While stopping by Hot 97 to promote his new album, Talib Kweli proceeds to spit a 4 minute freestyle for Funk Flex over a classic Mobb Deep instrumental. It’s safe to say Talib still got it after all these years. Make sure you support him and buy his new album Prisoner Of Conscious (STREAM), which comes packed with 17 tracks with guest features coming from Curren$y, Miguel, Kendrick Lamar, and a lot more.
Minneapolis emcee Greg Grease will be making a major appearance this month with a slot at the Soundset Festival, but in the mean time check out this incredible in-studio performance of “C.R.E.A.M. Dreams” and “Death Ballad” at the University of Minnesota’s student run Radio K. With a DJ on the deck and disco ball spinning above, Grease delivers a flawless live rendition of both songs from his album Cornbread, Pearl & G. Easily one of my favorite new artists, don’t sleep on Greg Grease.
Today, Vic Mensa unleashes the official first single off his upcoming mixtape titled ‘Did It B4′. This is also the first beat that Vic Mensa has ever rapped over a beat he made himself. The video is just crazy sick. Check it out yourself. INNANETAPE is coming very soon.
Found on his recently released EP Soundtrack II Armageddon (STREAM), Kembe X gives his Nez & Rio produced cut ‘Village Over Everything’ the visual treatment. The video is in a dark and gritty setting where Kembe spits his fire flow effortlessly. Enjoy the Visual Mecca directed video above.
Palermo Stone and New Orleans rising star Dee-1 come together for a crisp visual to their uplifting, positive single, “Freedom Writers,” which appears on Palermo Stone’s new release, R.A.R.E. (Revitalizing Art; Reinventing Emotion). The two trade reflective verses over young British talent Jazz Logic’s production. Watch the Devin Ashmore-directed visuals above.
With their collaborative project 7 Deadly due out this summer, South Florida’s Sin and Numonics decide to bless us with their first single titled “Eye For An Eye”. The track finds Sin discussing the issue of envy over a rock influenced production from Numonics. Can’t wait to hear what else these two got cooked up for their EP.
Mel Wellman gets down and nerdy with his brand new single, “Talk Nerdy To Me”. The Philadelphia artist and producer is gearing up to release his next project, Substance Abuse, where this track will find its home. Look out for that to drop on June 4th.
Just like his tripped out video for his freestyle over Cam’Ron’s ‘Cookies & Applejuice’, Ricky Hil delivers another set of visuals in similar fashion for ‘Juicy J’. Watch the Topshelf Junior-directed visuals above. Don’t forget to check out Ricky’s new release, SYLDD, that dropped earlier this year. It includes features from The Weeknd, Fat Trel, and more.
Believe me or not, Jeremih is one of the best R&B artists out today. He’s back with some new music and grabs a guest feature from Big Sean & Paul Wall. This new cut titled ‘Ol’ Skool Pontiac’ is a track Jeremih has talked about since 2010 but was unreleased until now. No idea why he release this earlier because this shit is dope. Besides that, Jeremih is working on his next album so expect that to come out later this year.
If you’re looking for some good, new R&B music, look no further than Westcoast and OpM’s very own Zeke who recently dropped his new project, 2090. You might remember Zeke from the couple appearances he made on the Young Nation: Volume 1 mixtape. “Talk About It”, a track that appeared on Young Nation that features Dom Kennedy also makes an appearance on 2090. The tape is real smooth and is great to let ride out on chill days. Take a listen to the new tape below.
DOWNLOAD: ZEKE – 2090
