“Full Circle” is a #NCHIPHOP collabo track featuring Cyrano, his ‘SteadyFlow’ rhyme partner Sharp, and Rapper Big Pooh (formerly of the group Little Brother) dropping bombs on another classic Centric heatrock
Bekay presents his annual year in review. From music, entertainment, sports, politics and even Mayan prophecy, Bekay breaks down all noteworthy fuckery that ensued this past year over the Slaughterhouse’s “Back On The Scene” instrumental, produced by M-Phazes.
2011 is almost over and with it comes plans for a banner MMG 2012! In addition to the many new albums, Mello Music Group is introducing a new Instrumental Series for 2012, as well as a 7″ Series, and unique Botique Series. Today, MMG is offering a non-album bonus track from Dallas prodicer Gensu Dean titled “On & On (featuring 7even Thirty).”
Mary Piffmas is the Christmas offering from London hip-hop crew Piff Gang.
It features funky, soulful production from Budgie, Crankz & The Purist as well as hype, 808 beats from Werewolf and more. With MC’s Phaze One, Don Silk, Super Dertie, Young Skout, Skitz, Relly Rells & Nick Bam dropping intricate, witty rhymes about their fast-paced, city lifestyle, the tape is perfect for kicking back to over the festive season.
A Feature Film is a cinematic soundscape that brings New York City scenes in symphony. On the album, voices from the past, vivid emotional mc’ing, dense beats and intensely layered audio produced over the past 2 years bring to the fore a truth that cannot be escaped: the city is in many ways no better off than it was in 1978, the year of Hip Hop’s birth and thus must return to its revolutionary roots.
taeOne’s work stands in direct contrast to commercial hip-hop, which he believes
has grown into a hyper capitalist and offensively inauthentic industry. Produced
with almost no resources whatsoever – A Feature Film was recorded on used
laptops with low quality mics and pirated software – this return to simplicity forges an authenticity that once again redefines the genre as highly artistic, emotional and poignant.
The best way to get back to one’s roots is to work with family. The artists rhyming
on A Feature Film represent the nearest and dearest to the heart of taeOne. The Master of Midnight Specialists, Suede Jury, Sinistah Circle, C.B.C, and every other rapper you will hear on this record bring the LP its narrative. The level of emotional sustenance reached by, through and for each other is apparent in the dialogue between words and rhythm, capturing the story of one clan, in one place, standing up for everybody, everywhere.