Star Song: Closure – Activist

Today’s song is from UK upcoming rapper ACTIVIST, who is part of a group called CMF & SWC (Cave Man Family & Slaves Without Chains). The Londoner has been rapping for eight years but didn’t take it seriously until after he was stabbed for the third time. Since then things are definitely looking up for ACTIVIST: he has been working with producer LZ on his current album, The Year of the Antagonist (watch this space for a review!) and he’s currently in talks with a reputable publishing company. To add to the success, his music has been played on numerous music channels including Daily Grime and Spiff TV. Best of all, famous musicians are talking  about his work!

His latest offerings, Closure is about an interracial relationship that goes wrong due to family intervention. Featuring Lifford, who sang on ARTFUL DODGER’s Please Don’t Turn Me On, Closure is a super smooth track that gets you hooked on first listening – so it’s not hard to see why reputable musicians are sitting up and taking notice of this hip-hop upriser! Go on, have a listen for yourself – and I guarantee you that it won’t be the last time you hear of this young rapper!

News: No Days Off for Slim Kushy -his mixtape drops in November!

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Yeah that’s right –so note to fans: you better keep a lookout as this hot US rapper is releasing his mixtape, No Days Off (through Swerve Camp Entertainment) sometime in November. If you don’t know SLIM KUSHY, get to know him – this hip-hop bad guy has pushed out numerous of out-of -this-world tracks! Don’t believe me? Well listen to this super raw track, Pop That P***Y 4 Me (with Dneak and Twandoe). Enjoy!

Star Song : Young Johnnie Handsome – Cold Mayne

Another PHAT tune from rapper YOUNG JOHNNIE HANDSOME. This super easy-cruising track is the second release from his EP, Born II Win. If you’re really feeling this song, maybe you should listen to his first release, Sucka MCs right here. Man, there’s no two ways about: this guy is definitely born to win!

News : Lucchi’s mixtape coming soon!

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If you’re seriously into hip-hop, maybe you should look out for rapper LUCCHI -his upcoming mixtape  Feel Me Rappers Feel Me Beat s2  (or simply FMR FMB 2) will be released later next month with Radial Affairs Entertainment.

The first single from the mixtape, Remember Me, is a head-jerking production, where you introduced to the Ohio-born artist’s unbelievable freestyle rap. Remember Me arrived just in time for the summer as it is one of those tunes that is begging to be played at full volume on a car cruise (windows down of course!)

So who is this guy? LUCCHI, whose real name is Jeffery Lige, started rapping from the age of eight but didn’t take it seriously until years later. After working on numerous projects, including joining a group called Da Block, LUCCHI took the plunge and released his first debut mixtape, In My Own World, in 2010 which generated interest and clocked up over 5000 downloads. The success just kept on rolling for the 24-year-old when he dropped another mixtape FMR FMB in late 2011. The mixtape has been in the top ten twice on Ourstage.com.

There’s no rest for this hip-hop upriser – as well as releasing FMR FMB 2, there’s another mixtape and an EP in the pipeline. For now, have a listen to Remember Me here.

Star Song: JproD – Trill Shit, I Really Mean That

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I’m really digging this track! Today’s star song is from super cool rapper JproD (pronounced Jeopardy). The New Yorker released his seriously laid back track, Trill Shit, I Really Mean That on SoundCloud –  take time out and listen to the track and  just hear the way he raps effortlessly across the spaced out, head nodding production. It’s absolutely wicked!

Although he has all the right indigents to become a successful mainstream hip-hop artist, JproD is not your typical rapper – so you won’t be seeing this guy making a music video in a club full of honeys! Instead he lets his lyrics, which are fuelled with life experiences, do the work and hopes everyone can relate to it. Aspiring to be a role model, he wants people to feel they can achieve their dream and to be comfortable with who they are – and not be afraid to be different. I like this guy already!

This is just the beginning of JproD, as there’s an album in the pipeline…so keep your eyes peeled on the reviews section!

So go on, have a listen to the track.  If, like me, you’re digging this tune, head over to SoundCloud and listen to JproD’s other release A Million Feelings.