Yesterday, Rau Def announced a new video was coming. Sho nuf, here is “Jedi Song.” So do you like sword fighting at night? Don’t worry, don’t think dirty, Rau Def and his crew of the Mutantaners use toy plastic swords. What’s really being sliced up is Rau Def’s words. He raps over crashing cymbals,and retro … Continue reading »
What is the life of a night bee? A rather hilarious one, if what we see from Naika MC and 我次郎MIC rings true. “Night Bee a.k.a. Yoru no Hachi” explores the night life of young men looking for some extra curricular activities… Paying for sex. yep. It’s a whimsical rap song and educational too and … Continue reading »
Put your hands up! Mikris and Soldier are railing reggae hip hop style in “Reconquista.” So whether on the rooftops are in underconstructed buildings, these dudes are laying it down. It’s a macho shout out with lots of manly back vocals rolling the song along, but MIKRIS and SOLDIER’s rapid fire rhymes are truly representing … Continue reading »
Bamboo Stick’m. Ha-ha-ha stick’m. Feel the beat with Campanella, ojibah and Bron-K in the tree-shaker “Bamboo Step.” These dudes look like they’ve been hitting the trees hard. So when you hear the distorted deep vocal chorus, don’t get paranoid. Awesome stuff. Hope is No Hope for DJ Isso & Campanella. Their album drops 5.17.2013 from … Continue reading »
Have you missed Rip Slyme? The boys might have been on a “Long Vacation” as their single suggests.. and that seems to be internet jail. See the striped pants and bars. Also note the horrible 360p streaming. Rip Slyme has been away so long, they don’t even know what’s a good connection speed. Yikes! Luckily … Continue reading »
Cypress Ueno and Robert Oshino tap into one of the greatest samples of all time, Black Sheep’s “The Choice is Yours” vocal beat “WHOO… C’mon” on the extremely servicable “Bukkamasu” single. What you get is a rap blast of old school beats great for skating to at your local park. It might not be funky … Continue reading »
If you wanna dance, you can’t go better than nobodyknows+. If you wanna up the ante, you throw in cheerleaders, specifically the Chunichi Cheer Dragons of 2013. It’s baseball season, and the Chunichi dragons want you to dance. They got nobodyknows+ to provide the anthem for their cheerleader team and that’s an instant win. Watch … Continue reading »
You’d expect a song like “Speed Addict” to have some seriously fast flow.. you might not expect the hip hop backtrack to bust into dubstep. So dubsteppers get to steppin’. Marimo and DJ Shigge take some simple synth chords on loop and crank it up a notch with some bass drops on your ass. Look … Continue reading »
Feel the heartbeat as B.I.G. JOE does some serious cardio, walking and rapping through a tunnel. “Heartbeat” is a hip hop snapper of a track. It’s a slow tempo song, that’s all beats and snaps, and B.I.G. JOE loud whispers out his rhymes. Tight song, the biggest surprise is that B.I.G. JOE is NOT 400 … Continue reading »
Murozo teams up with Es-Plant to lays it down and put their root down on a very tight beat. The song appropriately called “Roots.” There is a slight hint of a reggae vibe in Murozo’s hip hop tone, but the upbeat nature of the track will keep rolling. Es-Plant also adds a smooth tip to … Continue reading »
