Books, Bucks & Beats Vol. 2: Rise of Baby Buddha is the latest release from 24-year-old pHoenix Pagliacci. It features appearances from NOVA, Jean Grae and Laws.
DOWNLOAD: pHoenix Pagliacci – Books, Bucks & Beats Vol. 2: Rise of Baby Buddha (Bandcamp)
To The Moon & Back is the new album from iLLvibe and is set to drop on the 21st. Produced entirely by JL Prophet, it features appearances from D-Sisive, D.O. and Jus Frais among others. iLLvibe is also preparing to play 3 shows in as many countries in the new year; January 6th in Bristol, UK, January 11th in Toronto, and the next day in Pittsburgh.
DOWNLOAD: iLLvibe – To The Moon & Back (Bandcamp)
TRA (Tha Rhyme Animal) just dropped his new album, Blunt Trauma. It features appearances from Adam Bomb, Tommy Spitz, Renee Wynter and Talksick. Production duties were handled by Frank Dukes, Big Sproxx, Amir, Phat Tony, Rich Kidd, The Quarter Inch Kings and Noah “40” Shebib.
PURCHASE: TRA – Blunt Trauma (Bandcamp)
Junia-T and CROOKLiN, together known as Smash Brovaz, have released their debut album, Think It’s A Game?, digitally through DJBooth.net. The LP features production from Junia-T as well as contributions from Big Pops, Intricate Sound, Like (of Pac Div) and Slakah the Beatchild. Guest appearances are made by Rich Kidd, Diz Gibran, Yancy Deron and Richie Sosa.
DOWNLOAD: Smash Brovaz – Think It’s A Game? (DJ Booth)
Nineteen-year-old emcee Keysha released her new EP titled Mona Lisa. It features appearances from Darryl Riley, Steph J and JellyTooFly and production from Mastermindz, J Reid, Mike Lawry and Nate Smith.
A video for “Coolin” featuring Steph J is set to release on December 18th and a second video for “Never Slip” drops on the 28th.
DOWNLOAD: Keysha – Mona Lisa EP (Soundcloud)
Theo3 has dropped his debut album, Airplane Over One Way Streets, available online through iTunes and Bandcamp. The LP features appearances from DJ Eclipse, Ayah, DJ Grouch, Tanika Charles, Andreena Mill and fellow Freedom Writers Tona and Frankie Payne.
HERE IT IS. The debut album of Toronto’s very own Hip Hop force THEO3. A cohesive and intensely personal collection of songs that represent progression, balance, struggle and determination over a seamless blend of richly textured beats and varied production styles.
PURCHASE: Theo3 – Airplane Over One Way Streets (Bandcamp | iTunes)
Mississauga’s Fatta has released a new EP, The Boss. The EP was produced entirely by ShermBeatz and features appearances from Lajapp, Two Face and Phillie.
PURCHASE: Fatta – The Boss EP (Bandcamp)
Chief 4syt has released his Hail To The Chief LP, which is available for free or best offer through Bandcamp. The album features appearances from Scratch Cat, Primordial Emcee, Lah Chemist, NewBreedMC, J-White and Hazardous Material. 4syt handled the majority of the production with Scratch Cat providing one track.
DOWNLOAD: Chief 4syt – Hail To The Chief
A little late on posting this one as it was released about a month ago, but Miles Jones has released his third LP, The Jones Act Part III. Released through Jones’ label, Mojo Records, the LP features appearances from Kae Sun, D-Sisive, Kayo, Ghettosocks, Tona and A-Jaxx. Part III follows Jones’ previous releases One Chance (2006) and Runaway Jones (2009).
Tracklisting:
1. All Lies
2. Maybe Tomorrow
3. Raw featuring Tona
4. Catch Me In The Rye
5. Fresh featuring Kae Sun
6. Catch My Breath
7. Satisfied
8. Scorpio featuring D-Sisive & Ghettosocks
9. Better Life
10. Sunshine City
11. Somebody
12. Sweet Lies featuring Kayo & A-Jaxx
PURCHASE: Miles Jones – The Jones Act Part III (Bandcamp)
Adversaree and Phat Tony have released a new EP Tongues Uv Machetes 2: Enter Simon Barz Sinister. Phat Tony handles all production duties on the EP. Sporadic, DJ Thera P and DJ Grouch make appearances on the project.
The theme, this time around, is gathered around Simon Bar Sinister of the Underdog cartoon series from the 1960s. TUM2 promises dagger-style bars and villainous verses that lay over the street-thumping, hip-hop boom-bap of Phat Tony’s production. The Simon persona was taken by Adversaree as the villain in TUM2, this time around.
In addition to the EP, a video for “Super Emcee” has also been released and was directed by Big Sproxx.
DOWNLOAD: Adversaree & Phat Tony – Tongues Uv Machetes 2: Enter Simon Barz Sinister (Bandcamp)