Insomniac Magazine rolls out another power-packed edition of the Weekly Top 10! Get yourself in gear, PRESS PLAY & check out the dope joints below!
1) WESTSIDE GUNN, CONWAY, BENNY, and DARINGER give us new GRISELDA flavor with poetic High Priestess KEISHA PLUM joining in for the deadly excursion. “May Store” contains ominous keyboards, a monstrous beat and ill rhymes from GxFR’s finest! All of the lyrical titans shine on this one but Benny definitely takes home the championship ring with the line “all my hos crazy, I can’t f*** unless she bipolar.” Been there, done that & going back again. It’s that relatability that make Griselda the kings of this. As Keisha Plum says, “Buffalo is ruthless.” It’s that throw ya off the roof ish. And that’s exactly how we like it!
2) ELCAMINO blows away the competition with a descriptive street narrative called “Cocaine Dreams!” The GxFR super soldier rips into a sinister Chris Ruben powered beat with finesse while pulling us into the heart of darkness! Ya gotta pay the cost to be the boss. Listen up & find out what it takes!
3) B.A. BADD x CONWAY team up for a track that sounds like sonic armageddon is erupting in the hood without any end in sight! The Graphwize powered “Everybody Eats” is the epitome of HARDCORE as beats rain down onto the pavement with nowhere to run for protection! B.A. & Conway relish in the chaos. Their lyrical prowess protect us from harm while rivals lay buried beneath the rubble.
4) VLXL x ASUN EASTWOOD won’t let the competition take their love away! Now all must “Bare Witness” to their brand new sonic achievement! The colossal collaborators drop that aura proof rap s*** we can’t get enough of & deliver it in such a phenomenal manner you’ll keep begging for more. “You can’t call it a win if you’re the only one playin’!” Instead of listening to other rappers tell lies stand up for the truth & PRESS PLAY!
5) HEEM STOGIED x J57 seemed to be having a blast in behind the scenes studio footage of their project “False Guidance.” Never is that upbeat spirit more apparent than in the soulful bounce of the banger “4 ROUNDS.” Heem excels at stream of consciousness rhyming and J57 complements his flow perfectly with a jazzy soundscape that will definitely have you feelin’ the vibes! If you want a dope “pick me up” for the day stir up the pot & tune into the magnificent sounds!
6) HAZE is one of the deepest thinkers in the underground. In fact he’s such a perfectionist that it must take him eons to settle on one line. That’s why it’s great that he collaborates with master craftsman of production GRUBBY PAWZ so they can share in their artistic obsessions. “Black Lines” is yet another brilliant offering from the power duo. A dark, brooding backdrop is soon overtaken by a wealth of gems spilling out from Haze’s vocal treasure box. Listen as the heavy hitter slays metaphorical & literal demons in one savage 3 minute attack. He’s a “Product Of Natural Selection” & Thank God the world’s got him!
7) For the first few seconds of GRISELDA’s spacey banger “The Old Groove” we were convinced we were trippin’ on acid…but then that beat kicked in!!! WESTSIDE GUNN, CONWAY, and BENNY explode on the mic with such raw fury that we felt like they were personally targeting us for a beatdown…and gotdamn we liked it!!! Name another crew that delivers this kind of heat…(crickets)…We’re still waiting! Just when you think the action is over NOVEL transforms the entire affair into a soul-drenched come to Jesus moment that sent our spirit soaring! Y’all wack ass rappers need to leave the mic alone. “Bar for bar can’t no… touch their zone!”
8) COMET x DANIEL SON tear the roof off an MMX powered masterpiece titled “Wormz!” The head nod factor is high as the lyrical co-conspirators give their enemies fair warning of the bloodbath to come! Despite that, nothing can really prepare them for the merciless assault enacted on the underground! BBM & Madmen don’t play! Crawl back in your hole if you beg to differ!!!
9) REALIO SPARKZWELL x DJ AUDAS commit “Verbal Murder” on a legion of weak emcees & never has homicide felt so good! The “DEADLY: Blood Brothers” banger finds the lyrical warlord & turntable/production specialist rippin’ apart the set with such ferocity that you might cower in fear the second you put your headphones on! Rivals step up but they ain’t gon’ do s***! Brace yourself for a sonic concussion cause the death blow’s coming your way!
10) Lyrical mastermind MC WHITE OWL teams up with supreme spitter HASTYLE for a shining gem produced by Charm called “Morning Light!” The mic beasts spit a little wisdom for the listeners while reinforcing the reasons they remain committed to this beautiful thing we call Hip Hop! It ain’t all about the money (though that always helps)but it’s most definitely for the love of the game. Rise & shine good people of earth. Check out the flamboyant fire from two of the hottest emcees on the planet!
Well that’s it for this week. Catch ya next time and…DON’T SLEEP!
– Kevin Keith
