Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Shade Cobain with Cassette Theory: Beat EP Shade’s second release and first instrumental project pays homage to our favorite media format of yesteryear: the cassette tape. Audio cassettes take us back to a time of mixtapes, home dubbing and low fidelity. And Shade’s project successfully and intentionally brings that nostalgia back with beats [...]

aboveGround Magazine review writer The MC Faceman is back on the site in his other capacity, as a talented emcee. His new EP Up From The Ashes features production from Kamikaze Picnic, Elanef, Devin Townsend, Anno Domini, Break Thru Productions & Vybe Beatz & is available to stream & download via Bandcamp now. Give “A [...]

“The Situation” is track one on Fatherhood Dreamlovers Mix, ScholarMan’s new EP (download link below). Read on for his telling of the motivation behind this latest offering: My father passed a few weeks ago and as we come closer to Father’s Day I thought I would honor him by presenting the hip-hop community this EP. [...]

Been waiting for this joint for quite a while. Seattle MC SOL comes back with another dose of rapping about rapping, getting high, and fly ladies. The first installment was an incredibly dope joint, the second won’t disappoint. Seattle stand up. Download: SOL – Dear Friends, Vol. II Also, don’t forget to cop the original [...]

Listen: Donwill & Von Pea – Syrup Sandwich ft Jermiside Donwill & Von Pea’s EP The Sandwich Shop dropped yesterday (the track up for preview above was one of the earlier leaks), here’s what their people had to say: The Roots stint on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, gave birth to a host of original [...]

Milwaukee native Signif is back with a new video & a remix project with Haz Solo, here’s what her people want you to know: Building off the success of her well received album The Transition, Milwaukee native and NYC based emcee Signif is releasing The Transition Remixes, an EP of choice cuts reinterpreted by producer [...]

Listen: SPEAK! – Pillow Mints No build up. No Viral Videos. No Cosigns. No blog hype. No cover art. Just “Beautiful Sounds for Interesting People with Fantastic Taste” I’m ready to hype this & I’ve seen a bunch of the LA indie circuit cosigning it this morning, but I’m sure the above points stand regardless. [...]

Stream: Unique Assassin – Irregular Text Style If you’re not familiar with Unique Assassin, take a moment to acquaint yourself via the Who Is U.A. series on YouTube. The East Orlando emcee enlisted the talents of Civil Mics Movement compatriots Reeplay, Shinobi Stalin, Mygrane McNastee, Diverse & others to deliver the Spelling Bee Champ EP. [...]

Stream: BP & ODDS – Stellar Regions L.A.’s BP & ODDS are back with another free EP, Vacancy. The EP is the boom bap novelists’ ode to Jazz music. The soundscape summons BP’s jazz stacks while each song is aptly titled after timeless jazz albums. VACANCY gives rise to the idea of being uninhibited while [...]

Stream: Dead On Deck – Dibbs Vs. Killa Jewelz To tide folks over until the June 1st release of Dead World Mr Dibbs & Mega Royal Records have dropped the free EP Inducing Panic. We’ve put the first track Dead On Deck up for you to have a listen to while the EP is downloading. [...]