North Carolina emcee Rapsody has hooked up with DJBooth.net to bring fans her brand new street album, Return of the B-Girl. Presented by Its a Wonderful World Music Group, the project features 20 brand new cuts from the Kooley High members, including reader-approved leak “U Sparklin’.” Joining Rapsody on the guest tip are such collaborators as Rah Digga, Big Daddy Kane, Phil Adé, Thee Tom Hardy, Mac Miller, King Mez, Laws, and Skyzoo. Production comes courtesy of 9th Wonder, E. Jones, AMP, Ka$h, Khrysis, and Eric. G.
Free EP: IMAKEMADBEATS – Daylight
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Producer IMAKEMADBEATS, who calls both Memphis and Orlando home, is proud to release the free EP Daylight as the first half of his dual-EP concept album Daylight/Nightlight. Daylight/Nightlight takes a deep and honest look at the duality of life, manifested through the stories delivered by collaborators Butta Verses (the man behind Daylight’s lyrical duties who’s best known for his previous collaborative work with De La Soul), and Midaz The Beast, the voice ofNightlight. While the two EPs are being released separately in a radio edited digital format, IMAKEMADBEATS and Doxside Music Group will later release both for sale together in an unedited physical format.
Daylight finds Butta Verses introspectively assessing his life while addressing the positive changes he knows he must make. No stranger to life’s temptations, the Ft. Lauderdale-based emcee is aided by an emotionally charged, soulful IMAKEMADBEATS soundtrack, featuring piano, organ, and guest vocals that figuratively (and sometimes literally) take listeners to church. Songs like “Join Me” and “Awake” explore a more vibrant and upbeat sound, echoing the daylight theme. Later in the EP, slower, more introspective songs like “Hopeless” and “How is Your Soul” fade to darker colors as they approach Nightlight.
Following the dual-EP, IMAKEMADBEATS will drop his self-titled solo debut, featuring Black Milk, Von Pea of Tanya Morgan, Butta Verses, Hezekiah, and more on Doxside Music Group.
Free EP: Stik Figa & Oddisee – From The Top
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Riding the success of “From The Top,” the first single from the Mello Music Group compilation, Helpless Dreamer, and his mini-documentary released earlier this week, Stik Figa is treating fans with the release of the Oddisee produced From The Top, a brand new five-track EP – for free.
The EP starts out with the groovy, funk filled “Hot Mess,” with Stik jumping right in the mix, spitting confident barbs while detailing his own dedication to the game as he raps, “I guess you asleep I was busy writing songs/ Turn the mic on, lay a vocal like a pipe bomb.” Aside from the brags and boasts, Stik keeps it personal throughout the EP. “This is me, and this is where I’m from, love it or leave it,” says Stik Figa. “I’m coming as I am, and this is the music that accompanies that feeling.” The Topeka, Kansas rapper addresses funny money issues on “Bucket,” while touching on the struggles of life in his hometown on “Running Away.” “Topeka is a mid-sized blue-collar conservative city in the mid-west, so as a young black man, my childhood could at times best be described as awkward and isolated,” says Stik.
Matching Stik’s stylings step for step, Oddisee continues to show off his wide ranging production abilities, utilizing dusty drums and string, horn, and guitar chops throughout to create a multitude of mood-altering backdrop for Stik’s musings. “The production Oddisee provides makes these moments fully realized moments,” says Stik. “I’m excited for people to hear it, it’s somewhat of a coming out party.”
Stik Figa and Oddisee will also be releasing their own currently untitled album together in 2011. Stick Figa is also working with long time collaborator D/Will to release their album together titled, Crown & Coke.
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