From The Knuckle Dragguz camp, G Fam Black & CLOAQxDAGGER bring you their 3rd collaborative album, The Wicked Feast First.
Produced by CLOAQxDAGGER
Mixed/Mastered by Mathias of CLOAQxDAGGER
Art by G Fam Black
8/08/2026
Shark & Hi-Q - Every Villain Has A Story
Every Villain has a Story is a journey through the mind of a normal man descending into the depths of his darker self. Enjoy the madness.
All tracks written and recorded by Shark except features
All tracks produced, mixed and mastered by Hi-Q
Artwork by Shark & Hi-Q (mostly Hi-Q)
Omega Level Records/Sons of Boombap
MagiCXbeats - Mystical Instrumental Brew
Bestowing a variety of abstract sounds from the lab Deep, Celestial Echoes Mystical Instrumental Brew for Focus and Deep Cosmic Meditation" 3rd eye Music
P-Ro x Crack Sizzlack - Organic Crack
Organic Crack is produced using methods that avoid synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, and GMOs. The primary benefits include significantly reduced exposure to chemical toxins, better environmental sustainability through healthy soil management, and a lower risk of consuming antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in most other music. 2026 a Knuckle Dragguz subsidiary.
All songs Produced by Crack Sizzlack
Additional vocals on Tracks 1, 9, and 12 by James Mitchell
All songs Written, Performed, Recorded, Mixed, Mastered and Artwork by P-Ro
B1 The Architect & Mark Jordan - Bladez & Hammerz
Bladez & Hammerz is a collaborative album from Toronto/Canada based MC/Lyricist Mark Jordan & Producer/MC/Audio Engineer hybrid B1 The Architect. Together, they craft a varied, dense underground hip hop album that covers diverse moods & topics, all while maintaining the balance of both artists' signature sounds & styles. Mark & B1 bring in a talented group of guests & producers to contribute to the project, who all help to not only match, but elevate the quality bar. The album is equal parts grimy, aggressive and introspective, combining psychedelic and progressive hip hop soundscapes, with sharp, street wise lyricism.
The album is entirely mixed & mastered by B1 The Architect
Written & Performed by Mark Jordan & B1 The Architect
Producers: B1 The Architect, Beats by NAR, Scotzilla, Nick Vanelli, BOGER, Grinz, The Noise Emporium, Metikulus, ELz Large
Producers:
Track 1 (Intro) - B1 The Architect
Track 2 (Paragon) - Beats By NAR
Track 3 (Death Comes Quick) - Scotzilla
Track 4 (Palm Beach) - B1 The Architect
Track 5 (Van Gogh) - Nick Vanelli
Track 6 (Nothing's Impossible)- B1 The Architect
Track 7 (Living In A Dream) - BOGER
Track 8 (Abnormal Politics) - GRINZ
Track 9 (LOW DOWN) - B1 The Architect
Track 10 (Just Like You) - ELz Large
Track 11 (It's Real) - Metikulus
Track 12 (King's Blues) - Track PROS
Track 13 (ONE ON ONE) - B1 The Architect
Track 14 (Game 6) - B1 The Architect
Track 15 (Let It Go) - AllButtonsIn
Track 16 (We Don't Play) - The Noise Emporium
Track 17 (The Final Operation) - Metikulus
Features: K3N-E, E. Smitty, Grinz. Mic Gutz, Lotus James, Hi-Q, Shark, Philly Regs
Mixed & Mastered & Artwork - B1 The Architect
Konstrukto & Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha - De Tweede Helft
'De Tweede Helft' is het eerst gezamelijke project tussen MC/Producer Konstrukto en Producer/DJ Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha. De twee artiesten hebben samen veel singles uitgebracht en hebben ook onder de Fijnproeverz vlag veel samengewerkt.
De helft van het project is geproduceerd door Konstrukto, de andere helft door Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha. De verses zijn verzorgd door Konstrukto en de cuts op de intro track komen van de hand van Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha.
Het project 'De Tweede Helft' biedt een breed scala aan boom bap tracks waarop Konstrukto zijn visies deelt.
Alle verses opgenomen en uitgevoerd door Konstrukto
Track 1,2,6,7 geproduceerd door Konstrukto
Track 3,4,5,8 geproduceerd door Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha
Cuts door Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha
Mixing door Konstrukto
Mastering door Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha
Artwork door Konstrukto voor Spons Studio
The Doppelgangaz - Beats for Brothels Vol. 9
All songs written & produced by The Doppelgangaz
For Groggy Pack Entertainment LLC
(M. Bennett, E. Sakla) Groggy Pack Music (ASCAP)
Recorded by The Doppelgangaz @ The Brothel 845 NY
Mixed by The Doppelgangaz
Mastered by The Doppelgangaz
Photography by The Doppelgangaz
Art direction & design by The Doppelgangaz
Executive Produced by The Doppelgangaz (Matter ov Fact & EP)
MagiCXbeats - Extended Magic Paradox 22
If you ever wonder about the purple part on my beats it called Purple*Paradox
22 of many projects with MagiCxbeats Extended
G Fam Black x Tali Rodriguez - The Melody of Chaos
For their 6th album together, G Fam Black & Tali Rodriguez bring you 'The Melody Of Chaos', an 11 track album featuring P-Ro, Che Uno, Feral Serge, Sankofa, & Tali Rodriguez
Executive Producer: Sarah Jane
Produced, Mixed, Mastered: Tali Rodriguez
Art: King Beasley, Rubee, & Ranger
7/20/2026
Sadida - Chaotic Beauty (Album Spotlight)
Finding Beauty in the Chaos: An Early Look at Sadida’s Chaotic Beauty
Release date: July 31, 2026
Sadida recently sent me an early copy of his new album, Chaotic Beauty, so I could listen and write something to help promote the release. I have known and worked with Sadida for a long time. We have collaborated countless times, including making a full duo album together. We are both members of TB3, The Big 3, along with Subcon. All three of us are also part of the larger Shark Brothers collective of rappers, producers, and DJs.
I also appear with Subcon on “Darkness Consume,” so I am obviously biased. I am not approaching this like a neutral critic. I am writing as a friend, collaborator, and longtime listener who genuinely likes the album.
Chaotic Beauty feels like one of the clearest representations of Sadida as both a person and an artist. The album is about finding something worthwhile inside everything that can wear a person down. Work, money, addiction, distrust, regret, aging, family responsibilities, and the need to keep creating all appear throughout the project. Sadida never acts like he has defeated the chaos. The beauty comes from what he continues to create with it.
Finding Beauty Inside the Damage: “Find the Beauty”
The album cover introduces that idea before the music begins. Skulls are divided and reconstructed between red roses and white floral outlines. Death and beauty occupy the same image without either one hiding the other.
Produced by Sadida, “Find the Beauty” acts as the album’s main statement. The chorus encourages people to keep searching for something positive when life becomes chaotic and reminds us that pressure is what creates diamonds. Sadida also admits that he has contributed to some of his own problems. He calls himself a “chaos agent” and reflects on reckless behavior, wasted time, pain, and the feeling that death is always waiting somewhere ahead.
At the same time, he describes scar tissue guiding every stroke of his brush. That is what the song is really about. Sadida cannot change everything that happened, but he can decide what he creates from it. When he says that inspiring even one person would allow him to say he made it, he establishes a definition of success that goes beyond money, numbers, or recognition.
The Price of Survival: “Jar of Greed”
“Jar of Greed,” produced by Groove and featuring Dee, turns toward the pressure money places on everyday life. Dee sings the chorus, giving the song a melodic center while emphasizing how money can motivate people to work and survive, but can also push them toward selfish and destructive behavior.
Sadida’s first verse captures the daily grind. The alarm goes off too early, the job drains more energy than the paycheck seems to justify, and energy drinks and weed help him make it through the week. The second verse takes the idea further by showing what greed does to loyalty, friendship, empathy, and trust.
The song is not simply saying that money is evil. It is about what scarcity and desperation can turn people into when survival becomes the main concern. That conflict appears throughout the album because Sadida has a family and responsibilities, but the same job that supports his life also takes time and energy away from his art.
Knives Behind Every Smile: “Obsidian Blades”
“Obsidian Blades,” produced by Donny G, focuses on betrayal and the damage it leaves behind. The knives and backstabbing imagery are direct, but the deeper subject is what happens after someone has been betrayed enough times that distrust becomes automatic.
Sadida describes living in a constant defensive position. He expects people to turn against him once he is no longer useful, so he keeps his walls high and prepares for the next attack. The repeated statement that he is “not going out like that” sounds aggressive, but it also shows how exhausting it can be to remain guarded all the time.
The blades are not only weapons. They represent the sharpness a person develops after being cut too many times.
Letting the Darkness Consume: “Darkness Consume”
“Darkness Consume,” produced by BoFaat and featuring Subcon and Fubar, takes the album into its darkest psychological territory. Sadida mixes demonic imagery with ordinary pressures like the day job, starving artists, artificial intelligence, and the fear of people becoming replaceable.
Sadida sent us the concept, chorus, and his recorded verse. Subcon and I then created our own approaches while staying connected to the main idea. The three verses explore different versions of what it means to stop resisting the darker parts of yourself.
My verse approaches the subject through psychological horror, but the strength of the song comes from the way all three artists expand Sadida’s original concept rather than simply adding unrelated guest appearances. Each of us enters the same darkness through a different door.
That chemistry comes naturally because Sadida, Subcon, and I have worked together many times through TB3, Shark Brothers, and other collaborations. Still, the song gives each artist enough space to create a separate experience.
Turning Doubt into Fuel: “Underestimated”
“Underestimated,” also produced by Donny G, directs Sadida’s anger toward the people who dismissed him. He talks about shrinking his circle, ignoring fake support, and turning disrespect into motivation.
Underneath the aggression is a frustration many independent artists understand. People often judge music based on popularity, money, follower counts, or who an artist knows before they seriously listen to the work. Sadida is not asking those people to reconsider. He is saying that their approval is no longer necessary.
The song connects with “Obsidian Blades” through its distrust of snakes and unreliable allies, but it feels less defensive. Sadida is no longer only protecting himself from doubt. He is using it as fuel.
Where Inspiration Comes From: “What It Is”
“What It Is,” produced by The 6th Floor Show, gives the album some room to breathe. Sadida spends the song trying to explain where his inspiration comes from and considers anxiety, politics, suffering, drugs, lack of sleep, the state of music, his family, and even tacos he refuses to share.
The answer is basically everything.
Sadida’s music comes from the way he processes his life. The difficult moments become songs, but so do the funny and ordinary ones. The humor is important because it reminds the listener that Sadida is not only angry, anxious, or damaged. He is also self-aware and able to laugh at himself.
Weathering What Cannot Be Changed: “Weather the Storm”
“Weather the Storm,” produced by L.O.B., begins moving the album toward a more reflective place. Sadida looks back at his mistakes and thinks about what he might change, but he also recognizes that changing the past would change the person he became.
He does not romanticize his decisions. He admits that he may have been the bad guy in someone else’s story and reflects on aging, neglected health, missed opportunities, and the need to make better choices. At the same time, he remains grateful to be alive, free, and present for his children.
The album changes emotionally as it continues, but it is not a simple journey from darkness into happiness. It begins by asking the listener to find beauty, moves through greed, betrayal, anger, and psychological horror, then gradually becomes more accepting and reflective. The chaos does not disappear. Sadida simply begins to understand it better.
Feeling Most Alive Underground: “Feel Most Alive”
“Feel Most Alive,” produced by BoFaat and featuring 40-40, presents the underground as more than a style of hip-hop. It is the place where the artists feel honest, present, and fully themselves.
40-40 is the duo of L.E.O., which stands for Love Equals Omnipotence, and Last Measure. Their appearances expand the song’s central idea rather than feeling like unrelated guest verses.
Sadida describes music as both confession and survival. He acknowledges his imperfections, his internal battles, and the fact that the person in the mirror may be his greatest enemy. That connects the song to “Darkness Consume,” but he sounds more accepting here. The mirror still shows his flaws, but he is learning to recognize them as part of himself.
The Dream After the Shift Ends: “Still a Dreamer”
“Still a Dreamer,” produced by L.O.B., may be the clearest explanation of why Sadida continues making music. The day job drains him, writing restores him, and recording gives him temporary peace before the process begins again.
Music is not presented as a casual hobby or only as a route toward recognition. It is something he needs. Writing keeps his mind occupied, gives him an escape, and fills the space where darkness might otherwise settle.
The song also captures the reality of being an adult artist with responsibilities. Sadida has a family to support and cannot ignore work, bills, or the people who depend on him. The dream has to survive after the shift ends and after exhaustion has already set in. He does not continue because success is guaranteed. He continues because quitting would mean losing an important part of himself.
Returning Home: “Border Town”
“Border Town,” produced by J Clef, closes the album by bringing everything back to El Paso, Texas, also known as EPT and the 915. Sadida mixes English and Spanish while describing the city through money, drugs, faith, violence, weather, food, struggle, and pride.
El Paso is not presented as perfect. Sadida talks about low wages, poverty, hustling, addiction, and the need to stay alert. At the same time, he clearly loves where he comes from. References to Franklin Mountain, Mexico, and Chico’s Tacos make the song feel personal and specific.
Ending with “Border Town” adds context to the rest of the album. Sadida’s chaos did not develop in isolation. It was shaped by a particular city, culture, and economic environment. The album begins by asking the listener to find beauty inside chaos. It ends by showing the place where Sadida learned how to do it.
Final Thoughts
Musically, Chaotic Beauty is mostly rooted in boom bap, but it also moves through dark, soulful, aggressive, and reflective production. The beats come from Sadida, Groove, Donny G, BoFaat, The 6th Floor Show, L.O.B., and J Clef. Even with several different producers, the album still feels cohesive. The songs have their own personalities, but none of them sound like they belong on a completely different project. The vocals are clear and forceful throughout.
The guest appearances also feel purposeful. Dee brings a melodic element to “Jar of Greed.” Subcon and Fubar explore different sides of the darkness on “Darkness Consume.” L.E.O. and Last Measure expand the main idea behind “Feel Most Alive.”
Several familiar Sadida themes appear throughout the album, including betrayal, darkness, money, distrust, survival, and the struggle to keep creating. People who already know his music will recognize those subjects. Instead of feeling like unrelated songs, those recurring themes help the album feel connected. Sadida looks at the same pressures from different angles and shows how they affect his work, relationships, family life, health, and creativity.
What I like most about Chaotic Beauty is that it sounds like Sadida. The anger sounds like him. The humor sounds like him. The distrust, anxiety, pride, love for his family, exhaustion from work, and need to keep making music all feel honest. This album is about taking the parts of life that wear a person down and trying to make something useful from them. It does not pretend that pain automatically becomes meaningful. It does not claim that every struggle eventually turns into something beautiful. Sadida still has to search for that beauty.
That search is what gives the album its meaning.
Chaotic Beauty releases July 31, 2026.
6/08/2026
Qwel & Nightwalker - Divided Times (2026)
Chicago underground legend Qwel has teamed up with New York native and phenom producer Nightwalker to serve up a timeless classic in "Divided Times". Nightwalker's pounding production provides the perfect canvas for Qwel's precise flows and complex wordplay.
P-Ro x Crack Sizzlack - 7 Forms of Love (2026)
P and Crack take you through 7 Forms of Love most of us can connect and relate to, as a follow-up to their EP 7 Signs of Stupidity. This is their 4th project together..
Produced by Crack Sizzlack
Performed, Mixed, Mastered, Artwork by P-Ro
B1 The Architect & Flashbang Jimmy - The Dark Forest Hypothesis (2026)
From B1 The Architect & Flashbang Jimmy
This album is a strange, obscure, yet simultaneously fun and exciting psychedelic hip hop journey. Together B1 & Flashbang combine their love of punchlines, obscure references, and thoughtful meditations on modern life, addiction & loss to create a powerful and unique body of work.
Production on the album is primarily handled by B1 The Architect, outside of 2 tracks, (Broken Stairways & ROCK BOTTOM) which were handled by WENDIGO & DJ Goadman . Sonically the album is varied & expansive, yet features a consistent sense of tension. It has elements of the dystopian industrial dread of the EL-P/Def Jux era, as well as the warm & rich textures of the Madlib produced Madvillainy. Flashbang & B1 combine their worldviews, tastes & diverse influences to create a unique and intoxicating aesthetic throughout.
The album has features from some of the most talented artists in the underground scene, who all deliver exceptional performances. including Loe Pesci, Daniel Son, Le Zeppo, G Fam Black, Subaux,, Mxntis, D-Rec, E.Smitty & Edison Av
Artwork provided by one of the best artists in Canada, GOHN, who perfectly captures the mysterious, quirky and dark atmosphere of the album visually.
Produced/Mixed & Mastered by B1 The Architect
Written/Exec Produced & Performed by B1 & Flashbang Jimmy
Track 08 - Produced by DJ Goadman
Track 09 - Produced by WENDIGO
Features: Loe Pesci, Daniel Son, Le Zeppo, G Fam Black, Subaux,, Mxntis, D-Rec, E.Smitty & Edison Av
Artwork by GOHN
Jam Young & Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha - It Was Written In Polo (2026)
“It Was Written In Polo” is the first collaborative EP between Queens, NY MC Jam Young and Dutch producer Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha. The EP is a follow-up to “Only Built For Tommy And Ralph,” which featured several NY artists including Jam, who assisted on several of the tracks.
“It Was Written In Polo” is a fresh take and dedication to New York Hip-Hop. With Skinny’s hard hitting drums paying homage to 90’s and early 2000s boom bap golden era, Jam Young weaves through different flows and catchy hooks to help bring his fresh Queens sound to life. With the help of Britt (The Netherlands) and Lex Rush (Queens, NY) who are the new features on the project, Jam and Skinny deliver a cinematic experience like no other. With 4 new tracks and a remix, this 23 minute sonic journey is meant to be played in the streets of New York and The Netherlands a like, for years to come.
Lyrics written, recorded and performed by Jam Young
Featured lyrics written, recorded and performed by featured artists
Beats produced by Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha
Mixing/Mastering by Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha
Artwork by Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha
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