Don’t Sleep On These New Hip Hop Releases
The underground was so jam-packed with hits this week that we could have easily created a Top 20! Somehow though, we narrowed things down to the pulse-pounding edition below! Experience the audio excitement of Insomniac Magazine’s Weekly Hip Hop Top 10 11/25 edition!
1) AL-DOE x SPANISH RAN team up with RIGZ x ESTEE NACK to demonstrate how living legends get down on an explosive cut from “Dona Blanca: The Final Installment” called “City Of Gods!” Ran keeps the setting dark & grimy as each emcee delivers envelope-pushing lyrical content for the listeners. Get ready for a mind-blowing adventure. If you ever doubted that gods walk among us, visit the city where these sonic titans reside!
2) ETO x BODYBAGBEN have always brought “Integrity” to the Hip Hop culture so it makes sense that they would unite for a power heater of the same name. Attacking a sonic backdrop that sounds like a million warning alarms going off at once, the New Crack Era MC drops jewels while maintaining an eerily calm demeanor. This is your wake up call if you’ve been sleepin’ on the ill lyricist & ultra-creative producer. Check out the eye-opening action & brace yourself for more to come!
3) RJ PAYNE, ETO x FLEE LORD murder all emcees who step in their path on the Big Poppa Chop powered banger “Suicide Squad!” Three of the illest to ever do it make the world unsafe for weak spitters clogging up the underground pipeline. Ferocious penmanship is in full display for 3 minutes & 23 seconds of poetical terror! One by one rivals fall by the wayside as the lyricists flex inhuman skills on the mic!
4) MOOCH x GIALLO POINT enlist DANIEL SON for “Dopanese” heat that’s pure “Poison!” Daniel Son sets off the explosives with a deadly flow & casual ease ridin’ the beat. You’ll keep coming back for more cause that BBM s**t’s addictive! Mooch follows with a vivid showcase of lyricism sprinkled with a dash of humor for good measure. Giallo Point kills it on production to deliver one of the best tracks we’ve heard all year!
5) ETO x MIL BEATS combine forces for massive “Front Row” heat called “Cape” featuring cuts by DJ Djaz! If y’all ain’t familiar wit’ the vibe you WILL BE after one listen to this standout joint! The track contains elements that make it seem as if Eto is a Mad Max like figure striding through some subterranean environment in search of a new victim to slay on the mic. He stays calm while fans worldwide get excited whenever he blesses the booth!
6) AGALLAH DON BISHOP x SOSA STACKS rip the roof off the mutha with a mega blast from the “Made Of Strength” EP! There’s NOTHING soft about “Deep Pedigree!” The joint contains hard beats, hard rhymes, and a hardcore sample from the late, great Notorious B.I.G. Agallah & Sosa have a surefire winner on their hands with this one. It’s Hip Hop to the core…unfiltered and raw!
7) INNOCENT? x NUTSO team up with TONY BORN, REAP RAW & NEMS for some “Borough 2 Borough” heat called “BARS!” The crew erupt with volcanic verses while STAN DA MAN layers thunderous beats onto the sonic landscape to send shockwaves through the earth! If you want dope rhymes you came to the right place. These are the the kind of bars you want to stand behind!
8) POUNDS introduces his “Trafficante” project to the world by featuring none other than ROC MARCIANO as his lyrical co-conspirator on a Buckwild laced gem called “The Garden!” Pounds gives listeners that gruff, take no prisoners delivery we know so well while the earth temporarily stops spinning on its axis to reflect on Roc Marci’s powerful prose. Buckwild paints the scene with bold strokes of colorful production. The Garden awaits. Experience the fruits of their labor.
9) DNTE, COCAREEF x THEREALSKITSO attack the airwaves with an all out underground assault on the DrkTheLegend produced power blast “Millennium Dome Raid!” The spectacularly crafted track puts listeners in the center of the action as the supreme lyricists deliver 3(VERY)distinctive styles to the masses. Bars & beats fly through your speakers at an alarming rate while the crowd starts screaming! They followed through on the plan & the raid’s a success. The competition never saw ’em coming!
10) Following our coda of leaving you with a BANGER, we present ALPHA MAGNETO’s latest sonic sureshot “Magneto Monotheism!” Bridging the gap between gospel & boom bap, the lyricists flow effortlessly over immaculately crafted arrangements that put other producers to shame. The underground avengers continue to keep their pen sharp & their soundscapes stellar. O THE GREAT, SHADOW MAGNETIC & ALPHA_BETIC may be playin’ the sideline but in time they’ll be King of The Hill.
Well that’s it for this week. Catch ya next time and…DON’T SLEEP!
– Kevin Keith
