Back Of My Mind Feat. Paolo Escobar

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)

I Guess

"Clickbait Christianity" is a lyrical exorcism of the prosperity gospel era—where private jets, miracle water, and million-dollar pulpits have replaced the cross. With gritty bars, chopped hooks, and bold truth, Brussell Music exposes the false teachers flooding your feed with feel-good theology and luxury-brand faith.


💬 If it ain’t about the blood, it’s just branding.
💰 Prosperity gospel? We call it out.
🎙️ #ClickbaitChristianity

Clickbait Christianity

Wired, Charged and Lit.

After releasing his Toonami Tsunami EP last summer, Detroit-repping Clear Soul Forces emcee Noveliss is back with a similarly heavily anime-inspired follow-up, Mic Swordz, an exclusive DJBooth world premiere.

The "9-track ode to Microphone Swordsmanship" includes a guest feature from Jamla Records signee Add-2 and production from Doc Illingsworth, Ilajide, Nolan The Ninja, Shepard Sounds, Vibesounds and more.

Also, check out the premiere of the music video for the project's first single, "Brand New," directed by Richard Taylor.

Mic Swordz

Mace Windu

www.iamrapsody.com www.wheresyourcrown.com www.jamlarecords.com

Rapsody  2 AM ft. Ab-Soul produced by Khrysis and 9th Wonder

“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

02 Do It All

06 The Need Superficial

07 Way in Way Out

Terrace Martin - It's Real feat. Punch (Prod. by 9th Wonder)

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07 Way in Way Out

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