London Dior – I Am Lundy (Mixtape Stream)

D.C.’s own London Dior breaks out with a new mixtape titled I Am Lundy, which you can stream via Spinrilla below:

You can never let anything distract you from your main objective. My only goal is to be great. That’s all I want. That’s all I ever aspire to be. Greatness is something nobody can ever take away from you, no matter what happens. So I put all my energy and focus into my craft.

Mazerati Music & Likeblood Entertainment Join Forces On ‘Bring The City Out’ EP

Two of D.C.’s biggest entities — Uptown’s longstanding collective Likeblood Entertainment and the Southside-to-Texas-based Mazerati Music, helmed by Steve Francis — have join forces for a new EP titled Bring The City Out, which sees appearances from Binessman E, Ron Doub, Young Fresh, BlackMan, Hot Rizzle, Young Jitta, Produca P, Richie P and more. Stream/download the project below via DatPiff.

JABB – Understand Me


Understand that JABB is back and he’s bringing his brand of Square Bizness, after a long period of recording and preparation. For a sampler of what’s to come, check the new single “Understand Me.” Square Bizness, soon. “Understand Me” was produced by Big Boy Traks. Photo by Marli (@dont.shootem)

Oddisee – Like Really

Check out the latest from Oddisee below, taken from the upcoming album The Iceberg (released February 24th; pre-order here).

The prolific MC, producer and musician Oddisee’s new album ‘The Iceberg’ is a plea for humanity to dig deeper in search of understanding and common ground. His third release in just 12 months, ‘The Iceberg’ is a distillation of stereotypical tropes in hip-hop and beyond, 12 tracks about money, sex, politics, race and religion that appear superficial until his multi-dimensional lyrics unfurl to expose the complexities of individuality and identity: how we see ourselves and how others see us. Deeply soulful, and shot through with jazz, Go-go, gospel, thick r&b and hard beats, the album is a timely, poetic statement. ‘The Iceberg’ is out February 24 on Mello Music Group.