F.Y.I. – ameriBLACKKK (Album Stream)

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[bandcamp width=350 height=470 album=3175076030 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false] Los Angeles-based emcee F.Y.I. presents his new album ameriBLACKKK. F.Y.I. recently released the single “These The Times (Don’t Judge)”, featuring singer Kaye Fox, whose vocals appear on J.Cole’s “For Your Eyez Only”. F.Y.I. retrofits the steady timing and LA drawl of fellow Mid-City rapper Murs with sudden twists of cadence and emotion, almost morphing into a different person a la “Gimmie The Loot”-style Biggie on tracks like “Who Stole The Soul?” and “Blame Me”. The album is produced by Compton beatsmith Sir Jon Lee, long-time collaborator Rich Kidd (Drake, Talib Kweli), and 2One2 from New York. FYI recently released music videos for “Legend of G.O.A.T.” (watch) and “Trust Me” (watch). F.Y.I. first gained notoriety in 2010 as part of trio Those Chosen and their collaborations with Grammy-Award winning producer, IZ Avila. In 2012 F.Y.I. collaborated with Ab-Soul on “Dopamine” (Bandcamp). In 2014 he dropped his first solo mixtape Yo! The Places You’ll Go which hit #1 on CMJ’s Hip Hop Charts (Bandcamp). That year he also dropped an exclusive freestyle for HipHopDX (Youtube), followed by AgeSexLocation in 2015 and last year’s F.Y.I. Invented Green. “I was inspired to create this album with the idea of pushing the reset button,” says F.Y.I. “Basically, starting over and erasing the century-old beliefs and labels about race and class especially as it pertains to black people and America. With change comes a new name and a new identity and new way of letting society know this is how things should be when it pertains to me and this is what I value. I’m woke. I’m present and I will not be deceived.”

Skinny-C – Get Down (Video)

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Atlanta rapper Skinny-C presents the music video for “Get Down”, the first single from The Commencement, his new EP produced entirely by ATL beatsmith Nobody Famous. The video was shot in front of Atlanta’s Turner Field – formerly the Atlanta Braves Stadium – by Norris Gresham a.k.a. GA Slim Films. His last full-length release was Never Hungry Always Thirsty Vol. 2: Back For Seconds (listen), which featured the song “MC” (watch the music video) in which he raps only using words that begin with the letters ‘M’ and ‘C’ sequentially. Volume 1 of NHAT featured Kingpin Skinny Pimp (listen). Skinny sold more than 10,000 combined digital and hard copies of his 2010 release Mixtape Muzik Vol. 1: INTREPID and Mixtape Muzik Vol. 2: RHAPSODY as a result of a series of grassroots performance and fan engagement campaigns through the Southeast. Skinny calls his new EP “The beginning of a new chapter in life. Cutting off the old and malignant, and starting with a fresh new slate. Everything from this point moving forward is on an upper echelon.”

David Banner -The God Box (Album Stream)

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[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/323810902″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] David Banner is back with his latest project “The God Box” featuring an all-star cast, including Cee-Lo, Raheem DeVaughn, Big K.R.I.T, Black Thought, Trinidad James, WatchtheDuck & Big Rube and while Dave handles the production on half of the album himself, he also enlists production from DJ Khalil, DJ Swiff, Chris “THX” Goodman and more.

Mozzy & Gunplay -That Eazy (Audio)

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[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/322953420″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] After announcing their collaborative union with “They Know,” Mozzy & Gunplay are back with a new single, “That Eazy.”

Lit Riq – No Heart (Audio)

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[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/323272022″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] New record from Lit Riq called “No Heart”.