Wordsmith - Half Bar, Half Amazing

This Wordsmith track is gritty sexy. The flow is ill, and Strada's production is reminiscent of of a 90's Wu Tang track in terms of the instrumentation. Me likeee. We dropped another Wordsmith joint on you a few weeks ago HERE, so check it out.

What Wordsmith Music had to say; "Here is the 3rd leak entitled "Half Bar, Half Amazing" produced by Strada from Wordsmith's upcoming August / September project "The Overdue & Underrated" mixtape. With his collaborative project with Chubb Rock being pushed back to August 2009 for its in-store release. Wordsmith wants to continue to give his fans quality music to fill some of the void."

Half Bar, Half Amazing

Wordsmith :: Season of Tha MC

Always looking out for the fans, Wordsmith's camp dropped us a note to keep us informed... "Here's leak #4 entitled "Season of the MC" produced by Street Level from Wordsmith's upcoming mixtape "The Overdue & Underrated". With his collaborative album with Chubb Rock being pushed back to next month for its "in-store" release. As always Wordsmith will continue to give his fans quality music to fill some of that void."


Wordsmith - Season of Tha MC

Keep up with Wordsmith's other work HERE

Wordsmith - Bridging The Gap (Remix) (Produced By Strada)

Wordsmith's Vintage Experience album is now available on iTunes and Amazon.Com. Broken up into 4 chapters with unique movie scores; the album plays out like a Movie on Wax. Featuring the singles Hook-up Hotline, Tour Guide to New Bride and As the Art Fades Away, the material in general, ranges from songs Wordsmith wrote/recorded from 2006 to 2009.

Most of the production came from his in-house producers Strada, Professa, Capish, Street Level with outside help from Rednaz Beats. The features were kept to a minimum with only Chubb Rock, Camp-Lo, Grand Daddy I.U., Soulstice, Junclassic, Kontact & Black Knight and local DMV stars Kimia Collins and Whitefolkz lending verses on the album. Theyre offering the bonus single as a FREE DOWNLOAD


Bridging The Gap (Remix) (feat. Chubb Rock, Geechi Suede (Camp Lo), Grand Daddy IU, Kontact, Black Knight, Junclassic & Whitefolkz) (Produced By Strada)

Chubb Rock + Wordsmith - Ol Skool Flava

The old emcees have been poppin up out of nowhere lately: Grand Puba, Kurious, Rakim is back... and now The Chubbster! He has a new album in stores, Bridging the Gap and largely it makes you miss Hitman Howie T because his beats were enough to make you overlook some of Chubb's "not as good" rhymes. There's one track on Bridging the Gap though, Old School Flava, that finds Chubb reminiscing over The Jones Girls - Nights Over Egypt that's really nice...or do I just love Nights Over Egypt?


Chubb Rock + Wordsmith - Ol Skool Flava

The Diamond Soul XXXperience: Culture Shock Edition

Your weekend is about to come alive with the latest from BamaLoveSoul's own DJ Rahdu. A musical experience that takes you from mood to mood as it grooves through the best in soul classics, nu soul, hip hop, broken beat, & funk. This eclectic mix filled with trailblazing artists makes you think "damn, he's playing all my favorite tracks... even though I've never heard them before." The familiarity of each song pulls you into a zone of musical euphoria, and as you complete one genre and travel oh so smoothly to the next, you mentally experience all the flavors music has to offer. An inherent urge to hit the replay button upon each ending, will eventually make you aware that you my friend, have been Culture Shocked. Download HERE

1. FS Green - Preppy Lady
2. Michael Jackson - We're Almost There (DJ Spinna Remix)
3. Regan Fykes - In Love
4. Jill Scott - I'm Not Afraid
5. Masirah - See the Light
6. Archie Bell - Harder & Harder
7. Lee Fields & The Expressions - Ladies
8. J-Live - Braggin Writes
9. DJ Spinna; John Robinson - Lights out
10. Dam Funk - On & On
11. Frank Nitt; DJ Quik; J Black - L.O.V.E
12. Pugs Atomz; Primeridian; Wes Restless - Get it on
13. Mayer Hawthorne - Little Boxes (Weeds intro)
14. Joy Jones - Go Down Moses (Funky Drummer)
15. James Brown - Funky Drummer
16. Nas - Get Down
17. Pac Div - No No
18. A Tribe Called Quest - Jam
19. Q-Tip - For The Nasty
20. Sa Ra - The Bone Song
21. Peter Hadar - Planets
22. Reggie B - Reclaim Ur Mind
23. GB - Dealer Dog
24. Shur-I-Kan - Autumn Leaves
25. Deborah Jordan - Home
26. Chin Chin - go There With You (Ticklah remix)
27. Part time Heroes - Sun Will Shine (scrimshire Remix)
28. Matinalsystem - Tu Voz Es La Musica
29. Afterlife - Sunfish
30. The Latin Project - Cant Get You Out of My Head
31. Chubb Rock; Wordsmith - Ol Skool Flava


DJ Rahdu - The Diamond Soul XXXperience: Culture Shock Edition

Soulstice - Birds Eye View feat Kev Brown

Soulstice's new album, Beyond Borders, will be released in June 2009 and will feature appearances from G.L.C., Oddisee, Kev Brown, Supastition, Wordsmith and Zap Mama and is entirely produced by SBe. Soulstice sez, "I'm from Chicago, but I've lived in the DC area for several years. Living in DC, you're so close to the politics and decision-making, but you're no more able to affect what happens than anyone else. It raises your awareness, but also increases your level of frustration at times. Conceptually, this song is an important piece of the Beyond Borders project because sometimes the best way to impact the world is to take a look at closer look at the way we do things here. I wrote the line about needing a Black president well before Obama was elected and I'm happy to see that prophecy fulfilled. Kev Brown, one of Maryland's finest rhymers and beatsmiths, joins me on this one...we actually recorded this joint at Kev's house."


Soulstice - Birds Eye View feat Kev Brown

Crown City Rockers - Astroshocks

Crown City Rockers emcee Raashan Ahmad has an incredibly smooth delivery for a wordsmith with such tongue twisting rhymes. Listening to Astroshocks percolating beat, it's easy to miss the fact that he's throwing couplets like
"Good grief! Gallivantin' gallopin' throwin' up javelins / travelin' that again?
That'll blend magic and miracle" like it's nothing. Also remarkable is the fact that this intricate track is comprised of all live instruments... Drummer Max MacVeety lays down a foundation to make any drum machine short circuit with jealousy, while keyboard virtuoso Kat Ouano takes us to outerspace on a collection of 70s analog synthesizers. The band's first album in 5 years, The Day After Forever, drops September 29th on Gold Dust.


Crown City Rockers - Astroshocks

Soulstice - Unfold featuring Oddisse

After releasing North By Northwest (2005) and Dead Letter Perfect in 2007 (which have earned SoulStice features XXL Magazine, The Source, The Tavis Smiley Show, Urb and many key urban publications and websites), SoulStice returns with Beyond Borders, which SoulStice dubs an “international concept album.” As SoulStice explains “the project is a collaboration between myself and Belgian beatmaker, SBe, who provides all of the instrumental music for the album. As far as the vocals, the songs are collaborations between myself and many of my favorite artists from around the world. These songs and the ideas they contain were the result of studio sessions in Maryland, Belgium, Chicago, Paris, New York and many other places, late nights at SBe's house in Ghent, photo sessions, international phone calls and text messages, and long flights overseas to perform in Europe, Japan and Mexico.” Beyond Borders will be released in June 2009 and will feature appearances from G.L.C., Oddisee, Kev Brown, Supastition, Wordsmith and Zap Mama and is entirely produced by SBe.


Soulstice - Unfold featuring Oddisse

Dominique Larue - Fall '96

Brand new exclusive from Dominique Larue entitled "Fall '96" which was the year that had a huge impact on her in terms of hip hop. This song is produced by Ghost Rydah and samples Minnie Riperton's "Inside My Love" this download is taken from the forthcoming new mixtape project "End Of Regulation" with Dub MD.

End Of Regulation will be available online on November 19th, 2009 as a free download, and will feature production from Focus, Rashid Hadee, T. Dragonette, drielb, D/Will, Boonie Mayfield and AntMan Wonder to list a few. Along with guest apprearences from Wordsmith, Junclassic, Cyrano Sinatra, Prefyx and more.

Dominique Larue's brand new studio album "From Ohio With Love" is avaliable on iTunes right now via Famous Records / Universal. Featuring Illmind, Kev Brown, D/Will, Cyrano and many more. Support real hip hop music!


Dominique Larue - Fall '96