SHABAAM SAHDEEQ Ft. MASTA ACE, RAS KASS, EL GRANT & PAWZ 1 - "Darkness"

Coming on the heels of his excellent "Keepers of the Lost Art" (in my opinion his finest album yet), Shabaam Sahdeeq releases the promotional street single "Darkness", a powerful posse cut produced by Jake Palumbo and released on Space Lab Recordings. Over the dark, thumping instrumental Sahdeeq get busy along with legends Masta Ace and Ras Kass a long with El Grant and Pawz One. The digital single is available from the labels Bandcamp for free streaming and can be downloaded for a price of your own choosing. The single include the main version, a clean mix and the instrumental. Bang this rugged ish y'all!

[Album] EL GRANT - "The Beast Academy"

I know this dropped almost a week ago by now, but as I haven't been updating I feel this needs to be posted to make sure it won't fly over other peoples heads. I've been posting the singles leading up to New Yoprk freestyle champ  El Grant's's album, entirely produced by JOAT (Jack Of All Trades) who's boom bap/golden age-esque production forms a great chemistry with the quick witted emcee. It's not often that we get a 10 track album these days, but El Grant has wisely chose to strip the album of all fat, only leaving the swelling meat which he serves up with hip-hop totates and make it gravy. Check out the Rick Rubin influenced "Bases Load" with it's dirty rock-sampling hip-hop beat that allows El Grant to put on some true A-game. "Goldie Hawn" is another certified banger where two master lyricists clashses head to head and gives the listener a true journey through rap verbals of the higest order, all set to a beautifull soul joint. But in the end this is an album you listen to front-to-back each and every time, not only because it's short in length but also because it's extremely poignant all the way through. Enjoy this one as you stream it below, but if you dig it you can cop a digital download @ DJBooth for $7.99. TURN IT UP!

[Video] EL GRANT - "Five One Eighty Eight"

El Grant unveils the second single from his Jack Of All Trades laced solo debut "Beast Academy", and just like the previous single "Truth Hurts", the GGDT assisted "Five One Eighty Eight" is another true boom bap excursion with powerful beats, an array of different sampled instrumentals and masterful turntable work while El Grand and GGDT delivers strong verses that enhances the headnodding. The ten song CD "The Beast Academy´" is available on June 6 and fearures El Grant trading bars with the likes of Torae, ILLBILL, El Da Sensei, J. Blanc and more. Pre-order your copy @ UGHH now.

REDICILUS Ft, Shabaam Sahdeeq, El Grant, Bekay & Famoso- "Kalashnikov & Kush"

I never heard the artist Redicilus but as first aquaintances go you don't get much better than this. Not only is the rugged head-nod incuding production supplied by the man himself, but Redicilus goes the posse cut route for "Kalashnikov & Kush". You got Shabaam Sahdeeq who ALWAYS sounds like one of the most impressive emcees in the game when spitting on a beat that does his talent justice. We also get a tight verse from Bekay who I personally haven't heard squat from in quite some time til' now; up-and-comer El Grant (who we most recently heard on his tuff Torae assisted single "Truth Hurts")  and another, for me at least, new name in Fatmoso. They all do a great job and I for one can't wait for Redicilus upcoming debut album debut "In Response: Dee-Fi". You can read a lot more about the allbum and this single on its Bandcamp page.