Don’t Sleep On These New Releases
Insomniac Magazine serves up Weekly Top Ten heat to keep the cold weather at bay! Gear up for action & check out the list below!
1) HUS KINGPIN & SMOOVTH kick off the countdown with a “Holiday Hus: XXXMAS” explosive!!! “Snow Castle” adds sizzle to the festive season with bars galore & a soundscape(once again)laced by the marvelous MACAPELLA!!! This is the kind’a joint that will have you doing drunken backflips at the office Christmas party before you say the wrong thing to your boss’s wife and inevitably lose your job! It’s all worth it though when you hear these #Winners shoot the gift! Unemployment’s never sounded so f***in’ good!!!
2) There’s a HUNDRED reasons to bow down to MACHACHA’s skills behind the boards & one of ’em is this dope ass joint featuring SMOOVTH, SUPREME CEREBRAL & JAMIL HONESTY! Few MCs can attain the “Levels” they’ve reached in this game & the godlike bars they spit made us even shed a thug tear from our eye! Words can’t begin to describe how compelling this track is so we’ll shut up as you hit the PLAY button & listen!
3) JUSTIN TYME, RAEKWON, RANSOM, METHOD MAN & NICHOLAS CRAVEN “Live By The Code” while y’all die by the seeds of self-destruction! First things first, BARS & hook are on-point!(I mean, look at the line up…How could they not be?)To enhance things even further, King Craven encapsulates the phenomenal flows in a bed of earth-shattering sonic supremacy while DJ JESAYA transports us to turntable nirvana!
4) THE QUARTER INCH KINGS x ZAGNIF NORI keep rivals in the crosshairs on their ill release “Targets Set!” Hardcore beats & rhymes take precedence while an angelic harpsichord sends the opposition home to meet their maker! Real Hip Hop is most definitely here to stay & this crew leads the pack in boundless creativity!!!
5) CANIBUS, BORN SUN & BODYBAGBEN(who does double duty as both MC & producer)transform tragedy into an epic underground onslaught on the audio heater “Travis Scott Concert!” The lyricists deliver an infusion of high energy to the set on this funky head nodder we found irresistible. You’ll play it two to three times but that’s not nearly enough…so you’ll circle back & tap in again!
6) G FAM BLACK x BOFAAT unleashed a BEAST of a track in the form of their GHOST OF THE MACHINE & ENELS featured “Fear Or Love” banger(showcasing cuts by DYSTRAKTED)! The “Statute Of Limitations” sonic triumph contains all the elements of a top tier joint(ill content, production & flows)and executes them all perfectly! This one didn’t just blow our mind…It mutilated our mental! One listen & you’ll never be the same!!!
7) MOOCH, ESTEE NACK & RECOGNIZE ALI place their enemies’ heads in “The Guillotine” as MACHACHA plays sonic executioner! The unhinged lyricism running rampant on this joint signals that things are about to get real dire for the competition! Exotic rhythms mislead rivals into thinking they’re going on vacation but the truth is opps are lured in to be slaughtered!
8) M DOC DIEGO strides across KHEYZINE’s “Familiar Renaissance” title track like a lauded prizefighter entering the ring! With every breath, intonation, and clever turn of phrase it soon becomes clear we’re witnessing the birth of a legend. M Doc is steady climbing to the top with Kheyzine paving the way to his success!
9) JAY NICE x MICKEY DIAMOND skillfully bat around a MACHACHA track like a wild beast playing with its prey! On “Unfriendly Extortion,” the menacing mic kings have come to collect & they’re eviscerating their opponents with ease! Limbs get detached, noses are broken…but it’s all done with metaphorical wordplay! You can step up to battle ’em if you wanna or rethink that decision and stay the f**k away!
10) When FALCON OUTLAW & NICHOLAS CRAVEN team up ya know it’s gonna be an event like no other!!! That’s why we had to conclude our already powerful countdown on a triumphant note to remember! ASUN EASTWOOD, SAIPHER SOZE & DANIEL SON join the HIGH HEAT RECORDS rhyme renegade on “Snake Eater” and it creates cataclysmic consequences of which the competition will never recover! Lyrically these power spitters are unbeatable & with Nic backin’ em up they’ll always remain on top!
Well that’s it for this week. Catch ya next time and…DON’T SLEEP!
– Kevin Keith
