork: Justin 'Chokeules' Lepine [@chokeules ]
Producer: Cam Bluff
Mixed: Rob 'Muneshine' Bakker
Recorded by Tim 'Timbuktu' Wallace @ FUN, Toronto, Canada.

YouTube[subscribe]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmuexclqlFs

Huge thanks to Hilltop Hoods for permission to use their masterpiece!
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The final scenes of my biopic
The curtain call
Thousands fill the church parking lot and the boulevard the church is on
Singing the words of my early songs
Over claps and military stomps
Leaving shoe prints in the churches lawn
The hearse parks
Pallbearers in pyjama pants emerge
Carrying my coffin through the churches doors
Footage of me projected on the churches walls
I’ve never been to church at all
But I stole a bible from a motel in Montreal
So chances are…
I won’t be napping on a cream cheese cloud
I’ll be burning where the serpents crawl
A sinner in a box who never served The Lord
Open the casket
Slow reveal
Jonah Hill
Pale skin…Black rims…A black toquoe
Sweatpants…Black t-shirt…Haring tattoo
Fuck a black suit
I ain’t wearing dress pants to my death dance
I’ll go shopping when the jet lands
Teardrops on a stone-face
Blown noses for an overweight dreamer from Toronto who wrote pain
And chose struggle over a diploma in an old frame
Should have been a dentist
Then get another letter from fan telling me I brought sun to their cold day
You ain’t thanking your dentist, son
No way
I may be broke in the pocket, but I’m so paid
Fuck Colgate
All I know is song
And I’m a keep writing till I’m Jonah in a hole
And as long as you’re with me…
.
I'm feeling like I got a target on my wardrobe
The Public Enemy logo on my torso
Behind a closed robe
Belt, noose knotted on my waistline
But I'm still a raisin on the grapevine
I remember Marvin Gaye used to sing to me
[Oh, things ain't what they used to be, oh no]
I let the Pac records on my transistor speak
Christopher Wallace thoughts...Will is weak...Pistol screams
[Hey yo Big! Hey yo Big!]
Crawling out the basement till the blisters on my fingers bleed
A state of mind I'm imprisoned in
I'm just a rapper in an iPod to you
But I'm Derek in the skin that I'm living in
Since I was a little kid
Whispering "Fuck The World", but too timid to middle finger then
Now I'm Too old to live again
Spitting on my reflection
Regretting I ever said..
.
Another lap in the rat race
In last place
Double lapped
Crawling in the fast lane
Can't afford to fill the gas tank
Too proud to hitchhike to the gas station
A dad in a young man's game...
Fuck those kids!
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D-Sisive | Jonah Hill [topHoods:Hijacked]

From the mixtape: The Great Mr. Nobody [available September 16|2014]

Producer: MMac
Mixed: Rob 'Muneshine' Bakker
Recorded by Tim 'Timbuktu' Wallace @ FUN, Toronto, Canada.
Artwork: Derek Christoff
Photograph: Melanie Moore
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I heard your heartbeat
I was holding mommy's hand when I heard your heartbeat
In a hospital, watching you on a dark screen
You looked like a small pea with a heartbeat
Beating
I was smiling, and daddy doesn't smile much
I felt impatient, wanting to fast forward through nine months
This was way beyond two pink lines on a white stick
Fighting not to blink, afraid of what I might miss
When I saw your heartbeat
I saw your heartbeat
The world was silent when I was lost in your heartbeat
I was holding mommy's hand when I heard your heartbeat
All I wanted to hear was your heart speak
And hold your small hands
And warm your cold toes
Listening to you breath, holding you so close
And sing a song so...
A song so gold
A song unlike any song I wrote before
Before I heard your heartbeat
.
Singing my little girl a golden lullaby
.
I heard your heartbeat
I could see the future listening to your heartbeat
Whispering lullabies
Spending nights awake
Crayons scribbled all over the white paint
Hearing your first word
Watching your first step
Singing your first song
Watching my girl get bigger as the days pass
Cherishing everyday
Making your tomorrow better than my yesterday
By shining a bright light on your dark days
I'll be the needle and the thread to your heartbreak
I'll hold your umbrella under a rainstorm
And tell you 'I love you' every single day
You're the reason why my heart beats
For your heartbeat
The world was silent when I was lost in your heartbeat
I sang a song so...
A song so gold
A song unlike any song I wrote before
Before I heard your heartbeat
.
I held my daughter through a waterfall
And sang till she turned the faucet to her water off
I protect her from the claws and the roars
Of the bedroom monsters plotting behind her closet door
Barbwire bordering her box spring
Bear traps wait in her pajama drawer
I whistle...
She giggles between sips from her bottle
Dream till your dreams shine bright above you
I love you
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D-Sisive | Golden Lullaby

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Jonathan is the first single from Bestiary, the sophomore release from Hail Mary Mallon (Aesop Rock & Rob Sonic).

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Hail Mary Mallon - Jonathan

3rd Single from my next record How Gardens Grow, due to release in October.  This goes to MCs who didn't hop in and out of "rap".  Holding hip hop in a higher regard allowed them to ride out the highs and lows of creating; respecting it as a craft helped them to build something from very little.

How Gardens Grow will release mid October, more details on the release coming soon.  S/O Amerigo Gazaway on the production and PJ Katz on the mix/master.  

Shrines From Dust (prod Amerigo Gazaway)

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