Saint Joe feat. Chris Rivers & Chino XL – Homicide Fetish [Video]

Two of the Bronx’s finest head out West in the cinematic new visuals for “Homicide Fetish,” a bullying banger from Colorado-based rapper Saint Joe and his guests, Chris Rivers and Chino XL. With Collective Cultures’ Jeremy Pape behind the lens, he plays host to an old-school cypher filled with wicked wordplay and blistering rhymes from all three vocalists. Shot in the streets of NYC to the mountains of Colorado, it’s worth noting that the homicide they’re committing here is clearly that of murdering mics, as the trifecta of emcees tear apart the monstrous instrumental from Norway’s, GVME OVER. “Homicide Fetish” stems from Saint Joe’s upcoming new album, “Thinning Out the Heard“, which is due out August 8th, through Joe’s own imprint, K.R.A.K. Productions, LLC. The LP will and will be available through all major digital retailers. In addition to Rivers and XL, The LP boasts a number of notable guest features from the likes of Dirtbag Dan, Reef the Lost Cauze, Cortez, Freck Billionaire, Spoke In Wordz, Morning Star, and more. Producers tapped include Charlie Brown, Dialectic, Jomeezius the Genius, Vic Jones, and Yon-P Beats among others. “Homicide Fetish” can now be purchased off the iTunes pre-order for “Thinning Out the Heard”, as the project’s debut instant grat track. Stay tuned for more song leaks and visuals!

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BADBADNOTGOOD – IV [Album Stream]

BADBADBADNOTGOOD is the talented young quartet of Matthew Tavares on keys, Chester Hansen on bass, Alex Sowinski on drums & Leland Whitty on saxophone. They formed and became inseparable friends at Humber College’s Music Performance program in 2011 and have been on a critically acclaimed, rule bending musical journey ever since. BBNG took the music world by storm with their 2014 LP, III, a brash yet refined record of angular jazz improvisations, lush ballads, kraut rock, & futuristic hip-hop tinged rhythms which led to a couple years of touring the world & collaborating with some of the best and brightest artists around the globe The boys are back with the new album IV, their most impressive and highly anticipated project yet. IV continues their forward thinking progression, sounding something like a jam session in space between Can, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters, Weather Report, Arthur Russell & MF DOOM. With tracks like “Time Moves Slow” featuring haunting vocals from Sam Herring of Future Islands, the syncopated groove of “Lavender,” a collaboration with Montreal based producer Kaytranada, the rumbling fusion build of “Confessions Pt. II” featuring Colin Stetson on the bass sax, “Love” which is highlighted with smokey left field raps from Mick Jenkins & the epic chords of “Speaking Gently,” IV is an exploration in post-genre virtuosity. Out Summer 2016 on Innovative Leisure Records, BBNG prove yet again that the possibilities & discovery in their musical quest are infinite. Press play below. IV by BADBADNOTGOOD

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Logic Talks “Bobby Tarantino”, Battling Anxiety, Not Smoking Any More [Video]

Hard Knock Tv’s Nick Huff Barili sits down with Logic for his first in-depth interview about his surprise mixtape and alter ego BOBBY TARANTINO. This is part 1. We are just getting started with this in-depth interview. BOBBY TARANTINO is entirely produced by Logic and his go-to producer 6ix and is the first new music from Logic to hit the street since the November 2015 release of The Incredible True Story, his second album. The Incredible True Story debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hip Hop/R&B Albums chart and landed at #3 on the Billboard 200 chart with over 135,000 records sold in its first week. The monster 18-track long-player crafted a sci-fi space odyssey script that developed throughout the interludes on the album, and cemented Logic’s status as one of music’s brightest young MCs.

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