'Nouns And Verbs' is the lead single taken from the forthcoming Kista & Glad2Mecha album, entitled 'Collecting Dust'. 

The album is available to pre-order on Vinyl via - http://www.dustyplatter.bigcartel.com/

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Kista & Glad2Mecha - 'Nouns And Verbs' (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Available on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mansa-musa/id912600001

Available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/HaLo_Mansa_Musa_Guest_Starring_Masta_Killa?id=Bezsl5xpqsnpcygixa64th2trvm

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HaLo - Pretty Birds (feat. Masta Killa & Talib Kweli)

from the mello music group album "Persona" coming out 3/10.
prod. Oddisee | vocals: Oddisee & Phonte hook: Tamisha Waden | art: Oliver Barrett

If the soul of hip-hop belongs to the culture, the skeleton belongs to the independent label. From Sugar Hill to Def Jam, Tommy Boy to Rawkus, Fondle Em to Def Jux, the genre’s best music has been birthed by imprints that brazenly defy the status quo, those who champion fearless artists and always prize quality over commerce.
 
For the last eight years, Mello Music Group has lived by that ethos. If you’re reading these words, you’re inevitably well aware of its ascendance and growing legacy. But more importantly, you know the artists—those singular voices channeling the spirits of the past and spitting premonitions of the future. Boom-bap at its best: evolving and expanding the art form, capturing stories of the struggle, upholding the tradition, and keeping the crooked honest.
 
Persona unveils the murderer’s row that is the Mello roster of 2015. Oddisee, Apollo Brown, yU, L'Orange, Red Pill, Open Mike Eagle, Rapper Big Pooh, Quelle Chris. The stars of the present teamed with timeless innovators like Phonte (Little Brother), Blockhead, Ras Kass, Gift of Gab (Blackalicious), Oh No, Masta Ace, and Bilal Salaam. The result is something that binds current greats with the pioneers who paved the asphalt. It’s both a historical moment and hard as hell.
 
If most compilations are nothing more than a loosely thrown together collection of songs, Persona boasts meticulous focus. These aren’t spare tracks, they’re potent messages and poisonous darts. “Requiem” finds Phonte and Oddisee indicting American racism and Xenophobia with fury and precision. On “Homicide,” yU and Nottz leave blood dripping all over the canvas. There’s “Celebrity Reduction Prayer,” where Open Mike Eagle lampoons fundamentalists and religious zealots over Oddisee’s warm Stevie Wonder keyboards.
 
But there’s ultimately no need to do the track-by-track breakdown. This is an anthology in the most traditional well-curated sense. Turn here if you want to find the best hip-hop artists of their generation in raw and unfiltered form. The bars are brimstone; the beats force your neck to swivel. Through all the discontent, rays of hope begin to emerge. If you remember the feeling you got when you first heard Soundbombing, stop searching. The slang has changed, the style remains indelible, the latest personas have emerged. The new sound is here.



Requiem (feat. Oddisee & Phonte)

O.G Snobby Swanson (Prod. Philanthrope)

Ambrosia for Heads Premiere: http://bit.ly/1jKluzb
New York rap tag-team Rome Clientel and DJ Concept are back with another ill preview of their upcoming 'The Ambition EP,' in the form of “Life is Good.” It’s a feel-good burner featuring raw guest verses from actor-turned-rapper, Rick Gonzalez (Coach Carter) and Sacramento, Cali spitter, Chuuwee.

Just as they did on previous single “Panoramic,” the duo and their guests throw a new coat of paint to a rap staple on here. While that track flipped a familiar sample from a certain Wu-Tang chef, “Life is Good” arrives with a nod to Biz Markie classic “The Vapors” on the hook: “Damn it feels good to see people up on it.” Indeed, and it also feels good to hear that line again, particularly over such sublime, strings-laden production from DJ Concept.

Go ahead and give the track a listen, and then head over to iTunes where the track is now available for 'Instant Grat' off the pre-order link. 'The Ambition EP' is due out this Friday, Oct. 9 through Soulspazm.

Previous: https://soundcloud.com/diamondmedia360/dirt-disciples-feat-torae-1

iTunes (Pre-Order): http://apple.co/1jKyg0B

Twitter:
• Dirt Disciples: https://twitter.com/dirtdisciples
• Rome Clientel: twitter.com/RomeClientel
• DJ Concept: twitter.com/concept1200
• Rick Gonzalez: https://twitter.com/officialrickg
• Chuuwee: https://twitter.com/EL_Ch3z

Dirt Disciples (feat. Rick Gonzalez & Chuuwee) - Life Is Good

"The Odd Tape is meant to be a 'Day In The Life' piece set to audio," explains Oddisee. "'Born Before Yesterday' takes its title from the daily proposals I receive that question intelligence in ways that only the music industry can." - Oddisee

From the album "The Odd Tape" coming May 13th

Oddisee - Born Before Yesterday

from the upcoming album Ugly Heroes - Everything In Between
https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/everything-in-between/id1094898313?app=itunes

produced by Apollo Brown
vocals by Red Pill & Verbal Kent
mastered by Eric Morgeson
photo by Jeremy Deputat

Ugly Heroes - Heart Attack | Red Pill, Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent



Find this alongside the Instrumental, Acapella and Radio Edit below:

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People Under the Stairs - "The Break Down"

North Carolina's Kooley High gave us this exclusive track to post after we shot an Okayplayspace feature with the crew.  

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Kooley High - "Lent" (produced by Napoleon Wright III)

From Black Milk's No Poison No Paradise album

CD, Vinyl, LE Vinyl: blackmilk.bandcamp.com/album/no-poison-no-paradise
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/no-pois…luxe/id690380563

Artwork by Joonbug

O.G Snobby Swanson (Prod. Philanthrope)

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