New music from Elcee.
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DOWNLOAD: Elcee – “Turn ‘Em Off” (Soundcloud)
New single from Rift and Savilion.
Hand’Solo Records is proud to present “Carry the Fire,” the first single and title track from the upcoming collaboration album between rapper Rift and rapper-producer Savilion. “Carry the Fire” is a rap track on which Rift, over a minimalist Savilion production anchored by a wicked beat box, boasts of his survival skills in the wilds of both music and an imaginary, post-apocalyptic world, inspired in part by Survivorman Les Stroud, Bear Grylls, Grizzly Man and the movie/book The Road. Carry the Fire drops June 2014 and features 10 tracks of laid back boom bap about love, loss, family, friends and the state of modern hip hop. Guest appearances come courtesy of Wordburglar, Chokeules, Geneva, Sulfur and more.
New music from Primetime Preemz over some Dilla production.
New music from The Flan.
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DOWNLOAD: The Flan – “Don’t Tell Me” (Soundcloud)
Produced by !llmind. Directed by Savvy So-Fly.
New EP from Keysha Freshh.
Vanity is a 8 track EP, with production from J Reid (credits : A-Game, P Reign, Freddie Gibbs, Zeyon, Ciara, Ryan Leslie and Skeme) and Ace from Tha Cirkus. Keysha reunites with Toronto producer Gunna (who was responsible for producing her first hit “Hollywood Fresh”) on the first single off of Vanity, called “Rewind, Undo”.
“It’s always love working with Steph J, hes one of my favorite people to work with period. He gets things done, he wants a good product, hes not afraid to tell me no, or lets try something different, I learn from him” – explains Keysha.
Features include Toronto up and comer Steph J, on “See nobody” and songstress Tanisha on the title track “Vanity”, both records produced by Ace.
“Im not a vain person at all, but if I were to be, this would be it. I say a lot of things that I was either afraid to before or things I just didn’t think people wanted to hear” – Keysha
DOWNLOAD:Keysha Freshh – Vanity (DatPiff)
New music from Berg Beauge.
Fresh of the February release of The Hunt, Beaugé drops “Her” an Ethics Jointz (Bishop Lamont / The Preformation) produced joint off the upcoming ep titled “Feb 7th” (Beaugé’s mother & Dilla’s bornday).
A revolution themed track about the power of love, sex and truth… the bittersweet…
New music from Oshaun.
After dropping a freestyle over 9th Wonder’s famed instrumental for “Park Bench” to positive reception, OShauN releases his first original record since “Ovature” and in true fashion, keeps everything in house. GSX Music’s Xpress aka DJXP handles production of the smooth spring introspective vibe as well as backing vocals alongside Staasia Daniels who’s voice is recognizable as soon as it pours in. The song entitled Around (Stylized arOund) is OShauN picking up where his last left off, talking about the highs and lows in life and love and the Obstacles (internal and external) and ultimately, things are just like the O – they eventually come back around. So relax and enjoy the #Ozone. Everything O on the way.
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DOWNLOAD: Oshaun – “arOund” (Soundcloud)
It’s been a few years since I’ve done this (with a couple projects that fell through in between), but it’s time that MCHH releases another mixtape (or compilation as I am no DJ). The idea for this one is Toronto to Detroit, so you K/W, London and Windsor people will want to pay attention, too.
The plan is to have around 20 tracks, with the majority (12-15) being by Toronto artists, of course, and with the goal of producing a mixtape monthly or bi-monthly. Future editions may or may not follow the same format. I may decide to switch cities. Or not. We’ll see how it goes.
Submissions will be open to everyone who lives in or between Toronto and Detroit. When submitting music, please send a download link so my inbox doesn’t fill up too quick. Also include your name, any featured artists, producer’s name, etc. WAV files are appreciated. Feel free to send 2-3 tracks that you’re trying to push if you can’t decide on one as I really don’t have time to listen to full albums to pick out tracks.
This mixtape will be made available for free, so keep that in mind when submitting tracks.
One other rule: no dubs. Original production only.
Also, for any visual artists/graphic designers who may be reading this, I will be looking for a cover this.
Submissions can be sent to megacityhiphop@gmail.com.
The deadline is April 21st.
As always, if there are questions, just ask.
“Capture The Moonlight” is the first single off of D.O.’s upcoming LP, Down Home. The track features Saukrates on the hook and a verse from Joell Ortiz over production from Classified. Down Home is set for release on April 22nd.