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Here’s another cut from the upcoming original Mello Music Group compilation “Mandala Vol. 2, Today’s Mathematics” – out everywhere January 28, 2014! Pay Attention (feat. Ugly Heroes) by Mello Music Group
Read moreDa Wednesday Underground Flava – Underground & Old School HipHop Non-Stop Host: DJ P.R. Heatrock after heatrock! Enjoy. Record Of The Day: Ugly Heroes (Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent, Red Pill) – Me Playlist Stalley – A-Wax Stalley feat. ScHoolboy Q – NineteenEighty7 Willie The Kid & Alchemist – Bad Mistake Ka feat. Roc Marciano – Soap Box Tony Touch feat. AG & Masta Ace – Double A Tony Touch feat. KRS-One, Fat Joe & Sadat X – Take It To The Bronx Joey Bada$$ feat. Nyck Caution & Dirty Snachez – 47 Goonz Rapsody feat. Phonte & Jay Electronica – Jedi Code Mac Miller feat. Jay Electronica – Suplexes Inside Of Complexes & Duplexes Big Sean feat. Kendrick Lamar & Jay Electronica – Control Earl Sweatshirt feat. Domo Genesis – Wave Caps Earl Sweatshirt feat. Tyler, The Creator – Sasquatch Earl Sweatshirt feat. RZA – Molasses ASAP Ferg feat. B-Real, Onyx & Aston Matthews – Fuck Out My Face Dizzy Wright feat. SwizZz – The Flavor **Record Of The Day** Ugly Heroes (Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent, Red Pill) – Me No Malice feat. Eric David – June Ice Cube – It Was A Good Day [audio:http://www.trackblasters.com/radio/shows/radioshow 21.08.13.mp3] Download here
Read moreThe introspective track asks, “Who’s keeping me from the top? It’s Me. What keeps me punching the clock? It’s Me… In the end I have to face Me.” Ugly Heroes continues to connect with listeners through their self-titled debut album. As they begin booking their fall and winter tour schedule, Apollo Brown and company wanted to drop one of their non-album bonus cuts. Red Pill & Verbal Kent both deliver heartfelt vocal performances, while Apollo Brown dips into his experimental toolkit with 808’s and stuttering double time hi-hats. Ugly Heroes by Ugly Heroes (Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent, Red Pill)
Read moreTrack #2 from the “Ugly Heroes” album gets the visual treatment. An Ugly Hero is considered a myth. Growing up, the heroes we saw in cartoons and movies were perfectly chiseled, intelligent, and had senses none of us possess. An UGLY HERO is the everyday blue collar individual that makes the world go ’round. These are the heroes that work all day, everyday to ensure that the lives around them are taken care of, and do it all without recognition. They wear themselves into the ground and sacrifice vanity for family. Somewhere between poverty and fame – is the rest of us: Ugly Heroes. Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent, and Red Pill are UGLY HEROES. Previously: Ugly Heroes feat. DJ Eclipse – Ugly [Audio x Download]
Read moreDa Wednesday Underground Flava – Real Hip Hop Non-Stop Host: DJ P.R. New Eminem, Mac Miller, J. Cole, Kanye West, Vic Mensa, Statik Selektah, Prodigy and much more! Enjoy. Record Of The Day: Tony Touch feat. Eminem – Symphony In H Playlist Tony Touch feat. Eminem – Symphony In H Mac Miller feat. ScHoolboy Q – Gees J. Cole – N*ggaz Know Statik Selektah feat. Action Bronson, Joey Bada$$ & Mike Posner – The Spark Kanye West – Bound 2 Vic Mensa – Orange Soda Wu-Tang Clan – Family Reunion U-God – The Keynote Speaker (Album Sampler) Ugly Heroes feat. DJ Eclipse – Ugly Joey Bada$$ – 95 Til Infinity Prodigy – Stay Dope **Throwback** The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Beanie Siegal, Black Rob, Ice Cube – If I Should Die Before I Wake Tony Touch feat. Gang Starr – The Piecemaker Tony Touch feat. Raekwon, Method Man & U-God – Rock Steady De La Soul – Stakes Is High [audio:http://www.trackblasters.com/radio/shows/radioshow 19.06.13.mp3] Download here
Read moreDetroit’s most consistent producer, Apollo Brown, comes through with his trademark sound – brassy horn chops, vinyl crackle, and layered drums that knock just right. Definitely turn this one up and let Apollo’s production bump at it’s head-nodding, face scrunching best. Red Pill jumps out first with a quick shout to Mello for making the deal on this record: “It ain’t a major deal yet, but it ain’t minor shit / got the industry by the throat with an iron grip.” By :53 seconds in Pill puts a sock in all those armchair comment box reviewers mouths with a display of lyrical wordplay that I’ll leave you to unravel on the repeated rewind. After the verse, DJ Eclipse lays a gorgeous scratch hook, reminding people Ugly Heroes is Ugly as ever. The second verse finds Chicago veteran Verbal Kent choking listeners out with their livestrong bracelets. Verbal proves he’s a bad dude like Erykah… knocking your wheaties bowl offa the table, liftin you up and literally throwin’ you offa the label. Then at 2:16 Mr. Kent decides to jump it up a notch and match Pills tongue twisting throw down with another display that leaves your pause button worn. Before it’s over Apollo masterfully brings it back to a sit down soul stirring conversational tone. Ugly Heroes by Ugly Heroes (Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent, Red Pill)
Read moreFrom the album “Ugly Heroes” by Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent, Red Pill. An Ugly Hero is considered a myth. Growing up, the heroes we saw in cartoons and movies were perfectly chiseled, intelligent, and had senses none of us possess. An UGLY HERO is the everyday blue collar individual that makes the world go ’round. These are the heroes that work hard all day, everyday to help ensure that the lives around them are taken care of, and do it all without recognition. They wear themselves into the ground and sacrifice vanity for family.
Read moreApollo Brown, Verbal Kent and Red Pill are Ugly Heroes. Album out now! The origins of Ugly Heores stems from Apollo Brown wanting to do a heavy blue collar album that paints a real picture of life out there. Not a gangsta record. Not a hipster record. A record that paints life as it is today for a lot of the working poor. And as much as we all want to act like we aren’t the working poor – truth is, most of us are living check to check with moments of glory intersparsed with notices from electric companies that the disconnect is pending. Emcees Red Pill (Detroit) and Verbal Kent (Chicago) lay some of the rawest slice of life narratives in the game today over 15 tracks produced by Apollo Brown. Think soul drenched beats with moody horns and heavy drums. We all listen to these rags to riches stories most people sell us, but this is that rags and still hoping story. The album is Ugly Heroes. Hero's Theme by Ugly Heroes (Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent, Red Pill) Previously: What Inspires Apollo Brown? [Video]
Read moreDa Wednesday Underground Flava – Real Hip Hop Non-Stop Host: DJ P.R. Heatrock after heatrock – you know the motto! Record Of The Day: Troy Ave, King Sevin, Young Lito – Days Like This Playlist Grand Daddy I.U. feat. Sadat X – She Said **Record Of The Day** Troy Ave, King Sevin, Young Lito – Days Like This Ugly Heroes (Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent, Red Pill) – Graves Ghostface Killah & Apollo Brown feat. Masta Killa – Murder Spree Harry Fraud feat. Tech N9ne – Rising Mayalino – Hear Me (Amen) Chance Fischer – Nightmares In A Frozen Hell Hannibal Stax & Marco Polo feat. Torae – Warriorz Drum Havoc feat. Raekwon – Favorite Rap Stars N.O.R.E. – Student Of The Game N.O.R.E. feat. Pete Rock – Vitamins Pusha T – Numbers On The Board DUBB – Law Of Attraction **Throwback** Cypress Hill – Red Light Visions Cypress Hill – How I Could Just Kill A Man Cypress Hill – Insane In The Brain Cypress Hill – Stoned Is The Way Of The Walk Cypress Hill – Hits From The Bong Cypress Hill – Hand On The Pump Cypress Hill – Real Estate Cypress Hill – I Wanna Get High [audio:http://www.trackblasters.com/radio/shows/radioshow 08.05.13.mp3] Download here
Read moreApollo Brown on the beat. Verbal Kent & Red Pill on the vocals. Off of their upcoming album “Ugly Heroes”, which is due out 5/28. An Ugly Hero is considered a myth. Growing up, the heroes we saw in cartoons and movies were perfectly chiseled, intelligent, and had senses none of us possess. An UGLY HERO is the everyday blue collar individual that makes the world go ’round. These are the heroes that work hard all day, everyday to help ensure that the lives around them are taken care of, and do it all without recognition. They wear themselves into the ground and sacrifice vanity for family. Graves by Ugly Heroes (Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent, Red Pill) Previously: Ugly Heroes (Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent, Red Pill) Interview w/ UHF [Video]
Read morePre-order “Ugly Heroes” here. Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent, and Red Pill recently sat down with UHF Cable Access Channel 43 for an interview about their new self-titled group album UGLY HEROES that drops 5/28/13. Hear what the record is about and check the album previews! An Ugly Hero is considered a myth. Growing up, the heroes we saw in cartoons and movies were perfectly chiseled, intelligent, and had senses none of us possess. An UGLY HERO is the everyday blue collar individual that makes the world go ’round. These are the heroes that work hard all day, everyday to help ensure that the lives around them are taken care of, and do it all without recognition. They wear themselves into the ground and sacrifice vanity for family.
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