“hip-hop” News

fortyFive Friday: A Xmas Gift from Donnie Ozone, The Impossebulls & blocSonic!

Surprise! Enjoy a little holiday gift for being such great listeners this year. Last week Donnie Ozone presented me with his light-hearted holiday rap ditty and I immediately reached out to The Impossebulls to see if they’d like to get in on a digital split 7". C-Doc & Marcus J came through wit…… Read “fortyFive Friday: A Xmas Gift from Donnie Ozone, The Impossebulls & blocSonic!”

New Release: Deadly Combo open up The Vault!

It’s been a couple years since we’ve heard anything from the originally New York City based group Deadly Combo. Well, we’re very happy to say that that ends today with this EP consisting of a few dope joints that were recently brought out of The Vault, updated and finessed for 2016. The Impossebulls…… Read “New Release: Deadly Combo open up The Vault!”

New Release: The Impossebulls continue their Five By Five EP series with Gluttony!

The Impossebulls continue their Five By Five EP series with the fourth installment Gluttony. As fans have come to expect with this series, it features previously unreleased gems, including probably the most surprising cover that they’ve recorded thus far… and they nailed it. Absolutely don’t sleep.…… Read “New Release: The Impossebulls continue their Five By Five EP series with Gluttony!”

New release: Mos Emvy makes blocSonic debut!

Today we’ve got a surprise fortyFive for you to enjoy. Cincinnati, Ohio artist Mos Emvy makes his blocSonic debut with a fortyFive featuring a couple joints produced by Apex. Enjoy the fresh new sounds! Mega thanks goes out to Mos Emvy for the genre-busting music! Glad to have you on board… welcome…… Read “New release: Mos Emvy makes blocSonic debut!”

New release: Regenerated Headpiece arrive to deliver Souvenirs, Novelties & Party Tricks!

Can you believe that today we drop our 17th Xtended Edition release? Word… this time around we introduce blocSonic listeners to the completely unique and dope sounds of Regenerated Headpiece (or RHP). So who are RHP? Well, they’re a hip-hop hybrid musical outfit that I first discovered while doing…… Read “New release: Regenerated Headpiece arrive to deliver Souvenirs, Novelties & Party Tricks!”

New release: A-Grav Lab arrives with their Spacewalkers EP!

Back in 2002 I was designing cover art for digital releases at Chuck D’s (Public Enemy) label SLAMjamz. At the time the label was releasing free downloadable singles for a number of interesting independent artists. Among them was A-Grav Lab (short for Antigravity Laboratory), a group comprised of In…… Read “New release: A-Grav Lab arrives with their Spacewalkers EP!”