‘The Lost Tapes 2’ is a compilation of previously unreleased tracks by legendary New York MC, Nas, taken from recording sessions for his previous four albums; ‘Hip Hop Is Dead,’ ‘Untitled,’ ‘Life Is Good’ and NASIR. The last instalment in the series came in 2002, and this time around tracks left on the cutting room…
The release of Common’s 10th studio album is finally upon us, and ‘Nobody’s Smiling’ is typically solid. Common has long-since established himself as one of the game’s greatest and production, in the main, comes from No I.D., a tried and tested formula. Despite the tried and tested formula, the album is far from staid: contributions…
Vinny Stapes’s follow-up to the first instalment of ‘Shyne Coldchain’ was released today, and shows a vast amount of progression. The altogether more polished mixtape features contributions from No I.D., Jhene Aiko, James Faultneroy, Evidence and more. Stream below via SoundCloud.
Having recently revealed that he and No I.D. are soon to release an LP entitled ‘Nobody Smiling’, Common releases ‘Made In Black America’, which features Black Hippy/TDE’s Ab-Soul. The beat is funky in an almost blaxploitation way, and it’s great to hear Ab-Soul up there with one of Hip Hop’s all-time greats. With ‘War‘ sounding…
Shortly after the announcement that he and No I.D would be releasing a collaborative LP entitled ‘Nobody Smiling’, Common releases ‘War’. On the track, Common deplores the inner-city violents that takes place all across America and the world and laments the vast loss of life in his own city of Chicago, over a militant-sounding beat…
Yesterday Big K.R.I.T treated us to the third in his ‘King’ series, this time the beat comes from Nas’ No I.D -produced track ‘Stay’. The sample is effortlessly soulful, as is K.R.I.T’s introspective flow. Stream below via SoundCloud.
On the second single from his upcoming album ‘Hall Of Fame’ Big Sean pays homage to his clique. A veneration of solidarity, it is fitting that the track features GOOD Music’s Common, who’s verse is a real highlight. The beat, courtesy of DJ Mano, No I.D and Rob Kilenski, is really in-keeping with the GOOD…
