Hip-Hop | Skizzy Mars – Pay For You ft. G-Eazy & Devon Baldwin
Posted by Grubeats on December 20, 2012
Einstein once said, “Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts.” In layman’s terms; quality > quantity. I wont go as far as saying Skizzy took a page from Einstein’s book (yet), but he certainly understands the principles. As I’ve said before, Skizzy doesn’t strike as often as some artists, but he consistently delivers quality music. The latest single, “Pay For You”, features O-Towns debonair rapper, G-Eazy, who lends both production as well as a verse on this track along with American Idol contestant, Devon Baldwin. You can catch Skizzy on the road with G on his 2013 Must Be Nice tour. Phases coming soon!
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Hip-Hop, Rap | Chance the Rapper – Bout A Dolla (ft. Chuck Inglish, Chip tha Ripper, and Twista) + Living in Vain
Posted by J_Salzer on August 7, 2012
Probably the longest title I’ve ever written. But that’s good for you guys, because it means you get TWO new Chance the Rapper tunes. Chance has been on fire lately, and has graciously dropped these two gems off to please his loyal followers. The first track, has 3 features from rapper’s who can all kill a track equally. But Chance shines and makes the track his bitch(am I allowed to say that?). Although, Twista’s verse(final verse) was incredible by any standards, the fact that he had to follow Chance made it tough for him to win my praise. The second track has a slower, more gospely feel. The beautiful crooing is done by Lorine Chia, and will be featured on her upcoming album. Grab both of the tracks for free below and make sure you follow Chance on twitter and like his facebook page
Bout A Dolla:
Living in Vain (ft. Lorine Chia):
Hip-Hop, Mixtapes | King Louie – Showtime (Mixtape)
Posted by dshaq on July 9, 2012
King Louie has been one of Chicago’s most respected up and coming rapper’s for a while now, even getting a shout-out from Kanye in the “I Don’t Like” remix. What we have here is his brand new mixtape. This 22 track tape is bound to please all musical tastes with some slowed down tracks, some upbeat ones, and of course a lot of trap beatz. Be on the lookout for more Louie, because this tape is too raw.
Hip-Hop | RiFF RAFF & GHETTY- BATH SALTS (Video)
Posted by A on June 27, 2012
“RAP GAME DO A BARREL ROLL, WAVE RACE.”
Let me preface this by saying I can’t get enough of Riff Raff. He’s genius. I don’t understand, however, why he collaborates with all of these no-name rappers. It seems that Riff Raff and his video guy have a package a no-name rapper can purchase that includes a verse and a video. I’m not hating on Riff for that, everyone has to pay the bills, I just wish we could get more “You Never Know” type verses that we all know and love Riff Raff for. When Riff Raff writes structured raps, like in the video above, he loses some of his appeal in my opinion. Regardless, Riff Raff continues to captivate, as he’s hands down my favorite artist right now.
Hip-Hop | eGo – Ridin’ Round ft. Chance The Rapper
Posted by dshaq on June 24, 2012
Fellow Chicago natives, eGo and Chance the rapper, link up to go in on this Big Bird produced track. This is the first time I’ve heard of eGo, but I was surprised with his impressive flow. The track is off of eGo’s upcoming mixtape, Vicodin. Make sure to grab this one.
Hip-Hop | Kam Royal – Rolling Stone
Posted by J_Salzer on June 22, 2012
I’ve never posted Kam Royal’s music. I’ve never disliked it, but I’ve never enjoyed it enough to share it with all of you. This song is different. Rolling Stone has a old school feeling beat that Kam flows over with the confidence of the most veteran rapper. If Kam continues making music like this, he’ll find himself on Fresh New Tracks much more frequently. I’ve enjoyed watching him progress as an artist, and at the rate he’s going, he won’t be stopping anytime soon.
Hip-Hop, Rap | Hit-Boy – Jay-Z Interview (Official Video)
Posted by J_Salzer on June 10, 2012
I hadn’t gotten around to watching this video because I thought it was an ACTUAL interview with Hit-Boy about Jay-Z…turns out, Hit-Boy titled the song “Jay Z Interview.” So sorry for the tardiness of this post. If you are not familiar with Hit-Boy, he produces for the likes of…well…everyone. Hit-Boy is signed to Kanye’s West’s GOOD Music, and the grammy nominated beat maker tries his hand at rapping in this video. His lyrics and wordplay is incredible, and his flow seems almost…Kanye like. I did find it interesting that he didn’t produce this track himself. Even if Hit-Boy’s career as a rapper doesn’t take off, he can always fall back on making dope beats.