That boy Novy returns with his third drop in one week — this one is a self-produced slapper featuring Devon Reason, who also reps Novyon’s Rotation Crew. Well, you’re sure to keep this one in rotation — heavy rotation at that. Not only is Novyon bad on the bars, but he’s bad on the beats…
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RichGains f/ Fat Tony – The Avenue
Artwork by Jim Lepage One half of the Blended Babies, RichGains, drops by FSD to give us the world premiere of his new single “The Avenue” featuring Texas boy Fat Tony. The song is lifted from Gains’ debut solo project aptly titled Gains, which is set to drop later this year. The album is a…
Ray Jr. f/ Ripp Flames – NozeBleedz
Two of Cleveland’s finest, Ray and Ripp, take us to the NozeBleed section — but today that’s not a bad thing. Sure, that’s usually a negative connotation, but not when you’re dealing with these two cavaliers. You can hear both Ray Jr. and Ripp Flamez on this weekend’s edition of The Drive on Shade 45,…
Video: Stunt Taylor f/ Breezy Montana – Send It Up
Directed by Passport Trace Stunt collides with Breezy Montana to “Send It Up” in this new Trace-directed video. It’s al the way up, indeed. Ness Beats handled the production, watch it below.
Video: Sicko Mobb f/ Silento – Emoji
Directed by Payne Lindsey Trav and Ceno get real animated in their brand new video for “Emoji.” There’s plenty of eye candy in this joint, and Silento definitely brings his A-game on the feature tip. It’s a bouncy ear worm that is sure to be stuck in your head for the duration of the evening….
Video: HNIC Pesh x Icewear Vezzo – East Joy RD
Directed by 4Sho Mag It’s nothin’ but chicken talk for Pesh and Vezzo as they head over to East Joy Road for their latest music video. Yeah, they’re talking that talk on this one, and their presence is most definitely felt on all corners of the D. Put your money where your mouth is, and…
New Project: DGainz – Oddball
Gainz has been dropping loosies and solo videos for years — but today he finally bosses up and drops a full length album. Rejoice! Yes, that’s right — camera wizard and production wunderkind DGainz blesses us with his latest project. He’s calling this one Oddball, and it sits at 13 tracks deep. There isn’t much info…
SD – Keep Winning
It’s been close to a year since SD has dropped some new music — and that’s surprising given his output over the past four years. He was definitely one of the hardest working young acts in the city. But after a stellar 2014 and 2015, he’s fallen completely silent for 2016 — that is until…
Video: Oba Rowland – Suckas
Exactly one year ago yesterday, bubbling Detroit rapper Dex Osama was tragically gunned down in his hometown. His death sent shockwaves throughout the city as Dex was positioned as the next to blow from the D. He has been greatly missed. To celebrate his memory, fellow Detroit artist Oba Rowland released his For Dex EP earlier this…
Video: JR Donato – All That I Need
Chicago’s Taylor Gang representative, JR Donato, takes his talents to the legendary Chi City boutique Fat Tiger Workshop to turn up with his TG crew for his new clip for “All That I Need.” There’s only a select few things that JR needs to in order to live a productive life, but today he needs…