11/30/2022
The Jotaka Perverse - Fuertes de Corazon y Mente Vol. 1 (2022)
Dedicated to my Bloodbrother The Jotaka Perverse 6 years ago suffer his hard accident put him on bed, with a daily fight with his mind and body. Together in this phat with the family Mother ( Maricela) Sister (Denisse) Son (Aslan) Nephews (Ari and Jose) and brothers (Favio) aka Explizito, Kwervo and Brown Lucci Those who have always been aware of his health.. And great support and vibes from music family, fans from all around the world.. Long live to the Master The Jotaka Perverse... Show your love and if you can support the new music im working (Explizito)
Sekta!!!
Produced and Arranged by Explizito
Featuring: Aslan Hareem (Jotaka's Son), Katha, VonPoe, B Dvine, Hemera, Onse, Sr. Amargo aka Rhytmund Freud, Tvmor, Sad C, Louie Sad, Caniz, Kaedez
Donny G x Scott Bluntz - State of Panic (2022)
This album is dedicated to Scott Brower 1979-2022.
REST IN POWER.
Produced, mixed and mastered by
Donny G at Malt Studios 2021-2022.
Additional vocals by L.E.O, Kabal and Illtemper
Cover art and layout by Donny G. Vinyl label art by Kabal.
Malt Productions 2022.
11/23/2022
HiddenRoad - New Power Rising (ft. Billy Boi, Fubar, Dirty Joe, M-Acculate, Duality & Neaality Gandhi) (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) (2022)
Track from Hidden Underground 4, released 08-20-2022
Available direct from HRS Website
Other Streaming Services HERE
After vol. 3 in 2020, we decided that would be the end of the Hidden Underground series. And so it came to be that it was.. for a year. 2021 saw plenty of dope music from HRS, but no follow up to vol. 3... as it was meant to be the end of the story..
but it wasn't..
and now Hidden Underground is back, and this time, there's a New Power Rising
Written & Performed by Billy Boi, Fubar, Dirty Joe, M-Acculate, Duality & Neaality Gandhi
Produced by Bofaat
Mixed & Mastered by MatrixAudio
HRSUnderground, LLC 2022
Marcanum X - Against All Odds (Single) (2022)
"Against All Odds" is a song I made for the Tech N9ne contest. This is a remixed version of the original song produced by me. The original song was a Top-10 contender in Tech N9ne's contest back in April! Now you can add the song to your collection today! Enjoy!
Read the full lyrics HERE
Written, Performed, Produced, Mixed, and Mastered by Marcanum X
June Marx - Shadows Die Twice (Single) (2022)
Written & Produced by June Marx
Recorded in Southeast Asia 2022
Contact: junemarxproducts@gmail.com
11/18/2022
Fubar & Edd Bundy - Shark vs Cake (2022)
All Beats by Edd Bundy
Album Cover by Edd Bundy
Mixed & Arranged by Fubar
11/17/2022
Nico The Beast - H.O.M.E. (How One Man Existed) (2022)
13 years in the making, H.O.M.E. is a traversal through the soundscape of Nico's mind...his existence. Vivid stories, deep lyricism, and a heavy dose of beautiful melodies shape this experience for a listener's pleasure.
Tracks 1 thru 14 mixed and mastered by Rhythm J.
Tracks 15,17, and 18 Mixed by Scott Stallone
Track 16 Mixed by Cenobite Productions
Christy "Mrs. Beast" aka "I'm Sawry" Zarrella appears courtesy of herself
Voice Messages from Michael "Noochman" Zarrella and Jeanette Zarrella
Features from Rec Raw, Mel Alston Jr., Shell Boog, Satori Jayne and Toke Jones
Satori Jayne writer of hook for track 18 (Suicide Note)
Toke Jones writer of hooks for tracks 9 (H.O.M.E.) and 12 (The Trap)
Artwork By Leonardo Rizzo, Domenic "Nico The Beast" Zarrella, and Jackie "No Ordinary Graphix" DiNicola
Dedicated In Memory of Daniel Lamana who passed away on November 16th, 2021. A reminder of all those we have lost along the way. God rest their souls. I pray they made it H.O.M.E.
P-Ro X CLOAQXDAGGER - Broken Record (2022)
Knuckle Dragguz present the follow-up to the 2021 Broken Swagger LP, "this time a Broken Record with soulful chapters"- by P-Ro, fully produced by the master-duo CLOAQXDAGGER. Featuring M.A.V, G Fam Black, Aztech, GeneralBackPain, ethemadassassin, CM aka Creative, Slant Heddshotts, Oblivious, Judge the Disciple, and 8ch2owens.
There is a limited special edition CD (only 25) available if you email prowanart@gmail.com the package includes a hand-painted/numbered/signed piece of a broken record (all 1-of-a-kind), laminated art prints, and stickers by P-Ro.
IG @prowanart
@CLOAQxDAGGER
Twitter @P_RoUnstable
@CLOAQxDAGGER
CLOAQXDAGGER.COM
P-RO.BANDCAMP.COM
All songs produced by CLOAQXDAGGER
Mixed and mastered by Mathias
Artwork by P-Ro
P-Ro - Chump Change (2022)
6 brand new songs with a lot of heart, pain, and fun, this is a substantial 15 minute listen. Conceived and finished in just 10 days, the Knuckle Dragguz are showing no signs of slowing down in 2022!
All songs mixed & mastered by UglyJon
Artwork by P-Ro
Producers: UglyJon, Relentless, BoFaat, Crack Sizzlack, Mello Dee, Tali Rodriguez
Apollo Brown & Philmore Greene - Cost of Living (2022)
What are the consequences of living in this fucked up world? Within the first few seconds of their collaborative album, Cost of Living, rapper Philmore Greene and producer Apollo Brown articulate this question with unequivocal clarity. It’s an inquiry that looms at the core of their elegiac and existential soundtrack to modern inner city life. How can one escape the systemic traps that have ensnared generations since time immemorial? What does it mean to make the right choices? And if you emerge from the chaos to live a beautiful life, how do you overcome the survivor’s guilt and lingering trauma?
Cost of Living is an album full of authenticity that can’t be faked. These are songs that betray the scar tissue. Contemplative fire. Verité films of the westside of Chicago. It’s this noirish part of town that nourished Greene and gave him nightmares. The place where he saw his first dead body in his early teens, where he lost his brother to the street violence only a few years later, and where he turned to the pad, pen and microphone as a refuge and way to share his hard-fought wisdom.
The themes are nothing less than life and death. A lifestyle of endemic poverty, opportunities denied and dreams deferred. With a roll of the dice you can receive death, prison, or a path out. As the scratched vocals of Common echo on the hook to “Steep Life:” “rappers and hoopers, we strive to be like.” Greene is all too aware of reality. Like the former Common Sense before him, he has created a canon of morals and integrity that eschews sanctimony. The testimony of someone who has seen dope runners and villains, broken passions and cold-blooded betrayals, the consequences that can befall you in the concrete jungle if you’re not careful (or even if you are).
Behind the boards, Apollo Brown creates a cinematic backdrop of tense, moody strings and hand-of-god drums. A reminder of why he’s already become a rightful heir to the throne of Pete Rock, J Dilla, and DJ Premier. As Pitchfork recently raved, the Detroit's producer’s “fidelity for the grime and grit of rap’s second Golden Age goes beyond simply trying to recreate DJ Premier beats. Flourishes across his instrumental projects and over a dozen collaborative albums unearth the passion he puts into his art.”
Philmore Greene is an ideal match for Brown’s sumptuous canvasses, an MC who the Chicago Reader has hailed for making “confident, luxuriant boom-bap.” But it’s his ability to convey complex emotions, empathetic street narratives, and heartbreaking pathos that make him singular. Consider the sharp detail of his words on “Welcome to the Ave,” where he namechecks the dice games, “all my n**’s grinding in the same clothes as yesterday,” the robberies and larcenies, the street pharmacies, the “question marks where the fathers be.”
On the Evidence-assisted lead single “Paradise,” Green unspools his gift for classic rap storytelling, comparing Chicago to Pakistan, noting the sex workers, church bells, and constant paranoia. He cites the hypocrisy of a world where you can get 40 years for drug trafficking and be out in three for murder.
The centerpiece might be “This is Me,” where Greene details his own personal struggles and psychological turmoil. The murder witnessed at age 14 that sent him to therapists and shrinks, “fighting a battle inside of my mind.” You can almost hear the lurking footsteps inside his skull, as he worries about being watched and followed by the killer. He takes you back to being a teenager, wondering if he’d make it to 25. You flash forward a decade later, and Greene wakes up on his 25th birthday, crying tears of gratitude for the fact that he’s still breathing.
The cost of living may be high, but Greene and Brown allow you to understand that it is not insurmountable. There are too many losses and not enough gains, but as long as there remains a belief in something deeper and the possibility of something better, hope remains alive. This is soul music in the deepest sense, not as an aesthetic but as a physical place, where heart, philosophy, and the spirit reside. This is something for the ages, a work of tragic timelessness. After all, these issues have been here before us, and they’ll be here long after us.
Vocals by Philmore Greene
Produced by Apollo Brown
mixed by Magnetic @ The Disc
mastered by Joe Hutchinson
Cover art by Cocu Liu
Campaign Photography by Jenny Risher
Graphic Design by Austin Hart
Executive Produced by Erik Stephens & Michael Tolle
Sounds Beautiful Like The Truth
Mello Music Group, 2022
Emerg Da MC & Bizi Beats - Legends (ft. Donny G) (Single) (2022)
The first single from the up and coming tape with Emerg Da MC and Bizi Beats. This dope track features the amazing Donny G who further ignites this beat with his lyrical mastery.
Cover art designed by Donny G
Lyrics by Emerg Da MC and Donny G
Produced by Bizi Beats
11/11/2022
Novatore - Living in the End Times (2022)
1. Outlaws of Outer Space
(L.Cisneroz, C. Lanciani)
Louis Cisneroz (ASCAP) / C.Lanciani (BMI)
Prod. By C-Lance
2. Road Warriors ft. King Magnetic
(L.Cisneroz, J. Gorton, J. Faust)
Louis Cisneroz (ASCAP) / Johnny Slash Publishing (ASCAP) / King Magnetic Pub. Designee
Prod. By Johnny Slash, Cuts by Tone Spliff
3. Audio Assault ft. Welles Maddingly
(L.Cisneroz, C.Lanciani, D. Eaker)
Louis Cisneroz (ASCAP) / C.Lanciani (BMI) / Welles Maddingly Pub. Designee
Prod. By C-Lance
4. The Time Has Come ft. Nightwalker and A.M. Early Morning
(L.Cisneroz, J. Gorton, A. Anderson, A. Slaughter)
Louis Cisneroz (ASCAP) / Johnny Slash Publishing (ASCAP) / Writers Never Die (ASCAP) / AM Early Morning (ASCAP)
Prod. By Johnny Slash
5. Terry Funk Syndrome
(L.Cisneroz, C. Lanciani)
Louis Cisneroz (ASCAP) / C.Lanciani (BMI)
Prod. By C-Lance
6. End Times Intermission
(S. Hudgins)
Louis Cisneroz (ASCAP) / S. Hudgins (ASCAP)
Prod. By Young Bangas
7. The Time Has Come ft. ILL ZaKiel and Benny Holiday
(L.Cisneroz, C.Lanciani, R. Zadkiel, D. Thistlewaite)
Louis Cisneroz (ASCAP) / C.Lanciani (BMI) / The ILL 1 (ASCAP) / D. Thistlewaite (SOCAN) / Benny Holiday Pub. Designee
Prod. By C-Lance, Cuts by D-Rec
8. Mass Panic
(L.Cisneroz, J. Gorton)
Louis Cisneroz (ASCAP) / Johnny Slash Publishing (ASCAP) / Tom Rapka Pub. Designee
Written for T3 Comics
Prod. By Johnny Slash
9. Wasteland ft. OutcastGawd Lord El
(L.Cisneroz, C. Lanciani, L. Knobleknock, D. Glennie)
Louis Cisneroz (ASCAP) / C.Lanciani (BMI) / CASTGAWD LLC Pub. Designee / Denno Pub. Designee
Prod. By C-Lance, Cuts by Denno
10. Class Act
(L.Cisneroz, J. Gorton)
Louis Cisneroz (ASCAP) / Johnny Slash Publishing (ASCAP)
Prod. By Johnny Slash
Vocals Recorded at Soundscape Studios
Mixed by Jeff Arenson and Doc Damindbenda
Executive produced by Novatore
Artwork and layout by Vinzo
Mass Panic made for T3 Comics
Marz One & Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha - Tha Scheme of Things (2022)
Arizona, USA based artist Marz One and Dutch producer Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha been working on some stuff and were scheming to create an EP. 'Tha Scheme of Things' is the result. The EP has a 90s influenced boom bap backdrop with well written bars and metaphors
Lyrics written, recorded and performed by Marz One
Featured vocals written, recorded and performed Gamblez
All beats, cuts and mixing/mastering by Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha
Cover art by Delta Options
Logo Design by Marz One
Homeboy Sandman - Still Champion (2022)
Following a 19-stop tour, the incomparable Homeboy Sandman and MC/producer Deca come together to release Still Champion, a ten-song masterpiece brimming with positivity, deliciously soulful production and enough affirmations to move a mountain.
After first being introduced to Deca’s music back in 2020 via mutual friend Matt Diamond (who sent him the Colorado MC’s single “Clay Pigeons”), Homeboy went on a deep dive, eventually discovering “Fairburn” off of the mostly instrumental effort Forest Agates. This beat became their first collaboration, “All Because of You,” which dropped in January 2021. The song perfectly set the tone of what was to come.
The LP serves as a spiritual apex (something Sand notes he hasn’t felt close to since his 2010 effort The Good Sun), with a victorious tone as he once again finds himself creating from a happy headspace.
The unmistakable sense of connectedness is something Sandman directly attributes to Deca’s production and approach to songwriting, of which he counts himself a huge fan. Specifically, he praises how [Deca’s] music focuses on what one could consider truly meaningful. He doesn’t boast about how great or cool he is in his rhymes.
Homeboy is–admittedly–a much different artist, not one to shy away from injecting ego into his discography; however, they sonically connect like peanut butter and jelly.
The resulting influence from their musical partnership sees the New York rhymer remaining steadfast to an optimistic, grateful vibe, never wasting time on typical rap-isms or anything devoid of a message.
This is a pivotal project in Sandman’s deep catalog. It’s the end of an arc that began with 2019’s Dusty, an album he loved at the time but unabashedly considers the furthest depth he strayed from God. Likewise, in his eyes, the follow-up (2020’s Don’t Feed The Monster) served as a rock bottom. While there were signs of the hard work he’s put into his mental health apparent on his last EP There in Spirit (see the song “Feels so Good to Cry” as an example), with Deca’s curation in tow, he has now reached a point of feeling powerful again.
Having learned from faltering in different ways throughout his career—and life—this album delivers a powerful potency not felt or heard in past releases. Still Champion is chicken soup for the soul blended in a pot with the best Ted Talk you’ve ever heard.
Produced by Deca
Mixed by Deca
Mastered by Alejandro Tello at Ampliphonic Studios
Cover Art by Mike McManus
Layout by Austin Hart
Executive Produced by Angel Del Villar II & Michael Tolle
40-40 (Last Measure & L.E.O.) - The Portal (2022)
Produced by Seth Silensir
Mixed and Mastered by Sheldon "Finsta" Smith for Basic Image Studios
Directed, Animated and Edited by Matthew D'Angelo
Cast:
"Time Traveler" and extras played by Matthew D'Angelo
"Punk Girl" played by Danya Mosher
"Holographic Adviser" played by Cece
"Chef" played by Gerry D'Angelo
"Pedestrian" played by Miranda D'Angelo
"40-40" played by their damn selves
From the 40-40 album "The Celestial Doctrine" available on all digital platforms
Frukwan aka Gatekeeper (Gravediggaz) - Nightmare in B-Minor (2022)
Frukwan returns after a brief hiatus to deliver a graveyard chambers music crafted by Shaka on the beats.
All Tracks Produced, Arranged, Mixed & Mastered by Shaka Amazulu the 7th
Except Track 1 Co-Produced by Cotardz
Executively Produced by Shaka Amazulu the 7th
Co-Executively Produced by Frukwan
Art by Tea Design
2022 Black Stone of Mecca / Sun-Star Music Group
Rockness Monsta - Ether Rocks (2022)
Since making his mark in the ‘90s through the early aughts as a part of the legendary Boot Camp Clik and one half of “Da Incredible Rap Team” and duo Heltah Skeltah, Rock (also known as the Rockness Monsta) has been conservative with solo efforts. With one of the most distinct voices in Hip-Hop, the Brooklyn emcee released his full-length debut solo album Rockness AP in 2017, and now looks to step back into the spotlight with his sophomore album, Ether Rocks.
Produced entirely by Harlem, New York’s Ron Browz (Nas’s “Ether”, Jim Jones’s “Pop Champagne”, etc.), the project sees Rock’s ominous tone and sharp flow transposed from the traditional Boom-Bap beats of Da Beatminerz and others, into a sonic backdrop that retains grit yet bolsters an updated and more sophisticated style from the legendary emcee.
The 12 track LP boasts guest appearances from Method Man, Steele (Smif-N-Wessun), Ruste Juxx and more, and is due out this September via DSPs, CD and vinyl through American B Boy Records in partnership with Fat Beats.
“Dope is dope. I'm trying to break out of the underground rap box and ease into ‘grown man rap’. This album is basically my way of showing y’all more sides to myself musically and conceptually. A lot of our culture wants you to do the same thing over and over. That’s understandable but not realistic as we are forever evolving as human beings. So, while I continue to serve jedi level barbarian bars, I’m adding some things to the menu.” – Rockness Monsta
Words x Vic Grimes - No Hooks . . . Just Elbows (2022)
All beats produced by Vic Grimes for Crate Divizion
All songs written/recorded/mixed/mastered by Words in a Chinadian Dungeon
11/04/2022
Edd Bundy - One Good Scare (Singles) (2022)
Wise Guise (Fubar, Hi-Q, Absoulut Karnage & Jake Haw) - One Good Scare Pt. 1
Tray-Digga - One Good Scare Pt. 2
Novatore - The Time Has Come (ft. Nightwalker & A.M. Early Morning) (Official Music Video) (2022)
Produced by Johnny Slash
Directed by Yung City Slicka
Vinnie Paz - Faith Healer (Official Music Video) (2022)
Video Directed, Shot and Edited by Jimmy Giambrone (Instagram @slimbojimboyo)
Song produced by C-Lance (Instagram @c_lance_)
B-roll filmed by Mike McRath
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