#indie hip-hop

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Song inspired by Eminem's If I Had & Rock Bottom. My new single is out now, check it out on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, YouTube music, Amazon music, and more!

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Philly Blocks - Mr. 17th (EP)

Philly Blocks – Mr. 17th (EP)

Fresh from the streets of Louisville, KY, Philly Blocks releases his highly anticipated EP entitled ‘Mr. 17th.’

The 6-track EP is narrated by DJ Murph and Ben Staxx with production from Bossman Rogerz, DP Beats, Cmplx, Mexiko Dro, AZ Beatz, PoloBoyShawty, and features Cino Fresh.

Philly Blocks comes hard with his A-game to deliver an epic piece of earmilk for Hip Hop enthusiasts. Stream ‘Mr.…

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Ceschi Ramos a Connecticut ambassador atop the international indie hip-hop world Over the last decade there have been few musical acts from Connecticut who have been as consistent and cutting edge as New Haven hip-hop performer Ceschi Ramos.

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6. Open Mike Eagle - “Happy Wasteland Day”

Open Mike Eagle is about as unconventional as Hip-Hop gets. He eschews the typical instrumentals, flows, subject matter, and cadences expected of the modern genre, and instead adopts an approach the borders on spoken-word, with subtle lo-fi production and an earnest, emotion-filled delivery. Where his contemporaries seek to remove themselves from reality, hiding within vapidity, drugs, mumbles, and monotone, Open Mike Eagle confronts reality, letting it wash over him and expose the most raw and poignant parts of his soul.

This jam is the most salient example of that phenomenon. You can sense the anxiety as it mixes with anger and despair and then tries to remain hidden under a cool outer shell of propriety. It’s a feeling many of us felt at the end of 2016. However, as a white male, I personally had very little to lose. I may have lost my abstract sense of idealism and progress, but I was in no way less safe or desirable. For Mike, and many others like him (along with about any minority or traditionally disenfranchised individual), the election of 2016 was an existential crisis that rocked their very concept of self and country. This song represents that realization. It details the struggle to come to grips with what took place and what it ultimately means, and it does so with an incredible sense of vulnerability and realism.

It’s essentially a protest song. A protest against Trump, structural racism, systematic violence, the dominant culture, double consciousness – basically everything that gave rise to or was strengthened by the election of 2016. You can sense the upheaval within his soul. Part of him tries to normalize what happened, to accept that its really no different than the racist and structural inequality that he’s always known, and yet part of him knows that its different. Or as he so saliently puts it:

���When the king is a garbage person I might wanna lay down and die”

He sees all of the familiar tropes and shadows of the past rising up and gaining new life. He can sense all of the progress and advancement being swallowed by the gaping maw of a rampant and reactionary populism. The zombie comparison is the perfect metaphor. It’s as if Trump has reanimated all of these attitudes and opinions that, if not fully dead, we’re at least on their deathbed. All they needed was a truly progressive push. One that would at last address the shortcomings of the status quo and harness the disdain of the people into something positive. Only now that power for transformational change has been co opted by evil. It sought comfort in the past rather than the future. In the myth of the familiar, rather than the frontier of progress.

It’s enough to crush any compassionate and well-meaning person’s soul, but it completely upends the most vulnerable who have very little comfort or support to begin with. It’s why what he wants more than anything is just a moment of peace and relaxation, where him, and POC like him, can finally collect themselves and chart a path forward. Only the structural and systematic racism of society makes that impossible. All he wants is one day without violence and fear or being at the mercy of the justice system, and yet they can’t even have that. The heartless machine of inequality moves forward, lubricated by the election of Trump, and all him and people like him can do is continue to toil on in protest, hoping to survive, and maye even one day succeed.

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Rockwelz x John Jigg$ x Prodigy "Mxnxpxly MOBB" Official Video

Rockwelz releases visuals for “Mxnxpxly MOBB” , the third video off his latest album “Rock Stories by Aesop Rock.” 

The reputable NY artist links with John Jigg$ for back to back slick, quick-witted bars and superior storytelling that features a verse from the late Prodigy to valorize the track.  Innovatively, Rockwelz utilizes the video to depict a time when emcees got together to vibe out and shared rhyme schemes about downfalls and come ups.

This is not your typical mobbed out video, in fact both Rockwelz and Jigg$ embody growth from a rough past in lieu of vivid and gimmick free storytelling.

“Mxnxpxly MOBB” is affluent with boom bap cadences and enraptured tones set to revive the essence of Hip-Hop, while Rockwelz and John Jigg$ awaken the dissipated authenticity of lyricism. Watch “Mxnxpxly MOBB” above and stream below.

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for your karaoke pleasure

my wife and I 

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https://j-spice.bandcamp.com/

Hey! Are you looking for new independent hip-hop and rap producers?

Come take a look at my friend’s stuff, he’s already got some albums, singles, and EPs! There’s already another new album in the works! 

AND COME REP SOME SWEET MERCH AND SPREAD THE WORD IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU HEARD

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Warn Me Next Time by Agency A blistering but bouncing hip-hop meets alternative soul track from upcoming album PHILOSOPHIES.

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Richard Daniel Takes Us With Him To Perform At Secret Stages In "Range" Video

Richard Daniel Takes Us With Him To Perform At Secret Stages In “Range” Video

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One of 13 tracks off my debut album Rise of the Villain, released August 14th 2017. This isn’t an album that will win awards for vocal performance or production, but I’m proud of the story it tells. Give it a listen and tell me what you think.

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Lady Loe - The Unit (Single)

Lady Loe – The Unit (Single)

Lady Loe links with Tony Ferrell for her latest single “The Unit” streaming now on major platforms.

The seasoned rapper flows over a blend of knocking bass and trap tones and invites haters into “the unit.” When you see Loe you see the whole unit, intact, with a steady cash flow and clocking a takeover. Stream “The Unit” and connect with Lady Loe below.

https://open.spotify.com/album/7JsvniIhO7z…

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All In (Prod. Tomcbumpz) by Des Brennan

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10. Joey Bada$$ - “Land of the Free”

We’ve finally made it to the hallowed halls of the top 10. I know, I know... by now I’m a year and a half late, but hey, lets just be thankful that I’ve made it this far. This is a labor of love, and it may not be a testament to punctuality, but it is at least a testament to perseverance and commitment, and in the end those are probably more desirable, or at the very lest more commendable, qualities anyway.

Now I’ve already praised and dissected Joey’s album in depth back here at #63. So rather than revisiting the album as a whole, I’m going to dive right into a discussion of this specific jam. This song is Hip-Hop at its finest – insightful and excoriating lyrics, an infectious hook, and instrumentals that make your body move of its own accord. It highlights both pain and resilience, but also hope. It beautifully depicts the struggle of POC within America – specifically the unique situation encountered by black individuals as they are continuously forced to navigate and exist within the legacy slavery and the very real and pervasive landscape of racism.

As a history teacher, I cannot say it enough. Slavery is one of the most important topics in American history. It’s impact (economically, socially, judicially, and politically) and the ensuing effects cannot be ignored and continue to reverberate and be felt within society. Whether it’s psychological, such as the existence of racial prejudice and continuously being confronted by inequality, America’s nostalgia for the past (i.e. MAGA), a perpetual precariousness motivated by a lack of safety, value, and hope, or as Joey mentions, simply knowing that even your name – an intrinsic part of your identity, is a result of the institution of slavery, and therefore a continuous reminder of how your individuality was erased by a race that continues to exercise power over your body and mind. Or whether its material, such as police brutality, lack of appropriate preventative and diagnostic healthcare, an increased rate of mortality, drug use, gun violence, racist housing policies, or discriminatory treatment motivated by a plethora of professional and social biases.

All of the above are facts that cannot continue to be ignored or glossed over. They must be confronted, and then the systems and structures that promote them must be addressed and dismantled. This jam is an effort to do so, and the hook expertly and succinctly depicts how the American experience differs depending upon the color of one’s skin:

"And the land of the free, is for the free loaders Leave us dead in the street then be your organ donors They disorganized my people, made us all loners Still got the last names of our slave owners"

The entire song simultaneously functions as a rallying cry, a reminder, a declaration, and a plea. And while I would never hope for or desire the times in which we are currently living within, I do feel as if it is only times as dark as these that can produce art as heartfelt and meaningful as this. Here’s to hoping we’re only experiencing the final reactionary setback prior to real and fundamental change and progress.

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Philly Duo, Dumb Ugly, Debut "Casket" LP

Philly Sensation, Dumb Ugly announce the release of their debut album “Casket”, available on all major streaming platforms.

Biz Mighty and Aayu deliver an unorthodox multi-genre fused album brimming with insanely thumping beats, psychedelic pulsations, and riveting cadences. This album is set to unleash that ravenous monster inside all of us.

“Ugly” is the record that introduces the bizarre duo to the world through feared yet enticing lyrics, delivered anthem style.  Records “Dead As Fuck”, and “Knife” have a revolutionary impact on societal issues including system resistance. “A Thief Always” hits home to those struggling to survive in a world of uncertainty and thieving with purpose.  For listeners who appreciate an adrenaline injected rave will press repeat on “Louis C.K. (Throw Dat).” The duo even includes a twisted love song titled “Ewe” about a man who becomes influential through all the mind games gunned his way.

The leading single off the album “Stay Dead” triggers thought provoking read between the lines, and caution tape scenarios that occur regularly in communities brimming with corruption and conceit.  Watch “Stay Dead” below and stream “Casket” above.

“Casket” available on all platforms here.

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