Don’t Sleep On These New Releases
Insomniac Magazine delivers more sizzling selections for the summer with the latest edition of the Weekly Top 10! Gear up for action & tap in below!!!
1) “If it ain’t Griselda it’s love songs!!!” BENNY THE BUTCHER, HEEM, RICK HYDE & DJ PREMIER bring hardcore heat to your area on the “Long Live DJ SHAY” mega banger “Times Is Rough!” With Preemo behind the boards & the B$F mic terrors on deck, ya know how this s**t ends for the competition! Slaughter, blood bath, and annihilation are a few choice words that come to mind. The opps wanted to battle & walked right into the apocalypse!!!
2) M.A.V. & P.A DRE link up with ESTEE NACK & ASUN EASTWOOD for stellar “Sticks & Stones” steez from “The Caution Tape!!!” Nack Daddy loses his muthaf***in’ mind & eviscerates everything in sight! M.A.V. spits an endless onslaught of venomous verses, Asun channels his inner B-Real for ill chorus action & P.A. ties the whole affair together with an overabundance of audio heat!!!
3) The underground taste makers at PAPERCHASER.COM tipped us off to some “Classic Material” in the form of 100GRANDROYCE & RED INF’s new SYER produced track! Things get real “Suspenseful” when the power spitters enter the booth so Hip Hop heads worldwide gather ’round to listen. First they unleash their fury on the super-charged soundscape then allay all anxiety by droppin’ rhymes you’ll be keepin’ on REWIND!!!
4) GRIM MOSES & SNOTTY seek vengeance on a “Supreme Grodd” sizzler powered by SOLOMON STRANGE!!! “Revenant” finds the rhyme slayers gettin’ raw as f**k on head nod heat that can’t be contained! Moses sets s**t off with a deadly display of savage lyricism before Snotty busts the cage wide open with a tour de force mic attack for the ages!!!
5) “You’re in too deep, I’m LL wit’ the pool stick!!!” That’s the kind of no-holds barred lyrical venom showcased on DJ AUDAS’ STICKY FINGAZ, LEFT LANE DIDON & REALIO SPARKZWELL featured banger “Time Is Up!!!” The joint’s an unadulterated air strike aimed directly at your dome & the first major explosive from “100 MAD Presents: OROS Tape, Vol. 1!” Do yourself a favor & check out the track. Then run for cover as the shockwaves ripple throughout the underground!!!
6) Lyrical assassin JAY ROYALE links up with lethal mic legend KOOL G. RAP for “Carlito & Kleinfeld!” RAY SOSA supplies a steady, understated soundscape that makes the moment all about the men of honor! You can beg for your life or die standing. Either way, you’ll be blown apart by this sonic sizzler!!!
7) Who says a hardcore MC’s coveted grimey flow can’t translate to a love song? PRO DILLINGER proves anything’s possible as he floats across the smooth SEAN KELLY laced soundscape for “Coco Butter!” The Umbrella rhyme mastermind makes it a point to be “Forever Foul” & that unflinching commitment is exactly why this cut works so well. Pro allows us to experience romance from his perspective and it makes us better men in the process!
8) MAGNO GARCIA & CHAIRMAN CHOW return with the “Spiritual Successor” to their last collabo project & one cut that hit us immediately was the MAGZ WOOD featured sizzler “1 Clip 2 Magz!” The “Brown Miles Davis” brandishes his mic & leaves peasants flailing in the wind before Magz bumrushes the set with a barrage of unstoppable bars! Chairman supports them with a regal arrangement of the highest order to remind listeners that true royalty exists on the underground!
9) HUS KINGPIN is the master of mood-altering music for the Hip Hop underground! Spitting his poetic prose to perfection over MIKE CRUX’s sumptuous soundscape, Lord Wavo continues to run laps around all these rappers! Bite your tongue & don’t get outta line. When bullets slide open your head like a “Sunroof” just know that ya had it comin’!
10) “These other rappers/don’t make me pull your card again/Dude soundin’ like a fake Earl Sweatshirt/Earl Cardigan/’don’t matter what squad you in/fatherin’ so much of your styles I could probably be your legal guardian..” Gotdammit, YOUR OLD DROOG is back & firing on all cylinders over some slick NICHOLAS CRAVEN laced sonic bliss!!! On the “Yodney Dangerfield” kick off “50K or Brunch,” YOD ponders whether to take the money or have lunch with Hov. We offer a third option. Buy 50,000 copies of Droog’s upcoming album instead & hand ’em out to anyone who still thinks Hip Hop is dead!
Well that’s it for this week. Catch ya next time and…DON’T SLEEP!
– Kevin Keith
