Don’t Sleep On These New Releases
Insomniac Magazine gives you what ya want for another edition of the Weekly Top Ten! Gear up for action & check out the heat below!
1) There are many rappers who struggle to connect with the listeners…and then there’s RECOGNIZE ALI! The lyrical executioner is always tapped in to what the audience wants which is why he joins forces with the spectacular STU BANGAS & turntable titan TONE SPLIFF” on the “Guerilla Dynasty 2″ banger Get Folded!” It’s an all-out war when the crew arrive on set to annihilate everything in sight. The opposition is eradicated in no time flat as Rec rocks the underground then dominates the world!!!
2) It’s always CONWAY, Conway, Conway!!! That must be the thought rival rappers have in their heads when THE MACHINE returns to lock down another spot on the countdown! To make matters worse for his enemies, the Drumworks mic destroyer links up with rhyme slayer RANSOM for JR SWIFTZ laced heat called “Stab Out!” There should be no doubt in your mind that this joint will shatter your speakers & keep the crowd bouncin’ all week! First there’s the laughter. Then comes the pain. Conway’s makin’ paper while steady dancin’ on your grave!
3) BUGSY H. & DJ KESTI team up with ETO for a MASSIVE “Travis County 3” mega heater called “Lee Smith!” The sinister, droning soundscape feels like Sentinels are surrounding the X-Mansion & snuffin’ out every mutant in sight!!! Bugsy & Eto get their Wolverine and Gambit on to overcome the onslaught and rip apart their rivals while being telepathically guided by DJ Kesti’s sonic rhythms!!!
4) MICKEY DIAMOND doesn’t have to wonder what it’s like “To Be The Man” because he’s been that way since DAY ONE! The MALLORI KNOX powered “Nobody Bleeds Like Flair” audio masterwork is yet another warning to the competition that it might be a good idea to give it all up & stay inside! How can an MC be this dope & still fly under most critics’ radar? We don’t know. But it’s evident by now it won’t be for very long!
5) JOE SIG & CHAYNA ASHLEY drop lyrical gems on the underground over an incandescent audio arrangement laced by IM’PERETIV! The “Rome Was Built In A Day” sizzler is titled “Diamonds In The Sky” & serves up a wealth of self-empowering bars and scintillating grooves that will ensure heavy REPLAY action. Listen to the track & LIVE the message. Take your place among the stars. It’s time to rise & shine!
6) CIRCA 97 takes us through a “Winter In Warsaw” by givin’ the cold shoulder to the competition & deliverin’ a SNOTTY featured sizzler titled “Glassware & Soda!” The Umbrella rhyme mastermind takes it to the streets by droppin’ bars for the hustlas & soldiers in full survival mode! This is top tier lyricism over high grade audio artillery! Check out the sonic experience of a lifetime!
7) SPEAKER BULLIES sensations SUPASTITION & PRAISE are gettin’ a “Bad Rap” for takin’ your s**t & stompin’ all over your hopes and dreams! It’s about time someone bumrushed the industry with this level of sonic savagery. In fact, the lackluster efforts of modern “Hip Hop” artists make this joint a real breath of fresh air! Experience high-powered heat from the deadliest duo on the scene. They won’t just dismantle your career. They’re gonna steal your lunch money too!
8) STAXX410 knows it’s over for a lot of you rappers so he patiently cooks up a new batch of audio heat on the “La Llegada” power banger “Budda Baker!” The Baltimore, MD mic assassin is busy crackin’ sternums and spittin’ that lava while you wack rappers are still tryin’ to memorize the alphabet! This ain’t even all he’s got in the stash…it’s an ice-breaker! So get your game up & head on back to the lab!!!
9) Is it too early to confirm BILLY WOODS & KENNY SEGAL’s “Maps” album as a certified classic? Well, we ain’t waitin’ so we said it anyway!!! On “Rapper Weed,” the Backwoodz Studioz bar slayer lights one up to summon his superpowers and deliver some of the illest rhymes and flows of the season! Kenny Segal accompanies the lyrical onslaught with a supreme arrangement that gets us lifted & elevates the Hip Hop underground to an all-time high!
10) We’ve known for some time that LORD JAH-MONTE OGBON was “The Black Messiah,” but kept it under wraps for fear of any unholy intervention from the underground! Over one of the most funkiest SADHUGOLD powered tracks in existence, the omnipotent MC & suddenly ubiquitous super lyricist JOE SIG join forces on “Identified By AP’s!” To say this track is a feast for the ears would be an understatement. So we’ll say it’s better than your southern grandma’s home cooking & leave it at that!
Well that’s it for this week. Catch ya next time and…DON’T SLEEP!
– Kevin Keith
