Yeezus Was A Mortal Man

From Black Milk's latest full-length album, If There's A Hell Below. 

iTunes: http://smarturl.it/blackmilk_hellbelow

Physical and Digital on Bandcamp: https://blackmilk.bandcamp.com/album/if-theres-a-hell-below

If There's A Hell Below
01. Everyday Was ft. Mel
02. What It’s Worth
03. Leave The Bones Behind ft. Blu and Ab
04. Quarter Water ft. Pete Rock
05. Hell Below ft. Gene Obey
06. Detroit’s New Dance Show
07. Story and Her
08. All Mighty
09. Scum ft. Random Axe
10. Gold Piece ft. Bun B
11. Grey for Summer
12. Up & Out 

What It's Worth

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)

The NICEST EP available on 7/17/15
 Pre-order: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-nicest-ep/id1015065266

We Don't Know You (Prod. by DJ Skizz)

South London producer Paul White and Florida vocalist/rapper Eric Biddines have joined forces to form new duo Golden Rules. Their debut album of soulful, psychedelic hiphop features Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and its sound recalls Outkast and Cee-Lo.
Golden Rules have already seen radio support from BBC Radio 1's Huw Stephens, plus 6 Music's Gilles Peterson, Tom Ravenscroft, and Mary Anne Hobbs, while key online hip-hop sites such as The Source and 2 Dope Boyz have been quick to recommend the group. Paul White has been described by the Independent as “a 21st Century DJ Shadow”, counts Madlib and Diplo among his fans and is best known for his production for the likes of Danny Brown and Charli XCX. Newcomer Eric Biddines has built a career in Florida and his last video received heavy rotation on MTV Jams, but this is his first step on the international stage.

Order

Golden Rules - Never Die (ft. Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def)

See Y.O.D. at SOB's in NYC on April 4th

Tix: http://sobs.com/2016/7101/your-old-droog

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/42-forty-deuce-single/id1077905404?ls=1

Produced by Marco Polo
Co-produced by Y.O.D.

42 (FORTY DEUCE)[Prod. by Marco Polo]

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

"I woke up and it was pourin down rain..."

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Black Thought (of The Roots) - Glitches (Phoniks Remix)

The 2nd leak from the upcoming Peddler Themes EP, "Bamboo", produced by Marc Nfinit, is a gripping look at gun violence and the underground gun sale market, using the cult classic 90's film Strapped as its muse. All trumpets by Sean Taylor. Peddler Themes, the new 8 song EP, hits online retailers Friday July 21st and is available for pre-order now at https://itun.es/us/54W-kb via First Generation Rich Inc/Empire Distribution.

Bamboo - Single

Bamboo

Oddisee - A song for that

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

Sunday's Best / Monday's Worst

HipHop • Jazz • Space • Soul • Funk // Sounds Beautiful Like The Truth

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

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