Don’t Sleep On These New Releases
Insomniac Magazine returns with new Weekly Top Ten audio action! Get yourself in gear & tap in below!
1) HUS KINGPIN & KILLER BEN teamed up for new “Holiday Hus: XXXMAS” heat laced by the marvelous MACAPELLA! On “The Grinch,” listeners were treated to a dazzling display of lavish lyricism gift-wrapped in a sinister soundscape to shake up the season! The mistletoe’s set up for that girl you wanted to kick it wit’. But Hus & Ben’s got their eyes on her and she’s theirs for the taking!
2) YOUR OLD DROOG maintains his gravitational pull on the underground with ill “Space Bar” steez called “Cosmonaut!” The champion spitter rips into the top notch sizzler with a heavy dose of bravado & limitless skills to push s**t over the edge! It’s time to honor the lyricist as one of our modern day treasures. Droog keeps delivering dope joints that are simply out of this world!!!
3) No man is left standing as BENNY SLUMZ & TONE SPLIFF unleash homicidal heat called “Murder Scene!” The Utica, NY based mic ripper instantly taps into Tone’s treacherous soundscape & dispatches raw, uncut bars into the atmosphere. The production king then builds on the gutter grandiosity with colossal cuts that track down all rivals…and swiftly exterminate them before they get a chance to strike!!!
4) MACH-HOMMY keeps the fires burning with “Balens Cho” intensity called “LABOU!” NICHOLAS CRAVEN mans the production & puts his GOTDAMN foot all the way in this ill creation!!! The horn-laden soundscape perfectly accommodates Mach’s stream of consciousness flows as the flame of authentic Hip Hop blazes for all eternity!!!
5) LORD WILLIN x REDD REBEL link up with ILL BILL for STU BANGAS powered sonic heat called “Russian Hats!” The FILTHY lyrical steez is exactly what ya need in this PC era we’re livin’ in! The rhyme slayers tear s**t to pieces as Stu supplies the hardest track on the planet!!!
6) New track or old? We’re not really sure. But DANIEL SON & WINO WILLY serve up a helluva “Change Of Pace” from the wack s**t some of y’all are listening to! The Brown Bag Money bar assassin sounds as immaculate as ever over Willy’s gritty masterwork & keeps our attention rapt at every turn. This is the kind of joint you keep on rewind all day long. Y’ know we’ll be playin’ it until the sun goes down!
7) KURIOUS x RO DATA fill up the “Empty Space” with a “Koncrete Jungle” heater featuring the one & only PLANET ASIA! The supreme spitters skillfully finesse Ro’s soulful soundscape with ease and show ya up & comers the correct way to rip the mic! When other rappers enter the booth it’s a train wreck to behold. But THESE MCs catch wreck & keep collectin’ checks!
8) FLY ANAKIN & NICKELUS F join forces to rip things up before vanishing into the night on “Ghost!” Expertly produced by LIKE of PACDIV, the track finds the mic masterminds spittin’ the type of heat you won’t find ANYWHERE else! Most can’t even keep up wit’ their steez! They’ll always be a million miles ahead of ya!!!
9) TONE CHOP & FROST GAMBLE enlist ANTHONY KANNON, YOUNG DREW, WORDPLAY, JUS ONE, JERK & AWFUL P to give ya the lowdown on what makes ’em “Upstate Kings!” The joint kicks off with DOGGIE DIAMONDS confessing that all the authentic lyricists (currently swarming the scene) are from up North before the crew launch into action! We won’t say much because the rhymes speak for themselves accompanied by a dope beat to tie it all together!
10) What’s a countdown without THE QUARTER INCH KINGS x ZAGNIF NORI?!? This go ’round we ride out to the crew on their brand new banger “What’s My Motherf#@%! Name.” Over a wealth of minimalist magnificence, Zagnif drops gems and reinforces the fact he & The Kings are on a level you’ll never reach. Y’all can practice, study, and pray all you want to. But you’ll never unseat them from the throne!
Well that’s it for this week. Catch ya next time and …DON’T SLEEP!
– Kevin Keith
