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Droppin’ Knowledge: Nappy Nina Shares New Video – Sick A Lot
Brooklyn based rapper Nappy Nina has shared a new video for her song, “Sick A Lot,” which comes from her excellent EP 30 Bag, released in May. The animated video, by Unjust, who also produced the track, finds Nina confronting internal and external challenges in the artist’s life. In addition to her collaboration with Unjust, …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Sampa The Great Shares New Video – Time’s Up
Melbourne-based emcee Sampa The Great shares a new video for the song, “Time’s Up,” featuring fellow Australian rapper Krown. The track is found on Sampa The Great’s excellent 2019 LP, The Return, which was released by Ninja Tune. In the song, Sampa and Krown call out the music industry and demand that it does a …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With DJ Green Lantern
What up, people. For today’s version of Behind The Boards, we have the legendary Evil Genius in the house, DJ Green Lantern. Green Lantern has been slicing and dicing, and cutting and chopping for what appears to be an eternity, and is still on top of the game. He has worked with some of the …
Droppin’ Knowledge: BERWYN Releases The Elegiac Single “Trap Phone” – Watch
London based emcee BERWYN, who sings and raps, shares his new single, “Trap Phone.” The elegiac song features BERWYN spitting over a mournful piano melody, electronic drums and guitar squiggles. The video, directed by Brock Neale-Roberts, follows a pensive BERWYN, as he considers his ups and downs, and love, and the difficult challenges in his …
Droppin’ Knowledge: On His New Album, L.A. Salami Wrestles With Doubt But Embraces Faith: An Interview & Review
British artist L.A. Salami is a guitar-slinging troubadour, a man for whom words are the primary currency of his trade. The words spill out of him, a cascade of words that spin and tumble from his lips, vivid, piercing and acerbic. When he straps on the guitar, he uses it as a vehicle to help …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Spectacular Diagnostics
Producer and creator of instrumental hip hop, Spectacular Diagnostics, just dropped his latest instrumental LP, thebeautifulmusic. Backseat Mafia is fortunate to host him for this week’s episode of Behind the Boards. The Chicago-based artist mixes and mashes a variety of sounds for the new record, to create a jazzy and dusty collection of songs that …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Meet Rising Bronx Rapper BA PACE & His Musical Collective PUBLICHOUSINGNYC
Rising Bronx Rapper BA PACE released his new EP, The Tower, this past week, an excellent collection of down tempo hip hop, that features his languorous, deep voice over hazy, scratchy beats. The artist, who was born in Washington Heights but now lives in the High Bridge section of the borough that birthed hip hop, …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Rap Icon Jeru The Damaja Shares New Song – “Power”
Legendary artist Jeru The Damaja has released a new song, “Power,” the first single from his forthcoming album, Home Cookin‘. The stark video, which Jeru shot himself, from his home in Berlin, is a conscious assessment of the current state of affairs in the United States. In the song, Jeru urges people of all races …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Cudi & Shady Share New Song – “The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady”
Kid Cudi and Eminem have released a new single, “The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady (feat. Eminem.” The just over four minute song is accompanied by an animated video, complete with lyrics. In the video, animated superheroes Cudi and Shady save the world from a variety of ills, and they offer their insights …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Armand Hammer Drop New Video – “Solarium/The Eucharist”
Armand Hammer, the rap duo featuring the loquacious billy woods and ELUCID, has released a new video, “Solarium” / “The Eucharist.” The animated video combines two songs from the pair’s latest release, Shrines. On the album, “Solarium” is produced by fellow wordsmith Navy Blue, and “The Eucharist” is produced by Messiah Musik. The video contains …