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This is the 8th mixtape from Detroit, Michigan emcee, producer & turntablist DJ Clay. Being an in-house producer for Psychopathic Records for 2 decades already, he would also start up his own label Armed Robbery Entertainment in addition to putting out his last 8 tapes & the 2019 full-length debut Over the Fear Of…. However, the DJ for the Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW) hit YouTube show JCW Lunacy has finally returned ahead of a sophomore effort for the long-awated 5th installment of the Let ‘Em Bleed series. After the EDM intro, “Man of the Year” begins with a Clay solo…
Here is the brand new studio LP & 13th overall from Los Angeles, California emcee Cashus King. Originally known under the monikers Co$$ & later Ca$hiu$ King until settling on his current name, most will recognize him for his long-standing affiliation with Blu & Exile in addition to him having 6 extended plays & 7 mixtapes aside from the previous dozen of full-lengths in his solo discography. 3 years have already passed since Lava Lamps & the London, England, United Kingdom producer Big O has been brought in to soundtrack a Water to Wine transformation. After the “Barry Water” intro, “Likwid (Big Fish)” begins…
The Voci Storiche saga hits Volume 6, and super producer Manzu Beatz isn’t letting up one bit. “Boss At The Door” finds Daniel Son linking with Jay Royale for a gritty, no-filler masterclass over Manzu’s gripping soundscape—think intensity, unapologetic truth, and the kind of raw chemistry that only comes from artists who actually live what they rhyme. Already charting, this cut feels like a title bout where both emcees swing for the fences, landing every bar with precision. If your playlist has been missing that unfiltered underground edge, consider this your warning: the boss is at the door, and he’s not knocking.…
YG is gearing up to release his new album, The Gentlemen’s Club, his first project in six years. When asked about his long stretch between albums, the Compton rhymer said that he’s heeding the advice that Kendrick Lamar gave him about rushing albums just to escape a deal.In a video conversation with DJ Hed, which premiered on YouTube on Thursday (June 4), YG said he played K-Dot his new album and acknowledged there was a time when he was just dropping projects so he could exit out of his Def Jam deal. In response, Kendrick advised him against rushing his…
After two years sharpening his pen at Pendulum Ink, Hip-Hop’s legendary lyricism academy, John Brown The Rapper stepped into the studio with pioneering production duo Da Beatminerz (Mr. Walt & DJ Evil Dee) and never looked back. What started as a single song grew into an EP, then finally Waxing In Mecca, an 18-track full-length album out now via Soulspazm/Fatbeats. With guest verses from Mickey Factz, Your Old Droog, Rockness Monsta, Ras Kass, and Smif-N-Wessun, the album pairs sharp, dense lyricism with the raw, rugged boom-bap sound that Da Beatminerz helped shape in the early ’90s. The title itself nods to…
The feds show Lil Durk killing a Quando Rondo look-alike in a music video and reveal a text saying Durk can’t let King Von’s death slide in a new indictment.On Thursday (June 4), the government filed a third superseding indictment in the United States Court for the Central District of California, which charges the Chicago rapper with the additional crimes of murder in aid of racketeering and conspiracy to commit stalking. In the 30-page document, the prosecution shares more new evidence, including screenshots from an unreleased music video for the song “Redman,” which allegedly shows Durk shooting and killing a…
EBK Jaaybo pleads guilty to federal gun and drug charges.On Thursday (June 4), the Stockton, Calif., rapper, born Jaymani Gorman, ended his legal fight in connection with his 2025 arrest in Arkansas. Jaaybo entered a guilty plea to one count of possession of a machine gun and one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana. His codefendant, Xavier “Baby Maxx” Jones, pleaded guilty to the same charges.Jaaybo was arrested following a traffic stop in Arkansas last May, when police discovered an illegally modified Glock pistol, roughly five ounces of marijuana and $8,534 in cash, according to court records.He was initially…
Vince Staples has officially thrown a brick through the window of the rap establishment, and he did it on the very first day of his fully independent era. Cry Baby is the seventh studio album from the Long Beach mastermind, officially released June 5, 2026, under Loma Vista Recordings and his own Section Eight Arthouse imprint following his departure from Def Jam after 2024’s Dark Times. Clocking in at 10 tracks and a blistering 35 minutes, Cry Baby lands with the force of an opening salvo, announced with a classic, deadpan Vince statement: “As the world burns, I have decided to release this album.” If…
SIR RENDER feels like Navy Blue at his most exposed and his most complete. Across more than a decade in the underground, Sage Elsesser has never stopped running. He moved from the smoky, lo-fi jazz-rap circles of sLUm in the mid-2010s, backing Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE while carving his own path, to becoming one of the most vital architects of modern conscious Hip Hop. Now, on his self-released third album in a trilogy, he finally stops. He doesn’t slow down to look back. He comes to a dead halt and asks you to look at him. SIR RENDER is the final…
This is the 9th studio LP from Brooklyn, New York skateboarder, MC, producer, songwriter, visual artist & model Navy Blue. Breaking out a decade ago off his debut EP According to the Waterbearer, he would go on to drop 9 more EPs & 6 full-lengths preceding the Def Jam Recordings-backed Ways of Knowing produced by Budgie to critical acclaim. Coming off the Memoirs in Armour EP along with The Sword & The Soaring however, he’s refusing to slow down giving us Sir Render almost 7 months later. “Commencement” opens up with this drumless intro talking about capsizing & turning his life over to God afterwards whereas “Baron” produced by The Alchemist embraces a…