Terumasa Hino – Unity
Tuesday June 18th 2013,
Filed under: International Zone Coasters,Steady Bootleggin',Streaming-Only
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A new project dropped today from Terumasa Hino and DJ Honda:

Terumasa Hino was born in 1942 in Tokyo City. He moved to New York in 1975 and worked with a who’s who of jazz. In 1989 Hino became the first Japanese artist to sign with the legendary esteemed American jazz label BLUE NOTE. Throughout the years Hino’s success in Japan and his career has been likened to that of Miles Davis; as they both experimented with jazz/rock fusion and also played the same instrument; the trumpet. In the past few years Terumasa Hino has teamed up with legendary hip-hop icon, dj honda and formed a new sound of fusion blending heavy beats and scratching.

iTunes link for the album

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Meyhem Lauren – Critical Thinking

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New Meyhem track from his vinyl-only Raw Cashmere EP on Chopped Herring. Beat by IceRocks.

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$amhill – Can’t Trust U
Friday June 14th 2013,
Filed under: Bronx Bombers,Dad Rap,Newest Latest,Steady Bootleggin'
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The Almighty $amhill drops a new track with RTNC on the boards.

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Prodigy and Alchemist feat. Roc Marciano – Death Sentence

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Here’s the Roc Marcy feature from the new P and ALC album, Albert Einstein.

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Tony Touch feat. Action Bronson and Kool G Rap – It’s A Queens Thing

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More Tony Touch action, as Action Bronson and Kool G Rap get down over a Statik Selektah track.

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Action Bronson feat. LL Cool J and Lloyd Banks – Strictly 4 My Jeeps [Remix]

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LL clearly read my article about him and decided to get his shit together for this guest spot on Action Bronson‘s remix. Pity that the rapping mummy Lloyd Banks is on this instead of Curtis though. SAAB Stories drops next week.

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Video: Prodigy feat. Domo Genesis – YNT [Young and Thuggin]
Tuesday June 04th 2013,
Filed under: Alan The Chemist,Killa Queens,Newest Latest,Rap Veterans,Video Clips
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First video from P and ALC‘s Albert Einstein project.

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Tony Touch ft. Raekwon, JD Era, Ghostface Killah & RZA – Unorthodox

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First single from Tony Touch’s Piecemaker 3: The Return Of The 50 MC’s, produced by Toca and Psycho Les. Kinda wish RZA didn’t rap on this though.

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Video: Willie The Kid – Halal Tuna
Tuesday June 04th 2013,
Filed under: Alan The Chemist,Drum-Free Rap,Newest Latest,Video Clips
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New Willie The Kid over an Alchemist track, from next month’s Masterpiece Theater EP.

Courtesy of eskay.

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Video: KA – Our Father
Saturday May 25th 2013,
Filed under: BK All Day,Newest Latest,Video Clips
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New material from KA, from his next album, The Night’s Gambit.

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Roc Marciano feat. Cormega – Ruff Town

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Roc and Mega connect like Voltron.

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AZ – We Movin’

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Business as usual for AZ, with Statik Selectah on the track. Taken from Doe Or Die 2.

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7 G.E.M.S. (Tragic Allies & Tragedy Khadafi) – Dem Get Murda

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Tragedy has teamed up with Tragic Allies (Purpose, Estee Nack and Code Nine) to form 7 G.E.M.S. The Golden Era Music Sciences album is out now through Ill Adrenaline Records with vinyl due next month.

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Two More TJ Swan Demos Unearthed

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Back in 2010 I received a recording of a TJ Swan demo recorded from Tim Westwood‘s show in 1988 titled “Mellow Love”, although someone claiming to be affiliated with Swan then contacted me and demand that I remove the track on the grounds that: “This was a practice session. Swan wrote and sang the song to get a feel for it”. He also claimed that a bunch of TJ Swan music was about to drop, but three years later we’re still waiting.

In the meantime, Rap Blog Godd noz recently blessed me with a few more cuts which may have been intended for Have No Fear Swan Is Here. or are simply more “practice sessions”. The first track, “Sensitive Love” features Swan flexing his microphone techniques and busting some rhymes, while “Love Is Blind” is more of an uptempo number on the Al. B Sure tip. Was Marley Marl involved with these tracks? Are they finished LP cuts or just demos? Sadly, there’s also no sign of the lost Big Daddy Kane/MC Shan cameos that I hoped for…


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Hannibal Stax and Marco Polo – B.K.L.Y.N.

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New album cut from Hannibal Stax and Marco Polo‘s Seize The Day album, which dropped today and is an excellent example on Non-Progressive Rap done right. File under the ever-expanding Brooklyn Anthem category.

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