A playlist featuring notable releases from Boston hip-hop talent in January 2016.  Music comes from Cousin Stizz, Jefe Replay, Big Leano, Stupid Genius, Haasan Barclay, and many others. 

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Boston Hip-Hop: January 2016

Tic Toc

@JefeREPLAY - What You Need

produced by @KstowBG
engineered by @freshfromde
Art by @FirstCreatives 
photography by @RooAfonseca

What You Need (Prod. Ksto)

Esh & Arc release the second single off their upcoming album, 'Death Doesn't Want You', available Jan 22, 2016 on AR Classic Records. 

The album is now available for pre-order on iTunes with two singles now available for immediate download:

https://goo.gl/rSdSZv

A note from Esh regarding our cover art:

"As many of you may know, myself and my good friend Janos Fulop, aka The Arcitype, are set to release our debut full-length album ‘Death Doesn’t Want You’ on Jan. 22nd. Yesterday we were dealt a potentially crippling blow to our promotional campaign.

Facebook has deemed our cover art to have “excessive amounts of skin or suggestive content” and is severely limiting the reach of posts containing the image. That means when someone shares a link to purchase our album or stream a song, that post – while still being allowed on Facebook – will most likely not be seen in anyone’s timeline.

The unfortunate truth is that for us DIY indie rap types – relatively unknown, without big label support or large PR budgets – social media is essential to getting our music out and cultivating a fan base. Not being able to utilize it is pretty disastrous for an artist on our level.

The irony of all this is that the image in question is our attempt to have a social media friendly version of our album cover! That’s right, the actual cover – that will only be available on vinyl and tape – has full-blown nudity! The image is by no means obscene, but we were forced to comply with iTunes' strict no nudity policy. Since the censored version was accepted by iTunes, we thought we were in the clear.

Apparently not.

At this point we have two options: Take our entire album down from iTunes and re-upload it with new artwork – causing us to lose all our preorders and most likely miss our release date – or turn this into something positive and shed light on a few extremely important issues.

I do not mind playing by a privately owned platform’s rules. That is exactly what we did with iTunes. My problem is the hypocrisy of labeling a picture showing some cleavage as obscene on a website that routinely gives a voice to hateful bigots, sexists, and people posting violent or sexual imagery that has zero artistic merit. That is true obscenity. Arc and I would never associate ourselves with anything of that nature.

Temporarily, we have replaced the cover on the soundcloud link with a fully censored image to highlight the absurdity of this whole situation. If you want to help fight censorship, if you want to aid in the struggle of independent artistry, if you want to let the world know that you are not threatened by female sexuality - I implore you to share this post and our unapologetically filthy rap song.

I genuinely appreciate your love and support. Thank you.

- Esh"


Death Doesn't Want You Track List:

01 -  Death Doesn't Want You ft. Dhy of Radclyffe Hall
02 - Needle In Panic Park ft. J Ring of Boogie Boy Metal Mouth
03 - Live It Up ('Til The Buzz Dies Down) ft. Dua of Bad Rabbits
04 - Disposable Lovers
05 - The Other Shoulder
06 - Chase Me
07 - Sucker MC's Revisited
08 - Keep Diggin' ft. Slaine & Reks
09 - The Party's Over [Interlude]
10 - Safety Second
11 - Jump ft. Jon & Kaz of Tigerman Woah!
12 - Not A Ghost Yet

Like Esh & Arc on Facebook:

www.facebook.com/eshandarc

Follow Esh on Twitter:
www.twitter.com/eshthemonolith

Follow Arc on Twitter:
www.twitter.com/thearcitype


Esh & Arc - Keep Diggin' feat. Slaine & Reks

Produced by @sxmplelife + @mike-device
Mixed + Mastered by @durkinmusic

MassAppeal Article by @mhdvn : http://massappeal.com/black-el-interview-take-it-slow/

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twitter.com/black_el
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DOWNLOAD ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Take It Slow [prod. By SXMPLELIFE + Mike Device]

Rain featuring RiggzTwoNice 
Produced by J1K Beats
Mixed by Tim Nihan and Lightfoot
Mastered by Lightfoot 

Rain Feat RiggzTwoNice (Prod. By J1K)

Cheez announces big show @ hard rock café in boston January 25 2015. excited and anxious Cheez release full audio of #bankofboston his lead single for his new project Bank of Boston. check it out ---> Link to video https://youtu.be/nUiN4WzHLwI

CHEEZ BANKROLL - Bank Of Boston Prod. BIG HOMIE GWAP

Drifting ft. Maka (prod. Maka)

I can't walk unless I got Margielas.
I can't talk unless I got my bread up.

Tales From The Mud: Volume 1... Coming soon

Twitter / IG: @BigLeano
Prod. by @THEKIDBASE
Recorded by @SMonkeyStudio

Margiela Walk (prod. by Ba$e)

Produced by @durkinmusic
Featuring @makaoceania
Mixed + Mastered by @durkinmusic

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twitter.com/black_el
facebook.com/blackelmusic/


Store Hours feat. Maka [prod. By Durkin]

Mixed & Mastered by John Scott, Phoenix Down Recordings. 

Acid (feat. $ean Wire) prod by Tropi@DiControl

Cousin Stizz - Super Bowl

Produced by @DumDrumz
Additional production by @TeeWaTT_ and @lilrichislahge
Recorded and mixed by @SMonkeyStudio
Artwork by @Laemy.D

twitter.com/CousinStizz
instagram.com/cousinstizz
facebook.com/cousinstizz
http://cousinstizz.com

Monda - Spring 2016

Super Bowl (Prod. By Dumdrumz)

Produced By
@poundareplay

Inquiries - youngnesquik@gmail.com
Twitter - @StupidGee @RealChazKing @lilrichislahge
IG - @ChazKing @lilrichislahge
Facebook.com/stupidgeeofficial

Glow (Prod. By POUNDA)

Cut It - Nyce Frank 2

Only thing left for me to do...

Released January 26, 2016
Produced by @novasales
Mixed by Russ Pickman
Photo: @jabarr_ (IG)

Wes Brooks - Run It Up [Prod. Nova]

Ora Slick & KOD brings forth another collab with more depth of what is considered "Underworld Music" .

Ora Slick x KOD - All I Know [prod. by BCB]

Prod. @makaoceania
IG @Too_Cozy for the pic 

I regret the white people I shouted out at the end, 1 time to Michael Rapaport, Seth Rogen, & Jason Williams. 

uploaded on 3/15/2016

I'm Broke and Pissed Off 

Fat P - Fuck Donald  Trump Freestyle

Hard In The Paint is a Boston based music blog which specializes in the daily coverage of hip-hop, R&B, and alternative music. Founded in 2011 by Lindsey Gamble, HITP features new songs, videos, album reviews, exclusive interviews, and editorials on a consistent basis. In addition to providing quality write-ups of the latest mainstream/independent music on a national scale, HITP also takes a special interest in highlighting the wide variety of talented artists to come from the Boston hip-hop scene. Ultimately, it is our mission to produce informative/unique content which you can’t find anywhere else, and done so from both a national and local perspective.