Even through his bouts of lyrical thrashing the creative space he’s working with, hasHBrown has come to grips with his ying and yang and it is in the forms of devastation and clarity. The thought of two parallel emotions colliding in a singular sitting sounds like a bad idea in hindsight, but the H-Town vocalist pulls it off over a slamdance breakbeat Read the rest of this entry »

Making it in the music business might be one of the hardest things to do, period. Way beyond just churning out quality tunes, the amount of variables factoring into the situation can back even the most talented artists into a corner of no return. You may think you have a marketable song or project, but do you have the necessities to make people care? Read the rest of this entry »

Aside from a few remixes, Mike Posner has been ghost for the better part of the last year. But, just because his debut LP got panned by most of his core fan base, doesn’t mean he’s heading for the hills. To ensure a safe landing upon his return, the Michigan pop-star has reworked an Elton John classic with Bun B for the first of many free tracks he’ll be debuting every day Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes, if you’re looking for something specific and can’t come up with it yourself, outsourcing may be your best option. Considering hasHBrown is something of a monster behind the boards in his own right, let’s assume that specific circumstance was the lining behind this H-Town multi-tasker’s electrifying new single, “The Death Penalty.” Read the rest of this entry »

So, obviously it’s Valentine’s Day and amongst other things, it is a day observed for a slew of free music under the premise of knockin’ the boots, heartache and faux emotions. Gotta love Hip-Hop for it. Instead of turning the site into the Anthony Thomas music section, we decided to wrangle up the mixtapes/EPs, songs and visuals that are making this day longer than it needs to be.

Between SXSW and A3C, I’ve run into my man hasHBrown more this year than I have certain family members. That anomaly that can be explained by one word alone; hustle. Grinding behind one hell of a work ethic – consisting of rapping, producing and hosting his own H-Town underground One Mic Houston concert series – the man that makes us all hungry for more has already unveiled his next course. Read the rest of this entry »

You wanna know what’s really missing in a lot of these collabos these days? Organic chemistry. Artists that sound like they actually mapped out a gameplan for the track’s course of action opposed to hastily fulfilling their vocal requirements to complete a song. If such practices sound like a thing of the past, hasHBrown and his band of ruffians got the main idea locked, keyed and mastered with “Weed Vs. Alcohol.” Read the rest of this entry »

Proclaiming yourself to be the top of anything in the rap world isn’t exactly the most original approach, but when you embody two separate entities in one body, you’re probably saying more than what is actually spoken. As an emcee, hasHBrown delivers balanced parables of the crushing competition-kind. While his alter ego Jett I Masstyr, is lightsaber-welding beatsmith who gives hasHBrown the tools he needs in his quest for the belt. Read the rest of this entry »