hip hop
Droppin’ Knowledge: Jiyu Purp Creates Spiritual, Life Affirming Hip Hop on His Album Earth is Ours – Interview & Review
Last month, Dallas, Texas based hip hop artist Jiyu Purp released his first long player, Earth is Ours, an album suffused with spirituality and positivity, but one that hits hard, too. The rapper was born in Texarkana, Texas, a small city that abuts the border of Texas and Arkansas, and shares a metropolitan area with …
New Music: The Silhouettes Project – Various Artists
Low slung beats and wistful melodies bring a ray of warm sunlight in times that have cast cold dark shadows over all of us. Lyrics of pure poetry flow, expressing the emotions of a generation finding their way through love, life and the world today. While musically the foundations on the compilation are predominantly Hip …
Track: Danny Brown – Savage Nomad
Hip Hop’s Danny Brown, announced his seventh annual Bruiser Thanksgiving celebration. Typically held as a live event in Detroit. Bruiser Thanksgiving 7 will feature performances from Danny Brown, Shigeto, ZelooperZ, Tiny Jag, & Bruiser Wolf. To celebrate the announcement of BT7, Brown has shared a new video for track for ‘Savage Nomad’ taken from his latest album, ‘uknowhatimsayin¿’. With a …
Track: Leddie MC – Save Your Soul
After releasing her EP Born Of Stone the North East artist continues her single a month project with the release of track ‘Save Our Soul’ featuring Samantha Durnan on guitar and is Mixed and Mastered by Steve Hoggart. The jazz influences that featured on Leddie’s EP ‘Born Of Stone’ are also heard on this new …
Droppin’ Knowledge: The Songs of New York City Beatmaker Radicule Are Undiscovered Gems Of Hip Hop
With music proliferating at an explosive rate, it’s often difficult to wade through the morass and discover new artists, or artists who have been toiling away at their craft for years, unable to rise above the noise. The ability to create rudimentary sounds or beats with inexpensive software means that the stream-waves are crowded with …
NEWS: Maverick Sabre releases new EP, ‘You Know How It Feels’
IN A follow-up to his 2019 album When I Wake Up, English-Irish singer, songwriter and rapper Maverick Sabre releases his brand-new, emotive four-track EP You Know How It Feels. Being brought you on FAMM Records, the new EP is a moving body of work that explores sensitive touch points around relationships, neglected youth, politics, the …
Track: MC Yallah and Eomac Share New Track ‘Kakana’
After announcing their 12″ EP Mama Waliwamanyii along with the exhilarating title track earlier this month, Ugandan rapper MC Yallah and producer Eomac (one half of acclaimed electronic duo Lakker) have today shared the darker, brooding sounding ‘Kakana’, ahead of the EP’s release this Friday, 3rd July via Phantom Limb. ‘Kakana’ translates to “calm down” in response to the criticism Yallah has faced as an outspoken, independent MC in her local scene. …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With argov
Welcome to this week’s edition of Behind the Boards. Each week, Backseat Mafia sits down with a musician/beat-tape maker/hip hop producer to find out what makes that person tick. This week, we’re joined by argov, the mysterious Middle Eastern master of musical mayhem. There is no known picture of argov, but like Terminator X, argov …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Emcee Jabee Releases New Video And Single “No Allegiance”
Oklahoma City rapper Jabee has shared a new single from his forth-coming album, This World Is So Fragile and Cruel I’m Glad I Got You. The video for the song, “No Allegiance,” is a meditative reflection on life and love and loss, and the artist says in a press release that its contemplative tone and …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Brainorchestra
Each week, Backseat Mafia’s Droppin’ Knowledge talks to a musician, producer, or beat maker, to hear about their creative processes and how they approach making music. This week’s guest is Brainorchestra, the nom de guerre of Andrew Melo, a musician, rapper and producer from Elizabeth, New Jersey. Shout out! Brainorchestra has worked with artists such …