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February 2018 Hip-Hop

Bars upon Bars.  Lyricism for Days.

Industrial Strength

My favorite playlist

Hard-hitting dope hip-hop gems from March 2018.
This playlist is just an example of how authentic/quality hip-hop thrives on and survives regardless of all the commercial rap radio B.S. y'all been force fed.
Underground is where it's at! From new emcees to veterans in the game, check these artists out and invest in everything they do. Support that authentic hip-hop, spread the word, and tell em Hip-Hop Stacks sent you.
LET'S BUILD!

Gem Stacks Mar 2018

Still love Her

From the forthcoming Gangsta Grillz Mixtape, "She Got Game" hosted by DJ Drama 8.20.13

Rapsody - Kingship (Produced by DJ Premier)

"Call It Home" is the first single taken from The Foreign Exchange's upcoming fourth album, <a href="http://www.theforeignexchangemusic.com/2013/07/the-foreign-exchange---love-in-flying-colors.php" target="_Blank">Love In Flying Colors</a>. The full single bundle is available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon now and includes the single mix and the instrumental version of "Call It Home" as well as non-album B-Side "Pity". Love In Flying Colors drops 9/24/13 on +FE Music 
<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Call-It-Home-Pity-Explicit/dp/B00EOO4RZW/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_t_1_TEV2" target="_blank">Purchase on Amazon</a><br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/call-it-home-pity-single/id691286188?uo=4&at=11l5Um" target="itunes_store">Purchase on iTunes</a>

Buy on iTunes

The Foreign Exchange - Call It Home / Pity

Marco Polo - Astonishing ft. Large Pro, Inspectah Deck, O.C., Tragedy Khadafi & DJ Revolution Ω

Thinking

Kraked Unit - Chinese Puzzle

Dreams ft. Evidence 

Produced by: Alchemist

From the Ep "FASH-ionably Late"

Dreams Feat. Evidence

Flip "Reflections" (CD/LP/cassette/digital)
Featuring: AG (of D.I.T.C.), Elzhi, Phat Kat, Kev Brown, LMNO, Big Tone, Killah Priest, Guilty Simpson, EDO. G, Tragic Allies, King Solomon, 14KT, Jamall Bufford, Now On, Cymarshall Law, Skit Slams, and Pseudo Slang.

Order 'Reflections' on iTunes:
http://bit.ly/FlipReflections

Order 'Reflections' on amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SZQ4E6M/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp

Order "Reflections" on CD, LP, and cassette tape:
Fat Beats: http://www.fatbeats.com/products/flip-reflections-cd
UGHH: http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/store/results.asp?keywords=Flip&searchby=Artist
HHV: http://www.hhv.de/shop/de/katalog/alle/sort:R?term=flip
vinyl-digital: http://www.vinyl-digital.com/index.php?stoken=56344655&force_sid=&lang=0&cl=search&searchparam=flip
vinylism: http://www.vinylism.de/catalogsearch/result/?q=flip+reflections


:: About Flip and 'Reflections' ::

What happens when an Austrian rap producer with a history of more than 20 years in the game, teams up with some of his favorite MC's from the US? First of all, great music. But wait a second, who's that guy? Flip is a veteran producer and rap enthusiast from Linz, Austria who got addicted to hip-hop and its culture in the early 80's when he first heard joints by The Fat Boys and Melle Mel on Austrian radio. A couple years later, heavily being influenced by the sound of Public Enemy, Eric B & Rakim and EPMD, Flip and a bunch of other rap-nerds founded the nationally critically acclaimed group Texta in 1993 and became the originators of the Austrian rap scene. Flip also has been organizing hip-hop shows in his hometown Linz since 1994 and started building connections to the US indie rap circuit since 2000. So as these connections grew, Flip began to record songs with the artists passing through and doing shows. Out of many tracks Flip recorded, he picked the best collabos for his "Reflections" album, with a line-up boasting artists from all corners of the US, like AG (of D.I.T.C.), Killah Priest of the Wu-Tang family, Elzhi, Guilty Simpson, Phat Kat, Edo. G, Kev Brown, LMNO, Tragic Allies and many more.

Flip's signature sound is deeply rooted in the classic boom bap tradition with thick and hard-hitting drums and chopped samples, but also incorporates synth sounds, deep 808 low end and unconventional song layouts that move away from the old two bar loop formula. Flip is also a DJ and record digger, and handled most of the cuts on his album himself. And yes, he is also an MC, just in case you wondered...

After putting out 7 classic albums with his legendary Austrian group Texta since 1993 and a solo album in 2010, plus crafting beats for various German, French, Swiss, US and Jamaican artists, Flip's music finally gets released for a wider audience and rap connoisseurs all around the globe.

As the Akrobatik cut in the outro track proclaims: "Dope beats, rhymes and cuts, so now what!" - this is pure, uncut, and raw rap music that has its foundation in the past but also takes a perspective into the future.

:: Social media ::

Website:
http://www.illadrenalinerecords.com

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/illadrenalinerecords
https://www.facebook.com/umbertoghetto
https://www.facebook.com/Textacrew

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ILLADRENALINE
https://twitter.com/austroflip

Instagram:
http://instagram.com/illadrenalinerecords
http://instagram.com/austroflip

Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/illadrenalinerecords
https://www.youtube.com/user/umbertoghetto

13-Flip-Mysteries (feat. Tragic Allies & Killah Priest)

Ours Samplus - Deep Inside

For all the SOAD lovers.

I'm just the dealer.

System Of A Down - Steal This Album (Full Album)

System of a Down - Hypnotize (Full Album)

Walshy Fire Presents: Be Inspired the lead single from the freestyle ski film soundtrack to the film BE Inspired released in September 2016. The song is a duet between American rapper Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan and Jamaican reggae artist Kabaka Pyramid. The beat is produced by Phillip "Winta" James. It represents the theme of the original soundtrack which will include 10 songs with American rappers in combination with Jamaican artists. Curated by Walshy Fire, Jamaican-American DJ and member of Major Lazer, the songs will be produced over hip-hop beats that accompany the film scenes.

Be Inspired

 iTunes

Be Inspired (ft. Raekwon x Kabaka Pyramid)

In memory of the great J dilla, we're delighted to bring you a beat tape dedicated to the man, his music and the influence he's had on so many to this day.

The beat makers were set the task of taking a sample, once flipped by Jay Dee, and making their own track, adding their own style and energy's in tribute to the man.

Happy Birthday J Dilla.

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We want to say a huge thank you to all of the artists who came together on this project and made it what it is!

You can cop the entire project for free here: mangojuicerecords.bandcamp.com/album/an-…2-jay-dee

Support:
@ntourageephekt
https://twitter.com/NtourageEphekt
https://www.facebook.com/nicolas.machado.7568596

Artwork by:
@l-z-u

Free Download

Ntourage - Yo, Dilla

ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ available now joeybadass.lnk.to/AABA

Watch the official video: https://joeybadass.lnk.to/vTemptation

Co-produced by @dial-1-900 & @kirkknight
Recording & Production Engineering by @nasteeluvzyou

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twitter.com/joeybadass
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TEMPTATION

My Uzi (feat. Big K.R.I.T.)

The Dynasty: Win La Familia ft. Hus Kingpin & Al Divino

Single off of upcoming EP "NU CRACK BABIES" 90s Edition

Plus Degrees feat. Estee Nack PROD. BY EVILDEWER

The second leak from In Celebration of Us, "Crown Holder" carries the tradition of the true sound of NYC. Produced by Grammy nominated beatsmith !llmind, the essence of an era is fully captured in this spin on a classic feeling, with Skyzoo's trademark double entendre lyricism layered all throughout. 

"In Celebration of Us", in stores and online Friday, Feb. 2nd. 
Pre-order links here: https://empire.lnk.to/InCelebrationOfUs

Verse 1:  
I jump in the pocket it's like if M A $ E up, 
in Purple Tape jewelry, '95 features, 
aura never lie, how we got it's how you see us, 
caught in the design bet I'm flyer than a re-up, 
bottom line, we up, can't nobody see us, 
invisible Ghost Writer how I light a screen up, 
I been up for hire like I got it by the liter, 
you ain't heard better since son was hollering "chea",
Cheer me on, look at the tier I be on, 
I done been acclaimed so long I'm cleared beyond, 
music for my friends who never could steer me wrong, 
straps all over their front like a pair of Deion's, 
For realla, and it get for realla like, 
killing the top to figure out what the ceiling's like, 
from in the new shit, new shit, roof split like Goyards, 
know I'm for the city like Olaf's 

Hook: 
I been on my newfound crown holder, 
But it ain't nothing new now from how you know it, 
I been on my newfound crown holder, 
But it ain't nothing new now from how you know it
It's just like how you know it, 
We don't even gotta back and forth it, 
I done made whoever come up off it, 
I been on my newfound crown holder, 
But it ain't nothing new now from how you know it

Verse 2: 
You can call this my new shit, but it ain't new tho, 
I done helped raise a couple stars that you know, 
know the fans I be attracting is 'bout a loophole, 
circling the check cash, tryna catch a new zoe, 
talk keynote or kilo', I can do both, 
crowned me for being the first to put 'em too close, 
underrate him but over pay him is how the loop goes, 
still got the line on whoever is what you do know, 
and you know, jump in your lane and pull the echoes, 
son I'm all over the aim, I'm Hoodie Melo, 
been up, to look like I wasn't wasn't an accident, 
so if I'm still sitting I'm Kaepernick, 
I tell ‘em like for realla, and it get for realla like, 
killing the top to figure out what the ceiling's like, 
from in the new shit, new shit, roof split like Goyards, 
know I'm for the city like Olaf's 

Bridge: 
And I tell em realla, 
and it get for realla like, 
killing the top to figure out what the ceiling's like, 
killing the top to figure out what the ceiling's like, 
Aura never lie so you know what it’s hitting like

Crown Holder - Single

Crown Holder

New track by me produced by Giallo Point, From the US to the UK let the truth play. Now Or Never Crate Divizion connect

The Natural (Prod by Giallo Point)

ALBUM PRE-ORDER: http://smarturl.it/ApathyTheWidowsSon
EBRO ON BEATS 1 PREMIERE: http://bit.ly/IKeepOnBeats1Premiere

Apathy connects with two living Hip-Hop legends on “I Keep On,” which boasts towering bars from Pharoahe Monch with soulful, neck-snapping production supplied by The Chocolate Boy Wonder, Pete Rock.

The lyrically astute track follows the otherworldly “Alien Weaponry,” which features Ap flexing braggadocious raps over a sinister Nottz’ banger. But on “I Keep On,” the Connecticut emcee is a bit more laid-back and in the pocket as he trades rhymes with every rapper’s favorite rapper, Pharoahe Monch.

And you can definitely count Apathy among those apostles, because the Demigodz rapper revealed in a Facebook Q&A in 2017 that no other emcee influenced his style more than Monch. And if that influence wasn’t clear before, you can absolutely hear it on “I Keep On,” particularly when the two share the final verse and flaunt some straight-up bananas wordplay and flows. If ever there was a track that younger rappers should listen to, it’s this one.

“I Keep On” is the first instant grat track available for download off the iTunes’ pre-order for, 'The Widow’s Son.' In addition to Pharoahe Monch, Pete Rock and Nottz, the 14 track LP also includes features and production from the  likes of M.O.P., Celph Titled, Diabolic, Buckwild, and Stu Bangas, as well as Ap himself who handles a chunk of the album’s production. The Widow’s Son becomes available for stream and download, as well as all physical formats (CD, vinyl and cassette) on March 2nd, via Dirty Version. Head over to the Demigodz online store for various pre-order options, and bundle packages.

Album Tracklist: 
01. The Spellbook (prod. by Apathy)
02. CHAOS (prod. by Stu Bangas)
03. Never Fall Off (feat. AG & DJ Mekalek) [prod. by Apathy]
04. The Widow's Son (feat. Ryu) [prod. by Chumzilla] *Additional drums by J-Zone
05. The Order (prod. by DJ Premier)
06. Alien Weaponry (prod. by Nottz)
07. Hypnosis (feat. Brevi) [prod. by Messiah Musik] *Keys by Vertygo
08. I Keep On (feat. Pharoahe Monch) [prod. by Pete Rock]
09. A View of Hell (Hell Of A View) (feat. DJ Eloheem) [prod. by Buckwild]
10. Fist of the North Star (feat. Diabolic & DJ Eloheem) [prod. by Stu Bangas]
11. STOMP RAPPERS (feat. M.O.P., Celph Titled & Chumzilla) [prod. by Apathy]
12. Legend Of The 3rd Degree (feat. Tone Spliff) [prod. by Stu Bangas]
13. Rise and Shine (feat. Locksmith & DJ Mekalek) [prod. by Apathy]
14. Obi Wan (prod. by Smoke The World)

Twitter: 
• Apathy: https://twitter.com/ApathyDGZ
• Pharoahe Monch: https://twitter.com/pharoahemonch
• Pete Rock: https://twitter.com/PeteRock

Apathy Online: 
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ApathyDGZ
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apathydgz
• SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/apathyradio

The Widow's Son

Stream Full Version!

I Keep On (feat. Pharoahe Monch) [prod. by Pete Rock] *Click Buy Link for Full Version!!

Supreme Cerebral - Trepidation (Prod. By: Rob Viktum)

Mugabe

Mugabe ft. Codenine (Prod. by Vinyl Villain)

CRIMEAPPLE breathes fire over some timeless Big Ghost Ltd beats... Aguardiente the album drops early March 2018.

Beats:
Yeyo Jazz - Hus Kingpin
M.A.D.E. - Vic Spencer
Richer Porter - Westside Gunn & Conway

CRIMEAPPLE "Aguardiente Season" (Freestyle)

Willie The Kid teams with Denver Colorado producer Klever Skemes on a joint EP entitled Gold Rush.  Today, they drop the brand new single "Golden Moments" Ft. Roc Marciano - In Stores Now!

Golden Moments - Willie The Kid X Klever Skemes Ft. Roc Marciano

"Is It Real?" Cold Showda feat. Casual and Roc Marciano

Two members from Cloud City Projects collab for the first time over CCP's own Hobgoblin production. Dope rhymes dope styles dope beat.

"Is It Real?" Cold Showda feat. Casual and Roc Marciano

Hieroglyphics