Rap & Hip-Hop

2016 release. Last year, The Game made history being the first artist to release two Top 5 charting albums in consecutive weeks on the Billboard current albums chart with The Documentary 2 & 2.5 sets. This year, he took on a few ambitious side projects...

2016 release. Jaguar Jesus is all J French's production, with some of the tracks produced by J French and Mike Payton aka C.R.E.W., his longtime producer prot?g?. Six out of the 14 tracks were mastered by ex-Color Me Badd and Grammy nominated producer...

2016 release. Introducing Ideaz, two skilled beat-makers discovered by Cold Busted, hailing from within the funky heart of Russia. Marat and Nicolay make their Ideaz debut with Motion Capture, a fantastic 15 track album that showcases the laid-back,...

2016 release. Homecooking is a singular concept-album of 33 original tracks built up as a personal tape. With it, Fulgeance is stating a raw and fundamental musical vision, closer to the "machines" and going sideways of the current digital perfection...

2016 release. Guilty By Association is the second installment of the series. This time around it features Berner, Rich Rocka, and San Quinn. A solid line-up of San Francisco's best.1. Black Errythang [Explicit] 2. Meet the Plug [Explicit] 3. Same Hoes...

2016 release. Grand Tapestry is the latest group from Eligh of Living Legends fame. The group is comprised of three members, Eligh, Alam Khan, and Salar Nader and is a mashing of hip hop and classical Indian music. Alam Khana sarode player, and is the...

2016 release. From Utsunomiya, Japan - a place previously famed for it's delicious gyoza - comes the equally tasty beat concoctions of producer Axion117. Also known by Sato Shuya, this disciplined rhythmologist has dropped releases for Collective...

2016 release. Following the success of his star studded chart topping double albums, The Documentary 2 and 2.5, hip-hop artist The Game returns with Street Of Compton and a TV documentary series of the same name. The city of Compton has become a pop...

2016 release. Ezale is one of the most buzzing artists in the Bay Area, after gaining buzz from some of his online videos went viral, he linked up with Bay Area producer, DJ Fresh to be the latest installment in DJ Fresh's Tonite Show series. Serving as...

2016 release. Every few years in the genre of hip hop there comes an album that gracefully, yet unapologetically steers clear of the redundantly trodden path that so many artists become accustomed to walking. Such bravery is often rewarded by the Art...

2016 release. Es-K (Essential Knowledge) was born in Holland, raised in Kansas City, Missouri, and currently lives in Burlington, Vermont. He started seriously making beats as a teenager, with his first release coming out on the Cold Busted label in 2011...

2016 release. Emcee M.I. and producer DJ Cutt return a year after releasing the critically acclaimed Avant Garde with a new album and concept. The duo, who have further developed their creative enterprises to incorporate film production as part of their...