Dom Pachino "Terrorist Pirateships" ft. Warghosts, prod. Bronze Nazareth [VIDEO]

Dom Pachino is a founding member of Killarmy, Wu-Tang's military unit out of Steubenville and Staten Island, releasing through his own Napalm Recordings. Detroit's Bronze Nazareth belongs to the Wu-Elements school of producers and spent years as RZA's protégé. Warghosts are Bomshot and Holocaust, a pairing with real history: Warcloud teamed up with Bomshot to form Warghosts some years back with the blessing and disapproval of fans all over. Bomshot hails from Boston and formed a group with Jus Allah of Jedi Mind Tricks as Devil's Rejects before landing in the Wu orbit. Holocaust himself remains one of the strangest voices in Killa Beez history a member of the Black Knights group featured on Wu-Tang's 1998 The Swarm album who contributed to RZA's Bobby Digital solo projects, later recording as Warcloud on albums like "Smuggling Booze in the Graveyard". The release notes call him "the late great Holocaust", and that is verified: he was being held at the maximum-security Theo Lacy Facility in Orange County, California, where he was found unresponsive on Sunday afternoon, December 29th; he passed away in police custody at 45, born Anthony Creston Brown. Fellow Wu affiliate Christ Bearer put it bluntly: "Sun did more time for mental illness than hardened criminals and now he die in they custody." Against that backdrop, "Terrorist Pirateships" is more than the skeleton-and-ninja pirate fantasy Bomshot stages in the video it's one of the final recordings from a voice that spent 25 years building its own bizarre mythology at the edge of the Wu universe.

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Tuck 88 "For They Know Not" ft. N'Dea Tha Dada & Joe Daytona [VIDEO]

The song was covered last round: Tuck 88 self-produces, with N'Dea Tha Dada and Joe Daytona of the Humble Narcissist Collective trading bars. The video is the visual extension no new credits available.

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RAP NOIR (Tajai & Unjust) "Club Noir" prod. Black Bumble Bee [ALBUM]

 

Rap Noir is the pairing of Tajai (Souls of Mischief, Hieroglyphics) and Unjust. The description frames "Club Noir" as a fresh twist on an underground classic, and the opener is titled "Reimagined" to my knowledge that points back to their 2019 Rap Noir album, though I couldn't verify that externally here. Black Bumble Bee produces (spelled "Bumple Bee" in the source). Thirteen tracks including a seven-minute "Calculation", with Chicago's Psalm One on "Shall We" and Hiero brother Casual plus Oakland's Beeda Weeda on "Addicted". A title like "Panopticism" tells you Foucault vocabulary is being dragged into a club setting Tajai never rapped for easy listening. And there's a cross-connection that surprised me while checking #10: Warghosts were signed to Clear Label Records, the company owned and run by Tajai of Hieroglyphics. Two releases on this list, one label head.

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MRKBH x Rico James "Footprints" [VIDEO]

The EP was covered already: MRKBH writes and performs, Rico James produces, mixes and masters solo. "Footprints" is track three, no feature one of the cuts where the two-man chemistry stands unobstructed. TheLordzChain handles the visual. Nothing new beyond that, and nothing more is needed.

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Split Sphere x Swollen Members x Moka Only "Witness the Splitness EP" [EP]

This isn't a reunion in the marketing sense it's chronology. In 1991 Moka Only formed Split Sphere with Prevail; in 1993 the duo moved to San Diego, then to Vancouver in 1994. Prevail went on to form Swollen Members with Madchild, and while Moka named the group, he chose to pursue a solo career, later joining and departing again. 4X JUNO Award winners Prevail and Moka Only were Split Sphere before co-founding Swollen Members, which resulted in Platinum sales certifications and legions of fans across the world. The EP collects a year-long single run: "Welcome Us Back" (April 20), "Reactivated" (May 17), "Bonafide Badlands" (June 15), "Pero and Emmo" (July 10), then "Unga Bunga" and finally "Witness the Splitness" on September 4 six tracks, six singles. The distribution stance stands out: the acapella and instrumental for "Witness the Splitness" are offered at no cost, with an optional tip at checkout, explicitly cleared for remixing. Moka Only remains a category of his own an immensely gifted performer who can rap, sing, freestyle and produce in a variety of formats, with a catalog running into dozens of albums. Three names on the cover, but at its core this is a two-man project with 35 years of backstory.

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BA PACE / HI-POST "He Tried To Spin Got Spun Like Wax" [VIDEO]

"It Get SFX Tricky" was covered in depth already. The visual for track two adds nothing to the read but does supply two credits: Mark Malave shooting, BA Pace editing. The title remains one of the tape's sharpest a pun that short-circuits street logic ("spin" as deception, as dodge) with DJ vocabulary (wax, turntable). The MC cutting his own footage fits the PublicHousingNYC approach: everything handled in-house.

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YEAROFJORDN, Kai Onyx & Yogi Barry "Dubland Underground" ft. Magic Gretzky & Curtis Coke [SINGLE]

 

The title is local history. Dub Land Underground was a split-level music hall and bar in the heart of Rochester's East End Entertainment District at 315 Alexander St., with a capacity of 300. It closed its doors for good on January 10th, 2014 after seven years in operation, having served as home for a variety of local bands, a destination for niche national acts and a launching pad for some of the region's finest musicians. Kai Onyx and Yogi Barry naming a song after it reads as hometown loyalty without the sepia filter the room only exists in memory now, and the record pins it down. Producer/rapper YEAROFJORDN builds the beat and fully produces the forthcoming album "Cloudy Above Kodak", another Rochester marker given Kodak's role in shaping the city. Magic Gretzky and Curtis Coke join as guests, with Phresh (The Phresh Company) directing and A London Joint on color. Rochester keeps surfacing across these batches Azariah, JD Riggz, now this trio.

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MarFromDetroit & Work Scorsese "TPOTBGU" [VIDEO]

"TPOTBGU" is pulled from "Cold Work", the full collaborative album between MarFromDetroit and Work Scorsese. The producer isn't new to this space Work Scorsese already handled "Stick to the Script" for Villa Velli, covered in an earlier round, and seems to favor full-length runs with single MCs. MarFromDetroit has been building his own catalog for years; "Don't Run From It" was featured on Bandcamp Radio in August 2021. No source explains the acronym in the title, and I won't guess. The album name says enough on its own: Detroit cold, Scorsese work.

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Massiah Kaine "Ground 0" (Freestyle) prod. Farrari Beats [SINGLE]

 

The hard facts arrive after last round's video read. "Ground 0" is billed as a freestyle, produced by Farrari Beats, delivered in dirty and clean versions radio-ready by design. It comes via Hardtimes Records, an indie label straight out of Brooklyn, New York, which has backed The Tangiers from the start. Massachusetts emcees Benefit (of EMS) and Kaine formed the duo, and their debut "The House Always Wins" follows a gritty but abstract view of the streets, with production from Hits ByLive, QB Rap-P, 84 Music, Ron Champagne and Buckroll Beat plus Smif-N-Wessun and RJ Payne among the guests. Kaine also moves within the label's wider network, appearing on PR Dean's cut alongside Copywrite, Heleos and King Nova. So this freestyle isn't a cold start it's the solo step of an MC with an established circle behind him.

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Jeff Johnson II feat. El Da Sensei "Neo Nineties" [Video]

 

Jeff Johnson II lets you know he represents the Neo Nineties along with Artifacts own El Da Sensei prod by Mr. Nobody cuts by Yamin Semali they bring to you a banger of a track letting yall know what they feel about what gave them knowledge in hip hop. Jeff really paints a vivid picture of what the 90s taught him.

Mike Titan x Flu "World Tournament Ish" feat. New Villain, G Fam Black & DJ Decepta [SINGLE]

 

Mike Titan operates under the tagline "Bronx, NY. No Gimmicks. All Raps," a statement that runs through his entire Bandcamp profile. His back catalog shows close ties to Hilltop Productions and, notably for this context, to DJ Ronsha, with whom he already recorded "For Paris With Love" — the same DJ Ronsha tied to G-Zon in HHHEADZ's own history. Flu, meanwhile, is a producer out of Melbourne, Australia, previously active under the name Fluent Form, with roots in the Crate Cartel label and a solo catalog stretching back to the late 2000s. "World Tournament Ish" thus bridges two entirely different time zones. The guest list tightens the circle further: G Fam Black of Brockton, who already built a full album with Hanzo Bladez, alongside New Villain and DJ Decepta — the latter familiar from Benefit's "Labyrinth Center." It's a track that shows just how small the international underground network has actually become.

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Juxx Diamondz x SaulyO Beats "Mind Bender" [VIDEO]

Juxx Diamondz comes out of Brooklyn, releasing through Back Block Music Group. "Mind Bender" comes from the album "Da Destruction Segment," produced by SaulyO Beats. The self-description points to a mentality forged through pressure, struggle and ambition — standard vocabulary for gritty street storytelling. Beyond the supplied details, I can't confirm further facts about SaulyO Beats or Back Block Music Group.

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TheHiddenCharacter x BoneWeso "Bombsaway" [SINGLE]

Beyond the Apple Music listing, I have no verifiable additional information on either TheHiddenCharacter or BoneWeso but the track is Dope.

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Grace Chia "Ambidextrous" [VIDEO]

The credits are complete and transparent: lyrics by Grace Chia herself, recording and mix by Lachy Hamill, mastering at Crystal Mastering, video by Stavros Vlachogiannis. Down Under Cyphers as the presenting platform points to an Australian/New Zealand context. The title "Ambidextrous" works as an image for stylistic or thematic versatility, though I won't stretch that reading further without the lyrics themselves. No further verified background on Grace Chia was available to me.

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Hanzo Bladez ft. Albany Lou "Trauma Ties" prod. SauceYin [SINGLE]

 

Hanzo Bladez hails from Brooklyn, now lives in Albany, and runs a double life there as both producer and MC within the GRIMEWAV circle. That he doesn't just guest but builds full albums shows in his work with Brockton's G Fam Black: for "MANIAC," Hanzo Bladez handled every beat while Uglyjon mixed and mastered. On "Trauma Ties" he steps forward as MC, with SauceYin (Sauciano YinYang) producing and Manny Del Rio on mix and master. The track lands as the second single from the upcoming album "Genesis Floods," a title that pairs biblical weight with personal wounds in a way that mirrors the song itself.

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Gustavo Louis "Ganghis Khan 4 Iron" prod. Cusho [VIDEO]

The track comes from "36th Hole", a complete golf concept album with Cusho, following the wrestling-coded predecessor "Narco Finals." Ten tracks run from "Commercial Break Intro" through "Green Jacket Rap," "PGA Tour" and "Pimento Cheese" to the title track "36th Hole," with Bug Nelson featured on "PGA Tour." The twist is deliberate: golf usually shows up in rap only as a luxury symbol, and building a full album around it inverts that entirely — this is about precision, patience and strategy rather than empty display, translated into irons, caddies and street logic. "Ganghis Khan 4 Iron" slots into that vocabulary as a pun straddling conquest mythology and club selection.

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Stan Ipcus "High Key" feat. DJ Twi$t II [SINGLE]

Here too, I have no verified background beyond the Apple Music credit. What stands out is the structure itself: DJ Twi$t II is billed as a full feature, not tucked away as a producer footnote. That format keeps recurring across this batch (Charles Herron with Boogie Blind, for instance), pointing to a deliberate respect for turntablism as a standalone contribution rather than an afterthought.

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Zeno Woods "For What It's Worth" prod. Rice Master Yen [VIDEO]

Beyond the linked profiles, I have no verifiable background on Zeno Woods. Rice Master Yen produces, and the title "For What It's Worth" carries a classic disclaimer structure — saying something while already shrugging off whether anyone needs to hear it. Without further credits, the read stays limited to what the title itself offers.

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DizzyDustin "Rain Delays" ft. Masta Ace [SINGLE]

 

DizzyDustin out of Long Beach isn't just a name chasing features; he founded one-third of Ugly Duckling, making him a piece of genre history in his own right. Pandamonium handles production, and the original comes from the "Where Do I Go From Here?" album, which already exists in a version cut by Jabba The Kut. Masta Ace's presence here isn't incidental placement — he's remained one of the East Coast's most technically reliable MCs since his Juice Crew days. The "Blue Tint Version" is only available to me as a title, not as a described remix, so I'm deliberately not describing a sound I can't verify.

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Noah23 x Fresh Kils "Million Dollar Deal" [VIDEO]

“Million Dollar Deal” is the lead single off Tuff Racket, the collaboration album by Canadian hip hop staples Noah23 & producer Fresh Kils. The track is reminiscent of Outkast with its electric guitar, bounce beat, and intelligent triplet flow. The 6/8 time signature also provides the single a unique feel to the flow. With its creativity and unmatched technical prowess, “Million Dollar Deal” proves how powerful a duo these two are. And now the single gets a video shot and edited by Nic Bambrough (www.bamnation.ca) focused on the capitalist board game that has caused many a family fight.

Written and performed by Noah23

Produced by Fresh Kils

Doza The Drum Dealer "Sandroze Side B" [ALBUM]

The "Side B" in the title is the statement. This is the back half of a body of work conceived in sides rather than as a continuous playlist, and carrying that vinyl logic into a digital release is a position rather than a formality. Fourteen tracks is generous for a B-side, which suggests a substantial project overall. The name itself puts craft first, since calling yourself a drum dealer means the negotiation happens over drums, not image. No verified details on credits, features or production splits were available to me, and I'm not filling that gap with guesswork.

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Johnny Ciggs & D.R.U.G.S. Beats "MANY MOONS" (Moonlight Pt. 9) [VIDEO]

The "Moonlight Pt. 9" tag carries the real information. Nine installments mean a series maintained over years, and "MANY MOONS" plays directly on that, many moons standing in for time accumulated. Johnny Ciggs writes and performs, D.R.U.G.S. Beats produces, Skweeks and Fan Ran shoot, and Ciggs edits it himself. The track comes from the album "Glass Roses", which Gritty City Records also pressed on vinyl. An artist running his own label, cutting his own visuals and still committing to a physical pressing describes the DIY position more precisely than any adjective could.

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Dynamo-P & H.Gee "Happy Trees EP" [EP]

 

The division of labor is clean: H.Gee out of Germany handles beats and cuts, while Dynamo-P from Portland, Maine, handles the rhymes. A producer cutting his own records is no longer a given, and it keeps the project's sound entirely in one pair of hands. The EP is explicitly billed as a five-track "pre roll pack", designed for smoking and sitting back rather than posing as a concept record, which is honest framing and doesn't need inflating. It also marks another entry on the German-production, US-MC axis that keeps surfacing across this batch.

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Coyote & Xzibit "Foo You Know I'm Down" [VIDEO]

An earlier write-up needs correcting: per the release info, Coyote is an LA duo rather than a solo MC, and the wording "once again" makes clear this isn't their first collaboration with Xzibit. What's new is the animated treatment from Moosz1 Films, produced through Coyote For Hire Production. Going animated shifts the weight of the record, trading street backdrop for an invented visual world, which suits a title like this by leaving room for humor instead of menace. The accompanying "say yes to life" framing reinforces exactly that.

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SOO DO KOO "BACKCOURT VOL. 2" [EP]

 

The whole concept lives in the tracklist. "THE ARM OF SATCHEL" invokes Satchel Paige, the Negro Leagues pitcher whose throwing arm became myth. "TIME TRAVELER JEFF TEAGUE" and "sidney wicks" pull two NBA names from different eras entirely. "KRUGERRANDS" drags South African gold coinage in as a wealth metaphor, while "MISTER MAGICIAN" and "show time" keep working the basketball register. The closer, "no weapon formed against me shall NOT prosper", deliberately inverts the verse from Isaiah, asterisks included. Production is split up: Iris Ameerah on "DIRTY SODA", Deleteeglitch on the Teague cut, pty on "sidney wicks", with no producers listed for the remaining tracks. Nine pieces including a 23-second skit, running just past seventeen minutes total. The "Vol. 2" tells you the approach already earned a second pass.

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Don Pini feat. La Farmakos "UALA" [VIDEO]

The credits are complete and stay entirely in-house: beat from "El 😈", mix and master by Mario y Luigi, camera by Peligrovisual, edit and post by O.G. Filmz, released through O.G. Company/NeaYork, with "NeaYork" pointing squarely at the Spanish-speaking New York context. The call for listeners to drop their favorite bar in the comments is telling, since it puts the writing at the center rather than any conceptual frame. Beyond those credits, I have no verified background on Don Pini or La Farmakos.

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Big Twins x DJ Woool "Stash Box" [SINGLE]

The prior context matters here: DJ Woool already produced "Laws Of Attraction" for Big Twins, covered in an earlier round. That makes "Stash Box" a continuation rather than a chance meeting. Big Twins is a member of Infamous Mobb out of the Queensbridge Projects, with ties to the Mobb Deep circle running back decades. Two singles with the same producer usually point toward something larger in the works, though I can't verify whether a full project has been announced.

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Apacalypse "Who Feels it Knows it" prod. Sponatola [VIDEO]

"Who feels it knows it" is a Jamaican proverb that traveled far beyond the island through reggae and Bob Marley in particular. The meaning is compact and unforgiving: if you've lived it, no explanation is needed, and if you haven't, none will help. As a rap title it sets the terms before a single bar arrives. Sponatola produces, Apak Masters directs and edits, and Lauren Mesa handles cinematography. No further verifiable background on Apacalypse was available to me, so the read stays anchored to the credits.

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Mr. Ripley "Pitched A No No" [EP]

 

The dedication is the whole key here. On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the San Diego Padres, only the fourth in franchise history. In 1984 he told a reporter he had pitched that game under the influence of LSD, an account he maintained until his death in 2008, and one that skeptics still question. The cap and ball from that afternoon sit in the Hall of Fame. That context also unlocks the second track, since Ellis wore number 17 in Pittsburgh, making "17th Pirate" a deliberate choice rather than a stray figure. Six tracks spread across five producers: Murda Megz, Slvrbck Lauren, Shade Cobain, FreakShow and Van Gunz, with M.R. Senti and Crotona P stepping in on "Shit Hole". It's a concept built on the exact contradiction Ellis embodied, chaos and precision arriving in the same motion.

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Kingdom Kome & VoltageCtrlr "Magnetic Mystics" [VIDEO]

A second Kingdom Kome entry this round, and from an entirely separate project. "Magnetic Mystics" sits as track five on "Wizards in the Wilderness", his full-length with VoltageCtrlr. The sequencing tells you where it lives: "Veil Lifted (Intro)" with RUEN opens, followed by "Wizard In The Wilderness", "Top Shotta" and "In The Wind Again" before this cut, with "Force Choke" featuring Killah Priest, an "Ouroboros" interlude, "Sonic Spell Castors" with Laza and "Lazer Tag" with Nejma Nefertiti further in. Killah Priest is a telling inclusion, since few MCs have carried esoteric and biblical imagery as consistently or as long. VoltageCtrlr already operates in that register too, having released "Sonic Wizard Spells" back in 2022. This reads as two artists who share a vocabulary rather than borrowing a theme.

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Los Chicos Criollos & RUEN "Olmedo Y Porcel" [VIDEO]

Los Chicos Criollos are Kingdom Kome and Che Uno, and this is far from a first meeting with RUEN. Their self-titled 2022 album already featured him both on the mic and on the boards, and the connection has run through their catalog ever since. "Olmedo Y Porcel" brings him back to production duty, and the title does real work: Alberto Olmedo and Jorge Porcel were the comedy pairing that defined Argentine television and cinema through the seventies and eighties. That reference explains the record's shape, two voices trading in quick succession, humor used as a tool rather than an excuse. It lands as the first single from "Merca Musica" via Walking With Enoch Music, with visuals by Wizedome Bunitall for Fuego Films.

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Sean Links "Piano Love Freestyle" [VIDEO]

A freestyle over a piano backdrop, nothing more and nothing less. No concept, no album frame, just the MC and the keys. With no further details available, it works as a calling card: a test of whether a rapper holds up without production doing the heavy lifting.

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Talib Kweli & Large Professor feat. Bun B "Rare Heir" [VIDEO]

The single was covered earlier. Chino Chase's video now brings full credits: written by T. Greene, W. Mitchell, and B. Freeman, the legal names of Kweli, Large Pro, and Bun B, recorded and mixed by Federico Lopez, mastered by Ricardo Sangiao. Brooklyn, Queens, and Port Arthur on one record remains the core of it.

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Sites & Micall Parknsun "Everybody" [VIDEO]

Micall Parknsun has been active for years as both MC and producer on London's hip-hop scene, and "Everybody" is the first single from his joint album with Sites, mixed and mastered by Studio Blak. The credits don't specify who handled production, and details on Sites remain limited. For now, the track mainly signals that a full project is on the way.

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Blake Beauty "Out Of Nowhere" [ALBUM]

 

Hamburg producer Blake Beauty built "Out Of Nowhere" during the pandemic, every beat on an MPC. The structure is clean: six instrumentals, six vocal tracks, with a subtle '60s psychedelic tint laid over golden-era foundations. The guests are artists who have been part of his listening life since the '90s. Hieroglyphics' Casual joins Spit Gemz on "Ash and Dust". Columbus veteran Copywrite teams with Lord Goat, formerly Goretex of Non Phixion, on "Spy vs. Spy". Living Legends' Eligh and fellow Columbus MC Illogic share "Stillness". Sean Boog, Young Sin, and Ren Thomas round out the cast, and "Like Gatsby" brings in Berlin's Lena Stoehrfaktor, closing the loop back to Germany. Sinok handles cuts, Jan at BK Studio Berlin masters, and there's a vinyl pressing. Instrumentals like "Busan Breaks" and "Omerta" aren't filler; they let the producer stand without a voice in front of him.

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Benny Holiday & Snowgoons "Underworld" ft. J Daw [VIDEO]

The single was already covered, and the video now follows. Snowgoons have long operated as a German production team working with US underground MCs, and Benny Holiday and J Daw fit into that lineage. Nothing new in substance, just the visual extension.

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Dark Lo x V Don "Keep Callin'" [VIDEO]

Philadelphia street veteran Dark Lo and Harlem producer V Don extend their partnership with the deluxe edition of "Made of Gold". V Don has built his name on full producer-MC albums with East Coast rappers, released through his own Serious Soundz. Adding a deluxe with a fresh visual says the original album had enough in it to keep going.

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Sayzee "Action Kruger" ft. Action Figure 973 [SINGLE]

 

The concept is simple and vivid: Freddy Krueger's nightmare realm restaged as a late-night lucha libre bout, razor gloves against wrestling masks. Action Figure 973 stays on the wrestling thread he built with "Dark Side Of The Ring". The format is the real detail, though: dirty, clean, instrumental, and acapella bundled as a full DJ package, a service to radio and DJs that has become rare. Sayzee produces, and the track previews "YFRWN 11".

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BamBeatz & dB Cutlass "I Made My Own Way" [VIDEO]

BamBeatz and dB Cutlass deliver the second single from "Vol 2… Mean Streets", an album title nodding to Scorsese's street cinema. "I Made My Own Way" leans into self-determination, fitting for a fully independent release, while the "Vol 2" points to an ongoing producer-MC series.

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BLUEHILLBILL "Bloody Paper" prod. DeevoDaGenius [VIDEO]

"Bloody Paper" comes from BLUEHILLBILL's album "H.N.I.P", produced by DeevoDaGenius and shot by HAM Productions. The title points to money with blood on it, a classic motif about what earning really costs. With no further credits or album details available, the context stays brief.

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CK1 & ƎИAꓘ ЯƎTƧIИIƧ "Compound Fractures" [EP]

 

Following "BLASPHEMOUS" and "CHAMPION", this is the third release from the Citizen Kane MHB universe, and it calls for a correction to my earlier write-ups. With every lyric credited to Citizen Kane MHB and the project described as two sides of one damaged pen, CK1 and Sinister Kane are most likely personas of a single writer rather than separate MCs. CK1 delivers the surgical bars while Sinister Kane crawls out from underneath. The reference pool mixes boxing, brain trauma, and retro gaming: "Bonecrusher Smith!", "Ivan Dragos Punch Out", CTE scans as skits, "PITFALL 26'". CFK and Avalon Productions share production, and DJ Snatch That handles the scratches. Eight tracks of dark humor and dense wordplay.

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Sado feat. Killah Dilla "Jealousy" prod. Frizzy Astro [VIDEO]

A correction to the previous round: "Jealousy" isn't a three-way collaboration. Sado leads, Killah Dilla features, and Frizzy Astro produces, the same producer behind Killah Dilla's "BAD CHOICES", so this is an established circle. The video adds a face to the theme without changing its core.

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Benzina "Sur" feat. ALI A.K.A MIND [VIDEO]

"Sur" is the first promotional single from the album "Sudaka", and the framing is deliberate: "sudaka" has long been a slur for South Americans, now reclaimed in rap as a badge of identity. Benzina brings in ALI A.K.A MIND, a Bogotá MC known for socially conscious writing, which adds real substance to the pairing. DJ King produces, mixes, and masters, Manuel Rodriguez serves as executive producer, and Ed Scholtz directs the visual.

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PORTAROK from the 8th Platoon "BLADES from the FIRMAMENT" [ALBUM]

 

Twelve tracks, ten produced by iLL Sheperd and two by diaulo_negro, each credited as "track by … featuring PORTAROK", which formally puts the beat first. The vocabulary is drawn from revelation and myth: "Celestial Rain", "Seventh Trumpetts", "Rituals Stay Open", "Forgotten Folklore", "The Ones Who Build Next". The "Platoon" affiliation places it in the militant-esoteric tradition of Killarmy and Army of the Pharaohs. One honest note: the unedited spellings ("Merconary", "Stereams", "Rythem") read as raw. DIY listeners won't mind, but it stands out on a project this conceptually tight.

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G. Dep "We Got It Back" prod. Karlitodakid [VIDEO]

In the early 2000s, G. Dep was one of Bad Boy's distinct Harlem voices with "Special Delivery" and "Let's Get It". In 2010 he walked into a police station and confessed to a killing from the early '90s, served more than a decade, and was later granted clemency by New York's governor. Against that history, "We Got It Back" reads as more than a comeback slogan. Karlitodakid, whose handle points to a neighborhood barbershop, handles production, and Neyesus directs. It's a record whose weight comes from context, not volume.

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Awon, Confidence, J Ferra "The Process" [ALBUM]

 

"The Process" was built over several years, and the album moves with that patience. Confidence lays down warm, groove-driven foundations. J Ferra adds musical arrangements and handles the mix and master, a division of labor that points to more depth than a bare loop. Over it, Awon, long a dependable voice in reflective soul-rap, works through growth, struggle, and hard-won clarity. The sequencing tells its own story, from "Arrival" through "Holy Gospel" and "Chains" to "Thankful" and "Pieces of my Soul". Guests fit the temperament: Wordsworth on the "Change" remix, Solomon, Ill Conscious, Ishmael Nehemiah, with cuts from CHiLL-iLL. The cover art comes from Phoniks, Awon's longtime production partner, a small detail that shows a network at work rather than a one-off pairing. Fifteen tracks, almost none past four minutes, keep the long road from dragging.

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KAPPA-O feat. Nex Cassel, Nor "Ancora Hardcore" [VIDEO]

"Ancora Hardcore" ("still hardcore") comes from "KAPPA-O E TU VIVRAI NEL TERRORE", a direct nod to Lucio Fulci's horror classic "…E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà". Anchoring Italian hardcore rap in Italian horror cinema is a logical move. Nex Cassel supplies the beat and a verse, Nor adds another, and Kappa-O handles mix and master with Kique, all kept in-house through Hard Squat Crew and Hard Record Bologna. Alberto Portland's video comes with a full crew, DOP and VFX included, more ambition than the title alone would suggest.

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1999 WTF, Souls of Mischief, Dame D.O.L.L.A. "Nothing Without You" feat. Brookfield Duece [VIDEO]

Souls of Mischief have anchored the Hieroglyphics legacy since "93 'til Infinity", and Dame D.O.L.L.A. is the rap alias of Oakland-born Damian Lillard, whose catalog has long outgrown the athlete-with-a-hobby label. Brookfield Duece adds another Oakland voice. Taken from the "Clean Getaway" EP, also pressed on colored vinyl, with 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE framing the project, the record runs on hometown lineage: one city, several generations, and a title about what you owe the people who made you.

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067Red "I Really Can't Show My Face" prod. Zilly900 [ALBUM]

 

Zilly900 handles every beat for 067Red across thirteen pieces, nearly all between one and two minutes, around 22 minutes in total. The titles tell you where this lives: "Like Tony In Vesuvio", "Somebody Find Leda And Swan I Need It For The Wedding", "Her Lipstick And The Little Red Book", "The World Owes Me Dinner". Mob cinema, luxury, and classical myth fold into one vocabulary, squarely in the lineage Roc Marciano and Estee Nack established. Vic Spencer brings the most recognizable guest verse on "Onyx Cartier Tiger", with Figerson and Mondon Slade filling out the cast. The brevity is deliberate, though at this length some cuts risk feeling like suggestions rather than statements.

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PiFF Penny "Kyng Talk 3" [VIDEO]

The single was covered earlier. What's new is the visual, shot by PiFF Penny himself, which is fitting for a series where Kyng Syx produces and masters, Penny raps and films, and nothing leaves the circle. "Loyalty Over Royalty" works as a production model here, not just a tagline.

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