Chris Rivers feat. Bodega Bamz & Whispers – Presidential [Audio x Download]

Chris Rivers returns with the second single from his upcoming “Medicated Consumption” project with the assistance of Bodega Bamz and Whispers. Stream and/or download “Presidential” below. Bonus: Check out Chris Rivers “All Lives Matter” freestyle featuring Oswin Benjamin which also dropped today.

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Toro Y Moi – Half Dome [Video]

“Half Dome” taken from the album “What For?”. Last year, Chaz Bundick hiked to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite Park, the inspiration for his song “Half Dome” (off this year’s What For?), where he happened to meet R. Adam Prieto, a photographer and, coincidentally, a Toro y Moi fan. Chaz invited Prieto to create a music video for ‘Half Dome,’ and this spectacular clip is the result.

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Obie Trice Talks About Loyalty In Hip Hop Today [Video]

Certain artists can always be counted on to keep it a hundred when it comes to their opinions on life industry and everything in between. And in case there was any doubt, Detroit native Obie Trice is just such an artist. With Meek vs Drake now in the past-tense, and his new album The Hangover on the scene, Obie sat with AHH’s MrMecc and shared his thoughts on how it went down now that the dust has settled.

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The Council – Council Arts [Audio x Download]

Check out “Council Arts” from the newly formed group The Council. Dopeness! Four Hip Hop artistes from Kingston, Jamaica ­– Five Steez, The Sickest Drama (TSD), Inztinkz and Nomad Carlos – have joined forces to release music as The Council. The group’s first offering is the song, ‘Council Arts’, from a currently untitled, developing project. On the track, the MCs trade verses over a hard-hitting boom-bap beat with a rich female vocal sample. Leading the charge, Five Steez tells listeners they are “dining with kings that’s rising like Ming”, and his dynasty “rhyme in the ring like Tyson would swing”. The Sickest Drama follows up nicely, depicting the Kingston backdrop where “triggers squeeze” and “niggaz bleed”, leading him to think “yard is the Middle East”. Inztinkz (also the group’s producer) chooses to unleash an “onslaught”, over his own beat, in which he addresses a “miniscule likkle fool” who does not know the rules of engagement. Nomad Carlos then closes off the track in fine fashion, telling people to “watch out for them shapeshifters” and those “more pussy than eight kittens”. The Council’s members are also the organizers of Kingston’s premier Hip Hop event, Pay Attention, and partners in the local scene’s most revered space, Gambling House Recording Studio. While the upcoming project is still in its early stages, they say listeners can expect high-calibre lyricism and production all around.

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