DJ Premier x The Alchemist feat. Evidence "No Explanation" [SINGLE]

This is one of those releases you cannot ignore. DJ Premier and The Alchemist on one track two of the most influential producers of their respective eras sharing a beat. Evidence as the feature is perfect casting: lyrically precise, carrying the right balance of street credibility and technical finesse. The beat carries DNA from both producers Premier’s crisp drums and Alchemist’s deep, sample-heavy approach combine into something that feels simultaneously classic and fresh. No hype required. The record explains itself.

SLIK JACK × VINCENT PRYCE "JOE & JADA" [VIDEO]

SLIK JACK and Vincent Pryce connect for “Joe & Jada” the first preview for the album *Yesterday Ain't Yoday's Pryce* (releasing August 15, 2026). The track carries typical 100 MAD energy: gritty, direct, and rooted in clear street perspective. SLIK JACK raps with veteran authority while Vincent Pryce supplies a fitting, heavy beat. Shot by Lemme Kno, the visual matches the raw aesthetic. Another strong entry from the 100 MAD universe that has delivered consistent quality for years.

BoFaatBeatz "The Last Fuckin BoFaat Album" [ALBUM]

 

BoFaatBeatz presents *The Last Fuckin BoFaat Album* a final statement release. Eleven tracks, all produced by BoFaat himself, featuring Juxx Diamondz, Jus-P, LJ Lewis, Kenneth Masters, G Fam Black, Elad Authority, Taiyamo Denku, Chief Reckah, and Korrey Buckets. Titles like “Tingz About To Git Real,” “Middle Finga Anthem,” and “Bloody Carnivore” make the posture clear: raw, direct, unfiltered. The album feels like a closing chapter one last time laying all cards on the table before the curtain drops. For fans of unvarnished, hardcore-leaning underground rap, this is a fitting endpoint.

Nickelus F "A Mountain Of Bones" [VIDEO]

Nickelus F releases “A Mountain Of Bones” as a preview for the forthcoming album *The Championship Rounds*. Paperface handles the visual, while Nickelus F stays true to his signature layered, often cryptic lyricism. The track feels like another chapter in his personal mythology dark, detailed, and written with the density listeners have come to expect. Trick Dice Records as the home fits the independent, uncompromising approach. Another strong step from an MC who has operated at a high level for years without making concessions.

Mic Bles X Avant Garde "From The Westside With Love" [SINGLE]

 

Mic Bles and Avant Garde deliver “From The Westside With Love” as a compact two-track single. Avant Garde Noize provides warm, cinematic production while Mic Bles raps with the quiet authority of someone who actually knows his city. The hook featuring Klutch Norris and cuts from DJ Romes add real substance. This isn’t overcrowded rap it’s a loving but realistic letter to the Westside, scars and beauty included. A release that works more through stance than volume.

iNTeLL "Shoot The Glass" [VIDEO]

iNTeLL presents “Shoot The Glass” as an in-studio performance video that deliberately blends action-film aesthetics with raw rap energy. The visual nod to *Die Hard* aligns with themes of pressure, survival, and determination. iNTeLL raps with the intensity of an MC who views his environment as a battlefield. Directed by aSickInTheHead Films, the video avoids narrative overload and focuses on performance the right choice for a track built on physical and mental tension.

Soulkeepah "naked when You Come" [ALBUM]

 

Soulkeepah delivers *naked when You Come* a sixteen-track album that revolves around internal conflict, self-conversation, and unflinching honesty. The production stays restrained and serves the writing: no gloss, no unnecessary hooks. Titles like “Self Conversations,” “Internal Collision,” “Borrowed Time,” and “Jeffrey Epstein” map the terrain personal reckoning, social critique, and spiritual reflection all present. The album feels like a private notebook one chooses to read. For listeners who value depth and consequence over quick satisfaction, this is substantial work.

DXVNDRE feat. Goobsy "Coup De Grace" [VIDEO]

DXVNDRE and Goobsy deliver “Coup De Grace” a track built around the idea of the final blow. BANE4K provides production that builds tension before striking, with Skep handling mix and master. Nevaland Films directs the visual with appropriate intensity. DXVNDRE raps with controlled aggression the kind that comes from an MC who knows exactly how much energy to deploy. Goobsy complements without crowding. The record doesn’t overextend; it lands precisely and finally, exactly as the title suggests.

PORTAROK "DARTS of the COVENANT" [ALBUM]

 

PORTAROK delivers *DARTS of the COVENANT* a twelve-track album that deliberately stays rooted in raw, unpolished East Coast rap. The production is functional and heavy, the bars direct with little ornamentation. Titles like “penalty’s death,” “conscious slugs,” and “double edge bars” map the range: battle energy, social commentary, and street philosophy all sitting in the same lane. No overproduction, no trend chasing just an MC throwing darts and landing them. A release built for purists who still want real boards and straight-to-the-point rhymes.

SC Static & raminbeatz "Caught in the Rain" [VIDEO]

SC Static and raminbeatz deliver “Caught in the Rain” a straightforward, melancholic boom bap cut that does exactly what it needs to do. The production sits low with weighted drums and a loop that carries a quiet sadness without tipping into melodrama. SC Static raps with the calm authority that comes from years in the underground: no forced multis, just clear imagery and a delivery that gives the beat room to breathe. This isn’t a record trying to impress it’s a record that simply succeeds at being good. The kind of track that slots naturally between head-nodders and late-night window-staring music.

Another Planet (Phiik & Lungs) & steel tipped dove "People Are Not Your Friends" [ALBUM]

 

Phiik & Lungs, recording as Another Planet, team with steel tipped dove for *People Are Not Your Friends* an album that genuinely feels like an old robot found in a crawlspace and shocked back to life. Dove’s production is raw, mechanical, and uneasy: glitchy drums, warped samples, and a consistently claustrophobic atmosphere that never quite lets the listener settle. Phiik & Lungs deliver high-density, associative lyricism that collides images of Brett Favre’s hands tremoring from Vicodin withdrawal with a New Yorker walking nervously through a Midwestern Target convinced he’s become the target of a mass shooting. The data does not compute on first pass, which is exactly how the world has felt for some time. Features from AKAI SOLO, ShrapKnel, and Fatboi Sharif slot perfectly into this anxious universe. This isn’t comfortable boom bap for passive listening it’s anxious, misfiring, and deliberately overwhelming in the best possible way. As Paul Thompson wrote in POW, the first time you hear Phiik & Lungs is often the first time you’re glad to feel as if your brain is misfiring.

Sam Krats "Culture" [VIDEO]

Sam Krats delivers "Culture," the title track from the limited album *Culture* (Revorg Records) previously covered in an earlier batch via "Emcees Recognise" featuring Artifacts. This time the lineup is a transatlantic summit: Craig G (Juice Crew legend, who also appeared in this coverage series with "Brawndo" x Jake Palumbo), joined by UK boom bap institutions Mysdiggi, Ramson Badbonez, Gee Bag, and Phoenix Da Icefire. Jazz T handles the cuts, graffiti legend Inkie provides the visual art. Available as a 12" single with a Beatminerz remix on the B-side DJ Evil Dee and Da Beatminerz' fingerprints have already carried weight multiple times across this coverage series (H&L Associates, Bass & Bars/Buckshot). Directed by Dfacer for UKHH.com. This is a track that fuses US Juice Crew DNA with UK boom bap elite a genuine culture statement that lives up to its title.

Aztech from Hybrid Thoughts feat. Edo. G "The Foundation" [SINGLE]

 

Aztech from Hybrid Thoughts brings a genuine Boston legend to the mic with Edo. G. Since *Life of a Kid in the Ghetto* (1991), Edo. G has been one of the most formative names in Boston's golden-era rap history his connection to the city's underground legacy stretches back to the early 90s and thematically links to other Boston acts across this coverage series (Gasoline Monk, M-Dot, Chyna Baejing). Produced by Relentless The Tangible. The title "The Foundation" fits the pairing perfectly: an underground act consciously reaching back to their city's roots. This is Boston rap continuity in its purest form the new generation extends a hand to the old guard, and the old guard answers the call.

M-Dot "A Notebook With No Light" [ALBUM]

 

M-Dot is a Boston mainstay who has spent over a decade-plus building one of the most quietly consistent independent catalogs on the East Coast, and *A Notebook With No Light* stands as his seventh official full-length album the number seven symbolic for spiritual awakenings, wisdom, and inner truth, and the longtime Boston artist's latest project provides those exact undertones. The concept: set in a film noir gumshoe aesthetic, the project showcases a notebook of lyrics that speak to independent musicians whose music may never get the proper light shone on their pages. The guest list carries real weight: 38 Spesh, Method Man, Big Shug (Gangstarr), Che Noir, ElCamino, and EMS (M-Dot's crew) among others appear across rhymes and production. "More Than You Know" featuring Big Shug particularly stands out: the original Gang Starr member teams up with his longtime Boston cohort for another gritty offering, delivering exactly what its title affirms—raw lyricism and unfiltered bravado, the familiar soul sample sharply chopped by DJ/producer DSTRUCT. The album arrives via Austrian label SoulChain Records with support from Own Lane Music. 'A Notebook With No Light' once again highlights grit and vulnerability from an MC who shines in a world of facades in a time of microwave attention spans, M-Dot offers one of his most powerful projects, reflecting a care to detail for an entire album rather than a 15-second flash in the pan. This project will resonate long after.

Nam Nitty "BENNY BLANKO" [VIDEO]

Nam Nitty, the Long Island MC/producer who appeared in an earlier batch as the producer behind Duck City Music's "Beautiful Intro," delivers a new visual for "BENNY BLANKO" from the album *BANDIT2*. Self-produced, directed by Spike Tarantino (apparently both a directorial alias of Nam Nitty himself and tied to the Mxnxpxly Family). The title "Benny Blanko" plays on the name of well-known pop producer Benny Blanco likely an ironic contrast against the street-rap context. Secret Sosiety Entertainment serves as the label-boss position, with Mxnxpxly Family as the overarching collective the same network that housed John Jigg$ and EZ ELPEE in an earlier batch. Nam Nitty continues building himself as a versatile player in the Long Island/NYC underground: a producer for others, but also a standalone artist running his own album cycle.

Pen Lords "The PRT Tape" [EP]

Pen Lords deliver *The PRT Tape* nine tracks. The name "Pen Lords" is a mission statement in itself: the pen, the craft of writing, sits at the center rather than trap aesthetics or melodic rap. No further production or feature credits are available, but the group name alone sets an expectation dense rhyme schemes, wordplay as core competency. Nine tracks in tape format suggest a compact, consistently executed approach rather than a bloated album a focused session built on craft over spectacle.

Tone Chop & Frost Gamble feat. The Bad Seed & Pa Pa Fresh "Don't Need Gimmicks" [Single Edition] [VIDEO]

Few rapper-producer duos can look back on a history this long and this thoroughly documented. Tone Chop and Frost Gamble celebrate three decades of working together with the release of the album "Beautiful Foundations" on May 15th 2026 through New Dawn Records from the early days of recording demos in their Binghamton basement to this point. "Don't Need Gimmicks" originally appeared on the album and now gets its own single edition with video featuring Brooklyn's The Bad Seed and turntablist Pa Pa Fresh on the cuts. The reflective and celebratory nature of the album represents Chop and Frost's steadfast passion for all aspects of the culture through the years underscored by a new short documentary premiering shortly after the album release: a fascinating autobiographical account of their story which also provides a historical narrative of hip hop's own development through the decades. The single itself: Chop's trademark bullish bars and the effortless flows of his fellow marksmen ride Frost's customary slick production seasoned campaigners shelling rhymes with ease over a luscious beat immersed in soulful flavor and exquisite turntablism. Frost Gamble himself carries real international weight: a respected producer in underground hip hop who has impacted mixshows globally for over a decade, achieving international distribution and charting in several countries his efforts earned him a Juno nomination, and his music was selected for inclusion in the official Archives & Library of Canada. This isn't a casual collaboration it's a legacy statement from two veterans who grew up together in the game.

545 (D-Styles, Excess, Mike Boo & Pryvet Peepsho) "EPILOGUE" [ALBUM]

 

This is a significant moment for anyone who takes turntablism seriously as its own art form. 545 comprised of D-Styles (Invisibl Skratch Piklz alumnus and one of the most influential scratch musicians in the game), Excess, Mike Boo, and Pryvet Peepsho deliver *EPILOGUE*, their fifth and, as the title unambiguously states, final album as a group. Our final transmission as 545 ends here with the full length album EPILOGUE. This is our 5th LP and closing scene in our sonic story. The quartet has built a reputation since their first 2019 sessions in Las Vegas as one of the most technically accomplished and conceptually playful turntablism crews working today their earlier releases (*545*, *545 808*, *545 WFH*) were celebrated within the scene as genuine masterworks. Community reactions frame this as a worthy closer to an era, asking how you follow up supreme beat junkies and answering: you drop a 545 album. Recorded in February 2024 at Penguin Studios in San Diego, mixed and mastered by Johnny Morgan, with artwork and obi strip by Nadeneco. Twelve tracks including a bonus cut not featured on the vinyl edition. For anyone who understands turntablism as a discipline standing alongside MC rap rather than beneath it, this is mandatory listening.

P-Ro x Crack Sizzlack "Organic Crack" [ALBUM]

 

P-Ro and Crack Sizzlack deliver *Organic Crack* a fourteen-track album with one of the funniest Bandcamp write-ups you'll find, framing the release as ethically sourced, pesticide-free "organic crack." That kind of humor signals a project that doesn't treat wit as an afterthought. Crack Sizzlack handles all production, while P-Ro writes, performs, records, mixes, masters, and creates the artwork entirely himself a one-man-studio approach that earns respect on craft alone. Features from Mad1ne, Kingdom Kome (who also appeared in an earlier batch with "813 to 305"), and G Fam Black add extra weight. Titles like "A Sniff x A Hit," "35 to 50," and "Eat the Pin" stay locked into the drug-wordplay universe the album title already announces. A release that cleverly balances absurdist packaging with genuine bar-for-bar craft.

Darko the Super & MF Grimm feat. doseone "Desktop Eternity" [VIDEO]

*Beware of Bob* is the already extensively covered concept album between Darko the Super and MF Grimm HHHeadz previously featured "Inside a Dream" (feat. Blu) from this same project. "Desktop Eternity" featuring doseone is another cut pulled from this fifteen-track, *Twin Peaks*-inspired work. The crucial twist: after Darko had previously produced MF Grimm's sequel "The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man 2: Get the Dough," the two are back with their roles reversed Grimm handles all production, Darko takes the mic. On "Desktop Eternity," a chilling and cryptic beat from Grimm carries Darko's haunting lyrics articulating the doom and gloom of the capitalistic work cycle we've been cursed to bear Grimm's production is simplistic yet so intricate, a perfect runway for Darko to launch the listener into the stratosphere. doseone's feature adds an extra layer of abstract texture when three this idiosyncratic (Anticon poetics meets UDDTBA absurdism meets Grimm's concept-album mastery) collide, the result is exactly the kind of track that resists easy categorization but refuses to let go once it's in your head.

Billy Hoyle & Joe Long "Golden" [SINGLE]

 

A lean release with a clear division of labor: Joe Long writes and performs, Billy Hoyle produces, and Big Jerm a name respected in soulful boom bap circles for clean mastering work brings the final polish. Two tracks, "Golden" and "Too Small," both sitting around three and a half minutes. No bloated rollout, no ten-feature spectacle just two producer-MC moments meant to stand on their own merit. The name Billy Hoyle nods to the white basketball hustler from *White Men Can't Jump* a stage name with self-aware humor baked in. When a release comes this stripped down, the music has to do all the talking, and there's enough space here for Joe Long's voice to carry the weight.

Lu Chin Chen "Height" [EP]

 

Lu Chin Chen is back with a follow up to his acclaimed 2024 "Dangerous Solution" album, with a fresh new 8 song EP, "Height".

The album features production reminiscent of Golden Era boombap with 8 seasoned beatsmiths. Front Gamble, Sultan Mir, Conflikt of Hellzwind, Zam One, P-Ro and Tali Rodriguez of the Knuckle Dragguz collective, Skinny Bonez Tha Godfatha & Fuzzy Ed.

The only album feature is Dystrakted, a veteran turntablist hailing from Thunder Bay, Ontario who appears on 3 songs off of the album, cutting up hooks, bridges and outros with precision as usual. Lu Chin Chen handles all of the rhymes and vocals on this one and doesn't disappoint. 

The first single, "Cheque It Out" features production by Zam One with the chorus and bridge cuts by Dystrakted. Lu hits you with some slick bars that blend humor in, similar to Beatnuts, Alkaholiks etc., over some cracking drums by Zam.

There is also an animated video for 'Call the Ambulance', produced by Fuzzy Ed, featuring Dystrakted, coming in late July, animated by Kaleb Bumboclap who did Lu's video for 23 Guinnesses from Lu's Weight Ep from 2023, also produced by Fuzzy Ed and featuring Dystrakted's prime time cuts.

Overall great body of work and a well put together blend of beats. The sound quality is top notch thanks to Mark Downie who handles all of Lu's mixing & mastering on all of his albums since 2004.

Apollo Brown "Stranger Things" [SINGLE]

 

Apollo Brown - Stranger Things

“When I finished making this beat, it sounded like my minimal interpretation of “The Upside Down”. 

I pictured the Demogorgon nodding its head slowly, getting ready to spit a verse. 

Hence, why I called it “Stranger Things”. Yeah, I can get weird too, lol.”

Stranger Things is out now - https://link.oldsoulmusic.com/strangerthings

Apollo Brown - No Pressure, No Diamond

There are certain truths in life that are simple enough to fit into a few words, but powerful enough to shape entire careers. "No Pressure, No Diamond" is one of those truths. Four words that carry the weight of struggle, perseverence, sacrifice, pain, discipline, and ultimately reward.

We live in a world that loves outcomes, but often ignores process. We admire the trophy, but forget the training. We celebrate success, but overlook the sleepless nights. We applaud the finished masterpieces while paying little attention to the countless imperfect drafts that came before it.

Everybody wants the shine of the diamond, but not everybody wants the uncomfortable pressure and time it takes to create this most precious gemstone.

Think about that while you listen this album for the first time. The color isn't perfect. The cut is not close to symmetrical. The clarity might be a little cloudy. But, the process is tried and true.

No Pressure, No Diamond.

No Pressure, No Diamond is out Friday 24th July - https://link.oldsoulmusic.com/nopressurenodiamond 

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Ultra Magnus "Golly" [SINGLE]

For “Golly”, the second single from And Nero Played, the upcoming fourth album from Ultra Magnus, the charismatic MC brings the joy and the braggadocio. He flips through his styles, a mix of old school and modern flows that comes together for his own unique sound. His bombastic delivery is always infectious, but especially on this upbeat groove. Brock Berrigan’s instrumental is just so much fun! Bound to get the dance floor grooving while also rocking the crowd live from the stage, “Golly” is sure to be the summer anthem for the underground in 2026!

Written and performed by Ultra Magnus

Produced by Brock Berrigan

 

Komo Sarcani & Le Chimiste feat. XP The Marxman "PLUG" [SINGLE]

 

Komo Sarcani and Le Chimiste deliver “PLUG” featuring XP The Marxman. Le Chimiste produces, Komo Sarcani raps, Soundsizer handles the mix, and Olivier Dax masters the track. Tomawack and Matière Grise provide the background infrastructure — French underground with a clean craft chain. XP The Marxman brings Los Angeles gravity and that calm, razor-sharp delivery that anchors his strongest work. “PLUG” stays short and focused: no big spectacle, just an international connection built on dusty production and precise bars.