Red Pill – Stars [Video]

REd Pill drops an animated video for “Stars” off his “Instinctive Drowning” project. Says Red Pill: “I wrote most of the lyrics for Stars while I was on tour. I was on the road with people I looked up to and I felt like I wasn’t up to par with them. Even playing smaller clubs, you get treated like a star when you’re on the road. So, I was balancing my self-consciousness with a small taste of fame, all the while being homesick. I knew that when I got back, it was back to normal life, paying bills, and day jobs. The director came up with this epic tale of a guy who battles monsters, drinks, misses home, but still wins in the end. I love the work he did with the construction paper. It’s a really cool fantasy driven video that fits the spacey vibe of the song.”

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Ugly Heroes – Unforgiven [Video]

Detroit’s grittiest producer, Apollo Brown, is back with blue collar rhyme writers Red Pill (Detroit) & Verbal Kent (Chicago). The new story lays bare the kind of truth that makes art great. Pill dives into family that left him behind while Verbal digs into forgiving the man who tried to kill him, the ex who tried to kill herself, and the friend who broke in. Director Andy “Orange Cap” Miller adds his own unique vision including a surprise epiphany at the end. Raw, honest, and profound. “Everything In Between” out now!

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Red Pill – Instinctive Drowning [Video]

From the album Red Pill “Instinctive Drowning” out August 26th on Mello Music Group. Red Pill says that he wanted the song and video, which shows him being ignored by guests at a party as if he was invisible, to “play on this idea that depression and substance abuse isn’t always easy to point out. Cries for help aren’t always obvious.” It’s not often the art we put out is as heavy as this. Red Pill, known for being filthy honest, has taken it to a new level and created something so intimate it hurts to watch knowing this is his life. Red Pill is more than an actor and this is more than a script – this is the baggage he carries. As a label all we can do is thank him for his honesty in art and shed a tear for one of the most heart wrenching lyrical displays we’ve ever heard. For all those going through the pain of addiction, loss, or anything else, we offer this merely to let you know there are so many out there who get it, who are living through it with you from a far.

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TrackBlasters Radio: 12.08.16

Da Fat Friday Afternoon – The Official Soundtrack To Your Weekend Host: DJ P.R. “The Get Down” is out on Netflix now! Happy Friday, ya’ll! Record Of The Day: Michael Kiwanuka feat. Nas – Rule The World (I Came From The City) Playlist Nas – Get Down Grandmaster Flash – The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel (Extended Mix) Afrika Bambaataa & tTe Soul Sonic Force – Don’t Stop Planet Rock Snoop Dogg feat. Too Short – Don’t Stop ScHoolboy Q feat. Candice Pillay – WHateva U Want **Record Of The Day** Michael Kiwanuka feat. Nas – Rule The World (I Came From The City) DJ Khaled feat. Big Sean, Kendrick Lamar & Betty Wright – Holy Key The Game – Get High Jaden Smith, Justice Smith, Shameik Moore, Skylan Brooks, The Get Down Brothers & TJ Brown, Jr. – Get Down Brothers Vs. Notorious 3 Sey – Reduce Me Red Pill – Gin & Tonic Alchemist feat. Roc Marciano – All For It Christina Aguilera feat. Nile Rodgers – Telepathy Xiomara – YDKJ Pt. II MarcMostro feat. NorCal Nick – One Day Download here (right click and save as…)

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TrackBlasters Radio: 03.08.16

Da Wednesday Underground Flava – Underground & Old School Tunes Non-Stop Host: DJ P.R. Today’s show includes new heatrocks from Tash, Red Pill, Sey, Five Steez and The Regiment. Press play and enjoy! Record Of The Day: Red Pill – Gin & Tonic Playlist Tash (of Tha Alkaholiks) – Stick Around **Record Of The Day** Red Pill – Gin & Tonic Sey – Reduce Me Five Steez – Mic To The Check The Regiment – One Step **DJ Profile’s “Hip Hop Corner Vol. 15” Mix** Download here (right click and save as…)

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Ugly Heroes – Everything In Between [Album Stream]

Few things are more ugly or heroic than telling the truth. Life is often bleak, brutal, and over all too swiftly. Leaders are corrupt. Job prospects are limited. Cigarettes and shots of gin rarely lead to a peaceful finish. But between the lunacy and squalor, there exists those who make it all worthwhile: family, friends, and ruthlessly honest artists who remind you that you aren’t alone, shedding light on those dark nights of the soul. As Michigan’s anti-Surgeon General, Red Pill quips: “We may not be the heroes this world needs, we’re definitely not the heroes this world wants, but at least we’re here.” His partners in Ugly Heroes are Chicago MC Verbal Kent, and Detroit producer Apollo Brown. Their sophomore Mello Music Group release, Everything In Between, offers diamonds of wisdom amidst the existential dumpster fire. It’s been said that if you go down deep enough, past the personal, you eventually reach the universal. Ugly Heroes embody that axiom, unraveling their own stories, self-doubts, and bouts with depression to arrive at something as profound as it is vulnerable. Apollo Brown warps soul music and bayonet-hard drums, creating a singular form of soul-coughing dirty-sky symphonies. Levitating boom-bap for the 21st Century. “Have you ever figured what you’d be like in a few years…why don’t you look ahead” A cinematic voice opens up “Today, Right Now,” with these words, doubling as a manifesto for things to come. Just as quickly, a voice retorts, “ah, don’t preach at me…as if you can

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TrackBlasters Radio: 25.05.16

Da Wednesday Underground Flava – Underground & Old School Tunes Non-Stop Host: DJ P.R. Today’s show includes new joints from the likes of AD x Sorry Jaynari, YG, King Harris, Havoc x Alchemist, J. Lately, Ugly Heroes and many more! Enjoy. Record Of The Day: Fat Joe & Remy Ma feat. Jay-Z & French Montana – All The Way Up (Remix) Playlist AD & Sorry Jaynari feat. YG – Thug YG feat. Drake & Kamaiyah – Why You Always Hatin **Record Of The Day** Fat Joe & Remy Ma feat. Jay-Z & French Montana – All The Way Up (Remix) King Harris feat. The Game – Right Back To The Money ScHoolboy Q – Groovy Tony ScHoolboy Q feat. Kanye West – THat Part De La Soul – Trainwreck Havoc & Alchemist feat. Cormega – Hear Me Now Chisom – Real J. Lately – Closer Ugly Heroes – Unforgiven Royce Da 5’9″ – Gottaknow John Reily feat. Rich Quick – Bully Pulpit Young Lito feat. Troy Ave – I Love This Game F. Virtue – Visas Pt. 2, Documents The Sickest Drama [TSD] v Triple Threat – Infinity Gauntlet Five Steez – Signed And Sealed Download here (right click and save as…)

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Ugly Heroes – Unforgiven [Video]

Detroit’s grittiest producer, Apollo Brown, is back with blue collar rhyme writers Red Pill (Detroit) & Verbal Kent (Chicago). The new story lays bare the kind of truth that makes art great. Pill dives into family that left him behind while Verbal digs into forgiving the man who tried to kill him in a Chicago alley over a decade ago. Director Andy “Orange Cap” Miller adds his own unique vision including a surprise epiphany at the end. Raw, honest, and profound. Ugly Heroes. Everything In Between by Ugly Heroes

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