Classic producer 45 King is the man behind the beat for some of the most known songs in hip-hop ever, like “The 900 Number” and Jay-Z’s “Hard Knock Life”. He is a living legend. Here he plays his own “best of mix”. Enjoy, props to Unkut.com
Beatrice Eli (@BeatriceEli) – Violent Silence
Swedish artist Beatrice Eli drops her latest which will appear on the forthcoming EP It’s Over, due 24th March.
Deniro Farrar (@DeniroFarrar) – The Patriarch (Album)
Charlotte’s Deniro Farrar raps over ethereal tracks of Lil B’ affiliated producers Keyboard Kid and Friendzone as well as big name producers Ryan Hemsworth and Flosstradamus (forerunners in the Trap movement). But Deniro isn’t like Lil B and he isn’t like this new “Trap” music that has come out). This is hard street rap over amazing production, its that simple. You can stream the album and buy it at any price below.
Amplify Dot (@AmplifyDot) – Kurt Cobain
Virgin Records signee A. Dot is back with a new single (and we hope a forthcoming album) in the form of ‘Kurt Cobain’, released 28th April.
Ace Hood – Have Mercy
With a little help from Cardiak, Ace Hood drops off his new track from the upcoming album Trials & Tribulations (coming July 16th).
MzSasha Feat. Black Cobain – Like This
As MzSasha prepares for her debut mixtape, she gives us a new freestyle with her BOA brother Black Cobain.
A$AP Rocky & A$AP Ferg – Take It Easy Freestyle
Peter Rosenberg and Ecko are putting together a mixtape called The New York Renaissance and this is the first offering from the project. The mixtape drops April 1st and will feature everyone you see in the above image and more.
Fred The Godson – 5AM In Blokwork
I’m not looking forward to the next wave of rappers over Drake instrumentals that haven’t even had time to breathe yet, but dude went in on this one.
Natalia Kills (@NataliaKills) – Problem
The new single from Natalia Kills is produces by Jeff Bhasker and released 12th March.
James Blake (@JamesBlake) – Overgrown (Album Snippets)
A nice taste of what’s to come, following the release of singles like ‘Retrograde‘ & ‘Voyeur‘.
Overgrown is released 8th April (preorder here).
Chevy Woods Feat. Bow Wow – Tax It
The song is fairly sleep-worthy…..those to disagree can look out for the track to be featured on Chevy Woods Gangland 2 project. Produced by Izze The Producer.
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Honey Cocaine – Runaway Bride
The latest single from Thug Love (produced by DKevrim), which drops March 31st. Somewhat interested to see what Honey Cocaine will do this year.
Azealia Banks – Yung Rapunxel
I think I get the Rapunzel reference: in the track, you can hear the soft chant “I want to be free”. Anyway, she’s finally freed some music instead of us hearing another news story about who did doesn’t like…..and to me, it’s kind of underwhelming. The positive is that it’s probably the kind of track that will turn an arena on it’s head during a performance. Produced by Lil’ Internet.
What are your thoughts on the record (Elliott Wilson voice)?
Soulja Boy – Handsome
Soulja tries to rap like Chief Keef on his latest single. Produced by Young Chop and from the upcoming USA Dre.
Compton Menace Feat. Wiz Khalifa & The Game – Aint No Changing Me (Remix)
Menace gets his boss and Wiz Khalifa on a remix.
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Homeboy Sandman – The Plot Thickens
New York’s Homeboy Sandman drops “The Plot Thickens” produced by Keith Edward, the third single since his album First of a Living Breed last year.
Bridget Kelly Feat. Kendrick Lamar – Street Dreamin’
Bridget Kelly scores a K-Dot feature for her latest single, which will not only be on Funk Flex’s Who You Mad At? Me Or Yourself? but also on Miss Kelly’s upcoming album.
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Pill – Need This Money
Probably from the upcoming Over The Counter Drugs project. At this point, there’s probably a lot more to this song title for Pill than we think.
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Rascals (@RascalsOfficial) Feat. @ProfessorGreen – Fire Blaze (Remix)
We probably overlooked this, but the Rascals were recently blessed with a fresh addition to their single ‘Fire Blaze‘: none other than Professor Green, who’s feature created a pretty dope remix that I hope we’ll see a visual for. Check it out below.
Bow Wow – Greenlight 5 (Mixtape)
Mr. 106 & Park is back with a star-studded new mixtape, of which you can check out below.
Tese Fever – Niggas Bleed (B.I.G. Tribute)
On the anniversary of the death of the late great B.I.G., Tese Fever jumps on a classic record to pay her respects.
HS87 Ft. ScHoolboy Q, Casey Veggies, Xzibit, Rick Ross, Method Man, Redman & Raekwon “Cypher”
HS87′s compilation All I’ve Ever Dreamed Of drops in three days, and Hit-Boy asks a few friends to jump on his latest record (that he produced). This project is going to be sick, and I can’t wait.