Rising Queensbridge, New York artist Ilham drops her new single “Stuck In The Past,” a follow up to her first single “Say Less,” off her upcoming EP due out this month.
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Daytona Sticks – I’m On Point
Daytona, Florida’s own Daytona Sticks continues to build his buzz with a string of releases, this time dropping the Zaytoven-produced “I’m On Point.” Take a listen above.
Forest – Black Buddha
Forest drops off his new single titled “Black Buddha.” As the Compton, CA native raps about never stressing and counting his blessings, his delivery and cadence pull listeners in as well.
Forest combines his meandering flow with imagery-evoking lyrics to express the fact that he’s reached a state of happiness and enlightenment as a part of the winner’s circle. In between where J.Cole, Drake, and Kendrick meet in the fold, Forest is aligning himself with greatness. Take a listen below.
YOWDA x MOZZY – ‘Hell Made’
Hailing from “Sin City” and and donning the MMG name, Vegas rapper Yowda links up with rising Bay Area talent Mozzy for a collaborative project called, Hell Made. The 8 song project features a host of raw street talent including Gunplay, Philthy Rich, Lex Luger, Hitta J3 and We G Wak.
After earning a feature on Las Vegas’ Fox 5 News for this role in the rise of Trap music in Hip-Hop, MMG rapper Yowda follows up his video to “Work For Me” and the visual for “I Never Knew” which premiered on Karen Civil Selects. The visuals also received posts from OnSmash, ItsBizkit, HipHopSince1987, DirtyGloveBastard, MissInfo, TrapsNTrunks, AllHipHop and more.
In addition to his project with Mozzy and work with other members of MMG like Wale and Meek Mill, Yowda has another collaborative project in the works with fellow MMG artist and rising D.C. talent Fat Trel to add to his songs with Hoodrich Pablo Juan, Kevin Gates, Zoey Dollaz, Slim 400 set for release in the coming weeks.
It’s a lovely situation with MMG, it helps me get my foot in the door easier, but the grind is still the grind, that’s just one stepping stone up a long stairwell, you feel me?” Yowda explained. “I just came back from D.C. to welcome Fat Trel home and we worked on a reloaded version of ‘Fat & Ugly’ tape and we shot a few music videos.”
DJ Afterthought Ft. John Sisco – Waiting For (Video)
DJ Afterthought comes through the new year with his debut hip-hop album Cool Blue Jewels. As in the past, he teamed up with Riff Raff to put together a star studded lineup of straight hits. With help from some friends including Wiz Khalifa, Blackbear, Gary Clark Jr, Hardo, Mozzy, Chevy Woods, and more, this project is solid from start to finish.
Here is the first single from project called “Waiting For” featuring John Sisco. Produced by CL McCoy & Greyvyard. Shot and edited by Daniel Kelly.
Justina Valentine – Just Don’t Give A Fuck (Video)
Justina Valentine drops the second visual from her Feminem mixtape, this time for “Just Don’t Give A Fuck”. Not only is Valentine on the field in a male dominated sport, she’s out here breaking ankles. Known for her writing ability and her off-the-top freestyle, Justina is a fan favorite on Nick Cannon’s Wild ‘N Out on MTV. You can check her out on the big screen every Thursday night 11/10c.
Christopher Bradley Ft. Mark Too Sharp – “So Fly”
Despite the fact that Winter has set in on the East Coast, things are heating up in the Midwest as “The Land” is churning out more and more artists before our eyes. Enter All In Entertainment’s Christopher Bradley and Mark Too Sharp who have a new visual and single, “So Fly” that’s picking up in the streets and on radio airwaves across the Midwest.
“We always played around freestyling and rapping and then one day we decided to take it serious because we was really living the street life rappers rap about,” said Mark Too Sharp who’s last single with Lil Boosie reached over 100k plays on YouTube.
And while the industry is obsessed with big name features, the guys are more concerned about letting people know that they don’t need features and that their talent stands strong alone.
“We wanted to make the new heat, yeah we got some big name features on there, but we wanted people to know we don’t need features, we got better songs on the tape without features,” Christopher Bradley explained. “We figured if 15-18 songs on the project are all fire, then y’all would get the picture.”
For the new single “So Fly” the guys tapped DJ Drugz from the East Side of Cleveland to produce the song and the guys flew 30 Visuals up from Baton Rouge to film the video which is set in a barber shop as Mark Too Sharp gives people edge ups.
The song is amped up by the fact that fellow labelmate and collaborator on this song Young Chris joins mark on the song. He wants fans to know that if they are loyal, he’ll be loyal to them as he preps his new album, Finally Famous.
