Droppin’ Knowledge: New Single from Equiknoxx’s Time Cow featuring Birmingham MC RTKal
Time Cow, of the electro-reggae-dancehall outfit Equiknoxx, releases a new video single, Elephant Man, featuring the Birmingham emcee, and frequent Equiknoxx collaborator, RTKal. The video, which is a tribute to eccentric dancehall star Elephant Man, is a minimalist take on the genre, with percolating, sinister percussion, waves of synthesizer and a jumble of jump cuts …
Droppin’ Knowledge – Ras Kass – New Single: Push On Thru
Legendary LA emcee Ras Kass is out with a new one, to help us push on through the challenges in life. Kass, who is still releasing great boom bap rap twenty-five years after his iconic Soul On Ice, brings the bars on the song, Push On Thru. The song was produced by the human rhythm …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Watch: Freddie Gibbs, Madlib and El Michels Affair Tear It Up At The Diamond Mine Sessions
If the world has got you down or quarantining is making you climb the walls, Freddie Gibbs, Madlib and El Michels Affair are here to raise your spirits. Gibbs, the gritty Gary, Indiana emcee, who now lives in Los Angeles, and the legendary producer, rapper and multi-instrumentalist Madlib, have formed a fruitful partnership over the …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Standing On The Corner Release New Single: Angel
The Standing On The Corner Art Ensemble has released its first new music under that moniker since 2017’s Red Burns, a single entitled Angel (Life and Death of the Earth in the Key of F). The accompanying video stars pioneering director and musician Melvin Van Peebles as an astronaut floating in space, perhaps inured to …
Droppin’ Knowledge: New Single From Roots Reggae Singer Chezidek: Because I’m Black
Roots reggae stalwart Chezidek releases a new single, Because I’m Black, that challenges injustices perpetrated against people of color around the world, but particularly in the United States. Not to be confused with the Delroy Wilson song of a similar name, Because I’m Black finds Chezidek in pastoral settings reflecting on racism and the plight …
Droppin’ Knowledge: New Video Single from Adé Hakim: Like Me
[sLUms] Collective member Adé Hakim releases a new single and an accompanying video for the song, Like Me. The Bronx, New York artist, also records as Sixpress. In the video, he presents a vision of life that feels like a million years ago, an idyllic, mythic time and place, so different from today. The video …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Ovrkast. – Try Again: Video Single
Oakland producer and rapper Ovrkast. releases a video single, the title track from his newest project, Try Again. The single features Samplelov. The video is by Ryosuke Tanzawa. The album itself includes guest verses from three of underground hip-hop’s biggest stars, Mavi, Navy Blue and Pink Siifu. It also includes contributions from Demahijae and Mitch. …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Preservation Releases New Video Single from Upcoming Album, Featuring Navy Blue
DJ Preservation, one half of Dr. Yen Lo with Brownsville wordsmith Ka, and a producer of the moment, releases his new album, Eastern Medicine, Western Illness, on Nature Sounds, May 29th. Preservation has worked with Mach-Hommy, Your Old Droog, Navy Blue, billy woods, and Roc Marciano, among others. He has also been the tour DJ …
Droppin Knowledge: New Album Review: Nappy Nina: 30 Bag
Nappy Nina has a way with words. The way they stretch and roll off the tongue. The way they can jumble together in a rush of emotion, or the way they can emerged clipped, like shots fired from a gun. Any artists who works with words understands their import and the importance of word selection. …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Video: ZekeUltra – Whole Step
ZekeUltra, a Delaware emcee with a psychedelic flow, released an excellent album, (The Power of) The Will of Man, on Home Assembly Music earlier this year. Video single from that album, Whole Step, shows the artist working his laconic words over a gentle, languid beat that gives him room to stretch out and, smoke a …