Friday, September 11, 2026

Bukue One x Adriatic "Legendary" [SINGLE]


Bukue One belongs to the long-serving workers of the Bay Area scene MC, touring veteran, rooted in the West Coast's independent infrastructure for decades. With Adriatic at his side he delivers "Legendary" a title that for an artist with this trajectory is less claim than balance sheet. Whoever lasts this long without taking the major-label detour has earned the term. The single stands on its own without album frame a direct sign of life from a career built on persistence.

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88 ULTRA x Hell Razah "Blood On The Chessboard" [ALBUM]

 

Now the picture comes together: "The Flames" with Aceyalone and "Cut From The Cloth" with Raekwon and Your Old Droog both already in the program were previews of this album. "Blood On The Chessboard" assembles eleven tracks on which Hell Razah builds his playing field over 88 ULTRA production. The title connects strategy with consequence: chess here is no clean thought exercise, blood flows on this board. The guest list reads like an East Coast genealogy with West Coast extensions: Capone (of Capone-N-Noreaga) twice on "Third Floor" original and alternate version. KXNG Crooked on "Atomic," Lord Goat (formerly Goretex of Non Phixion) on "The Last Time," Myalansky on "The Depths That We Go" remix, and Killah Priest on "New Day" closing the Sunz of Man connection. Between them, solo moments like "The Duality," "The Godfather" and "Dark Sun." Hell Razah isn't building a nostalgia project here but positioning his spiritually charged pen between generations: Aceyalone and Crooked from the West Coast, Droog from the new Brooklyn school, Capone and Priest from his own era. Every piece on this board has its function.

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Q-Unique & DJ Rhettmatic feat. Ras Kass "All in the Mind" [VIDEO]


A correction with weight: "The QR Code" already in the program as an album is Q-Unique's collaboration with DJ Rhettmatic of the Beat Junkies. The "R" in the album title stands for Rhettmatic, the "Q" for Q-Unique the code resolves. "All in the Mind" additionally brings Ras Kass as co-writer and feature, whose "Latency" video with Ab-Soul ran just recently. Ahren Anthony produces and directs the video. The configuration carries historical weight: Q-Unique of the Arsonists, Rhettmatic of the Beat Junkies, Ras Kass as West Coast lyricist institution three veterans from three different 90s schools on one track about the power of the mind. Vinyl via Perpetual Stew, CD and cassette directly from the artist. The title "All in the Mind" fits all three: careers built on substance instead of hype.

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Ralphiie Reese "Ushindi b/w Scarlett Blue" [SINGLE]


Ralphiie Reese already appears three times in this list on Supreme Cerebral's "Speak No Evil" now comes the solo move. "Ushindi b/w Scarlett Blue" uses the classic single format with A- and B-side ("b/w" = backed with), a deliberate reference to the vinyl era. "Ushindi" is Swahili for victory a title with pan-African depth, against which "Scarlett Blue" stands as the contrasting mood piece. Two colors, two sides, one MC showing after all the crew appearances that he carries alone too.

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Killah Trakz "For The Love" [SINGLE]

 

"For The Love" for love of the craft, not the money. Killah Trakz delivers the track in complete DJ format: original, instrumental, acapella. That breakdown is itself a statement on the title: whoever opens their material to DJs and remixers actually works for the love for the culture that lives on passing things forward. A compact release without detours, whose structure carries the message.

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Rakim x Kurupt x Masta Killa "Rabbit" (feat. Mac Shawn 100) [VIDEO]


"Ain't No Fun When The Rabbit Has The Gun" the saying in the promo text explains the title: beware when the rabbit holds the weapon. The hunted turn the tables. "Rabbit" is the third single from "The Godbody" (09.18.26), with West Coast reinforcement from Mac Shawn 100, accompanying the now fully revealed tracklist which is loaded. The details: "Rock Ya Body" unites Ghostface Killah, Raekwon and Daz Dillinger on one track. "Thelonius" brings Buckshot with Rim and Trigga. "Still Ill" places Kool G Rap next to KRS-One two founding fathers on one position. Killa Sin appears on "Upstate Introspective," Snoop Dogg graces the "Rabbit" remix as closer. And then the surprise: "God Speak (Interlude)" lists Eminem and Jay-Z as participants to what extent remains to be seen, but those names alone on a Godbody interlude shift the project's dimension. Each trio member also gets a solo track: Rakim's "A Different Kind," Masta Killa's "Nights Over Brooklyn" (produced by Nick Price), Kurupt's "Nine & Chrome Fiend." Rakim and Nick Wiz produce nearly everything themselves. This isn't a feature grab bag but a considered album structure redeeming Tupac's One Nation vision track by track.

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DJ Views "If They Ever" (feat. Kool Taj The Gr8) [SINGLE]


"If They Ever" the unfinished sentence is the threat: whatever would come after, it better stay theoretical. DJ Views brings in Kool Taj The Gr8 for this single, and the configuration follows the classic division of labor: DJ builds, MC executes. Kool Taj carries the honorific "The Gr8" in his name a self-placement in the tradition of Queens MCs who don't claim greatness but presuppose it.

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Supreme Cerebral & Architect "Speak No Evil" [EP]

 

Supreme Cerebral is having a remarkable 2026 run: after "Supreme Beat Junkie" with the complete Beat Junkies crew now comes "Speak No Evil" with The Architect the Bay Area producer and Hieroglyphics DJ. Two legendary West Coast institutions as producer partners in one year, that's a statement. The seven-track EP is declared an "appetizer" for a bigger end-of-year project yet stands complete: 22 minutes of "verbal onslaught," as the description itself puts it. The Dart Unit Supreme's crew is massively represented: Ralphiie Reese multiple times, plus the full crew cut "Taliban Militia" with Eloh Kush, Ralphiie Reese and Vinny Vindetta. O The Great opens on "Crazy Crazy," MidaZ The Beast and Alphabetic round it out. We already know Eloh Kush from DirtyDiggs' "Dirty Handz," MidaZ from Chong Wizard's "Video Tape Club." FM Producer mixes and masters. Titles like "Build Or Destroy" and "What Real Is" anchor the EP in the classic knowledge tradition, while The Architect establishes the connection to the Hiero school in the same period the Hieroglyphics themselves returned with "All Said And Done."

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K-Prez "So Jersey" (prod. Nef) [VIDEO]


"So Jersey" was already in the program as a single now comes the video, shot by TwoGotIt and RTEEZY, and with it the producer confirmation: Nef supplies the foundation. The track remains what it was: an origin statement that doesn't explain the state but embodies it. The visual under the Snowgoons banner ("WE KEEP HIP HOP ALIVE!") further places K-Prez in the international Goons network connecting German production output with US voices. Jersey identity, now with images.

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DJ Jean Maron x Forsyth "Time Zones" [ALBUM]


The album title is the mission: DJ Jean Maron from France and Forsyth build a project that literally came together across time zones. The anchor sits deep in the tracklisting: "C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Ruins Everything Around Me)" with Redman, M-Dot and Alyssa Jane. The twist on the Wu-Tang classic "Ruins" instead of "Rules" is a deliberate shift: money doesn't just rule, it destroys. That Redman of all people stands on this reinterpretation gives the track immediate weight the Funk Doc belongs to the voices who can carry such statements without it sounding like sacrilege. M-Dot was recently in the program multiple times ("A Notebook with No Light," "All The Same") and remains one of Boston's technically sharpest MCs. DJ Jean Maron has established himself over years as a French producer with a direct line to US legends "Time Zones" consistently continues that transatlantic work. Twelve tracks showing that the distance between Paris and the East Coast has long stopped mattering musically.

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Jay Fehrman "Dank" [ALBUM]

 

Jay Fehrman builds "Dank" as a classic producer album with clear structure: every track belongs to a different MC. AnthonyMa$on opens with the intro, Charley Roy closes with the outro "Fehrmanheit" a wordplay on the producer's name. In between: Rome Mallory, Heartbreak Julio, Johnny Storm, Da Cleaver, Monk Bloody, Yxng God, Mr. Ripley and Lyrikill. Two names we already know from the program: Johnny Storm ("ZA") and Lyrikill ("Winners Win" with EF Cuttin), while Rome Mallory appeared on the "No Mercy Cypher." The relay format has one advantage: no MC has to share space, everyone gets their own moment over Fehrman's beats. Track titles like "1979 Elevator Music," "The Last Sheik" and "That Dude On The Couch" promise character pieces instead of interchangeable posse energy. The producer as curator a format that only works when the beats are strong enough to carry ten different voices.

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The Bad Seed x MurdaMegz "...at the end of the day..it's night..." [ALBUM]


The title is purest Bad Seed: a figure of speech thinking itself through to the end. Everyone says "at the end of the day" but at the end of the day, it's night. Exactly that kind of dry logic has made the Brooklyn MC a fixture. The Bad Seed has been everywhere recently: on Innocent?'s compilation, with Slvrbck Lauren on "But Did You Die Tho?," on the "Own Lane" remix from Poland, with Dragonspit Jones. Now comes his own album with MurdaMegz sixteen tracks deep. That album length is a statement for an MC who often shines in feature roles: here he carries the full distance. MurdaMegz as partner on the boards gives the project a fixed sonic axis. Anyone who knows Bad Seed's humor that mix of resignation and quick wit knows sixteen tracks from him won't sound like padding, but like an MC who finally has enough room.

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Sayzee "TROUBLES" (feat. DNTE & LeZeppo) [EP]

 

"The problems never stopped. They just got louder." With that line, Sayzee opens the next chapter of his long-running "Your Favorite Rappers Worst Nightmare" series and the decisive change sits in the credits: Sayzee produces himself. The man who already controls the writing, artwork and vision of the series now sits behind the boards too. DNTE recently in the program with "Diamond Flooded Jesus" and LeZeppo share the track with him. Three voices over dark, chaotic production built for straight bars no pop formula, no distraction. The DJ pack format with clean, instrumental and acapella additionally shows DJ culture being considered here. "YFRWN 11" arrives with 14 tracks, continuing the tradition of grimy production and unpredictable collaborations. Sayzee was recently present as producer on JRoberts' "Race Against Time" and with Tona on "Yolonda" the Toronto connections keep running hot.

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Bruze Bronzn & Tobzen "Unter dem Untergrund" [VIDEO]


Following "Kältebrücke," the second single of the twelve-part rollout toward "Gaffatape III" (01.29.27, now grown to 25 tracks) arrives on schedule. "Unter dem Untergrund" (Beneath the Underground) is a title with a wink: one level deeper than the underground itself. This time Tobzen stands beside Bruze as second MC, Derek Simpson supplies the instrumental, Caid masters. Bruze again handles the visuals himself. What stands out: every single in this series has its own personnel configuration first Zersch, now Tobzen and Simpson. The rollout concept thus works not as twelvefold repetition but as a series of different encounters all converging on the same album. Anyone following the German DIY underground gets a lesson here in long-term planning without label machinery.

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Tha God Fahim x Drega33 "Lethal Weapon 5" [EP]


The joke in the title is classic Fahim: "Lethal Weapon 5" doesn't exist as a film the franchise ended with part four. Fahim simply shoots the sequel himself, as a rap album. Eight tracks with Drega33 as fixed partner, and the Fahim logic applies again: series instead of standalone works, continuity instead of event releases. After "Chess Moves 2" with NicoJP and the "Hyperbolic Time Chamber" chapters, this is another building block in a catalog functioning like an ongoing franchise universe. The buddy-cop reference fits the duo configuration two partners, one case, no time for long explanations. Eight tracks is Fahim's preferred compact format: enough for a complete episode, short enough to already set up the next one.

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Stretch Money "Dirty Daran 2: Magnum Force" [EP]

 

The subtitle "Magnum Force" quotes the second Dirty Harry film from 1973 and exactly that sequel logic carries the project: "Dirty Daran 2" continues an established character. Stretch Money brings heavy Detroit reinforcement for the compact six-track EP: MarvWon battle rap veteran with a long 8 Mile-era history and Dango Forlaine share "D-BO," while Jon Connor appears on "Cop K*lla." Connor was recently in the program on "Cards I Was Dealt" and remains one of the technically strongest voices out of Flint. Titles like "The Dirtiest," "Victim" and "No More Heroes" maintain the dark baseline of the Dirty Harry source material. This is Michigan rap in concentrated form short tracks, hard guests, no waste. The EP length of roughly 13 minutes forces every position to land immediately.

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Da Fiulink feat. Sloowtrack "LA MOVIDA" (prod. Skall) [VIDEO]


"La Movida" the movement, the hustle, whatever's running. Da Fiulink from Colombia brings in Sloowtrack, Skall produces. The track is position three from the "BLOOM" project, and the hashtags make the axis explicit: Colombia and Peru on one cut. The South American underground network has long been connecting across borders without waiting for external validation. Totem Clothing handles wardrobe, 2bleD runs camera, Daniel Galeano edits a complete local production team. "La Movida" is exactly that: the movement organizing itself.

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Da Inphamus Amadeuz "Posted On The Block" (feat. Shortee Sha & Sos Bishop) [SINGLE]


After "Return Of An Outlaw" with E.D.I. Mean, Da Inphamus Amadeuz keeps moving. "Posted On The Block" brings in Shortee Sha and Sos Bishop and trades the legacy weight of the predecessor for immediate presence. "Posted" in street vocabulary means stationed, visible, impossible to remove. The block isn't a retreat, it's workplace and stage at once. Three voices share that position, and the Punchline Academy-adjacent configuration keeps the focus exactly where the title puts it outside, present, no evasive movement.

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Thursday, September 10, 2026

Crimeapple x MichaelAngelo "Air Fryer" [VIDEO]


“Air Fryer” is exactly the kind of title that works for Crimeapple because it almost feels too ordinary at first. No luxury car, no obvious weapon image, no oversized gangster phrase. An air fryer. But those are the objects he can tilt until they start smelling like kitchen work, product, heat, pressure and dry humor. MichaelAngelo produces, Gee Media shoots the video, and the track serves as the official visual entry point into “Pedigree.” Within the album frame, “Air Fryer” should matter because it shows Crimeapple does not need grand imagery to create tension. He does not require an epic backdrop. A countertop appliance is enough if the language is sharp. MichaelAngelo’s production gives him the right kind of space not too crowded, not too polished, with enough air for the pauses between lines. As a video, it feels like an invitation: if you want to understand “Pedigree,” pay attention to the small objects.

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The 17th Cipher "TMDT" (feat. Liym Capital & MAR, prod. Knowledge Da Nerd) [VIDEO]


“TMDT” comes from the “Prolific Immortality” EP and follows the earlier visual focus around “Changes.” Knowledge Da Nerd produces, Liym Capital and MAR carry the vocals, and The 17th Cipher again holds the curatorial frame. That division of labor has become recognizable by now: The 17th Cipher builds rooms where MCs from his orbit can work together without every record needing a fresh explanation. The track is short enough to work as a direct strike, but inside the EP it gains more weight. “Prolific Immortality” asks what remains from constant output “TMDT” is one of the points where that idea becomes tangible. No oversized concept video, no attempt to reinterpret the song visually, just performance and presence. You can hear and see the strategy: this is not about selling one isolated clip, but making the network more visible step by step.

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Crimeapple x MichaelAngelo "Pedigree" [ALBUM]


Crimeapple and MichaelAngelo make immediate sense as a full album pairing. Crimeapple has repeatedly sharpened his catalog through closed producer relationships, and MichaelAngelo is the kind of beatmaker who gives him enough space for that dry, cinematic writing style. “Pedigree” is a strong title for him: lineage, bloodline, quality, breeding record all of it is implied. With Crimeapple, that never plays as simple flex. It is also about origin, taste, inheritance and who actually carries a style versus who only imitates it. Fourteen tracks give the chemistry room to breathe. MichaelAngelo’s strength is not overproduction. Crimeapple does not need beats that do the writing for him; he needs texture, cold air, small luxury details and space for the deadpan wit to land. “Pedigree” feels like the right frame for that exchange: not a random set of songs, not a compilation, but a controlled run between MC and producer.

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Hard Crew feat. Joes YWC & DJ Avil "Como Nos Toque" [VIDEO]


“Como Nos Toque” arrives with a surprisingly large production apparatus. HC Records handles the visual production, Hard Sound Records controls the music, Naick B provides the instrumental, DJ Avil is involved, and Jonny Salamanca directs. Casting, photography, set design, gaffer work, editing and color are all credited. For an underground track, that is not a small amount of infrastructure. Hard Crew, Joes YWC and DJ Avil lean into a collective sound rather than a lone-MC format. The title can be read roughly as “however it hits us / however it comes,” a posture that makes immediate sense inside street rap: take what comes and keep moving anyway. The video does not feel like quick phone content. It feels like a built clip with its own crew structure behind it. Releases like this show how professionally the Spanish-language underground is organizing itself on its own terms.

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SC Static & Mista Pigz "Know What Time It Is" (feat. Xkwisit, prod. Kulya) [VIDEO]


“Know What Time It Is” is the second single from the upcoming “StaticPigz” EP by SC Static and Mista Pigz. Kulya produces, Xkwisit features, and Vinylcologist handles the cuts. Decaf Black films, Seven Star Interactive records, raminbeatz mixes and masters. The credits already show this is not a randomly assembled clip, but a tight working circle. SC Static and Mista Pigz both carry enough raw underground tone that the record does not need artificial pressure. Xkwisit adds to the track without turning it into a crowded posse record. The title works as a direct statement: if you have to ask what time it is, you may already be late. Vinylcologist’s cuts give the song its proper classic grounding DJ work as structure, not nostalgia sticker. If this is the second single, “StaticPigz” should arrive as an EP with clear roles and no wasted motion.

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Sankofa x Pig Pen "Mall Walker Fanny Packs" [SINGLE]


Sankofa has a gift for turning ordinary images into full thematic rooms. “Mall Walker Fanny Packs” almost sounds funny at first: shopping mall, older people walking laps, waist bags, routine. But with him, images like that are rarely just jokes. After “Family Plan,” where smartphones, parenting and digital loneliness sat at the center, this title also stays close to consumption, habit and modern isolation. Pig Pen again provides the production and mood counterweight. Sankofa’s strength is that he does not need oversized metaphors. He takes an image everyone recognizes and turns it until something uncomfortable appears underneath. “Mall Walker Fanny Packs” feels like it belongs to that line: not a street epic, but a look at the edges of everyday life where rap often does not bother to look.

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Ramson Badbonez x Illinformed "Afterglow" [VIDEO]


After “Animos City” and “One To Ten,” “Afterglow” arrives as the third single from “Crystal Skull.” Ramson Badbonez and Illinformed make immediate sense together: Badbonez raps with articulation, pressure and control, while Illinformed builds the kind of dark, bass-heavy UK underground production that stays dirty without losing shape. The title “Afterglow” sounds softer than the earlier singles, but that is where the tension lives. Afterglow does not have to mean peace. It can also mean whatever light remains after impact. The forthcoming album is built as a 14-track High Focus release, with limited physical formats including blue crystal vinyl, CD and cassette. That matters because High Focus still understands records as objects, not just files. Badbonez remains an MC for listeners who care how a sentence is built. Illinformed gives him the shadowed rooms where those sentences can stay lodged.

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Kev Hutch "Lost Hitz" [ALBUM]

 

“Lost Hitz” already sounds like material that isn’t trying to be newly invented, but recovered. Kev Hutch delivers eleven tracks with titles that open a very specific underground economy: “Chunky Buds,” “About Cake,” “Bodega & Dutches,” “My Pie Rise,” “Blaze That,” “48Hrs.” This is not an abstract concept record. It feels more like a collection of moments from a recognizable environment smoke, money, corner stores, routine. The runtime tells its own story. Most tracks stay within standard length, but “Blaze That” stretches past six minutes. A cut like that can either weigh a project down or become its natural centerpiece. Here, it reads like the full session moment between the tighter records. “Lost Hitz” does not need to overexplain its own purpose. The title says it clearly enough: these joints were somewhere, now they’re here. For diggers, that is often reason enough to enter.

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Heliocopta x King Kolera "Ihr habt keine Ahnung" [VIDEO]


The title is not subtle, and it is not trying to be. “Ihr habt keine Ahnung” puts Heliocopta and King Kolera in battle mode: arrogant, ignorant, technical, but not empty. That balance is harder to pull off than it sounds. Plenty of tracks claim superiority and only deliver volume. This one sets the position more cleanly: two MCs with no interest in convincing anyone they know what they’re doing they rap in a way that makes the explanation unnecessary. Tuxho Beatz provides the board, and the production has to stay grimy enough for the attitude to avoid becoming posture. No trend-chasing, no soft edge, no request for approval. Within “Die Legende von Peti Free,” this feels like the album’s battle chamber: after broader and more personal previews, this is the hand hitting the table. Limited vinyl at 200 copies through Vinyl Digital fits the statement too not for everyone, but definitely for the right ones.

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Chase Fetti x Harrd Luck "The One" [VIDEO]


Chase Fetti and Harrd Luck are past the point where their chemistry needs a long setup. Their lane is already clear: cold street language, compact phrasing, no attempt to make the sound more approachable than it needs to be. “The One” feels like another piece from that same run no inflated feature structure, no unnecessary concept layer, just two voices comfortable inside the same pressure zone. After the previous records from this pairing, the video lands less like a surprise and more like another brick placed exactly where it belongs.

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Apollo Brown x Skyzoo "Hear Me Out" [VIDEO]


 Apollo Brown and Skyzoo - Hear Me Out
Skyzoo:
"With 'Hear Me Out', when I first heard the beat, it sounded like something out of NY in the mid 80's, a time of learning how to survive on the fly. 

It felt gritty and nostalgic while still being 2026. 

Lyrically it's a bar fest, but with a message as always; me figuratively telling the corner store and all the surrounding parts that when I leave to make it away from it, I will be making it proud at the same time, hear me out". 
 
 

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

P-Ro x Hues "HUEROGLIPHICS" [ALBUM]

 

HUEROGLIPHICS pairs two fixtures of the Massachusetts underground into a tight two-man operation. P-Ro, the Boston emcee and producer behind years of Knuckle Dragguz output and a steady run of collaborations with G Fam Black, handles every non-beat element himself here, performance, recording, mixing, mastering, even the artwork. The beats belong entirely to Hues, a producer whose credit sheet runs from Ski to Fashawn to Lojii, and whose reputation for warm, sample-driven boom bap carries the record. The title folds Hues' name into hieroglyphics, and the project leans into that idea, trading ancient symbols for tone and color, with each track carrying its own sonic shade. Across ten cuts the drums stay dry and swung, the samples worn just enough to breathe, and P-Ro's delivery sits low and unhurried in the mix, more concerned with pocket than volume. Guest turns from G Fam Black, Mike Titan, Tali Rodriguez, OGBenGrimm, and James Mitchell stay brief, functioning as color commentary rather than competing verses, while Gold Midas steps in for a co-production credit on one cut. Nothing here reaches outside the boom bap lane it is built in, and that restraint is the point.

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Heaven’s Tank "Vendetta Ride 2" (feat. Boom Bap Benny) [VIDEO]


Ras Kass and Ab-Soul on one track that’s not a regular feature, that’s a meeting of two of the West Coast’s most cerebral voices. “Latency” comes from Ras Kass’ album “Leopard Eats Face,” produced by Genre & S Class. Dina Rae handles the hook. Gifted Glitch directed, filmed and edited the video locations: LACMA in LA, a pyramid structure, and Las Vegas. Ras Kass brings his usual density, Ab-Soul his existential wordplay layer. Soulspazm distributes. “Leopard Eats Face” is Ras Kass’ first album in five years and carries a deliberately political title. Album features include Inspectah Deck, Coast Contra and Onyx. “Latency” is one of the most metaphysical moments on it. Two generations, one track, no compromise on the standard.

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Heaven’s Tank "Vendetta Ride 2" (feat. Boom Bap Benny) [SINGLE]


Heaven’s Tank and Boom Bap Benny deliver “Vendetta Ride 2.” The title makes the intent clear: this is the sequel, and it’s about focus and payback. Short track, no detours. Two MCs who carry the assignment in the name and approach it accordingly.

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The Koreatown Oddity "Yahtzee" [VIDEO]


The Koreatown Oddity announces his new album “Purdy” with “Yahtzee,” out October 2nd on Stones Throw. Alfredo Lopez shoots and directs. Oddity stays with what defines him: off-kilter, funny, observational, never predictable. Stones Throw still fits that approach as a label. “Yahtzee” is the first taste if you know Oddity, you know this isn’t a standard rap single.

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Mooch & Real Bad Man "Terminator Shit" [ALBUM]

 

It was already announced, now “Terminator Shit” is fully up on Bandcamp. Mooch from Rochester (Da Cloth) and Real Bad Man deliver ten tracks. The guest list holds what was promised: Estee Nack and Boldy James on “Chrome Nickle,” Your Old Droog on “Things that We Lost,” plus Deener on “Got Nowhere to Go.” Real Bad Man produces everything. “Mercy (Take Mine)” was the preview, “Clouds” already has a video. Futuristically hard beats, Rochester pressure the album is here.

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Gangrene (The Alchemist & Oh No) "Gas Factory" (feat. Rome Streetz) [VIDEO]


Alchemist and Oh No as Gangrene, Rome Streetz as feature, New High Filmz on the video. “Gas Factory” comes from “Better Than McDonalds.” Gangrene sounds as usual: dirty, off-kilter, trippy, organized chaos. Rome Streetz fits like he was built for these beats. After “King Taco” with Ab-Soul, this is the next visual cut from the album. The chemistry between the two producers and Rome remains one of the most reliable recipes in the current underground.

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Joey Majors x Black Soprano Family "Red Wolf" [ALBUM]


Joey Majors drops “Red Wolf,” a 14-track album under the Black Soprano Family banner. The format is expansive, the sound stays in familiar BSF territory: hard, disciplined, street-rooted. Majors uses the label connection to make a full statement. 14 tracks are a declaration enough room to show where he stands inside the extended BSF universe.

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QB Rap P "QBC Effects" [VIDEO]


After “QBC What’s Missing,” “QBC Effects” arrives as the next visual from QB Rap P’s project “QBC Bklyn Queenz Day,” which he produced entirely himself. Queensbridge sits in the name and the sound. QB Rap P holds mic and boards in one hand and delivers unfiltered neighborhood realism. Cause and effect on the QB blocks the title already says it.

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Tone Chop & Frost Gamble "Missing Links Vol. 1" [EP]

 

Links Vol. 1” opens the vault: tracks from different chapters, some almost a decade old, others from the years leading up to “Beautiful Foundations.” Awful P features on “We Up,” Pa Pa Fresh cuts on “No Doubt.” Six tracks. Vol. 2 drops October 20, Vol. 3 November 24, 2026. The series is for the fans who followed from the beginning. Great music doesn’t always arrive on the original schedule these links were never meant to stay hidden.

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H.N.S "WAR" [VIDEO]


H.N.S are Halabi, Neality and S.P.O.T. “WAR” comes via Down2Earth Records and leaves little room for interpretation. Three MCs, one aggressive track, no frills. The trio locks the voices together and goes straight forward. Underground from the lowest floor, exactly as the label name promises.

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Starvin B "Jabba the Heart" [SINGLE]


Starvin B remains one of the smoothest and most technically reliable MCs out of Queens. “Jabba the Heart” is his current single wordplay in the title, delivery clean as usual. No big feature cast, no sprawling context. Just Starvin B doing what he’s done for years: delivering bars.

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Ricky Lix "From Da Bronx To EA" [VIDEO]


Ricky Lix drops the video for “From Da Bronx To EA” from the album “Lucid Nightmares.” King Street Blues produces, Lieu directs. The title stretches from the Bronx to EA Lix uses the geography for a narrative that stays in the city’s shadows. Gangsta Hippy presents. The track holds the dark atmosphere the album carries in its name.

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Johnny Ciggs & Miguel con Hache "The Metro EP" [EP]

 

Johnny Ciggs and Miguel con Hache deliver three tracks: “Good to Meet You L.A.,” “Gas Station Politics” and “I Beg For Mercy.” Ciggs writes, performs, records and mixes at Izzy’s Glam Room Studios. Miguel con Hache produces and does the cover. John Canada masters, Ciggs handles the photos. Short format, clear roles, Gritty City handwriting. “Gas Station Politics” already sounds in the title like what Ciggs does best: watching everyday life and pressing it into bars.

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Rahiem Supreme x The Architect "Splash!" [VIDEO]


After “Stressamy Street,” “Splash!” arrives as another visual from the album “Flying Guillotine,” produced entirely by The Architect and dropping this month. Shot and edited by @lvrdmeel in Japan. Rahiem Supreme and The Architect hold the line: D.C. flow over sharp production, Japanese backdrop as visual contrast. Two videos from the same album, both in Japan that’s not coincidence, that’s concept.

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The 17th Cipher x Beedie x DOE BOY Philly "Lost To Time" [SINGLE]


The 17th Cipher brings Beedie and DOE BOY Philly together, plus Rique Wit Da Wickz and Liym Capital. “Lost To Time” continues the Cipher approach: different cities, one stage, focus on bars. After “CHICAGOSPEL,” “Prolific Immortality” and “Supervillains,” this is the next piece in a network that’s growing systematically.

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Jon Regul x Myster DL "Graffiti Jam" [VIDEO]


Jon Regul grew up on graffiti flicks and boom bap. Here he holds down two of the five elements: he raps and he writes on walls. Myster DL produces the track and shoots the video for ILL Mannered Films. The clip bridges Regul’s graffiti past with his current music. No overloaded concept, just the link between the can and the mic.

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Black Silver "An Evolved Experience" [ALBUM]

 

Black Silver drops “An Evolved Experience,” his second full-length of 2026. The feature list is heavy: Rakaa, KRS-One and Ras Kass on “Basic Needs,” Too Short and Ice-T on the “Out There (remix),” Kool Keith, Myka 9 and El Da Sensei on “Planet Fitness,” Prince Po and Main Flow on “Monstaaas,” Otherwize and Gizmo, Ras Kass again, plus a remix of “Basic Needs” with KRS-One, Rakaa and Prince Po. Ten tracks, out internationally 09/11/2026. Black Silver stays the narrator at the center even while the guests write history.

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Big Nothing & Julianí "The Son Rises In The East" [VIDEO]


Julianí and Big Nothing drop the video for “The Son Rises In The East” from their “LEGION QUEST” EP. Produced by Diamond D. That’s D.I.T.C. weight behind two voices that don’t overcrowd the beat, they use it. A track built on craft rather than effects.

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Lt Headtrip x Rich Courage "Patch Transmissions" [ALBUM]


Lt Headtrip and Rich Courage deliver “Patch Transmissions,” eleven tracks of abstract New York underground. The album leans on unconventional structures and dense writing. Anyone familiar with Headtrip’s earlier work knows this isn’t classic boom-bap comfort territory it’s chopped textures and off-kilter cadences. Eleven tracks give the duo enough room without overstretching the format.

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Blu & Sndtrak "Jesus" [VIDEO]


Blu has already done full albums with Exile, Madlib and Nottz. Now Sndtrak from Oakland and the Soul Council handles the entire production for “LA.” “Jesus” is the visual centerpiece: Sndtrak layers gospel melodies over trunk-rattling bass while Blu paints his West Coast messiah. The album is out on digital, CD and vinyl with features from Volume 10, Thurz, MED, Iman Omari, Trizz, ICECOLDBISHOP, Like of Pac Div and Propaganda. New High Filmz directs the video and deliberately keeps the Hollywood gloss out of the frame.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Hieroglyphics "All Said And Done" [ALBUM]

All Said And Done, the latest chapter of Hieroglyphics is here! The third official full-length album from the Oakland, California super-crew is now available via streaming, vinyl and CD editions (links below). A legendary amalgamation of hip-hop entities, Hieroglyphics is composed of Casual, Souls Of Mischief (a quartet composed of A-Plus, Opio, Phesto and Tajai), Del The Funky Homosapien, Domino, DJ Toure and Pep Love.

Recorded over a nine-month period in 2025, All Said And Done (the first official Hieroglyphics release since 2013 mixtape The Kitchen) is a fully self-produced affair (with tracks handled by A-Plus, Domino, DJ Toure with the only additional assistance from multi-instrumentalist Jim Greer and cuts on one track by DJ D-Styles of The Beat Junkies). Speaking on the album title, Casual stated that “it refers to this album being the skill level that we would like to be remembered for.” He also says that the album track “Uplifted” is a personal highlight that will “last to tell the story of HIero if no other song does.”

Listen to All Said And Done full playlist: Here

The crew also just completed a North American run promoting the release of the album, which culminated in the 2026 edition of the annual Hiero Day celebration in San Francisco. However this Saturday (September 12) will be the launch of the first Hiero Day Canada (to take place at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver).

Stream/Purchase LP/CD All Said And Done: https://hieroglyphics.com/