The Notorious B.I.G. x James McDurt – The Brooklyn Way [EP]

March 9th, 1997; a bitter day in the world of Hip-Hop. Whether you knew him as Christopher Wallace, Frank White, or Biggie Smalls, The Notorious B.I.G was one of Brooklyn’s finest and an instrumental force behind the East Coast sound during the bitter rivalries of the 90’s. Although he’s not with us anymore, his signature smooth laid back flow will live on for ages through the music of fans around the world. In tribute to the late emcee, Dutch producer James McDurt has given us ‘The Brooklyn Way,’ a nine track FreEP that encapsulates some of the best tracks from the late rapper’s catalogue. Head nodding beats that blend beautifully with Biggie’s larger than life rhymes, for a project that proves that music truly has no borders. Spend your Sunday with Biggie and McDurt.. and if you don’t know, now you know.

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Anti-Lilly & Phoniks – Stories From The Brass Section [Free LP]

Phoniks: When a writeup on my debut album “Return to the Golden Era” with Awon mentioned Anti and myself in the same breath as far as young artists coming with an old school flavor, I checked out his mixtape and reached out to him about a collab. The music and chemistry flowed immediately and we began recording a few singles until it was clear we had to do a full album. I love the way Anti flows over my beats, it is reminiscent of 90’s acts like Outkast and Goodie Mob who brought a southern flow over beats that had more of a raw, New York type of sound. He also comes with a lot of thought provoking lines and unconventional rhyme schemes that remind me of emcees like MF Doom and Talib Kweli, but with that Houston sound mixed in. I was listening to a lot of early Dilla beat tapes and Pete Rock stuff during the production of this album and you will be able to hear that influence throughout the project. Anti: Ever since Phoniks first reached out to me and started sending music I knew that we would have an amazing chemistry together. My first time listening to his production, the horns immediately put into a zone which allowed me to express myself like no other way before. His sound reminded me of J Dilla or Pete Rock. After Memoirs I was looking to keep more of classical jazz sound; after recording a few songs together

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Ayatollah feat. Inspectah Deck & Silent Knight – The Love [Stream]

Elementality Productions is proud to announce the upcoming release of Ayatollah’s new album, “Be Real Black for Me”. On Tollah’s latest sonic endeavor, he’s decided to enlist the help of a few vocalists to share his vision – Grammy Award winning singer Anthony Hamilton, Wu-Tang Clan’s very own Inspectah Deck, as well as a few newcomers (and EMP family), Silent Knight and Jered Sanders. “Be Real Black for Me” will be available worldwide on April 15th. Pre-Order the album from iTunes and get the first track “I Just Love Music” today. Click HERE and you can listen to snippets of the entire album!

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