Reason – Paid Bills

Paid Bills is the first single from Reason’s upcoming album Landlords & Lullabies. The single features production efforts from fellow Poorly Drawn People crew member Falside.

Download/Stream: Reason – Paid Bills

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Dominique Larue – Batter Up featuring Idasa Tariq

Dominique Larue is an emcee out of Columbus, Ohio. She’s been writing rhymes since the age of 7 & is about to come through with a new EP via DJBooth.net, HerStory. Batter Up, featuring emcee/producer Idasa Tariq is the first single from this.

Look for HerStory March 25th.

Download/Stream: Dominique Larue – Batter Up ft Idasa Tariq

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Awol One & Ecid – Staring Death In The Bulls Eye featuring Gel Roc

The video for Awol One & Ecid’s Staring Death In The Bulls Eye may have you trying to adjust your screen but once you get your eyes to catch up with it it’s worth a look/listen.

Their album Awol One & Ecid Are… dropped in January, with Access Hip Hop having this to say about it:

While touring the Midwest years ago Awol One and Minneapolis MC/Producer and Fill In The Breaks label owner Ecid began building the foundation for a classic collaboration. Two years and many L.A./ Minneapolis flights later they have constructed a cohesive album built on Ecid’s trademark production and balanced by Awol and Ecid’s knack for witty sarcasm and melodic hooks. Unlike so many forced and ill planned collaborations before them, this new duo had no intentions of just running through the motions, they wanted to make an unapologetic, raw and focused record. Hard beats, dark atmosphere…the kind of stuff I like to hear Awol One rhymin’ on! Featuring guest appearances by Gel Roc, Sector7G, Capaciti, and Jordan Miche!

Purchase (via AccessHipHop.com): Awol One & Ecid – Awol One & Ecid Are…

Purchase (via iTunes): Awol One & Ecid  – Awol One & Ecid Are…

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J.Capri Da’Vinci – REMStage2 & Dreams To Plans

J.Capri Da’Vinci comes out of Raleigh, North Carolina with his tracks REMStage2 & Dreams To Plans. He’s got an album Numbers coming out next Monday, the 22nd of March & a mixtape planned for the summer.

If you like what you hear, you can find J.Capri Da’Vinci on Twitter & MySpace.

Download/Stream: J.Capri Da’Vinci – REMStage2

Download/Stream: J.Capri Da’Vinci – Dreams To Plans

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Saukrates – Wednesday featuring D-Sisive (Remix)

Canadian hip-hop artist Saukrates enlisted fellow Torontonian D-Sisive for the official remix of his track Wednesday. The original version is the first single from his much anticipated, yet very delayed second studio album Season One, which still has no confirmed release date. Mellenius from the Toronto-based Grammy-nominated production team Tone Mason handled production.

Download/Stream: Saukrates – Wednesday featuring D-Sisive (Remix)

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Yak Ballz – Halogen Glow

Originally found on the fourth installment of the Definitive Jux Presents Series (Definitive Jux Presents… IV) that was released on September 1st of 2009, Yak Ballz along with House of Blow (the track’s producers), agreed to offer Halogen Glow as a free download.

Download/Stream: Yak Ballz – Halogen Glow

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Moe Green – Non Title Match

The Bay Area is back with more bass, beats and bravado for your speakers, this time in the form of Moe Green. The young emcee hails from Vallejo, CA, home to Left Coast legends E-40 and Mac Dre, and is on his way to building a hip-hop legacy of his own. The first offering from the future star is a video for “Non Title Match”, the Martin produced track from Moe’s upcoming Rocky Maivia project. Directed by Drip Digital, the video finds Moe getting his chill on to a session of Super Nintendo-assisted wrestling, while also finding time to flip rhymes and announce his arrival in the hip-hop ring.

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Real J. Wallace – The Days Long

Real J. Wallace’s The Days Long is really short, coming in at about 1 minute 27 seconds. It’s from his mixtape The Laundry Room, over a beat from Blu’s mixtape, HerFavoriteColor.

Wallace explains it to be “about being trapped in the cycle of time. ‘I sit in contemplation and doubt the existence of arrows’ and along the way come to the conclusion that time is like the woman I can never have.”

Download/Stream: Real J. Wallace – The Days Long

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Mark Milly & Lavar Conscious – Rhyme & Reason

Baltimore emcees Mark Milly & Lavar Conscious came together to create Rhyme & Reason, asking the question “If There’s no rhyme & reason, what’s the reason to rhyme?”

This may well be the last collaborative effort between the two as Lavar has recently left Mark Milly’s The Incredible Creation brand.

Download: Mark Milly & Lavar Conscious – Rhyme & Reason

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Sab – The Awful Truth featuring Abstract Rude

Fresh off a series of special appearances on Pep Love’s Rigamarole tour, Sab is back with the latest installment from his Leak series.

The Awful Truth features Abstract Rude & if it’s an example of the quality to be expected from collaborations between the two the ‘more’ Sab tells us to expect will be much anticipated.

I <3 this song. I’d like to thank Orikal Uno for sending me the track out of the blue. My man Abstract Rude for assisting me with the magic. Honestly I’m not big on collaborations, unless they can turn out like this one all of the time. Expect more from me an Ab in the future.

I dedicate this song to everyone struggling within to be that better someone to everybody. Thanks for your love and once again…… It’s a Leeaaak!!

Sab was featured in last week’s First 5, if you missed it, read up on some of what you didn’t know about the man here: The First 5 With Sab

Download/Stream (via Bandcamp): Sab – The Awful Truth featuring Abstract Rude

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