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For Real: Flint underground rapper 2Hova sparks one up on METATIES

Posted on 9 May 2023

Dropped from DaCompany Music Group, 2Hova keeps it calm and mellow to the core which will ease all worries away into the sky to make everything okay again on METATIES.

2Hova is a Flint, Michigan-based indie rapper who is powered by DaCompany Music Group and makes underground music which will please those who love things deeper than most.

”Heaven with Da Company.” ~ 2Hova

Slicing our ears with a street track for real hip-hop fans to plunge into, 2Hova is a rather well-made experience to heal sad hearts and is a release to swim happily into.

METATIES from Flint, Michigan-based indie rapper 2Hova is a calming track which will cause many to turn up the volume. Teasing us with lyrics which are hard to hear at times for a good reason, this is a single which forces us to take a few listens. With a chilled beat which will get a few fingers clicking, we feel a superbly lit track to ponder for its profound meaning.

Listen up closer on Soundcloud.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

So it won’t suffer unless it’s physical: Tankee M wonders why we spoil the pure air on Cactus won’t puke its water

Posted on 8 May 2023

Steering us more in-depth within the mindset of the world and all the wasted resources, Tankee M sends shivers down the spine of millions with one of the most real singles possible called Cactus won’t puke its water.

Tankee M is a mysterious multi-talented rapper and artist who makes the kind of tracks which are raw to the core and unearth important issues for us to learn from.

”Foreing rapper trying to get new sounds. Currently using music ’cause every misspronounce might sound acceptable if poetic. Learnt how to produce in case the voice might sound really incomprehensible.” ~ Tankee M

Sizzling all fans with a blistering performance, Tankee M is rather fiery here and has dropped a lyrically aware single which contains wordplay which is rather elite.

Cactus won’t puke its water from the underground rapper Tankee M is an electric performance which will shock many and impress others. Sending our souls into a whirlwind and never holding back even for a second, this is a simply earth-shattering track which might get the day started in the right way.

Turn this up louder on Spotify.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Masses Against the Classes: NIGHTSHIFT Joka-B x MrLee x Ultra_Eko

Posted on 5 May 2023

Punk may have lost its bite in the light of the global financial crisis, but grime artists are picking up the slack and sinking their teeth into the injustice that is cowing the majority into oppressed submission. For his latest single, NIGHTSHIFT, the West Yorkshire-hailing, rural Poland Emcee & Producer, MrLee versed for the masses with the help of Joka-B and Ultra_Eko.

By mixing light and dark tones in the polyphonic beats, MrLee created an emotionally rounded hit, rather than running through with nothing but the all too relatable working-class anger to give his succinct words even more resonant weight. But that isn’t to say he held any prisoners in his lyricism that has made him stand out in an oversaturated scene. He could more than stand his own against Bob Vylan and Kid Kapichi with the socially conscious lyricism in NIGHTSHIFT.

Hear NIGHTSHIFT from May 5th on SoundCloud.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Smokerface Chris Clay created the ultimate hip-hop anthem for morning mourning, Don’t Wake Up

Posted on 1 May 2023

Smokerface Chris Clay pulled out all the subversive stops in his latest single, Don’t Wake Up, by fusing consciousness regret with jazzy high vibe hip hop instrumentals to create a sonic contradiction that is wholly relatable to anyone who knows how it feels to greet the cold light of day with morning mourning. Don’t Wake Up is the ultimate testament to his playfully pensive autonomy, which proves that no picture can be painted in only tones of black and white.

When it comes to rapper origin stories, Smokerface Chris Clay’s is hard to beat. When driving through Hurricane Isabelle, he hit a car head-on and was ejected from his back windshield, unbeknownst to his friend, who was driving behind him, who ran over his head. He was declared head on-site but later revived before he was comatose for a month. When he woke, he freestyled to the nurses – despite never having expressed an interest in rap before. In his semi-conscious state, he made his determination to become a rapper known; in 2022, he stayed true to that promise by dropping his first official single, Live It Up.

Don’t Wake Up is now available to stream on Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Rap went pop in Don Drago’s single, Paradise ft. Bezz Believe & Nawlage 2k5

Posted on 28 April 2023

Prime your summer playlists with the hotter than Satan’s house cat pop-rap hit, Paradise, from the Tampa-based rapper Don Drago.

To turn up the good vibe heat to the nth degree, Bezz Believe and Nawlage 2K5 collaborated on the track, which boasts nuances of dancehall around the razor-sharp pop hooks that will embed in your mind from the first hit of this flavoursome feel-good seminal track, which proves that there are few things in life sweeter than partaking in sun-soaked hedonism.

Paradise is always painted as an intangible phenomenon; Don Drago proved that when the sea meets the sand under warm rays, paradise can be on any shore if you’re in the right company.

Paradise will hit the airwaves on April 28; check it out on SoundCloud. 

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Back Outside: Rar3 slide into a wild night of fun in SUMMER ’22

Posted on 23 April 2023

With the stylin’ sunglasses on, fresh chains causing blushes from curious onlookers and an encouraging tone to uplift all communities, Rar3 takes a flight outside with the skin-healing ocean breeze track to snack on briskly, SUMMER ’22.

Rar3 is a SOUTHERN SWAGG MEDIA GROUP fused Missouri City feature with appearances from FBL_QUARTEZ, Duke-g and BMG TORY.

Demonstrating how meaningful it is to show unity together and find a party so hot it will burn all night, Rar3 will have heads bouncing in delight like a kid who just ate their first ice cream ever. This is summer skies stuff to soothe all sunburn and bring smiles back to clarity again.

SUMMER ’22 from Missouri City-based Rar3 is one of those optimistic tracks to savour which could change a frown into a beaming smile. This is what those hot days are all about. Hanging with friends and rapping without trends, we find a straight-up reminder to get away from the television and into a new world minus apprehension.

See the sunny skies and real talk via YouTube.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Marcello (spooks) kicked up dust in his metaphorically sharp alt-rap double A-side, Endless Drive: A Love Story

Posted on 18 April 2023

After racking up over 1 million streams on his hit single, True Colours, London’s brightest rap luminary, Marcello (spooks) has exhibited his even more sharply honed wordplay skills in his double A-side release, Endless Drive: A Love Story. With the unrelenting desire to show his readers how to let the light in with his optimistic rap bars, he created two assured afro-pop/rap earworms with the two singles, TRAFFIC and ENDLESS DRIVE.

Attitude is everything; Marcello’s will leave you revelling in gritty yet sincerely pure soul. His daring propensity to look on the bright side and flip the pervasive narrative that life is a minefield of personal injustice needs to spill onto the darker corners of the internet. The stellar production in his double A-side with his effortlessly exhilarating air that breathes through his vibrant bars will pull you down to earth while simultaneously leaving you on cloud nine.

“Endless Drive: A Love Story is a metaphor for the nature of a turbulent romantic relationship and the perseverance required to be happy and successful in music and life. The first single, TRAFFIC, is about finding patience while standing behind someone else in the queue for your love, but you don’t mind because it is worth the wait. The same sentiment stands when you are on the road to success.

The second single, ENDLESS DRIVE, is a meta depiction of how it feels to be in a relationship with someone who doesn’t know how to drive, takes the wrong turns, gets you lost, doesn’t focus on the road ahead and always makes a beeline for complications.”

Endless Drive: A Love Story will hit the airwaves on April 18; catch it on Spotify and SoundCloud.

Follow Marcello (spooks) on Twitter and Instagram.

Review by Amelia Vandergast

Found Dead: PhantomTex drops frosty-to-the-core chilly classic Cold (prod. Evasion2k)

Posted on 16 April 2023
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Leading us into the warning and detailing the escape from hell, PhantomTex got a grip on life and asks for the world to join him on this hardcore journey through the corpses on Cold (prod. Evasion2k).

PhantomTex is a 25-year-old German indie underground rapper who thunders in with a sterling blend of intense music which will alert many to a better sound.

Tremendously assertive and propelling an ominous song into our brittle bones, PhantomTex slices through a massive single into our awaiting veins. This is must-listen stuff from a flourishing soul who does things his own way and shall remain away from the fake flash which tricks too many.

Cold (prod. Evasion2k) from German indie underground rapper PhantomTex is a heavy experience which might break windows and certainly crack some earlobes. Sizzling in with a bite like a lion and a shiver like a shadow, this is a mind-bending new track to mesmerize millions.

Lace-up the day on SoundCloud.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen

Danny Whacko is scintillatingly speculative in his latest rap track, I got a question… (Humble Thoughts)

Posted on 16 April 2023

Even though the muse evidently found rapper Danny Whacko before he polished off his latest single, I got a question… (Humble Thoughts), plenty of ruminative musing runs through the contemplative single, which speculates on how long it will be before the world wakes up to the injustice and takes collective action.

Philosophers have argued that it is the age of the individual, but the masses are all united with their heads in the sand to what is tearing through the lives victimised to systematic oppression. I got a question… (Humble Thoughts) is a sombre experience, lightened slightly through the gentle jazzy soulful beats, but there is no fully dampening the lyrical blows which pull all the punches on the apathetic. It’s a stunning release that will ensure your eyes are prised wide open.

The official music video for I got a question was released on April 7; view it on YouTube.

Amelia Vandergast

Don’t Ever Follow Me: kai Kyoto wonders why the lies slapped his face on die 4 me

Posted on 14 April 2023

Recollecting a damaged past relationship which sadly faded away into the shadows, kai Kyoto sends chills down many spines on the superbly tailored stunner, die 4 me.

kai Kyoto is an Atlanta, GA-based indie rapper who wants to change the world and instil love in a society where creativity and passion transmit through the gutters and veins of the lost generation.

”Just like each and every single one of you, I’m human. I make mistakes. I’m not perfect. But best believe I’m trying. If your willing to accept that, then this is kyoto.” ~ kai Kyoto

Gliding us through each sinew of this traumatic moment which changed two lives, kai Kyoto has dropped a sensational soundtrack for us to all learn from. Showing us the fragility of a lost love which promised so much, we are thrilled to the core from a tremendously in-form artist who is only elevating.

die 4 me from Atlanta, GA-based indie rapper kai Kyoto is a rather tranquil melody which will send ears peace where there was war. Closing the door on a past love which burnt away like a fire in the mountains, for us to find a truly embrace-packed track for the ages.

Sung with a delightfully enlightening tone and so much calm energy, this is a sensational release which will leave many millions recalling a time when the kisses stopped.

Listen up on Spotify.

Reviewed by Llewelyn Screen