Kuniva Ft. Guilty Simpson, Jon Connor & Boldy James - "Michiganish D/L"

A whole lot of fat hip-hop coming out the Detroit, Michigan area at the moment - just peep this heavy posse cut that's screaming for you to turn that volume knob way up. Kuniva of D12 gathers the talents of Guilty Simpson, Jon Connor and Boldy James over a dark, rugged headnodder complete with some ill turntable work. "Michiganish D/L", produced by Block Symfany, is the lead single from Kuniva's upcoming full-length "A History of Violence" which drops early next year. Peace to Hashashin for putting me on to this!

[EP] BOBBY CAPRI - "Instant Gratification"

Skilled emcee Bobby Capri is releasing "Instant Gratification"; a free 7-track EP presented via DatPiff. With all new material, this impressive tape features Capri going head to head with Sean Price, Jon Connor, Troy. Ave, and Apollo The Great. Definitively check this one out!

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[Video] JON CONNOR - "Blackout"

Jon Connor is a very talented rhymer who I always kept my eyes and ears open for when he first came out a couple of years ago. To tell you the truth, I haven't really checked for Connor in quite a good while but his new single/video "Blackout" really caught my attention. The song is actuallty produced by Jon himself, and appears on his free mixtape "While You Were Sleeping" which you can download for free below.

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[CDQ] ChrisCo x eLzhi x Jon Connor - "Straight Up"

Wow, superb joint that boosts a crazy line-up and smooth but banging production and cuts by DJ Premier. ChrisCo has dropped a lot of interesting stuff the last year, so I'm stoked to see what he'll cook up the time comes for him to drop the debut LP. "Straight Up" will officially be released as a digital single tomorrow, but thanks to Gim and the DJPremierBlog we already now got a rip of the premier from Saturday's LiveFromHQ show.

EDIT - The single has now been released without tags and in full CD quality version. The ID3 tag says it's from a project titled "MI State Of Mind" so stay tuned for more info on that release. Link to the new file added below.

CHRISCO x ELZHI x JON CONNOR - "STRAIGHT UP"

NEW Reks / Numsonic LP coming...

I've been listening quite a bit to Reks' Statik Selektah laced 2012 project, "Straight No Chaser", so news of another brand new album form the Boston emcee this summer doesn't exactly hurt. The LP, titled "Rebelutionary", will be fully produced by Numsonic, with features from the likes of Jon Connor, Termanology, Koncept, Sene and more. July 24 is the date, and already now we can listen to the first single, "Shotgun" (Ft. Jon Connor & Venessa Reene) and check out the tracklist. Thanks to 2DopeBoyz!

01 Intro
02 Unlearn
03 Hallelujah
04 Bang Bang f. J NiCS

05 Shotgun f. Jon Connor & Venessa Renee
06 War Is A Racket (Smedley Butler Interlude)
07 Rebelutionary
08 Ignorance is Bliss f. Termanology
09 Passports
10 Avarice (Interlude)
11 Avarice f. Knowledge Medina
12 The Jones f. Krondon
13 The Edge f. Lucky Dice & Chi Knox
14 La Luna f. Sene & Koncept
15 Gepeto
16 Obedient Workers
17 Outro
18 Shotgun (rmx) f. Ea$y Money & Boycott Blues

Jon Connor preps "Salvation"

 The Michigan native, Jon Connor, is currently preparing his "Salvation" which is set for release the 7th June this year. He's one of the few "new" hip-hop artists I feel are worth checking for as he's spitting real shit with a seriously tight flow rather than the usual bullshit that moves units these days - something that has drawn the attention of fellow lyricists like NaS. I'm not 100% sure of what exactly "Salvation" is gonna be, some sites have it listed as a digital EP while others claim it to be an actual album. We'll just have to wait and see. I, for one, will definitely be checking for it however.

So far two spoons of hot wax has been released from the project, the latest one was made available today and is called "Broken Mirror" and is produced by Reef. The previous song was released about a week ago and is produced by Optiks; I'm uploading both. Enjoy!

JON CONNOR - "BROKEN MIRROR"
JON CONNOR - "BIG CITY DREAMS"