EverythingOShauN drops audio / visuals for a cut that didn’t make the album Until Now. They’re dubbing it the “bonus intro”. That’s definitely a new one! But anything goes in the Internet age, lol.
Til (Feat. Staasia Daniels) Produced by Xpress AKA DJXP
“Til” (featuring the alluring vocals of Staasia Daniels) serves as the bonus intro to EverythingOShauN’s debut album, “Until Now”. The Toronto hip-hop artist documents his story and struggle that led up to the release of this first project, and properly whets the appetite for what’s to come next.
“Til” samples London Grammar’s “Hey Now”, and can be downloaded for free at EverythingOShauN.com. “Until Now” can be streamed and purchased on SoundCloud, Spotify, iTunes, Tidal, Google Play, and Amazon. Check out more information and show listings at EverythingOShauN.com.
Tre Mission links up with London-town’s Jammer for “99%”.
Filmed in The 6, Jammer & Tre Mission go head to head on 99%. Produced by: Tre Mission Shot & directed by @_MNSXN Brandon Aberga AA+ Visuals Mixed and mastered by Freeza Chin for Genesis Sound Inc
Intro to new artist J-Soul. Ya ya, I know…this is like his 4th music video. I’ma go back and play catch up. I remember a post from Yuri Koller where he said he was working with a new signee to Cash Money. Here he is.
Another new one from BBRC – albeit, with quite the history. See below. This one featuring Evidence & The Alchemsit.
A prelude is a short piece of music that introduces longer and more complex movements that succeed it. Stylistically, the prelude is improvisatory in nature and features a small number of rhythmic and melodic motifs that recur through time.
1995: Mobb Deep’s acapella “(Just Step) Prelude” leads into “Give Up The Goods (Just Step)” on the group’s sophomore LP, “The Infamous.”
2011: Alchemist and Evidence record “Just Step,” nodding to the Mobb Deep original. The session files are sent to Notes to Self for further collaboration and use on their “Recoil LP.” It’s ultimately decided that the recording doesn’t fit in context of the album.
2012 Notes to Self revisit the “Just Step” session, harvesting a 2-bar excerpt of Alchemist’s vocal track and using it as the hook on their single release, “All of the Above.”
2015: The Alchemist and Evidence verses are liberated from hard drive purgatory and appear in full on the “Lord Steppington” LP, released by ALC and Ev under the group name, “Step Brothers.”
2016: Notes to Self, now BBRC, revisit their 2012 RECOIL sessions, finally finishing their version and releasing the official collaboration, “JUST STEP REMIX.”
Project: TMR II (Loosies)
Artist: BBRC
Song: “Just Step Remix” with Evidence & The Alchemist (Step Brothers)
Produced by The Alchemist and Bronze
Cuts by DJ Dopey
Artwork by Ruffmercy x Bronze (RUFFNOTES)
(Photography by Krystina Pucci | Model: Kali’i Dixon)
Some compelling visuals to go along with the latest joint from SATE.
“Listen and take heed. There are times when the signs aren’t so clear and you feel like you’re repeating lessons over and over and over again. And sometimes, it feels like you’re being beat down by life or some other force. FEEL is about ignoring that voice or that feeling we call intuition.” – SATE
Savannah Ré returns with the Eestbound-produced “Second Thoughts”.
Produced by Eestbound Written By: Savannah Re
Second Thoughts is about when you’ve been using distractions to tell yourself you’re over someone (in this case a party). Then it hits you that you’re not as okay as you thought you were and you have Second Thoughts about that situation.
This is one of the dopest things out of the city ever. Shouts to Sean Brown and everyone involved! See below and check the link for the full post / all the shots.
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