Don’t Sleep On These New Releases
Insomniac Magazine delivers EXTREME heat for the extended weekend! Tap in to the Weekly Top Ten below!!!
1) At #1 with “Eye For One” are CERTAIN.ONES!!! MC WHITEOWL, BOBBY CRAVES & FERAL SERGE bring their best bars to audio warlord WANN SKLOBI’s glorious sonic sizzler while preparing us for the End Of Days! The lyricists sound like they’re carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders before unloading their pain in the greatest group therapy session known to man! All we can say is that if this is indeed our final hour at least we went out with one helluva banger before everything went BLACK!
2) TRILLMATIC manifests more of that raw Hip Hop s**t with an “Organized Grime 2” heater featuring CONWAY THE MACHINE & ROME STREETZ!!! The HOBGOBLIN crafted “Murder He Wrote” is like an instant death knell to the opposition!!! Con & Rome rip through the ominous(spooky?!?)production & slay everything in sight!!! Y’all had your chance to kiss the ring. Now you can sleep with the fishes!
3) INNOCENT? & TONE SPLIFF obviously know what lifts our spirits because “The Sermon” had us speaking in tongues while backflippin’ over a congregation of music-hungry fans!!! An otherworldly organ intersects with a blast of bars, boom bap, and soul-fueled cuts & scratches to create a smash hit!!! If you believed what some said about Hip Hop being dead, look alive cause the underground has risen!!!
4) BODYBAGBEN keeps droppin’ bombs like “Hiroshima!!!” The multi-talented underground titan stomps ’em out in the booth & behind the boards with an explosive display of top tier lyricism & production! More “Vulgar Display” is on the way! On June 3rd prepare to tune in to “Episode 2!!!”
5) WHOISBRAVY & ROME STREETZ take no prisoners as they enter the “Crime Zone” with a DUSTY BAKER laced sizzler! The “Hurricane Rains In Tulum” triumph is that pure, uncut power gem you need to get ya in a killer’s mindset! Bravy chops ’em up & Rome blows everything to bits!!! Whoever said crime doesn’t pay must’ve died a broke muthaf**ka!!!
6) CA$ABLANCA & O THE GREAT bring down the house on a colossal CAP CHINO constructed masterwork called “Ca$aMigo$”(Casa Le Grand III)!!! The rhyme warriors size up the competition & assess the weak links before ultimately obliterating the entire crew!!! Cap conjures a sinister soundscape worthy of all involved! He turns up the heat 100 degrees as they ride on their enemies & conquer the underground!!!
7) TRILLMATIC unleashes CONWAY & TF on a sensational BOHEMIA LYNCH powered sonic heater called “Soul Cry!” Murder may be on the mind…but that doesn’t mean they can’t take a few seconds to get reflective as they reveal nothing less than the truth while sheltered in the booth! The lyrical savages look back on their lives AND the bright path ahead. Everything means more when you realize it could be gone in an instant!
8) When kings unite they create a classic! DJ MUGGS, METHOD MAN & SLICK RICK take us to “Metropolis” & just know that the city will never be the same! The Soul Assassins audio avenger unleashes a massive slice of boom bap! Meth rips into it with his unsatiable appetite for lyrical destruction & The Ruler unveils a quicksilver flow you’ll never forget!!!
9) G FAM BLACK x TALI RODRIGUEZ head to the city with power spitter P-RO & turn pedestrians into moving targets! “From The Rafters” will have the competition hangin’ on for dear life as they get crushed by the gargantuan beats & bars on the hellafied track!!! The “Gun Safe” stand out reminds all rivals that G Fam’s gonna get ’em! Once you’re in his clutches he’ll never let go!!!
10) It’s time for a PEARLIS presentation as KILLA KALI & ZOPEH BELAFONTE cash out wit’ “Mo Money!!!” Ya know Poison Ring Regime’s on the scene for the musical massacre that features the highpoint of lyrical savagery over a soundscape that refuses to be controlled! Collect your checks & stack your chips! You can always count on Kali & Belafonte to win!!!
Well that’s it for this week. Catch ya next time and…DON’T SLEEP!
– Kevin Keith
