Songs of the Week: April 21st
Welcome to “Songs of the Week” a weekly segment where I highlight three of the best new songs released the week prior along with one throwback song of the week. To stay up to date on all new music, follow my Spotify playlist “What I’m Feeling” which is updated weekly to always include the freshest new music. Always 30 songs, hottest always at the top. Stream it here:
New Songs of the Week:
“10 Purple Summers” by 03 Greedo
This week 03 Greedo released his new album Still Summer in the Projects from behind bars. The project starts hot with one of my favorite tracks 03 has put out. “10 Purple Summers” is an epic ode to his hood that never over-glorifies his lifestyle without bringing listeners back to reality. The hook is addicting and 03’s classic synth lead is ever present holding the instrumental down. “10 Purple Summers” is an essential 03 banger and will be on repeat for months to come.
“Some of my niggas fuck twins, bareback and skins
My lil’ homie in the pen, he got more than the ten”
“God’s Warrior” Tee Grizzley
This week Tee Grizzley dropped his second single off his upcoming album. “God’s Warrior” is an aggressive, in-your-face banger that we’ve come to expect from the Detroit rapper. The menacing track switches beats half way through to a minimal beat anchored by gun sound effect allowing us to hear every blood-thirsty bar Tee spits. Grizzley is here to show us that his pen game hasn’t declined since “First Day Out” and that he still deserves the attention of hip-hop fans everywhere.
“Fuck a bitch, drop her at her momma crib
Not with the gossipin’, we do that robbin’ shit
Any means, I’m gon’ eat
Slide with the tank on full
Leave with the Glock on E”
“Family Not a Group” by SOB x RBE & Hit-Boy
SOB fans have been spoiled so far this April as last week they dropped their surprise EP Roll The Dice with Marshmallow and this week they released their newest album Family Not A Group produced by Grammy-winning beat maker Hit-Boy. The title track is a perfect example of a group of artists knowing what they do well and executing it in a way that doesn’t sound repetitive. Hit-Boy’s production on this song (and album) allow SOB to deviate from their normal DJ Quick inspired instrumentals and give them a professional sounding final project.
“Coke white buffs, these hoes fresher than a ninth grader
Feel like Maino when I’m in my city, I’m like, “Hi, hater””
Throwback Song of the Week:
“Hood Gone Love It” by Jay Rock (Feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Jay Rock’s 2014 hood anthem “Hood Gone Love It” is one of the many examples of the unparalleled chemistry Jay Rock and Kendrick have always shared. The two both flex their pen game on the verses while the hook remains simple and catchy. Nearly as impressive as the timeless rapping, the instrumental is unignorable due to the unique sound effects that J.U.S.T.I.C.E League used as percussive elements when creating this beat. I think this song is a classic but honestly, it’s irrelevant if I like it because the hood gone love it.
“From Compton to Baltimore I’ma kill it
I buy a morgue in the minute
The public house, the plastic couch of a section 8 tenant”
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