The Deck

Brother Kweli takes on Drake’s single as he preps for the release of his new album Prisoner Of Conscious on May 7th. Brooklyn wins again. We copped from DDot [...]

Lightskinned Jermaine got people open with his Miguel assisted “Power Trip”. Now we get more work in the form of a new EP. Truly Yours 2 includes joints with Young Jeezy and Dos Necklaces along with production from Jake One. Feels like a nice set up for his upcoming album Born Sinner dropping June 25th. [...]

Our guy QUISington is behind the board for the second single “Everybody See It” off FN’s upcoming “Nobodies Nation” mix tape. The project should be on your hard drive on May 27th. As usual, bars galore. DOWNLOAD HERE [...]

The Refugee leader drops 33 tracks for the people. Appearances from T.I., Los, Trae The Truth and more. Hit the link below and see if he still has it. DOWNLOAD HERE Track Listing: 1. Haitian V Intro 2. Bugatti Freestyle 3. Whitney Houston Dub Plate 4. Hip Hop 5. Kick Knowledge 6. Bang Bang Bang [...]

We don’t believe you. You need more people. According to RaVaughn’s new joint, the “friend zone” works both ways. And while we find it hard to believe that the talented Compound U/Columbia Records signee would get FZ’ed, her new acoustic ballad is a winner. This is from her upcoming debut album Love, Always. [...]

Minneapolis’s Greg Grease is gearing up to release an EP called Black King Cole. To promote the project he drops this new single which is similarly titled. The song has an ambient vibe with some uplifting lyrics, as Greg shows off his versatility with his flow. Greg is searching for his identity on this track. [...]

Yes Janelle you’re right. The booty don’t lie. Janelle makes us fall in love again with the help of a little P-Funk inspired goodness and Erykah Badu. If you’re in a bad mood after listening to this you may need a prescription. We might have been able to live without the bars at the end [...]

This video is crazy. Ryshon Jones is back with a video for “God’s Broken Smile,” a song off his In Theory project. The trippy, chaotic visual was directed by both Ryshon and L.atasha A.lcindor, and edited by Mike Lopez. Amidst scenes featuring both Jones (who is in some type of forest perhaps) and A.lcindor, are [...]

Doley Bernays is an emcee from The Bronx that is a part of the uptown ReelLife collective. “Raise Your Weapon” is the latest track off his upcoming EP, Just In Case. The visual is very gritty and dark, with baseball bats, pistols, and weed smoke featured heavily. The song itself has an ironically light undertone [...]

Earlier today we posted the new mixtape from Funkmaster Flex. Statik Selektah produced two of the tracks on the project. While “Live From Kissema Blvd,” his track with Action Bronson, came out last week, his second track, “Roll Deep,” is equally as strong, and features one of Brooklyn’s finest lyricists, Joell Ortiz. It’s all about [...]