The homey Fokis put together this wrestling inspired project featuring Sadat X, Punchline, Skyzoo, Torae, Maffew Ragazino, and more and it’s a free download for y’all to check out! Download below:
The Kid Daytona links up with German production duo JR & PH7 for “Humid Nights” off The Good Life. Check out the project right here if you’ve been sleeping. Along with Daytona, the guests featured include Sean Price, Skyzoo, Guilty Simpson, Chuuwee, King Mez, Fly.Union, Phonte, Median, Torae, Freeway, Saigon, Ras Kass, and more. Very solid lineup.
I just mentioned how I’ve been thankful and inspired to see NYC’s current generation continue the legacy of that classic mid-90’s boom bap and Torae is, of course, another prime example. Primo on the beat. Knowledge on the mic.
One of my favorite songs off Sean P’s Kimbo Slice tape gets the video treatment as part of Court Dunn & NahRight’s One Shot series. Nice little concept and they executed it’s well. The verses are complete fire too. All 3 mc’s kill it, but Sean really bodies the track. Calling out “white women who listen to Lyfe Jennings” was the clincher.
See, even though this video plays off an established theme (Saved By The Bell FTW), it’s still more entertaining than Hype’s big budget production below. But anyway, how popular are you?
Skyzoo – “Popularity” (Seattle edit)
Little present for y’all that Sky cooked up for us…cop The Salvation in stores now!
(“n****s got wait till 2 in the morn’ to hear Tor get on/it’s like that now, it won’t be like that for long” – true words…SNSS can relate)
I swear, when I watched this for the first time, Tor reached through my monitor and slapped the ish out me. It’s that hard.
Cop Marco & Torae’s excellent Double Barrel project if you haven’t already…though if you haven’t, Tor’s probably slapped you too…and rightly so.
Peep the new video from one of the best albums of the year, Marco Polo & Torae’s Double Barrel, out now on Duck Down. I’ve mentioned it before on the site, but if you’re looking for some of that good ol’ fashioned boom bap ish that will break your neck, this album is for you.
That said, there’s range on the project too…it’s not all the same hyped up vibe as this video would suggest. We played “Crashing Down” on last week’s SNSS and it’s more sentimental and reflective. Tor kills that joint, detailing the effects the record industry’s demise has on artists who put their hearts and souls into this music, only to see fans bootleg their hard work for free.
Support these dudes. Cop Double Barrel now.
Sidenote, the last scene shows the kind of party I’d crash. Run that cake son.
Marco is one of my favorite producers these days and honestly, nobody is really seeing him on some straight up boom-bap head nodding type slaps. Check out this clip to watch him piece together sounds from multiple sources to make yet another banger.
Cop MP’s project with Torae, Double Barrel, in stores now! Support dope music & good dudes.
Hahaha MP & Tor are fools for this one. Seeing Tor get his Rocky on is hyping me up for their upcoming album, Double Barrel, which drops on June 2nd on Duck Down (what up to the brothers ‘Ha!). For all those complaining about a lack of that classic NYC boom-bap griminess in today’s music scene, this LP is gonna smack the ish out you.
One of my fellow “real hip-hop heads” on the radio, Peter Rosenberg, linked with Oddisee to whip up this little EP featuring Torae, Skyzoo, Daytona, Saigon, Buckshot, and (the lovely) Nikki Jean. The concept was simple: all Oddisee beats + dope MC’s + one day to record it all. I’m sure it was hectic, but it turned out great. Download link and tracklisting after the jump!