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Category: Features

  • Song of the Day: “Daddy Was A DJ” by Lucy Love

    Name: Lucy Love
    Representing: Copenhagen, Denmark
    Genre: Hip-Hop
    For fans of: Linkoban, MØ
    Single from: Superbillion
    Produced by: Yo Akim
    Song of the Day: February 18, 2014
    Label(s): Superbillion

    Lucy Love, an artist born in Zambia, is one of the most innovative female entertainers to rap and sing on this planet. Perhaps, it’s because of the title of this song.

    Listen to the track below:

    For more about Lucy Love, just click here.

    [highlight background=”#00e7b4″ color=”#ffffff”]Editor’s Note: *Hey, I wish my dad was a DJ too. (Not really, he was a damned good politician.)[/highlight]

  • Song of the Day: “Daddy Was A DJ” by Lucy Love

    Name: Lucy Love
    Representing: Copenhagen, Denmark
    Genre: Hip-Hop
    For fans of: Linkoban, MØ
    Single from: Superbillion
    Produced by: Yo Akim
    Song of the Day: February 18, 2014
    Label(s): Superbillion

    Lucy Love, an artist born in Zambia, is one of the most innovative female entertainers to rap and sing on this planet. Perhaps, it’s because of the title of this song.

    Listen to the track below:

    For more about Lucy Love, just click here.

    [highlight background=”#00e7b4″ color=”#ffffff”]Editor’s Note: *Hey, I wish my dad was a DJ too. (Not really, he was a damned good politician.)[/highlight]

  • Song of the Day: “Born Broke” by G4SHI

    Name: G4SHI
    Representing: Brooklyn, New York
    Genre: Hip-Hop
    For fans of: Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne
    Single from: N/A
    Produced by: Success Music
    Song of the Day: January 21, 2014
    Label(s): Unsigned

    You can’t choose which family you’re born into, but if you’re as driven and healthy as G4SHI, you can and will change your ending. But it’s no easy task.

    G4SHI puts his soul and heart on every verse, and this is no bluff. Unlike most new unsigned artists that we’ve come across in recent times, G4SHI shares stories about his personal life, family and friends in his music. Some might say, he’s emotional or it’s none of our business [as fans to know as much as we do about the entertainers we find interest in], but the best entertainers and musicians make it easy for us. Without a doubt, he’s easy to relate to and to love.

    Within the lines and production of “Born Broke” created by Success Music which sounds like it borrows from Geto Boys’ “My Minds Playing Tricks On Me”, you’ll learn that G4SHI is an honest and determined young man, whose promised to succeed how he may. He even goes as far to say that, cooking [like Walter White or some other glorified good-guy-turned-drug-dealer] would have been an easy option, if his verses weren’t so tight.

    Though, I enjoy his last verse which shares his reaction to being on Hot97 for the first time and being mentioned by the legendary Hip-Hop icon Busta Rhymes on MTV’s Rap Fix, here are some other lines that stuck out most:

      Cause I aint never have shit
      Last year, bagging bitches in my dad’s whip
      I shed a tear when I see him get his ass kicked
      By his boss
      Cause he was late, stuck in that traffic
      This world is plastic
      Love will get you sad quick
      Friends will get you mad quick
      Alone making this classic
      Mama, dont pick up the phone cause
      Family talking mad shit
      Wishing me luck but hoping shit dont work out
      Like a fat bitch

      With no budget, I’ma do it big
      I don’t sleep
      I take long blinks.

    Listen to the track below:

    For more G4SHI, just click here.

  • Song of the Day: “Kickin Out Windows” By Nacho Picasso

    Name: Nacho Picasso
    Representing: Seattle, Washington
    Genre: Alternative Hip-Hop
    For fans of: Key Nyata, Blue Sky Black Death
    Single from: “Exalted”
    Produced by: Blue Sky Black Death
    Song of the Day: January 19, 2014
    Label(s): Cloud Nice, Alive and Well

    Specifically, what drew me to this Nacho Picasso track was its similarities to Crime Mob’s knack for catchy hooks and danceable beats. If you’re really young and / or you are not familiar with Crime Mob, they are the Crunk group best known for “Knuck If You Buck” and “Rock Yo Hips”.

    You’ll enjoy his witty use of words, unique vernacular and charismatic delivery as soon as the beat drops. It gets me every time.

    Listen to the track below:

    Stream the full project, as a courtesy of Audibase, by clicking here.

    For more Nacho Picasso, just click here.

  • Song of the Day: “Wild Bitches” By PARTYNEXTDOOR

    Name: PARTYNEXTDOOR
    Representing: Mississauga, Ontario
    Genre: R&B / PBR&B
    For fans of: Drake, The Weeknd, Frank Ocean
    Single from: PARTYNEXTDOOR
    Produced by: PARTYNEXTDOOR
    Song of the Day: January 18, 2014
    Label(s): OVO Sound, Warner

    If this is your first time hearing any music created by this blossoming soulful singer PARTYNEXTDOOR (born Jahron Anthony Brathwaite), it’s alright. We’ll do the work for you. Just imagine if Drake and The Weeknd had a musical child together. He has a little more street edge than Drake and the looks, and vocal ability of The Weeknd. PARTYNEXTDOOR, just three years shy of The Weeknd in age, his orgasmic tunes has a way of making men jealous [that they are not in his shoes] and women melt from head to toe.

    Specifically, Wild Bitches is my pick because of its crazy bass line and it sounds great in the car. Your volume has to be turned up to the maximum.

    Listen to the track below:

    For more about PARTYNEXTDOOR, just click here.

  • Song of the Day: “Pull Up On Ya” by Gucci Mane

    Name: Gucci Mane
    Representing: Atlanta, Georgia
    Genre: Trap
    For fans of: Waka Flocka Flame, Young Thug, Migos
    Single from: “The State vs. Radric Davis: The Caged Bird Sings”
    Produced by: Metro Boomin
    Song of the Day: January 17, 2014
    Label(s): 1017 Brick Squad Records

    Gucci Mane asks all of his trap gods to stand up before delivering a traptastic verse about gun-busting and gun-butting, ‘working’ and calling his young guys to handle his dirty work for him.

    Be careful. You don’t want them to surface. Why? It’s really simple. We can almost bet that it will not end well for you — especially since he references The Wire, thee American crime drama television series set and produced in and around Baltimore, Maryland.

    On a more serious note, if you can relate to the lyrics of this song or you’re familiar with his lifestyle, chances are you are an escapist and this is the song you wouldn’t mind taking a mental vacation with. I’ma I’ma I’ma I’ma I’ma pull up on ya, if you don’t listen to the song.

    [quote]Playing with Gucci Mane is just like playin with the lighter.
    Playing games with Gucci Mane is just like touching fire.[/quote]

    Listen to the track below:

    Stream the full project, as a courtesy of Audibase, by clicking here.

    For more about Gucci Mane, just click here.

  • Song of the Day: “Pull Up On Ya” by Gucci Mane

    Name: Gucci Mane
    Representing: Atlanta, Georgia
    Genre: Trap
    For fans of: Waka Flocka Flame, Young Thug, Migos
    Single from: “The State vs. Radric Davis: The Caged Bird Sings”
    Produced by: Metro Boomin
    Song of the Day: January 17, 2014
    Label(s): 1017 Brick Squad Records

    Gucci Mane asks all of his trap gods to stand up before delivering a traptastic verse about gun-busting and gun-butting, ‘working’ and calling his young guys to handle his dirty work for him.

    Be careful. You don’t want them to surface. Why? It’s really simple. We can almost bet that it will not end well for you — especially since he references The Wire, thee American crime drama television series set and produced in and around Baltimore, Maryland.

    On a more serious note, if you can relate to the lyrics of this song or you’re familiar with his lifestyle, chances are you are an escapist and this is the song you wouldn’t mind taking a mental vacation with. I’ma I’ma I’ma I’ma I’ma pull up on ya, if you don’t listen to the song.

    [quote]Playing with Gucci Mane is just like playin with the lighter.
    Playing games with Gucci Mane is just like touching fire.[/quote]

    Listen to the track below:

    Stream the full project, as a courtesy of Audibase, by clicking here.

    For more about Gucci Mane, just click here.

  • Song of the Day: “N.A.S.A.” by The Underachievers

    Name: The Underachievers
    Representing: Brooklyn, New York
    Genre: Hip-Hop
    For fans of: Flatbush Zombies, Pro Era, Flying Lotus
    Single from: “The Lords of Flatbush” Mixtape
    Produced by: Eric Arc Elliot
    Song of the Day: January 16, 2014
    Label(s): Brainfeeder

    I made another song for them smoker dogs so proceed to spark up your shit.

    This is the perfect song to light one to. The Underachievers bring that chill-out vibe in N.A.S.A. that makes you relax and think about some heavy occult shit that most people aren’t willing to. The whole mixtape is worth listening to. Nothing but greatness comes from The Underachievers, and that is an honest opinion.

    Not only does the beat and sample go well with each other, but the lyrics are on point as well. It is always refreshing to listen to Rap artists who actually talk about things that most mainstream rappers don’t.

    Though, “The Lords of Flatbush” is only the group’s second mixtape, both Issa Gold and AK are making their rounds in the New York area and other places. Beast Coast is rising with new talent and this group is totally apart of the revolution. Stay Gold.

    Listen to the track below:

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  • Song of the Day: “N.A.S.A.” by The Underachievers

    Name: The Underachievers
    Representing: Brooklyn, New York
    Genre: Hip-Hop
    For fans of: Flatbush Zombies, Pro Era, Flying Lotus
    Single from: “The Lords of Flatbush” Mixtape
    Produced by: Eric Arc Elliot
    Song of the Day: January 16, 2014
    Label(s): Brainfeeder

    I made another song for them smoker dogs so proceed to spark up your shit.

    This is the perfect song to light one to. The Underachievers bring that chill-out vibe in N.A.S.A. that makes you relax and think about some heavy occult shit that most people aren’t willing to. The whole mixtape is worth listening to. Nothing but greatness comes from The Underachievers, and that is an honest opinion.

    Not only does the beat and sample go well with each other, but the lyrics are on point as well. It is always refreshing to listen to Rap artists who actually talk about things that most mainstream rappers don’t.

    Though, “The Lords of Flatbush” is only the group’s second mixtape, both Issa Gold and AK are making their rounds in the New York area and other places. Beast Coast is rising with new talent and this group is totally apart of the revolution. Stay Gold.

    Listen to the track below:

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  • Song of the Day: “Help Me Loose My Mind” Featuring London Grammar By Disclosure

    Name: Disclosure
    Representing: Reigate, Surrey
    Genre: Deep House / UK Funky
    For fans of: Flume, SBTRKT, James Blake
    Single from: “Settle”
    Produced by: Disclosure
    Song of the Day: January 15, 2014
    Label(s): Moshi Moshi, Transparent, Make Mine, Greco-Roman, PMR, Island, Cherrytree, Interscope

    “Help Me Loose My Mind” is all about melody. Beautifully blending the sweet synths along side London Grammar’s angelic voice. Overall, this funky feel-good song is the perfect mix of “cool” and “craftsmanship”. This is why Disclosure is one of the best in the game right now.

    Listen to the track below:

    For more about Disclosure, just click here.