Ishe Hezekiah Project

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itunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ishe-hezekiah-project/id441601451
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Bruce Wheyn | Got Soul Sessions Radio presents City Soul

A collection of Soul, Hip Hop & R&B tracks for your listening pleasure. Bruce Wheyn hosts Heart of the City every Saturday from 9pm EST. Got Soul Sessions Radio giving you the best of Soul, Hip Hop, R&B

Download link: Bruce Wheyn | Got Soul Sessions Radio Presents City Soul

SUPERFICIAL - Chromatics, Axis & Levell

 Now usually I honestly don't rate local hip hop/rap/pop tracks simply because most of it be garbage and bunch of egos on a beat fueled by their friends lack of ability to tell them the truth but I heard this track today & I might be late hearing this cause I don't listen to radio etc but this track right here has some appeal & even I will admit that. It's catchy, the hook is remember-able, the lyrics & beat go together, it sounds current & most importantly it doesn't sound like sum trini bwoys trying to do fresh water yankee hip hop. Thumbs up on this Chromatics, Axis & Levell..BLAST IT!

New Video: Vets of Kin - Ceremony

The Ozone (Orlando) Super Group Vets of Kin Release a brand new video for the song "Ceremony" Produced by Dark Horse and Directed By Karl Rex. The Song can be found on The "Pestilence" Project that was released Late Last year. If you missed it download here: Vets of Kin - Pestilence

Mixtape - Musik Junkies Presents The Fix vol.1 Hip Hop Edition

MusikJunkies.com has teamed up with 623ENT and DJ D'Chris Aka Bruce Wheyn of Trinidad and Tobago to bring you The Fix Vol1. Our mission is to expose listeners to unsigned artists in the industry that are on the rise that may have gone under your radar.  The Fix will be a series that gives all Musik Junkies a "fix" of GOOD Music!

Tracklist and catch them on twitter

1.D.Shanks - intro @DShanX

2.Traum Diggs - On the Road Again (Migraine Freestyle) @traumdiggs

3.Aleon Craft - Auto Pilot @aleoncraft

4.Astronote ft. Magestik Legend - The Music Box

5.Bobby Creekwater ft. Mickey Factz &  Kardinal Offishall - I Hate You Too @iBobbyCreek

6.Clear Soul Forces - The Greatest  @ClearSoulForces

7.Choklate - Incredible 1  @choklatemusic

8.Foodchain - Set You Free  @foodchainmusic

9.Curtiss King - P.C.C @CurtissKing

10.GhostWridah ft. Paul Wall - Bandwagon - @_ghostwridah_

11.Redway - Poppin' Bottles @RedwayMusic

12.Killah Trakz ft. Dashius Clay - Smokin - @dashiusclay

13.Forte Bowie - Ballerina Girl  @fortebowie

14.Tayyib Ali - Don't Forget @TayyibAli

15.J.Nolan - More To Come - @j_nolan

16.Siege - Keep It Real - @siegemc

17.D.Shanks - Outro

18.Skeem Price - Precise @skeemprice

  

Stream The Fix Vol 1 here: http://soundcloud.com/musik-junkies/sets/musikjunkies-com-presents-the

You can direct download here: http://hulkshare.com/yx9hkxbgbz4w

(Musik Junkies kindly asks that you use the link above (if you post), to provide your listeners with a better download experience and consolidate the tracking of total downloads.)

DiverSe -For All It's Worth EP

"You want to become a risk taker, you want to raise the bar on yourself, most people wont do that, most people engage in low life living, low risk living. This God said if you're not willing to risk you cannot grow and if you cannot grow you cannot become your best and if you cannot become your best you cant be happy and if you can't be happy, then what else is there."......I found most people fail in life not because they aim to high and miss but most people fail in life because they aim to low and hit....and many don't aim at all" .."For All It's Worth Intro'

With an intro with those kind of thought provoking, shut up and listen, YO pay attention bitch, kind of words...For All It's Worth...IS WORTH IT!

Diverse takes you through this 10 track EP with a little something for everybody. If you like the tracks that go against the grain, it got it... if you like those mello hip hop joints, it got it...if you like that true hip hop feel, it go it!  I started listening to this EP and did not press next...it helps when you got an EP with tracks produced  by some dope producers as well...let me see...we got Exile, Mickey Factz and JBM just to name a couple.

Diverse delivery on every joint doesn't only showcase his lyrical prowess but if you listen to his previous projects and this EP you can here even more emotion, more growth, that missing factor in so much of the artists on the come up today. So go download this, blast it and be sure to tell a friend...dont sleep on this ...BLAST IT!

Following the success of his Mind Of A Lyricist Vol 3 mixtape (MOALV3 in short), DiverSe now offers us what he calls his most “personal” release to date.
After taking us through a journey inside the mind of a lyricist, DiverSe now gives us a closer look inside the psyche of a man. There comes a point in everyone’s life where they are forced out of their own reality, and thrust into a new one that’s not as familiar. This process is called “growing up” and for some the transition isn’t always easy. Life as we know it all of a sudden becomes unclear and the world becomes a very scary place. For All It’s Worth documents DiverSe‘s personal story, as we see his evolution from a boy to a man, from a young aspiring emcee into a fully grown artist.


Stream  http://itsdiverse.bandcamp.com/  Download http://www.mediafire.com/?11qca5wj9rfeto2

Koncept "Day Dreaming" (Video)

Check out the new video from Koncept of The Brown Bag AllStars & Tranzformer "Day Dreaming" off of their recently released FREE EP "More Than Meets The Eye". And if you haven't yet download "More Than Meets The Eye" HERE

Watch "Day Dreaming" (Produced by Tranzformer)

Video Credits:
Produced by Hyer Ground
Director: Brian Robinson
Cinematographer: William Kaufman
Assistant director: James Partridge

For bookings/inquiries contact: koncept.mgmt@gmail.com

New Music Video

Okay I know I've been gone for a minute..it's been, work, school, home...you know just life....but I'm back and got to start yall back off right with this dope track and even more creative video. Shout out to my dude Hezekiah that actually shot the video with his cell phone the Evo 4G ...who needs that million dollar video production...this isht is so soulfull I love it!, be sure to support the full album, click link below

 

FULL ALBUM http://3crates.bandcamp.com/album/ishe-hezekiah-project

ISHE + HEZEKIAH PROJECT pressure. feat RANGE DA MESSANGA

Entrepreneur Spotlight: Art-n-Hustle Progession of Urban Culture

Whether it's Style, Art or Culture...Art-N-Hustle is definitely in the know...get familiar!

Art-n-Hustle is a full service branding-creative group specializing in art and fashion. We focus on aiding companies, artist and designers to create their identity and sell themselves to the world. This small creative group has developed a unique style of branding, by seamlessly combining urban and fine culture in their work. As Visionaries, Creators and Leaders, Art-n-Hustle has positioned itself as the voice of urban culture by using an innovative approach to allow clients to communicate their vision. We are leaders, setting new trends in a new world.

For More got to => ART-N-HUSTLE

Artist Spotlight: Quanstar

4/11 by Quanstar

(Produced by LexZyne Productions)



April 21^st, 2011 marks the release of “4/11”, the EP by Quanstar. First Team Music teamed up with LexZyne Productions to bring 6 solid tracks of this reality rap project. This is music for the working class. After production on “The Underdog”, Quanstar’s last release, First Team Music decided that they wanted to enlist LexZyne Productions to work on a series of EP’s and albums with the emcee to keep hitting the masses with on a consistent basis. This is the first. Read a review by clicking here.

 



About Quanstar

An emcee, a publicist, a self promoter, a booking agent, a movie producer, an author, a father, and a visionary. These are the many faces of the man that has come to be known as the hardest working man in hip hop to never be signed.



From Compton, Ca, Quanstar was originally exposed to hip hop at the age of 7 with his first cassette tape, “Radio” by LL Cool J, and instantly became a certified head. Seven years later he began honing his skills battling everyone and anyone who thought they were an emcee.



Quanstar is a trip to the early ‘90’s, the Golden Age of Hip Hop. He paints vivid pictures with conscious, heartfelt lyrics which is a feat that few can achieve in the current hip hop arena that is now saturated with ”bling and booty”. Quanstar’s approach is to bring hip hop back to where it used to be...about the people.

New Feature: Rantz Ft. Siege - Nobody Remix

Collaborations between US based artists and Caribbean based artists are not unheard of and quite uniquely most of the known collaborations has worked. This remix of Rantz - Nobody ft. Siege goes without saying as joining that group and succeeding with a smooth R&B / Hip Hop fusion. Download free from the player or the download link below

   Rantz-Nobody feat Siege Remix by djdchris
Download Here: Rantz ft. Siege - Nobody Remix

Trinidadian artist "SIEGE" features on !LLMIND x DUB MD "BLAPS, RHYMES & LIFE VOL. 5"

Trinidadian artist "Siege" makes it on international mixtape

DUB MD PROMOTIONS x !LLMIND PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS...

!LLMIND x DUB MD

"BLAPS, RHYMES & LIFE VOL. 5"

FEAT. CROOKED I, SKYZOO, MASTA ACE, FORTILIVE, TORAE + MORE

"100% OF TRACKS PRODUCED BY "THE KING OF BLAPS" !LLMIND"

 Fresh from releasing a trio of albums this year and last with his groups Fortilive & Smokey Robotic, along with the collaborative effort with Skyzoo, super producer !llmind and the UK's Dub MD return after a brief hiatus from the highly successful "Blaps, Rhymes & Life" series, with Volume 5 as they showcase !llmind's latest production with the usual blend of mainstream and upcoming artists.

This double disc volume features legends new and old with the likes of Masta Ace, Ed O.G., Redman, Skyzoo, Crooked I, Brother Ali and highlighting some new artists like Elion The Great, Rita J, I.F., Jesse Abraham and more. Stay tuned for updates/news on all things "Blaps" via www.illmind.biz.

Download: Blaps, Rhymes & Life vol. 5

Disc 1:
01.) Laws - Audio Savior
02.) Smokey Robotic - Voices In My Mind
03.) Emilio Rojas - Champion (feat. Voodoo & Laura Reed)
04.) Jared Evan - Falls Down Again
05.) The Problemaddicts - Dedication (feat. Masta Ace & Ed O.G.)
06.) Copywrite - Trooper (feat. Sean Price)
07.) Skyzoo, Torae & Curta!n$ - The Incredible
08.) Redman - Fly
09.) Naturel - Burgundy & Gold
10.) Fortilive - Shaka Back (feat. Tassho Pearce & Wun)
11.) Ican & Ab-Liva - Job Well Done
12.) Gliffics - Your Favorite Pharoahe (feat. Lenny Harold)
13.) Siege - Keep It Real
14.) Illest Rhyme Droppaz - True Colors (feat. Skyzoo)
15.) Cap D - King Of The Mountain (feat. Brother Ali)
16.) Big J - Crystal Meth
17.) Sun Zoo - Get Down
18.) Planet Asia, Thoth & Mistah Fab - Turn Heads

Disc 2:
01.) D-Black - Busy Makin Money
02.) MokeOut & Tone - Respect (feat. Crooked I & Mr. Met)
03.) Smokes - I Get High
04.) Elion The Great - Get It In
05.) I.F. - You're OK (feat. Skyzoo & D "SkyHigh" McClain)
06.) Rita J - Body Rock (feat. J.C. Brooks)
07.) Flipstarr - Don't Let The Sun Set
08.) MindsOne - Keep Building
09.) Hydroponikz - Ain't I
10.) Pat-Lee - So Good
11.) Head Stimulata - Move
12.) Ron Verbal - Nothing 2 Lose
13.) James Dean - Stick To My Guns
14.) Sonny Jim - The Purple Patch (Part 3)
15.) Jesse Abraham - Raucous Lawlessness
16.) Skyzoo - Speakers On Blast (Remix) (feat. Lloyd Banks & Maino)

NEW VIDEO - Hezekiah

"This is not for everybody but this is for you!"

HEZEKIAH HOLD IT NOW feat. PEEDI CRACK, TU PHACE, CRISS HARRIS & MR SONNY JAMES

Artist Spotlight: Slim Pickens

SLiM PiCKENS(Kastro to those who know him well), Kyvah Johnston, was Born in the Roxbury section of Boston. His style is based on Hip Hop roots, socially conscious what is consider underground. He has had air play on several college radio stations and has featured on some local mainstream stations as well. Aside from radio he has also received recognition from the internet as an electrifying MC on the rise and is nominated for NMS "Artist On the Verge" project. SLiM has been a featured artist on sites such as Disdain.tv, Rapstation.com, LOUD.com, OURSTAGE.com, and AOL's The BoomBox to name a few.

SLiM PiCKENS has become a well respected performer around the New England and NY areas performing at venues like Harper's Ferry, The Western Front, Kay's Oasis, Mc Gann's, The Middle East, Ecko Lounge, Jerkys, Lupos HeartBreak, The Beach House, The Pyramid, SOB's. He has shared the stage with KRS1, DJ Premier, Cam'Ron, the GZA(Wutang), Wutang Clan, Tame1(Artifacts), Jedi Mind Tricks, The Nappy Roots and more. SLiM's dedication is shown through his drive and hustle. He hit the streets and clubs daily pushing his independently released DiGiTiLL album as well as the internet (Download -  http://slim7pickens.bandcamp.com), and has released over 20+ mixtapes in the Boston and surrounding areas over the past years with his partner ONLY.

SLiM's Future Aspirations are to help in the development of Roxbury through the education of children and adults alike. A man who stands for the people and works to teach them knowledge to build themselves and the community. He has been inspired to give them tools rather than hope to succeed. 

Contact Slim Pickens on twitter here: @ironhelmet

Artist Spotlight: Shinobi Stalin (Vets of Kin )

 WHO GOT NEXT - Vets of Kin's own SHINOBI STALIN

With the New Album "Invisible Man" Set for release later this year; Vets of Kin Rep Shinobi Stalin has Dropped his latest Promo "Bomb Run", in association with Civil Mics and Domination Recordings.  Produced by Tek The Intern this is one of the many solo releases you will see from Stalin in 2011.

Download and more on Shinobi Stalin below:
Band Camp     http://shinobistalin.bandcamp.com/track/bomb-run
Mediafire link   http://www.mediafire.com/?33zkqcv3ljxae11

Artist Spotlight:; Mygrane McNastee

 SUPA SPIC II Memoirs by Mygrane McNastee...Domination Recordings

If you like that hip hop that goes against the grain, you know the kind that makes you go "What!"...and you start the track over. Then yes this is for you, Mygrane hits you from every direction like a rapping heavyweight boxer. The true hip hop enthusiast is going to appreciate this from start to finish. Definitely one for ipod list...got it on repeat!

Download here: 
Supa Spic

The second Chapter of Adventures with MyGrane McNastee, and his experiences with other Super Humans has been bottled and preserved, ready to serve! 

This musical collage has featured Emcees such as: Vets of kin, Grey Matter, Tri-Fecta, Yah Yah, Kap Kallous, Kronic Plague, T.B., Ceddy B, Presto and more. With Original production by: Darkhorse, Tempermental, DJ Needles, Tony Blare, Amiam, Abbott, E-Cleazy, Optiks and KickDrums.

This Epic Project proves MyGrane McNastee to be an Ultimate factor for today’s essential HIP HOP enthusiasts, continuing to be unmatched bar for bar by most rap artist ever! Come take flight with the Supa Spic as he gives birth to verses which riddle you with brain-games. Enhance your mental hygiene by diving deep into these adventures. !Strength! ...

New Single from KEZIAH

New single off KEZIAH self-titled EP - So Far So Close Featuring ISHE produced by Oddisee. Keep your eyes on this emcee for real.

FREE DOWNLOAD KEZIAH E.P KEZIAH

Artist Spotlight: Gretchen Elise

I got an email recently about this artist - Gretchen Elise out of Philadelphia, a singer-songwriter whose music had me captivated from the start, note I was in the kitchen cooking at the time and ended up having it playing through out the house lol. Flirting with reggae, soul, hip hop and dance music while grounded in her jazz-based passionate, fluid voice, her songs tell compelling stories guided by undivided attention to a good groove. Her music delivers exactly what listeners crave: good music. See below for more of what's going on with Gretchin Elise

For Music: Gretchen Elise Music

Official website: http://www.gretchenelise.com

Time & Space (BMI / 2010), sophomore release of Philly singer-songwriter Gretchen Elise, opens with a smooth neo-soul intro and jumps to a rolicking call-and-response party track with caribbean and old-school hip hop flavor, horn riffs by Camden’s UCC Royal Brass Band, and a tongue-in-cheek story about a racial issue at Boston’s Caribbean Carnival. Gretchen’ s Brazilian jazz-flavored vocal melodies, craftful vocal harmonies, and unexpected collaborations tell compelling stories guided by undivided attention to a good groove.

Gretchen’s fruitful collaboration with producer/engineer Paul Atkinson on all 11 album tracks further expands the catchy songwriting style of her first, more jazz-based CD Are You Ready (BMI/2004) into realms informed by European-flavored electronica and deep, soulful house. Eclectic, yet accessible production by Paul Atkinson (Aurum Recording) on Time & Space is grounded by Philadelphia jazz bassist Jonathan Michel, soul-jazz keyboardist Anam Owili-Eger and multi-instrumentalist Clay Sears, and the Camden urban soul brass ensemble Unity Community Center’s Royal Brass Band, along with Boston-based musicians and guest artists Walnut (hip hop poet) and Lady Lee (reggae singer).

Gretchen Elise on Time & Space songs

1. Work Hard--(Jazz-Neo-Soul) I wrote this in grad school. I was supposed to be writing a paper on the Montgomery Bus Boycott. I kept writing lines to this neo-soul song with multiple harmonies that was about all the people that work hard to create change in society. I realized through this process that my mind had fundamentally changed over the last years. I used to be an analytical thinker. Now I process things better through song, through music.

2. What’s Wrong with this Picture (Jazz-Funk/Soca) is a call-and-reponse old school hip hop story song actually borrowed the groove from Jurassic Five’s “Concrete and Clay”. I added a Caribbean soca vibe to the verse. This is a funny song about a serious issue--getting special valet service from some cops when a couple other (white) friends and I were looking for a bus stop after Caribbean Carnival in Boston. The hook -- “What’s wrong with this picture?” “Somethin ain’t right!” became kind of an anthem in the conscious hip hop & R&B scene there. The audience always takes on these parts eagerly. This recording has an amazing horn section, Camden’s UCC Royal Brass--soon after I moved back to Philly I heard these guys (& girls), aged 11 to 34 and became fixated on collaborating with them on this tune. They also add their voices to the party vibe of the hook.


3. Time & Space I (Blues-Breakbeat)- This came out of a drum jam with a few friends on a riverbank one afternoon. It’s a slow breakbeat groove, kind of trippy, with lots of space for vocal effects. “Time & Space/ Human race/ We’ve got to face/ Long way to go” -- this is about how I feel about us as humans. But we better have fun while we’re getting ourselves down the long road to a better place.

4. Don’t Fit (Jazz/pop)-- I wrote this song after a bad job interview. It’s about being misjudged and how it’s comfortable--makes you feel like your jacket “don’t fit.” This is maybe the jazziest tune on the cd, catchy and compact.

5. One + One (Nu-jazz)-- This is kind of an ambient, minor key, atmospheric track with interesting vocal layers and a pretty clear hook: One plus one is two/Two plus two is four/But if you don’t got one/They won’t let you in the door. Walnut adds some lyrical perspective to this topic in hip hop poetic style.

6. Wonderland (Brazilian jazz/eclectic)- This is a song about just falling in love. Very clear 1970’s brazilian jazz vibe with some funk backbeat to the samba bridge, nice. Paul Atkinson (producer) got into the Wonderland theme and tripped out the bridge section with some Indian zitar & effects like a good Alice on shrooms.

7. Pickin Up - (Neo-Soul)This is about picking myself up after a big disappointment. This is a bluesy, neo soul vibe song with great 3- part gospel-inspired vocal harmonies that switch from front to back, so the tune is very alive.

8. Time & Space II (Jazz-Deep House)- this is the deep soulful house version of the Time and Space jam, that emerged with a bunch of house heads jammin’ with some drums on a riverbank in Cambridge, MA. This tune will get any ol’ heads dancin and some new ones up too. Fantastic horn riffs from UCC Royal Brass Band and tenor sax from Nasir Dickerson.


9. Finally- (Soul/pop) This hook is borrowed from CC peniston’s 80’s dance hit, but in this fun, dramatic tune it’s kind of ironic. This is a true story of when I met someone I was very excited about and on the first date I discovered he was, oops, married. This track features a great rap section from boston-based hip hop poet Walnut. The tune is like 80’s dance pop meets Calypso.

10. Love Souldier (Roots Reggae/Jazz) --This is a roots reggae inspired song, blessed also by Lady Lee, reggae singer and selectress from Barbados and Boston, MA. It’s really about the love, true love of a good man, but if you listen close it’s also a peace anthem. Case in point-- Lady Lee references Garnett Silk’s “Onward Christian Soldiers” in her lyrics.

11. Blue Light (Nu-Jazz)-- this was a jazz melody I wrote in the snow in Vermont, inspired by nature. In production with Paul Atkinson its character evolved, it’s got a lot of ambient European dance groove in it, kind of a Bjork-ish from the city vibe, and some sound art rounding it out.

Making the Video: Hezekiah - Hold It Now

HOLD IT NOW dir. HILTON CARTER. HEZEKIAH  feat PEEDI CRAKK , TU PHACE, CHRISS HARRIS AND MR. SONNY JAMES

Artist Spotlight: KEZIAH

Last I checked when you got an Ep that features the likes of The Rockness Monstah from Heltah Skeltah, Ishe, Hezekiah and then you top it off with tracks produced by Illmind, Oddisee, J. Fish, as well as Hezekiah too. Nothing but heat start to finish and that's exactly what Keziah does on her self-titled EP so you already know what to expect.

Keziah is the younger sister of hip hop artist Hezekiah and the skillz definitely runs in the family. You'll find her on all of Hezekiah's projects and now she is taking a leap out on her own venture, just in time to fill the void of seasoned female emcees.


Free Ep dropping December 1 - Check out the promo video below. Yall better be ready!