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With DJ Premier on the beat and cuts, Royce Da 5’9″ is joined by Joey Bada$$ in a journey revisiting the Golden Era of hip hop. The song of the same name features both emcees weaving multi-syllable words into intricate bars while paying homage to the greats both past and present. Check it out here. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/233309867″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″…

Sheesh – this kid has bars! Your Old Droog visited Statik Selektah during his Showoff Radio Show and went in on a freestyle. All whilst sipping on some Henny the Brooklynite drops clever metaphors and flows smoothly over the instrumental. Check it out above.

When Volo reached out with his EP I wasn’t sure what to expect. I hadn’t heard of him but the artwork looked legit and I enjoyed the fact that he used the word the vibes in his social handles. I mean, we have a whole playlist series dedicated to Vibes so we’re definitely about that. As I pressed play I was quickly…

Last week we had the honour of talking to Slumberjack. During our conversation we asked them who was next to watch out for out of Australia. The first artist they named was LUUDE and after hearing ‘Cortex’ it’s quite clear why. The track is a Carmack inspired bass heavy bomb that samples Danny Brown and is guaranteed to leave you discombobulated. Clocking in at…

Stand Tall Fists Up (STFU) have become the go to producers for inventive reworks in 2015. From their bouncy and upbeat ‘Helicopter’ flip, to the genre bending sound on ‘Save Me,’ to their most recent, a fresh take on A-Trak’s smash ‘We All Fall Down,’ the duo never disappoint. Though the A-Trak remix doesn’t officially drop until Friday, the stream is…

Looks like J. Cole and the Dreamville team aren’t ready to call it a year just yet. Bas & Cole just unleashed a new single entitled ‘Night Job’ which looks to be the first offering from the upcoming Revenge of the Dreamers II album, due out this Friday December 11th. Considering the quality of last year’s Revenge of the Dreamers Friday can’t come soon enough.…

Laval, QC native High Klassified makes trap beats. Within that he has fostered a sound that is uniquely his own- an accomplishment for any producer, let alone one that contributes to a style that adheres so closely to fairly strict genre rules. In addition to the skittering snares and fat 808 kicks one would expect, HK blends in deep atmospheric sounds, warm textures, and interesting melodies…

Eleven tracks make the cut for this weeks playlist and we grow closer to the 100th week. Todays playlist features Lady Parts, HRMXNY, Ghastly and more. We kick things off with the new Lady Parts joint which is a rework of the Lil Dicky track ‘Save Dat Money’ and follow up with the Phazz remix to Goldlink’s ‘Dance On Me’.…

With Kid Cudi’s new album Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven set to drop tonight at midnight I figured we’d throw it back with a classic from Cudi. Going back to his debut mixtape, ‘The Prayer’ sees Cudi going in over a beat that heavily samples Band of Horses ‘The Funeral’. It’s everything that fans came to love from the rapper. It’s…

Last year I stumbled across an incredible New York based producer by the name of Drek Martinez. His debut original, ‘No Love Lost’ made me an instant fan and releases like ‘Muse’, ‘Runaway’ and ‘6th Gear’ proved his consistency. I predicted a huge year for the up-and-coming artist but his SoundCloud fell silent for all of 2015. After spending a good portion of…