The streets of Boston are looking real apocalyptic these days, with the Celtics seeing their window of opportunity dwindle and local rapper-turned-actor, Slaine spilling doomsday raps every time he comes near a microphone. From out of the prophetic ashes arrives Jake The Snake with his pro-bono, socially-aware album, The Last Days to paint the city red with reality. Read the rest of this entry »

Freddie Gibbs obviously has never heard a beat where he couldn’t find a way to adapt his flow to make the music seem authentic. LA-based band Hot As Sun called Fred & The Kickdrums in to provide a remix to “Come Come” Read the rest of this entry »

Gilbere’s gearing up to rollout his next feature presentation, Some Dreams Never Sleep. The release will be an eight song EP set to release on September 27 and meant to hold listeners over until the November drop of the 87 Dreams 2 Reality LP. Check out the first leak, “Hello” featuring The Kickdrums, and the EP’s visual trailer below.

Gilbere Forte’ Feat. The Kickdrums – “Hello”

Bronx MC Godchild sings songs of survival over production by The Kickdrums. Read the rest of this entry »

Fresh from receiving the nationwide spotlight on 106 & Park, Daytona the Kid is celebrating in Manhattan with Gangsta Gibbs and plenty of groupie love with yet another drop from The Interlude. Cook Classics took a serious hit of the “chronic” and carved out a sinister number, straight from the rolling papers of a Dr. Dre classic so incorporate some West Coast flavor into the East Coast and Midwest. Read the rest of this entry »

Friends, Romans, countrymen and B-girls that like that fly Hip-Hop, lend The Kid Daytona your ears as he embarks on a journey that fully encompasses beats, rhymes and life. From being lifted while standing on the hill, the entire fly lullaby is finally here. Presented by universal swag outfitter L-R-G, The Interlude takes bits and pieces from several of Hip-Hop’s storied timeouts and works the magic to create an unified sound. Read the rest of this entry »

My name is my name © Frank Lucas

Mick’s upbringing and lifestyle may be slightly different the Frank’s but they still share one important trait. Read the rest of this entry »

What did the five fingers say to face? “Smack yourself until you come back with GLC’s money.”

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Like Gotty™ alluded to Music Inspired By A Motion Picture has a nice ring to it. Especially when you step back and look at the amount of work Mr. Cordero has put in over the over the last 5 years. The first video I remember of his is Joell’s “Brooklyn Bullshit,” and even then you knew he wasn’t your average video director.  He always managed to make the image correlate with the lyrics or core essence of the song.  So to see the music accompanying his own body of work is good to see.

Hit the link for more info and track list/link. Read the rest of this entry »

Mick Boogie’s back!  Sporadic with his mixes due to his busy schedule, his projects still get an automatic listen from me due to his near impeccable track record.  In the vein of 1988 & Viva La Hova; Peter Bjorn and John’s Living Things gets the boogieman’s mash-up touch in the form of Re-Living Thing.

For the first taste of things to come Mick enlists the services on The Kickdrums for the beat and Wale, Young Chris & Rhymefest to handle the mic duties for a reinterpretation of “Nothing To Worry About.”  I’ve never heard the original, but I have no qualms for Mick’s version after hearing this.

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Download – Peter Bjorn and John Feat. Wale, Young Chris & Rhymefest – “Nothing To Worry About” (Kickdrums Remix)

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Joell + The Kickdrums live instrumentation = ’nuff said.

But of course we’ll throw a few more words in for good measures. Read the rest of this entry »

They are the producers of this as well.

Saigiddy landed the main single for Rik Cordero’s upcoming movie Inside A Change, which I spotted over at Three/21. Over a Kickdrums beat Read the rest of this entry »

Watch me while I change the style © Son Of Berzerk. New music video from The Kickdrums Just A Game EP coming soon!

World premier of Slaughterhouse’s video. Directed by John Colombo and production by The Kickdrums.

Legend with the dime.