Hus Kingpin's "The Cognac Tape" available now.

Haunting tones follow verses from Hus Kingpin and Rozewood like shadows. Khrysis (Jamla) embraces the dark mood and remixes "Pyramid Points" for Hus Kingpin.

Hus Kingpin brings that fly vandal, spark it up, cognac drinking music. Pimpstead player Roc Marciano hosts and stars throughout The Cognac Tape, setting up the atmosphere before setting the bars on fire. Kick back, twist it up, and build with the Gods.
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"Never catch me slipping, my vision is too ill."

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Hus Kingpin feat. Rozewood - Pyramid Points [Khrysis Remix]

Could It Be? feat. Blu, Sene & Denmark Vessey (prod. by Wil Madden)

From the forthcoming album "Mansa Musa" co-starring Masta Killa 8/26 Via iTunes.



HaLo - Figure It Out Ft. Masta Killa & Median produced by 9th Wonder

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 World Is (Below The Heaven

B real

Paper Chaser.

This song is stupid. #ballislife
Produced by Y.O.D.
Lyrics: http://genius.com/Your-old-droog-basketball-and-seinfeld-lyrics
Artwork by Marco Oliva (http://www.marcoso.com/)

Sample: "Seinwave" by @jetaimeabelard 
Buy "Seinwave": https://abelard.bandcamp.com/album/seinwave 

Buy Y.O.D. music:
iTunes: http://apple.co/1WVIl7n
Google Play: http://bit.ly/1HLPEaG
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1GZPSjH

FOLLOW Y.O.D.:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialYOD
Twitter: https://twitter.com/YourOldDroog
Instagram: http://instagram.com/yourolddroog

Watch the "We Don't Know You" video:
https://youtu.be/Ss1mEK9bcp0

Basketball & Seinfeld (prod. by Y.O.D.)

"The Listening", Available On iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/the-listening/id29693822

Little Brother - The Listening [prod. 9th Wonder]

www.mutualintentions.com

Music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoGRZ_JMSKA 

FOLLOW: 
@IvanAve
@Mndsgn

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