2015 and to damn Cold

Cross Roads ft. Chance The Rapper & Vic Mensa

Lupe Fiasco - Haile Selassie Ft. Nikki Jean [Produced By Soundtrakk]

Cyhi The Prynce
"Credit "I" Deserve" 
Produced by: Whoever made this motherf&%#ing beat call me!

Credit "I" Deserve

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)

Do it Again VIDEO https://youtu.be/LniqP0SKj7o

BUY DO IT AGAIN ON ITUNES : https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/do-it-again-feat.-big-sean/id1089786984

Ft. Big Sean - "Do It Again" (prod. by Key Wane) VIDEO in description

Cellar Door: Terminus Ut Exordium

Amorphous (feat. Portugal. The Man)

Lupe Fiasco - Mural

2nd single off my upcoming LP on XL Recordings.

artwork by Jeff Fresco

BUY THAT SHIET

Drive Me Crazy (featuring Vic Mensa) (Single Version)

Produced by. Tec Beatz, Brandon Black, & Jeff Leahr
Engineered/ Mix by Darius "3D" Jenkins

Forever

Prod. By Narcotics, Tec Beatz, & Brandon Black
Eng./Mix By Darius "3d" Jenkins

To Be Real

Prod. By Esteyban (@Esteyban_)
& Tec Beatz (@Tec_Beatz)

Weak People

Prod. by Wondagurl
Shout out my brother Drake!

Used To (Verse)

Written, Produced and Performed by Chance The Rapper, Peter Cottontale, Nate Fox, Donnie Trumpet

Additional Vocals from: Kiara Lanier and Kehlani

Additional Tenor Saxophone by: Spencer Nezey
Vocal Arrangement by: Chance The Rapper &   Social Experiment

Mix by: Nate Fox for Social Experiment
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Chance The Rapper & The Social Experiment - Lady Friend

Additional vocals - Dria From The Frontrunnaz.

Sample - Frank Dukes (http://kingswaymusiclibrary.com)

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2015 and to damn Cold

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