There are tracks that sound like a stunned body in perpetual fight or flight mode. Its skull reverberates from voices shouting, “get up… get out.” The neighborhood is a kill box and the “Only one way out/of course is man made/looking down the tunnel, endless/don’t see a damn thing,” Curly Castro raps on “Night Terra Fabulous,” off his sophomore project Tosh. He’s the son of Barbadian immigrants who raised him on planet Brooklyn but for years Philadelphia has been his …
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This week, had it not been for Slikback’s Tomo, DJ Muggs & Eto’s “Hell’s Roof,” or Quelle Chris’s “Guns,” the best thing I heard was Breezly Brewin of The Juggaknots on The House List podcast. He gets into Clear Blue Skies, working with Prince Paul on Prince Among Theives, and working as a New York public school English teacher for 15 years. With “Dilla’s House,” producer and DJ, AbJo remixes J Dilla jams and samples as a tribute to the …
Nottingham, U.K. and Staten Island, N.Y. on the same map, emcee Duke01, DJ Furious P and Uncommon Nasa form Steroid Stereo (Orange Edition). Nasa produced the whole project while Duke01 is spitting and Furious P is doing cuts. Steroid Stereo (Orange Edition) features Dwyzak, Masai Bey, Passive 65ive, Atari Blitzkrieg and Uncommon Nasa on “Countdown to Armour Gettin.’ ” Listen to the EP below, including the instrumentals. Watch the visual for “Eat Your Mistakes” after the stream. Steroid Stereo (Orange Edition) …
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