“You know what time it is, you can tell it from the shoe style.” [dropcap]T[/dropcap]ampa, Florida, based rapper who was raised in the Mecca, Shay Lamai, has music in his DNA. With members on both sides of his...

[dropcap]K[/dropcap]endrick Lamar is that polarizing MC wholly interested in his art becoming a vehicle for personal expression. There’s the message and there’s your message, then there’s everything between. Kendrick’s last effort was 2015’s To Pimp a Butterfly, a...

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]fficial Army Of The Pharaohs and Demigodz emcee Blacastan has been steadily staking his claim to the title of ‘savior of underground rap music’ since his debut mixtape Me Against The Radio and its key cut and video...

[dropcap]C[/dropcap]laire Mortifee is a dope new artist from Vancouver, British Columbia,  living the LA experience. She has a beautiful voice that carries over within jazz and hip hop motifs; a singer and songwriter who is deeply passionate about...

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]wonDon of Upper Class has blessed us with another raw, flame-emoji-worthy, metaphorical single– ‘Black bar Mitzvah.’ This time around TwonDon has teamed up with Dessy Hinds of PRO ERA, who distinctively gives this song the edge and dynamics...

[dropcap]N[/dropcap]ew York City-based Track Seven Band has a lot going for itself—which I detailed last year when I reviewed their debut project, The Try And The Fail. Just this past week they released a brand new visual from the EP,...

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he gifted singer/songwriter extraordinaire from Harlem, New York, JJ Singleton, drops his debut mixtape, Senior Year. It’s now available for free download at Datpiff. JJ’s debut single, “Change Your Mind” was produced by Grammy nominated producer !llmind (Drake,...

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ollowing a single release (“Bane Iz Back”) at the top of the year, a verse on the winning track of the infamous “Beat Battle” between Swizz Beatz and Just Blaze, a reunion tour with the Ruff Ryders and...