When it comes to the hottest underground releases, Insomniac Magazine’s got ya covered! Check out this week’s Top 10 and respect the skills!
1) Baltimore, Maryland’s sonic overlord, DBA, laces CONWAY THE MACHINE, PLANET ASIA & J SCIENIDE with a super-charged Boom Bap soundscape for their “Official Crate Music” banger, “Hollow Tips!” The sinister power cut blasts all other tracks to pieces by featuring three of the best MCs in the game spitting lyrics so hard they’ll shatter your speakers! Run for cover! The mic assassins have entered the building.
2) SHOW & AG make sure that their “Take It Back” project remains at the forefront of our minds with an A Bless featured display of audio armageddon called “Walkin On Air.” Superior Boom Bap production combined with a deadly lyrical assault equals one hell of a fun ride for Hip Hop connoisseurs! Hit that play button & hover over the haters!
3) CERTAIN.ONES have always been light years ahead of their peers! The collective’s latest forward thinking, futuristic slice of sonic manna arrives in the form of the FERAL SERGE, BOBBY CRAVES, and GREEN DUTCH featured “Trendsettler.” With genius-level rhymes, mood-enhancing grooves, clever transitions and earth-shaking beat drops, the crew prove once again they’re the leaders of the pack! Certain.Ones aren’t out to set trends. Their music will leave a permanent imprint on the legacy of Hip Hop’s underground!
4) BENNY delivers a lyrical barrage of the highest caliber over Cuns’ menacing production on the hypnotic street banger, “Scarface VS Sosa Pt. 1” (RMX). The lyricist claims he’s “one of the few who can actually rhyme”…Well, HE AIN’T LYING!!!! The competition’s melting from the heat! Griselda & Tuff Kong rule Hip Hop!
5) SUPREME CEREBRAL delivers another shining jewel from his forthcoming “SoulTrained” album in the form of the ELOH KUSH & SMOOVTH featured, “Underground Kings!” D. Mar ignites the sonic fuel for the spitters as they incinerate the track & leave scorched mics strewn along the pavement. DJ EYEBALL contributes to the creative chaos with precision cuts that keep fans fired up! Underground Hip Hop has been misrepresented by various pretenders to the throne…but the true kings have united to keep the culture alive!
6) DANIEL SON x SAIPHER SOZE keep the FEDS at bay while flaunting their superiority in the rap game on the Vinyl Villain laced, “Top Prospects.” Flowing over a groove that’s straight up “mafioso,” the duo do damage on the mic and stand tall at Hip Hop’s summit!
7) MC WHITEOWL & FATCATHAYZE 156 “Fill In The Blanks” with a funky L.I.F.E.LONG featured banger that implores listeners to “Keep Calm!” That request isn’t even in the realm of possibility because the beat avalanche & lyrical onslaught are guaranteed to send listeners into a frenzy of excitement that can’t be controlled! The artists on this track deserve every right to toot their own horn. Music this dope is a rarity!
8) Sometimes all it takes is one verse to get your point across! On the QuisStar laced, “One Verse One Hearse,” JAMAL GASOL returns to spit hardcore lyrics over a funk-drenched backdrop that will smack you up, shake you down, and demand your full attention!!! The joint was so hypnotically compelling that it took over our senses and had the whole staff BLACKING OUT from the intensity! We woke up on the floor rockin’ a ski mask with heater in hand. ‘Can’t remember what we did…but if you know anything DON’T TELL THE COPS!
9) FINALE x FEL SWEETENBERG showcase the power of “Two Kings” by dropping new heat complemented by cuts from DJ Djaz on “One Light!” When Detroit, Michigan & Camden, New Jersey step to the table all bets are off! One thing you can be certain of however, is a no-holds barred audio assault unlike anything ever imagined! Skills are in abundance as the two take over the scene and display expert proficiency on the mic. This is what REAL Hip Hop’s all about. They ain’t for the petty games!!!
10) CHEECH BUNDY links up with BLU & MICHAEL CHRISTMAS to run circles around these Urkels on “Hip Hop Nerd!” They’re kind’a a big deal…and the Konrad Oldmoney produced track reinforces that fact by supplying PLENTY of dope beats & rhymes to study & admire. Listening to Cheech, Blu, and Michael beats working on a science project any day! Geek Out to THIS muthaf***as!!!
Well that’s it for this week. Catch ya next time and…DON’T SLEEP!
– Kevin Keith
