Track: Jody Lo – Talk My Shit

From the upcoming release, Out of the Trap House, Jody Lo’s “Talk My Shit” mixes lyrical lines with that trap sound to deliver a hard hitting single to turn up to. Catch up with Jody Lo on Twitter @9lackLoJody.

Video: YUNG Citizen – I Wish

 

 

Brand new music video from Charlotte, NC based artist and creative YUNG Citizen with “I Wish”. From the F.I.T. EP available on Spotify and Apple Music, YC’s inspiration behind the lyrics derives from the 2016 film, Keeping Up with the Joneses. Keep up with YUNG Citizen on Twitter and IG @YungCitizen

Track: C.Shreve the Professor and Mike L!VE – NIBURU (Holy Crap)

In anticipation of the upcoming FTOLive album, Asheville, North Carolina’s Free The Optimus unleash a banger featuring production from FTO’s own Mike L!VE along with verses from both L!VE and C.Shreve the Professor.

Track: C.Shreve the Professor and Mike L!VE – SENSELESS (prod. by Good.F.NeLLa)

NC artists C.Shreve the Professor & Mike L!VE drop a double single with “SENSELESS” and “BOUNCE“. Produced by Good.F.NeLLa from the Netherlands, “SENSELESS” can be heard above.

Track: Phoenix ft. Bazanji – No Hesitation (prod. by $ledge Beats)

New Mexico artist Phoenix of Be Known Records joins forces with Bazanji out of North Carolina for the cool, self-possessed track “No Hesitation”.  Over a bass heavy, piano driven beat composed by East Coast producer $ledge Beats, “No Hesitation” is an unruffled anthology of three musicians coming together in an attempt to grab the proverbial brass ring.

Track: J. Cole – Love Yourz (Talen Ted Remix)

The latest smash single from J. Cole receives a makeover from Toronto producer Talen Ted.

Album: C.Shreve the Professor – Twenty Sixteens

The brand new release from founding member of North Carolina’s FTO movement, C.Shreve’s latest album Twenty Sixteens contains laser point lyricism paired with boom bap fueled soundscapes.

Track: C.Shreve the Professor ft. DJ Jet & Mike L!VE – BAOW

C.Shreve the Professor of Free The Optimus have released new music leading into the upcoming Twenty Sixteens. Produced by Nakata Slice and featuring sharp cuts from DJ Jet, The Professor and Mike L!ve switch up their lyrical style on “BAOW”.

Track: Rohan Da Great ft. Stoney – Only One

Originally from Brooklyn, now calling North Carolina home, Rohan Da Great’s “Only One” comes from his highly anticipated EP The Real.  The son of Dancehall legend Don Curry, Rohan’s “Only One” is available for free download.

Track: C.Shreve the Professor – IDon’tEvenSleep (prod. by P.A.T. Junior)

C.Shreve the Professor of the North Carolina hip hop collective Free The Optimus jumps on P.A.T. Junior’s production to create the dope track “IDontEvenSleep”.