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Substanial is still in my top 5 of the emcees that have been carrying the torch for dope music since early 00's! Much love homie!

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Presenting the official remix of P.R’s “Long Walk” featuring Awon. This free download is to help promote P.R’s debut music video for his original song “Long Walk”.

Watch it here:
http://youtu.be/_nm6MLuFf38

The original track is featured on "Moment In Time":
http://cultclassicrecords.bandcamp.com/album/moment-in-time

P.R:
http://twitter.com/pdotr
http://facebook.com/pdotr
http://soundcloud.com/pdotr

Awon:
http://twitter.com/Awon1988
http://facebook.com/AwonOfficial
http://soundcloud.com/Awon

Lyrics:
Up one night took a long walk 
Couldn't sleep I had these thoughts 
About me as a little kid
In the city of New York 
It was 1986
Crack was out there crazy bricks 
All my family in the mix 
Grandpa on some gangster shit 
The only thing to keep me sane
The only thing to soothe my pain
Was the sound of Rakim's voice 
Or the moves of Big Daddy Kane
Heroes to me was Kool G Rap,
Slick Rick and KRS one DMC 
Jam master Jay
Joey Simmons, 
Reverend Run 
Hip hop music made me numb
To living in poverty
The music made me feel so rich
Gunshots didn't bother me 
I thank my parents for showing me 
The music that his home to me 
The culture that had grown with me
This way of life has molded me 

The more I think about that night 
Hip Hop might have saved my life 
The more I think about that night 
Hip Hop might have saved my life
The more I think about that night 
Hip Hop might have saved my life 
The more I think about that night 
Hip Hop might have saved my life

On that night I'm walking slow
Out for Ls up at the store
But I'm jamming to some Dilla 
Donuts just so all you know 
Instrumentals make me flow
Writing rhymes I never went 
That night heard the store got robbed
I heard customers got hit 
Thank god that is wasn't me 
Stopped my trip I had to write
Got back home and told my wife
Hip Hop might have saved my life 
In retrospect it really did guiding me 
Since we were kids 
Lessons learned science dropped
Some of my teachers Nas & Big 
Graffiti art pop and lock
DJs warming up the block 
The voice of youth a lot of truth 
Thank god for mom and pop
For being kids with a kid
Showing me the culture first 
Hip Hop really quenched my thirst
With every beat and every verse 
I always had to hear it first
Chuck Chillout and Red Alert
89 Virginia bound 
Boodah brothers in my town 
I met that nigga Wookie
Rest in peace this is a fact
The first words that he said to me 
Was you look like you can rap 
And that right there was way way back
Dedicated life 
two turntables and a Mic
Do it with or without a price
It just so happens I was nice 
So mix no have sacrificed
In retrospect I made it through 
Cause hip hop music saved my life 

The more I think about that night 
Hip Hop might have saved my life 
The more I think about that night 
Hip Hop might have saved my life
The more I think about that night 
Hip Hop might have saved my life 
The more I think about that night 
Hip Hop might have saved my life

The more I think about that night 
Hip Hop might have saved my life 
The more I think about that night 
Hip Hop might have saved my life
The more I think about that night 
Hip Hop might have saved my life 
The more I think about that night 
Hip Hop might have saved my life

Long Walk M/V

Long Walk (Remix) feat. Awon

The initial thought that came to mind in the process of making “Blackcurrent Jazz 2” was to create a landscape of ideas that capture the truest essence of Jazz but that also embodied the purest and most authentic hip-hop feel. The original Blackcurrent Jazz album (released in 2001) was a great piece of work but for me was more a mesh of beats and breaks and sometimes with tracks that didn’t even lend to Jazz at all. This time around I wanted every single song to scream JAZZ!!! But still using a combination of Jazz breaks that give off varying vibes.

I wanted this album to be more polished, more distinguished and more discernable than 10 years ago. Smoother, more intricate and ultimately more of a thought through process to it. So I set about the production process which I knew would be huge, because I wanted to use additional beats for 20 second interludes to be used in between each main track, which then ultimately doubled my production load. I also knew that the main selections all had to musically jump out at me and I wasn’t going to start writing until I had found all the right beats that made me feel as if I have the right ingredients for a classic album.

And then it started. Hours of sampling, cutting, chopping, filtering, and pitch shifting, mixing and then mixing again. Then came the writing, recording and editing, which for me is a very lengthy and meticulous process. And finally after over 6 months work came “Blackcurrent Jazz 2: The Gold Reflection” subtitled to pay dues and respect to the golden era of hip-hop (the 90’s).

City Nights

From the album 'Soundtrack for a Lost Soul.'
iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/soundtrack-for-a-lost-soul/id970568173


Soundtrack for a Lost Soul

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It's finally here. Our first compilation tape of exclusive music from some of the greatest artists you probably don't know about. Spread the good word now, won't ya?

http://ps4080.com/?p=125

22. YL - Cut The Check (Amerigo Gazaway Remix)

We were blessed enough to get an exclusive track from recently signed Coke Boy, Velous. It features Chinx (RIP) and French's brother, Zack, with DJ Rellyrell on the boards. 

Sometimes when no one else is there, the money will always hold you down. 

Extra downloads: http://www.audiomack.com/song/rule4080/money-down-1

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20. Velous Ft Chinx & Zack - Money Down

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The Past… is the first of three EPs leading up to the fourth studio album from prolific, Indie MC, Substantial. This time around the veteran wordsmith has partnered with HiPNOTT Records producer duo and fellow Maryland natives, The Other Guys for his latest release. Substantial’s musical past, pre-Hyde Out Productions, included many collaborations with Isaiah of TOG, which makes their project’s title quite fitting. The Past… features Von Pea of Tanya Morgan, Substantial’s protegé, See King, cuts from DJ Jav and plenty of that soulful boom bap The Other Guys have been known to provide. Lyrically, Substantial is as sharp as ever and covers subjects such as the dying art of MCing, dreams limited by stereotypes, and the exploitation of his former producer, Nujabes.

Substantial’s full length album The Past Is Always Present In The Future drops fourth quarter 2015. Until then, enjoy this appetizer and look forward to more flavorful Hip Hop music to feed your soul.

Substantial & The Other Guys" Late Pass (feat. Von Pea)

Belgian Producer Poldoore teams up with UK label Cult Classic Records to release his Blind Eyes EP featuring Awon, Dephlow, Cise Starr, Nieve & Eme.  Go get it:  
https://cultclassicrecords.bandcamp.com/album/blind-eyes-ep

Support:
https://www.facebook.com/CultClassicRecords
https://www.facebook.com/poldoore
https://twitter.com/cultclassicrecs
https://twitter.com/poldoore
More Music from Poldoore: http://poldoore.bandcamp.com/

FREE DOWNLOAD

01. Poldoore - Blind Eyes (Feat. Cise Starr)

Pre-Order: 
https://jakartarecords-label.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-life-of-a-good-for-nothing

Produced by Jusoul
Photo by Cey Joe

Follow JuJu: https://soundcloud.com/juju-rogers
Follow Oddisee: https://soundcloud.com/oddiseemusic

you can also get this track from the cd attached to the new juice mag in germany.

JuJu Rogers feat. Oddisee - Dreams

Check out Kenji » @kenjii-3
The album » https://kenjiithewise.bandcamp.com/album/awakening

Free Download

Kenji - Ajna

ShinSight Trio - Early Dayz Amazement

One of the underground's hardest-working young producers, Oddisee has built a thorough body of work with a steady stream of albums, mixtapes, collaborations, and instrumental projects. On Rock Creek Park, he breaks us off with 10 joints that are universally chill, loaded with jazz-drenched loops offering wispy flutes, funked-out bass lines, breezy guitar licks, soft horns, and earthy pianos. “Closed After Dark," "Beach Dr.," and the vibraphone-and-ride-cymbal-laced "Mattered Much" are standouts, though the ‘80s-influenced "Uptown Cabaret" and yU collabo "Still Doing It" are also impressive. Though many of the tracks are similar on the low-BPM head-nod tip, they all sound great and make an ideal soundtrack for just keeping it mellow. 


Oddisee - Rock Creek Park - 07 Beach Dr.

“They say you have your whole life to make your first album/ guess I’ve been busy living so the first outcome/ was worth hearing...” - Oddisee “Ready To Rock” 

Rappers are generally in the business of storytelling, but whether those stories are true or not is often a sidenote. “People Hear What They See” is Oddisee’s debut full length album, and its key concern is honesty - honesty with yourself, with what you tell the world, and the relationships people have with each other. The title came from a feeling that most of the time we’re content not to look or listen beneath the surface for the truths which lie beneath. 

Out now on Mello Music Group 
iTunes: http://bit.ly/NeMnYU
Compact Disc: http://bit.ly/Nfig4K
Gatefold Vinyl: http://bit.ly/MBriCx
Deluxe Edition Haze Vinyl + Bonus 7": http://bit.ly/L5g8dh

03 That Real

Release Date: 13th July

CD & Digital Formats (Expansions Collective)

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Alexis Davis - 3

HiPNOTT Records was founded in 2009 by hip hop blogger Kevin Nottingham (of KevinNottingham.com) in an effort to release good music by artists that deserve to be heard. This is the first instance of a hip hop blogger branching out to form an independent label.

HiPNOTT Records’ goal is to continuously build their artists’ resumes and consistently develop an image that hip hop will have no choice but to admire. With Kevin Nottingham at the helm, a man who certainly respects the past, present, and future of the genre, it is hard to deny the capability of reaching these goals amongst others.

Substantial & The Other Guys" Late Pass (feat. Von Pea)

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