A nice little chill track from Wrekonize’s upcoming solo joint. Gotta love how diverse this guy is, he can do it all, and do it good.

Wrekonize (of ¡MAYDAY!) - Anxiety Attacks - Official Music Video (by StrangeMusicInc)

Take a trip to Singapore with Premrock. This song is the shit.

PremRock - “Singapore” (by planetpremrock)

R.A.’s first album in 9 years is out. Get with it. This is the sole reason I’m going to Soundset. I sure hope he spits on me ;)

R.A. The Rugged Man - The People’s Champ (Official Music Video) (by naturesoundsmusic)

forever-awak3:

One of my favorites. His vocabulary and emotion is so beautiful.

Indeed. Few songs can top the emotion in this one.

zgraps:

K. Flay is THE SHIT.  New video.  Dope.

Something for the ladies to ponder…

So when are we going to get a new Cage album? Anyone heard anything?

It doesn’t get any better than this.

saythmusic:

Watch This.

Kristoff Krane, One of the best, pouring his heart out as always.

ZERO DEMO is a previously unheard version of “I Was Zero” off of Sage Francis’ LI(F)E album (www.tinyurl.com/SageLife.) As you’ll notice, it ended up being completely re-arranged and reworked by the time it was released in 2010. On this version you will hear the original beat that Buck 65 produced for it as well as an additional Sage Francis verse that was stricken from the album version. The artwork for this single was done by Falside, photo by Anthony St. James.
Strange Famous Records is offering this demo as a free download for a limited time as a show of thanks for all the fans and their continued support. THANK YOU!
Li(f)e is available on CD & Vinyl along with more options at www.tinyurl.com/SageLife
www.StrangeFamousRecords.com

LYRICS:
If it wasn’t for the bass, I wouldn’t need these hearing aids.

If it wasn’t for mistakes, I probably wouldn’t be here today. 

10 years ago I was 22. 20 years ago I was 12. 30 years ago I was 2.

When I came out my momma I was zero.

In the before life…I was undead.

I was home schooled. There were no rules.

But I gave it all up just for the chance to go public.

A celestial scarecrow dancing with the puppets.

A tug in my gut. I’m carrying the world in my stomach.

I’m a surrogate motherfucker, the girls love it.

Birth the suffix. Cut the visible string.

Control is much more than a physical thing.

Got an analog God and digital king,
An Adonis type bod with such brittle little wings.
I’m not an angel by any stretch of your halo,
But I’ve done the Lord’s work and I’m not even on his payroll.
I stay low and do my dirt on a sea level.
Shoo away the crow while you flirt with the she-devil.
Grow up. You’re old enough to know that dreams falter.
I propose you leave that ego at the alter.
The pauper and the prince switch roles,
Exchanging tattered clothes and silk robes.
The man behind the curtain at the end of the yellow brick road,
Shows envy for Geppetto and his one inch nose.

If it wasn’t for the bass, I wouldn’t need these hearing aids.

If it wasn’t for mistakes, I probably wouldn’t be here today.
When I came out my momma I was zero.
I was zero when I came out my momma, now everybody knows…


I was born into it and before I knew it,

I saw the students of poor getting hauled off to war.

It’s the law of Judas in the land of king’s tax.

Partake in the Eucharist and then demand your kick backs. 

Spiritual wrist slap, please pass the sacrament
,
Ask if big, bad, black Jesus was African. 

They’re selling a click track but they call it a soul clap. 

It’s all in how you package it. The power of a magic trick. 

Immaculate concepts are lost in the land of the cross.

I’m standing off with a man of the cloth.

He knows the ins and outs. All I want is the outs.

He’s selling real estate for some place in the clouds, but…

I’m not investing in intellectual property,

I’m inventing gender bending technology. 

‘Cause maybe everybody needs to just become a sexual oddity,
Leaving birth to the test tubes and death to the lottery.

There’s no one stopping me, I’ve got to be self-regulating. 

Wealth is escalating but my poverty was entertaining. 

Now I’m debating the value of a caste system,  

Cash back rewards and wars funded by my taxed income.

If I’m a part of the problem then pardon me,

There’s always been a difference between what I am and what I wanna be.

It’s either Jihadist freak or Jesus scenester.

I heard God is coming…and she’s a screamer.

I couldn’t understand what she was telling me,
Why everybody thinks that they’re their own worst enemy.

I followed the manual. I swallowed the skeleton key…
And it unlocked the hell in me.


So this is my gift to God. 
Ribbon on my dick, like a tourniquet. Syphilis.

This is my gift to God.
 I’m jumping out the cake. Naked with a shank.

This is my gift to God.
 Unwrap the package. Confetti made of maggots.

This…is my gift. “Ugh, you call that talent?
”
Here’s your image back. You can have it.



10 years ago I was 22.
 20 years ago I was 12.

30 years ago I was 2.
 When I came out my momma I was zero.

www.SageFrancis.net
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Guante takes a left turn with this new track, his first musical followup to late 2012’s brooding, political “You Better Weaponize.” Featuring the sunny, laid-back production of Katrah-Quey (M.anifest, Toki Wright, more), and a guest spot from rising Bomba de Luz frontwoman Lydia Liza, this remix of Guante’s “The Fourth Wall” is a warm, tragicomic ode to balancing day-to-day survival with leaving a legacy.

For more from Guante, check out www.guante.info
For more from Lydia LIza, check out www.bombadeluz.bandcamp.com
For more from Katrah-Quey, check out www.katrah-quey.bandcamp.com and www.soundcloud.com/katrah-quey

Recorded and Mixed by Graham O’Brien at Bellows Studio in St. Paul, MN.

Don’t try to figure this out. Just enjoy ;)

The Uncluded - Delicate Cycle (by TheRealRhymesayers)

“All the cash in the world, can’t pay me to let go of you. And all the death and doubt, don’t change the well I fell for you. “
This is my jam of the week.

Evil Nine feat. EL-P - All The Cash - OFFICIAL VIDEO (by evilninelive)

Hard hitting song that’s actually saying something. Wise up on the war on drugs. (This has one of those ‘curl your lip and head nod with attitude type beats, just sick!)

Micranots - Illegal Busyness/Decapitation III (by TheRealRhymesayers)