DMV rapper and producer Oddisee sits down with SoulCulture to discuss cultural and family attitudes to mental health, art’s role as a cathartic outlet for stress, and the stressful challenges involved when you work in a creative industry like music – where “your career rests upon your ideas.”

- Hugh MacLeod

Dallas emcee, KoolQuise, has released his Small Time Lo$er project and its pretty fresh. The right beats were chosen for Quise’s voice and the project overall is well balanced. Head over to his bandcamp, download and spread dope hip hop.

p.s. I kept thinkin that was my phone ringing…

Some new music from me with Pooh lending a verse to help out. Off of the new beat tape ‘Antiquity’ (cassette only) being released this month…I hope.

Spread it.

100 Akres has been commissioned by talented Connecticut MC, Dom McLennon to release his next project, ‘The Inside Jokes EP‘, on limited edition cassette. There will be a run of 100 tapes and when they’re gone, they’re gone.

The project will include AliveSinceForever (ASF) collective members Kiko (who will handle production) and 17 yr. old emcee, Mic Kurb.

What’s special about this project is that 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Sandy Hook School Memorial Scholarship Fund & The One Fund Boston, Inc. to help those affected by the recent tragic events at the Boston marathon. Every little counts.

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The first single from the project, Pizza Time, displays Dom and Kurb trading verses back and forth with sharp wit and smooth delivery. Stay tuned for the release on your favorite digital outlets and cassette release on ltd.100akres.com.

Watch Pizza Time Here: http://youtu.be/gq3wiNaPYac

http://thesoulsticemusic.bandcamp.com/album/lifes-journey

Directed by Ryshon Jones (@RyshonJones) & Latasha Alcindor (@UCanCallmeLA)
Edited by Mike lopez (@Mike_Lopez_AZ)

Thank you Push. Thank you ‘Ye.

This kid is dope. That is all.

Press play if you want to hear 2 MCs beautifully murder a FreshNerd beat. This joint will be on L.A.’s Spark EP dropping at month’s end.

Purposely step on ant hills.

- Hugh Macleod

The homie Signif dropped a remix package from her latest project, Significant Wizdom II: Atypical, and it’s pretty fly to say the least. All of the remixers on here got busy (yea, I still say ‘got busy’) but Nameless put his whole foot in this hoe. Damn.

Be sure to catch Signif at SXSW if you’re gonna be heading out that way on March 14th at Dive Bar and Lounge in Austin, TX from 12pm-6:30pm with Psalm One.

The sun shines through my sheer white blinds, that’s all I really need sometimes. - Joey Bada$$

I put you fuckheads onto Mikey Marriott earlier this year and hopefully you took heed. In preparation for the Miami MC’s new project dropping called, “Trinity”, he drops off some new visuals. I like the output from this kid and this joint further showcases his versatility as an upcoming artist.

sidenote: That violin at the end tho….

Download “Trinity” album at MikeyMarriott.com
Shot by Christopher Irarrazabal and Daryl Davis
Edited by Christopher Irarrazabal

Trinity now available here

Word.

I have a bunch of music sitting on hard drives I’m about to get rid of so I figure why not start putting the unreleased music out. I’m sure one person might like it. Plus I can’t take harddrives to heaven…I don’t think at least. I don’t remember the exact year but Bush was in office. And I was still wearing Timbs. And fitted hats that fit.

Vocal Production: Neal Pogue
Beat: Me
Guitar: Craig Banks

Visual by Pablo Vasquez

p.s. The track that comes in at the end of the video tho…

Why be a slave to this fucked up industry? Dealin’ with enemies dressed as your friends.

Philly MC, Ryshon Jones, released his latest project In Theory at the end of last month and I’ve had this joint on repeat since the tape dropped. With Te-Diggs on production, Ryshon speaks on what every indie artist hears day in and day out throughout his/her journey. He also touches on the constant internal battle that goes on in the head of the indie artist as well. Def a dope track that hits home.

Be sure to check out the whole project and support indie art if you like what Ryshon is doing: http://ryshonjones1.bandcamp.com/album/in-theory

Texas MC, KoolQuise drops off a new joint in preparation for his upcoming EP titled “$mall Time Lo$er (The Dream Theory) set to drop in April. With the right marketing team behind this kid, I think he can carve out a nice comfy spot in the underground.

Performed by Lafayette Stokely
Directed by Jahmel Reynolds
Produced by Rob Yung