Stack Skrilla "In Skrilla I Trust 2" [ALBUM]

Stack Skrilla is one of the most prolific pens in the current New York underground nearly 100 releases deep on his catalog and "In Skrilla I Trust 2" continues a title series that began as an EP in 2025. Ten tracks, the bulk of them produced by Yuno a partnership that has quietly become the backbone of Skrilla's recent run. The latest from the New York rapper finds him at the height of his powers, his pen sharper than ever. His roots in the dump school run deep the Tha God Fahim connection goes back years and this project proves the volume-heavy approach hasn't cost him an ounce of precision.

Sam Krats "Two Shots" (feat. Ruste Juxx & Daddie Notch) [VIDEO]

Sam Krats lifts "Two Shots" from his limited-edition album "Culture," out via Revorg Records, and the pairing of Ruste Juxx and Daddie Notch gives the beat exactly the pressure it calls for. Juxx carries that Brownsville, Duck Down-bred rawness he's honed since the Sean Price era all impact, no decoration while Krats' production bridges UK craftsmanship and East Coast tradition without diluting either. The album is available on vinyl, CD, cassette and digital physical-first thinking from a producer who clearly builds for the crates.

MRKBH x Rico James "ARKITEKT" [SINGLE]

 

MRKBH re-emerges with "ARKITEKT," the second single from the upcoming fourth installment of his Righteous Gemstones series with producer Rico James and this time the duo pushes into cyberpunk territory. James provides a bleak yet shimmering soundscape, synthetic and atmospheric without losing the weight that anchors the series, while MRKBH imagines a not-too-distant dystopian future where hope is rare and technology is ubiquitous. His pen treats world-building as architecture dense, deliberate, cold where the concept demands it. Out via Dark Ages Music Group ahead of the full EP. Three volumes deep, the Gemstones saga keeps evolving rather than retreading darker and more angular now, but the discipline remains.

Emsee Prospekt "MIND OVR MATTER PART 2" [ALBUM]

Emsee Prospekt continues the "MIND OVR MATTER" series with a twelve-track second installment. The title carries the thesis mental discipline over circumstance, a foundational underground theme that works here as a series framework rather than a one-off statement. A full-length continuation for those who rode with Part 1, and a complete picture for anyone stepping in fresh.

Dheezy "Fuck 'Em Up" (feat. Onyx & Big Twins) [VIDEO]

MC Dheezy links with Onyx and Big Twins for "Fuck 'Em Up" a demolition anthem in the most literal sense, filmed at Rage Ground LA where the crew tears through cars and furniture on camera. Planet Asia, Kail Problems and Young Trav cameo. The track comes off the "Dheezy Does It LP," a four-year passion project built between Australia and Los Angeles, executive-produced by KXNG Crooked and conceived as a tribute to Dheezy's biggest influence, Eminem who opens the album with an introduction. The guest list bridges eras and coasts: Royce da 5'9", D12, a previously unreleased Proof verse, Kurupt, Snoop Dogg, E-40, plus the late Nate Dogg, Chino XL and Coolio. Sixteen tracks of golden-era energy, with vinyl coming via 1332 Records. Fredro and Sticky still sound like they want to fight everyone in the room some things never change, thankfully.

Pen Lordz "PITFALL" [EP]

Pen Lordz keep "PITFALL" lean seven tracks in just over 21 minutes, with Gritfall featuring on "Super Pitfall" and "Spittball" and cuts like "Canada Goose" and "Wam" rounding out the set. The name is the mission statement: this is writing-first hip-hop, compressed into a format that respects the listener's time. No padding, no detours.

Passport Rav & Showalter! "Bald AF" [VIDEO]

Passport Rav and Showalter! link back up for their second collaborative project, "Laugh, Cry, F*ck & Die," led by the single "Bald AF" a track that reps for the bald heads with a straight face and a smirk at the same time. The visual rides through New York City with both artist and producer on screen, and the chemistry from their first round together is clearly intact. Rav's well-traveled pen meets Showalter!'s boards in a project whose title promises the full emotional spectrum delivered with the kind of self-aware humor the underground could use more of.

Rigz "Vent Sessions III" [EP]

 

Rigz closes out the Vent Sessions series with its third and final installment six tracks that end the run on his own terms. The Rochester Da Cloth general keeps the formula intact: "8 am in Buffalo" opens with that upstate chill, "Solomon's Porch" and "Take It In Blood" carry the spiritual-meets-street duality that defines his sharpest work, and Rick Grimez slides through on "Da Commisioner" alongside Selah The Corner. A deliberate ending rather than a fade-out Rigz thanks the listeners for the ride and shuts the door himself. Series discipline like this is rare; knowing when to stop is its own craft.

A.V.I.U.S. "Broken Pieces" [SINGLE]

A.V.I.U.S., formerly of 3 The Hardway and Prime Element, returns with his first official single in over a decade and "Broken Pieces" wears that decade honestly. He stepped away to focus on family, life, and personal health; he comes back with renewed purpose and undeniable hunger. The raw lyricism, commanding delivery and thought-provoking messaging that defined his earlier run are intact, but now they're weighted with lived experience. His early work earned its place in independent hip-hop through truth and conviction this is that same voice, deeper in the pocket, with more to say.

Hus "Wavo" Kingpin "WAVO FOREVER: THE 36 MIX" (LP + Visual "RZA FANGS [CREAM MIX]") [ALBUM VIDEO]

 

Hus Kingpin runs his catalog through the 36 Chambers on "WAVO FOREVER: THE 36 MIX" a full remix LP built as a love letter to the Wu dynasty, with the receipts to back it. Every track carries a reference point: "TICAL," the "RZA FANGS" CREAM Mix from Backwoods Muzik (visual out now), "MADE YOU LOOK" featuring Shyheim, and the closing "RZA FANGS" remix featuring LA The Darkman produced by RZA himself, which elevates this from tribute to co-sign. Owltree, J. Holla, Little Vic, PA Dre, Macapella and Manny Megz split the remaining production. Hus's wavy, luxurious pen has always had Shaolin in its bloodstream; this project just makes the lineage explicit.

Eff Yoo "God is an Artist" [EP]

 

Eff Yoo has always been a heavy-handed pen, but "God is an Artist" turns the blade inward. Across eight tracks, he digs into family, religion, depression, success and failure with the top-tier lyricism that's become his signature and the vulnerability doesn't dull the edge, it sharpens it. The title track flips a Bill Burr appearance into an opening statement, G.S. Advance shows up twice, and the closer "Rap City, Tha Basement" assembles Avalanche, Jus-P and Tre Eiht for a posse cut that channels the spirit of the legendary BET institution it's named after. Tracks like "Weather the Storm" and "No Rain, No Flowers (Hard Times.. pt.2)" carry the emotional core. Deeply personal without ever going soft.

Tenzoe "Whistling Past The Graveyard" [EP]

Seven tracks under a title that does a lot of conceptual heavy lifting "Whistling Past The Graveyard" is the idiom for manufactured courage in the face of the inevitable, and that framing sets the tone before a single beat drops. A compact format that works as an entry point for anyone who hasn't had Tenzoe on their radar yet.

DJ Kawon "The Alumni" (feat. Travisty the Lazy Emcee, ED DAV, Notes EightyTwo, Len-Dor & K-Tre) [VIDEO]

DJ Kawon steps fully into producer mode on "The Alumni" chopping breaks, building pockets, and letting five distinct MCs run the same beat five different ways. Travisty the Lazy Emcee, ED DAV, Notes EightyTwo, Len-Dor and K-Tre each attack from their own angle, and the cypher format rewards it: no hooks needed, just rotation and craft. As the third single from the upcoming BOOM BAP ALUMNI collaboration album, it carries title-track energy every feature hand-picked to represent the culture's next generation of lyricists over foundations built the traditional way.

Kelevra x Tosses "Stalingrado" [ALBUM]

 

Kelevra and Tosses deliver "Stalingrado" as a ten-track, sub-25-minute statement from the Italian underground. The reference points speak volumes before a single bar lands Mario Bava, "Essi Vivono" (the Italian title of They Live), punk nods like "Latte+" this is a duo building from cult cinema and subculture rather than recycled trap templates. Neapolitan dialect cuts through on tracks like "Nun si fatt p me," grounding the project in regional identity. Mattew Banshee and Isma stop by. Tight, dark, and disciplined no track overstays its welcome.

Caporal RB "EL CHAVO KALAO [VIDEO]

Caporal RB is one of the foundational voices of Mexican underground hip-hop a veteran who came up through graffiti culture in the Laguna region before picking up the mic, active since the late nineties. "EL CHAVO KALAO (versión Under)" is exactly what its title promises: no-frills rap subterráneo from an MC who's been carrying the culture on his back for nearly three decades. The visual keeps it stripped down, which suits the material this is craft over spectacle, the way the Rango Bajo school has always operated.

Meyhem Lauren x Thelonious Coltrane "Gold Vladimir" [ALBUM]

 01. Szechuan Capital (ft Action Bronson) (Thelonious Coltrane Remix)

02. Flex Rant (ft Dj Supa Dave & Little Vic) (Thelonious Coltrane Remix)

03. G Shit  (Thelonious Coltrane Remix)

04. Hate (Thelonious Coltrane Remix)

05. Top Grain Leather (ft Flee Lord) (Thelonious Coltrane Remix)

06. Broken Rubberbands (Thelonious Coltrane Remix)

07. Red Pesto (ft Conway) (Thelonious Coltrane Remix)

08. Supreme Knowledge (Thelonious Coltrane Remix)

09. Venetian Loafers (ft Conway) (Thelonious Coltrane Remix)

10. Evolution (Thelonious Coltrane Remix)

11. Agressive Metal (Thelonious Coltrane Remix)

12. Yucca (Thelonious Coltrane Remix)

Euphony Bars "Northern Lights" [ALBUM]

 01. Seed of Authenticity

02. ILL (feat. Ari LaShell)

03. The Mystic & The Warlord (feat. Azariah)

04. Roc to Montreal (feat. Jae Hussle)

05. Wake Up Call (feat. Hafiz-FYI)

06. Flower City Exchange (feat. MIC Johnson Jr. & Coach Parsells)

07. Kung Fu Theater (feat. Crotona P & B-N-A Barbaric N Alvarez)

08. Never Fade (feat. Niina Reiign)

Marvalyss "A Bastards Masterpiece" [ALBUM]

 01. I Never Know (Which Way)

02. Lord Forgive Me

03. Black II The Future

04. Donald Goines

05. Moments In Time ft. Mann95

06. Phantasm

07. The Bottom

08. K Kohiba Speaks (Roses)

09. All My Life ft. The ART MuZeum

10. Money Never Sleep

11. Dee Speaks (Dedication)

12. Poverty

13. Gods Hands (A Letter To My Mom)

Marvalyss of Hartford Connecticut is one of the city's illest MC's who's sound is very captivating. With a combination of conscious & witty lyrics, Marvalyss is an artist that demands real hip hop listeners attention. Marvalyss has worked with artist such as “Rec Ali”, “A-F-R-O” “King Magnetic” “O.C. (D.i.t.c.) "Anoyd", "Apathy", and "Blacastan" “Torae” “Nottz” and more! 

Indian.K & J(X) "Seasons" [ALBUM]

 01. Anything is Possible

02. Who Am I

03. Gotta Respect It

04. The Talk

05. Cheers(Ft. Heck Adaptive)

06. That's Life

07. Seasons

H.N.S "From the Underground" [ALBUM]

 01. Introduction

02. Teamwork

03. Origins

04. Day & Night

05. Slick LyRick

06. H.N.S Interlude

07. One Day

08. Sunshine

09. Sucka Free

10. WAR

11. Kill List

12. What I Know

13. Issues

H.N.S (Halabi - Neaality - S.P.O.T.)

Produced by DJ Halabi

??? aka The Hidden Character x Vish "Vicious Characters" [ALBUM]

 01. Intro (prod. by BoneWeso)

02. King Midas (prod. by Vish & Muggsy)

03. Red Lightbeam (prod. by Vish & Muggsy)

04. Act Fast (prod. by Vish)

05. Polarity Switches (prod. by Vish)

06. Mason Work (prod. by Vish)

07. Green Cabbage feat. Codenine (prod. by Vish)

08. Servin Smacc feat. Writeous Ruler (prod. by Vish)

09. Wake Up feat. Nyeusi Loe (prod. by Vish)

10. Super Nintendo (prod. by Vish & Muggsy)

https://thehiddencharacter.bandcamp.com/album/viciouscharacters

Shvmire & A U R "Eyes Wide Shut" [ALBUM]

 01. Bway & Canal St.

02. Fidelio feat. Nuemoney718

03. Black Gatsby

04. Press Play feat. Action Figure 973

05. The Shining feat. Nuemoney718

06. Mota Y Platanos feat. Nuemoney718

07. Auntie Margaret’s Soul Food

08. Uncle Elroy’s Pie

09. Broken Mirrors

10. Follow The Light

Bonus Tracks

11. Game Night At Pete’s feat. Nuemoney718

12. Sugar Mama Cookies

13. Free Mason

14. Timelapse

15. 285Hz

Cee Gee Incorporated "Rewind, Press Play, Fast Forward (Side B)" [ALBUM]

 01. B Side Forever Wins Again (Feat. DJ Cutler)

02. Worldwide Orientation (Feat. Mickey Factz, Genecist, Rei The Imperial & Showrocka)

03. Black Monalisa (Feat. Supa Kaliente)

04. Blu N Green (Feat. Blu & Genecist)

05. UFO (Feat. Mic Excel & Father Baker)

06. Blaze Fielding (Feat. Kelzkilher)

07. Trade Fair (Feat. Streets Soprano & G Premacy)

08. Soul Intelligence (Feat. Focus The Truth, Aaqil Ali, Danny DonDada & Shogun Wiz)

09. Third Definition (Feat. Program)

10. Vivid Nostalgia (Feat. Sauce The Artist)

11. Get It (Feat. Pola)

12. Capacity Worldwide (Feat. Azariah, Grenade Rap Records & BroGawd)

13. Ken Bailey (Feat. MBMJayOfficial & Brother Tom Sos)

14. Premium Audit (Feat. Ya Boy Twan)

15. Capetown (Feat. Teek Hall)

16. The Last Needle (Feat. Gregory David, DJ Optimus Prime & DJ Cutler)

After producing the tracks for Westside Gunn's "12" and "Heels Have Eyes Trilogies" in 2025, Cee Gee has return back to the sixth studio album REWIND, PRESS PLAY, FAST FORWARD (Side B). It's picks up where Side A where left off from last year, for now here's the Side B of REWIND, PRESS PLAY, FAST FOWARD.

Story By Blu, Mickey Factz, Focus the Truth, Streets Soprano, Brother Tom Sos, Genecist, Mic Excel, Sauce the Artist, Kelzkilher, Pola, G Premacy, among others

Jamal Gasol & The Standouts "Without Further Ado" [ALBUM]

 01. Intro

02. Aura Check

03. All That For Nothing

04. Dramatic Birds (Feat. Con$piracy)

05. Tell Me Bout It

06. 7 Or Better

07. Trapaholic Standout

08. German Engineering

09. CFWM (Feat. Eddie Kaine)

10. Indeed

11. Last Of A Dying Breed

Silent Funk +1 "Say Less" [VIDEO]

Defenders of the Hip-Hop Universe Silent Funk +1 take on “The Wackness Group” in a new video. “Say Less” is partly inspired by emcee Rhinoceros Funk’s hatred of that term. As he states “My issues with the grammatical chaos have provided many a chuckle during intense Silent Funk conversations. One day Silent Someone (producer) called me while wearing a smoking jacket and stuffing his whale bone pipe and said we use the phrase correctly to persuade these bums to ‘Say Less’ and encourage them to zip they lips and move on.

In the animated video, Rhino, Silent and the third member of the group, DJ JS-1 use their hard-earned hip-hop skills to topple Microwave Cooks, DJ Dishpan hands and producer Lord HypeBeast. Speaking on what these characters represent JS-1 said “to me those characters represent the typical clones that oversaturate the hip hop landscape. The one’s who think they are killing it because they post a lot of nonsense on social media or drop an album every twenty-seven minutes.”

“Say Less” appears on the forthcoming Silent Funk +1 LP U Ain’t Special (to be released in vinyl and digital format on 7/24).

More Info:

https://www.instagram.com/rhinocerosfunk/

https://www.instagram.com/silentsomeone_bx/

https://www.instagram.com/djjs1/

Unspoken feat. Trife Diesel "2 Live Life" [VIDEO]

"2 Live Life" is the first single from Breaking da Silence, the forthcoming album by Unspoken producer, MC, and one half of the Loudmoufs. The release date is set for August 21, and the label pairing of Thrice Great Records and Chambermusik plants the project firmly in the Wu-affiliated ecosystem: Chambermusik has been one of the central addresses for Clan-periphery releases for years. Unspoken's production credits include Tommy Whispers, Khyme Life, and Trife da God precisely the T.M.F. environment his guest today comes from. Trife Diesel is the real weight class of this track. As Trife da God, he spent years as Ghostface Killah's closest companion in the Theodore Unit on Pretty Toney, Fishscale, and the joint album Put It on the Line, he delivered the most reliable second voice beside Tony Starks. What makes him special here: the lyrics invert the familiar street perspective. Trife speaks on loving one another, peaceful coexistence, and consciously leaving behind the illegal paths of the past no denial of origins, but a matured reckoning. The Culture Freedom-animated visual makes Stapleton itself the main character: basketball courts, T.M.F. graffiti, the Staten Island Ferry, familiar corners of the Stapleton Projects. This is the same neighborhood the Wu-Tang founding mythology comes from but instead of the shadowy 36 Chambers iconography, the video chooses warm, hopeful colors. That inversion is precisely the statement: same streets, same names, different narrative. After years in which Staten Island served almost exclusively as a backdrop for hardness in rap, "2 Live Life" shows the borough as home, community, and a place with a future.

Mondo Slade "Game Genie" [ALBUM]

Mondo Slade names his album after the legendary cheat device of the 8- and 16-bit era: the Game Genie was the cartridge that rewrote game rules, activated infinite lives, and skipped levels. As a rap metaphor it carries double weight whoever owns the Game Genie plays the same game as everyone else, but by their own rules. Mondo Slade has built an underground reputation over years for style-conscious, reference-rich rap interlocking blaxploitation aesthetics with pop culture knowledge. Eleven tracks with no further published credits classification has to stay careful, but the title alone shows an artist choosing his nostalgia references precisely rather than scattering them arbitrarily.

PlunderDawgMusik & Veteran Eye feat. MNRA "The WEED HOUSE on BLACK WALL STREET" [ALBUM]

 

When "W.O.R.K" appeared in this coverage as the first single, the open question was whether the album would truly develop its title tension cannabis economics meets Black Wall Street. The now-available tracklist answers definitively: yes, and more thoroughly than expected. "Ida B. Wells" honors the anti-lynching journalist and civil rights pioneer. "Black Hayti" references the historic Hayti district in Durham, North Carolina the Black economic center known alongside Tulsa as "Black Wall Street," making it the natural, regional reference for a Greensboro duo. "Share Cropper Mary" and "A Cotton Pickin' Minute" take up the sharecropping era, while "Juno Moneta" reaches back to the Roman goddess whose temple gave the word "money" its origin. This isn't a random title collection but a sustained line: Black economic history from ancient etymology through Reconstruction and Jim Crow to today's cannabis economy. PlunderDawgMusik composes, Veteran Eye writes the clear division of labor from the single phase remains. MNRA is anchored as the album feature in the title, Poncho The Honcho returns on two tracks, joined by Mr. Rozzi, Hiromenbipp, Luse Kanz, Zig-Lah, and Chekar Kareem. Twelve tracks, none over three minutes except the closer the album keeps its theses compact instead of talking them to death. "Warren G" as a title remains an intriguing riddle between G-funk reference and presidential name play. The skit "Medicine Is In the Mind" closes the circle to the weed-house side of the concept: healing, economics, and history as three rooms of the same house.

Alpha_betic x Shadow Magnetic "Chronicles Of The ChronicPulls" [ALBUM]

Alpha_betic and Shadow Magnetic deliver Chronicles Of The ChronicPulls, an album whose title sets the direction: "ChronicPulls" interlocks weed vocabulary with the chronicler's ambition of the "Chronicles." Ten tracks, no further reliable credits available. The name Alpha_betic suggests a wordplay focus, Shadow Magnetic sounds like a producer alias nothing more can be said seriously without additional information. The album has to speak for itself.

Demonios Sekt "Reign Of Darkness" [ALBUM]

 

Reign Of Darkness is a collective statement systematically interlocking two worlds: the Spanish-language dark-rap underground around The Jotaka Perverse, SAI, Sr. Amargo, Tvmor, and Katha on one side and a remarkable density of Wu-Tang periphery on the other. Solomon Childs, who already appeared in this coverage on Heaven's Tank's "Trifecta," shows up three times: on "Creation of the Streetz," "El Atentado," and its remix. "Mexico Streetz" adds Beretta 9 and Shogun Assason both from the Killarmy universe, the militarily-coded Wu family around 4th Disciple and Dom Pachino, who has also been covered here. The tracklist tells its own geography: "Patria o Muerte," "La Fosa de los Muertos," "Lento Suicidio," "La Vida es una Puta" this is language from an environment where death, homeland, and despair aren't metaphorical decoration. "Mexico Streetz" as a track title featuring two Killarmy voices is almost programmatic: the Staten Island chamber aesthetic gets translated into Latin American street context here, not merely imported. Explizito carries the production lion's share, supplemented by Amos The Ancient Prophet, BeatYork, Cold Voice, and others. At seventeen tracks including two remixes, the project is deliberately maximal a posse album in the classic sense, where the sheer volume of voices ("La Sekta" alone gathers five, "Take Our Advice" seven artists) makes the sect concept of the group name audible.

Ty Nitty x Vodka Gravas x Ty Fetti "Always Shine" [SINGLE]

Ty Nitty is one third of Infamous Mobb alongside Twin Gambino and G.O.D. Pt. III the Queensbridge crew from Mobb Deep's innermost circle that marked its own place in QB history with Special Edition. This closes a loop within this coverage: Big Twins appeared a few rounds ago with "God Said It," and now his crew partner follows with his own single. "Always Shine" with Vodka Gravas and Ty Fetti carries a title that sounds like constancy rather than reinvention fitting for a veteran whose voice has been part of the Queensbridge sound since the late nineties. The Infamous Mobb members never chased the solo superstar route; their strength was always collective presence and reliability in formation. Both Twins and Nitty singles arriving in close succession is unlikely to be coincidence.

Benny Holiday x Snowgoons x Kitty Mitchiko feat. J Daw "Litty" [SINGLE]

Benny Holiday and the Snowgoons continue the partnership that already appeared in this coverage with "Can't Rain Forever." "Litty" expands the lineup: Kitty Mitchiko stands as the third primary artist in the credit, with J Daw joining as a feature. The title signals a different temperature than its melancholic predecessor where "Can't Rain Forever" was perseverance in a wet coat, "Litty" promises energy and motion. The Snowgoons giving an artist beats across multiple singles is a familiar pattern in their system: those who prove themselves in the Goon MuSick universe receive continuity rather than one-off placement.

Chuck Chan x Killy Shoot "The Schooling" [ALBUM]

The Schooling was already covered in depth in this series via the Bandcamp edition with fifteen tracks. The album now arrives on streaming platforms, listed there with fourteen tracks; presumably one of the shorter interlude pieces from the Bandcamp version is absent. The fundamentals remain: Chuck Chan produces everything, Lord Sarin mixes and masters, Supreme Cerebral, Substance, Deuce Hennessy, and DJ Grazzhoppa appear as guests, Hometeam Records carries the release. Anyone who read the Bandcamp coverage knows what to expect: Worcester winters, Eastpak aesthetics, grimy East Coast terrain with no filler.

Buckshot "I Got You Opin Remix" (Live @ SiriusXM Shade45) [VIDEO]

Buckshot stays in motion. Following The Package, the Bass & Bars session with Brady Watt and DJ Premier, and the "Good Day" video, the next building block arrives: a live performance of the "I Got You Opin Remix" at Shade 45, part of the Album Snapshot series hosted by Gray Rizzy. The track choice is deliberate "I Got You Opin" comes from Black Moon's Enta Da Stage era, and the remix stands among the moments where Da Beatminerz' sonic architecture and Buckshot's smooth menace locked together perfectly. Performing this song live now, mid-rollout of a new album, is no nostalgic accident: it connects Duck Down history to the present and recalls why this voice has carried for three decades. Radio formats like this a legend, a host, one classic, no rush remain the spaces where catalog artists get to tell their own story instead of having it explained to them.

Sankofa & August Fanon "Calm On Purpose" [ALBUM]

 01. Wash It All Away

02. Behind The Fall

03. Nowhere Fast

04. Boxes, Blankets, Styrofoam

05. The Tallest Sabbath

06. Tap Tap Tapping

07. Suffer Porn feat. JON?DOE

08. Rory Sparrow In The Skybox feat. Shottie & Tali Rodriguez

09. A Tree Grows

Cargo Cults (Alaska & Zilla Rocca) "Kingdom Music For The Hard Rocks" [ALBUM]

 01. Too Damn Old To MC

02. Skate Like A Limo feat. J Scienide

03. Amberlands

04. Nostalgia Tripping feat. Zilla Rocca & Jesse The Tree

05. Same Song Same Rhyme

06. Half Life feat. Defcee

07. Castro’s Home feat. Curly Castro

08. Buy The Ticket Take The Ride

09. Lightweight

10. Old Fogies feat. Breeze Brewin

11. Yankee Stadium feat. Reef The Lost Cauze & Yungmorpheus

Cargo Cults is the collaboration between Atoms Family/Hangar 18/Def Jux rapper Alaska and Wrecking Crew/Three Dollar Pistol rapper-producer Zilla Rocca, who are also the hosts of the Call Out Culture Podcast.

Their acclaimed debut album, Nihilist Millennial, turned its razor-sharp wit and self-deprecating humor on a society seemingly determined to destroy itself. Six years later, Cargo Cults return with a different target in their sights: their own mortality.

On Kingdom Music for the Hard Rocks, Alaska and Zilla Rocca examine aging in a culture built for the rich and the young. The album reflects on the loss of friends—not from "booze and drugs and violence," but from "DNA and crummy diets"—while exploring how the experiences of youth shape the realities of adulthood. Though its themes are weighty, the record is far from bleak. Instead, it celebrates the freedoms that come with growing older, the people who helped shape our lives, and the perspective earned through surviving long enough to look back.

The energy has shifted, but the hallmarks of Cargo Cults remain: sharp writing, dark humor, and hard-hitting production. Kingdom Music for the Hard Rocks is a thoughtful and unflinching meditation on getting older, delivered with the same intelligence and irreverence that made Cargo Cults stand out in the first place.

all songs written and performed by Alaska except where noted

all songs produced by Zilla Rocca

Mixed and Mastered by Cryptic One

Scratches by Marcus Pinn

4five6 Nice "Anything’s Possible" [ALBUM]

 01. Anything’s Possible (Intro)

02. Drug Deal Or Scam (prod. by A1Beatz)

03. Free Game (prod. by A1Beatz)

04. Yeah Yeah University (prod. by J Lullaby)

05. David Ruffin (prod. by J Lullaby)

06. Beat Up (Skit)

07. Derek’s Diary (prod. by Thesshabo)

08. Mula’s Mindset (prod. by A1Beatz)

09. New Number Nice (prod. by J Lullaby)

10. In My Pocket (prod. by A1Beatz)

11. Built Like This (Skit)

12. Who Needs A Enemy? (prod. by J Lullaby)

Action Figure 973 & DiMaggio "Polo Grounds" [ALBUM]

 01. Intro

02. Butch Husky

03. Ken Griffey Jr Was Never A Yankee

04. Showdown At Shea

05. Lou Gehrig’s Disease

06. Nomar Garciaparra

07. Pete Rose (Feat. 067Red)

08. War Memorial (Feat. Brother Tom Sos)

09. Relief Pitcher

Nenjah Nycist & Cut Beetlez "I Challenged The Master And Won" [ALBUM]

 01. Intro

02. Put Up

03. Where Ya Master At?

04. Shuriken

05. Two Seven Four

06. Rap Scammers

07. Battle Cry

08. The Secret

09. The Nenjah Skit

10. The Master Skit

11. The Man With Nothing

12. The Student’s Revenge

13. Get The Guards

14. A Hunnit Uh Me

15. The Finale (Outro)

Bonus Track

16. Geisha

Säge The 64th Wonder "Sagewav" [ALBUM]

 01. Onsol Watch

02. Black Uppity

03. Daimyoh

04. Serebii

05. Close Combat Wording feat. Nativ Sun

06. Melanated Skin Suit

07. Niggaz In Naboo feat. Danny BARz & Jupiter V.

08. Wonky Pendulum

Songs written and performed by Seji

Featuring Artist: NATIV.SUN, Danny Barz & Jupiter V.

Beats produced by TLR (except for #3 , #7 & #8)

Kingdom Kome & Sponatola "Tamiami Trail" [ALBUM]

 01. Views From The Bay (Intro)

02. 813 To 305 feat. Ruen

03. Yuh Dun Know

04. Tamiami Trail feat. Maze Overlay

05. Day Off In Tampa

06. Peninsula Prophets feat. Gacci

07. All Turned Around

08. Florida Soul (Interlude)

09. Mic Check Uno Dos feat. Che Uno

10. Buccaneers

11. Late Nite Shootouts feat. Str8 Paper

12. Gamblers Chips feat. Omniscient

13. Rap Max Cady

14. Slow Down feat. Seefu McCloud

15. God Is

16. Palm Trees & Palmettos (Outro)

BZA & Estee Nack "Rhythmic Scipture" [EP]

 01. 111

02. 222

03. 333

Bonus Tracks

04. 444

05. 111 (Instrumental)

06. 222 (Instrumental)

07. 333 (Instrumental)

08. 444 (Instrumental)

It’s rare that we do a reissue here at Filthy, so when we do, you know it’s something special. With original art by Nick Genesio (recaptured from the original canvas just for this release) and two limited edition colorways (Splatter and Red Cloud) each with a matched obi strip, the Rhythmic Scripture EP makes an impression before the needle even hits the wax. 

Produced by BZA with raps by Estee Nack, the Rhythmic Scripture opens with “111,” a slow-burn tension builder punctuated with tense Rhodes flourishes that compliment Nacksaw’s intense flow - no sing-along club hook, just rapid-fire lyricism that doesn’t let up. In “222”, a droning horn loop builds on the suspense while a relentless beat with reverb-soaked snare keeps time. Nack’s verse is another packed rhyme brick, flexing more technique and intensity in one track than other emcees can manage in a whole album. “333” keeps the tension rolling with a dark layered boom-bap beat from BZA laced with an effortless street bulletin like only Nack can do. And since it just wouldn’t be Filthy without that something extra, we’ve also included the unreleased track “444”. On 444, BZA continues the dark sound that pervades Rhythmic Scripture with ringing Rhodes dissonance spilling over droning strings, powered by a beat studded with subtle ghost notes and Nack matching the energy with a verse that hits like a documentary. Cut at 45RPM on a 12”, the vinyl plays loud and clean and the B side includes all the instrumentals for the DJs.

The OG Ninja & El Bles "Buyaka" [ALBUM]

01. Bam In Ur Face

02. Quite Some Time

03. Rhymes In Cursive

04. Levy’s Lament

05. Wayya Say

06. Cruzette

07. Live From Da Empire State

BUYAKA is not just an album, it's the foundation of a world. Built through The OG Ninja's pen and El Bles' sample-driven production, each song is another brushstroke, revealing a bigger picture shaped by Caribbean rhythms, film, gritty textures, and cinematic storytelling. Some stories are streamed. This one is collected.

Emilio Craig "Mescaline Mix" [ALBUM]

 01. Intro

02. Raekwon Lauren

03. Long Live The Kilos feat. Willyynova

04. Tres Leches feat. Dusty Renoylds & Mondo Slade

05. Snuck In The A List feat. Bub Styles

06. Spirit Cannibal

07. Opium Dens feat. FastLife

08. Poverty

09. Spring Water In The Desert

Rahiem Supreme & Indi Caviar "Style And Grace" [ALBUM]

 01. Aliens Invented DPS 2

02. Poke Monony X

03. Style And Grace Interlude

04. Regardless

05. Streets B Callin

06. Vegetas Hairline

07. Do It Froggystyle

Ankhlejohn "What Remains EP" [EP]

 01. Did It For Me (Prod. By Mvzonik)

02. Payback (Prod. By Chuck Strangers)

03. Aura Farming (Prod. By SwuM)

04. Eyes On My Road (Feat. Willyynova) (Prod. By Mvzonik)

Chuck Cross "IYKYK" [ALBUM]

 01. Ain’ For The Weak (Intro) (Feat. Mic Todd)

02. Bret Hart (Feat. Marv One)

03. Roses (Feat. Vstylez)

04. Afghan Wool (Feat. Planet Asia, Ty Farris, Dango Forlaine & Bub Rock)

05. Pandemic (Feat. Hedastate)

06. Bring Bub Back (Feat. Bub Rock)

07. Out My Way (Feat. Mic Todd)

08. Oh Baby (Feat. Mic Todd & Skyzoo)

09. Bubba Chuck (Feat. Dango Forlaine)

10. No Days Off (Feat. Rein)

11. On My Own (Feat. Mic Todd)

12. Sicilian Message (Feat. Mesiyah & Rein)

13. All I Need (Feat. Teek Hall & Rein)

14. No More (Feat. Sundown & Mic Todd)

Blaze 5th x Kheyzine "Return As Gold" [ALBUM]

 01. Golden Shield

02. 10 In Rotation

03. Breathe

04. Gold Scraps

05. Black Velvet

06. The Greats feat. Postman L

07. Luz Divina

08. Stolen Legacy

09. W Chamber (Interlude)

10. Return As Gold

Jazzy Lion Man, GOMMi J, Concept & Jonathan UniteUs "Aziatic Tape" [EP]

 01. 17 Years Solid

02. Ain’t No Favorites

03. 30elow

Hip Club Groove "Dead Words" [SINGLE]

As old heads coming up in the 90s, Hip Club Groove have noticed a little something different in hip hop these days. Too many rappers are saying a lot while saying nothing. No one pays their damn dues anymore. As MCs, Cheklove and MacKenzie had to address this lack of accountability in the way they know best—by rapping about it. The duo present their case with witty lyrics and humourous punchlines over a throwback boom bap beat dominated by a groovy bass loop and a horny hook section, all courtesy of Moves. The first new song from Hip Club Groove in 30 years was recorded specifically for Bassments of Badmen 4, a compilation celebrating 30 years of Hand’Solo Records, so it had to be honoured as the second single. 

 Raps written and performed by Cheklove and MacKenzie 

Produced by Moves 

Cuts by Moves