Rolling Stoned introduced me to Harlem rapper Smoke DZA. I first heard the kushed god on the “4 Loko” single featuring ASAP Rocky. The album is filled with some great sample sourced beats mostly from DZA’s go to producer 183rd. “Ball Game”, which features Kendrick Lamar, is one of those tracks. The Sample: 183rd crafted […]
Asap Rocky’s follow up to his critically acclaimed mixtape Live.Love.ASAP comes out Tuesday. It’s his debut studio album titled Long.Live.ASAP which was supposed to be released last year. Rocky stated in an interview that the album had to be delayed because he had to clear samples and didn’t want to change anything and rush the […]
Wale dropped some new music on Christmas Eve – the mixtape Folarin. The tape features guests like his MMG boss Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, French Montana, Trinidad James, Scarface and others. Production was just as varied and found Wale rapping over original beats by Beat Billionaire, Jake One, Danny! and even Diplo. LG produced the […]
It’s always good to discover new music that’s not only great but embodies everything you love about that genre of music. That’s how I felt about Leaf Dog’s From a Scarecrow’s Perspective. Heavily sample-driven with the underground feel with sharp rhymes – you just can’t complain. The track “All Alone” on this album is the […]
I’ve been bumpin’ the new Roc Marciano on repeat for a week now. My favorite thing about Reloaded is probably the dusty, sample-based beats throughout. Marcberg certainly dug deep in the crates with these joints as I still don’t know what half the samples on the album are. Of those that I do know, I […]