#6press

[beatsforbrothels]

Medhane - albany2vernon (prod. 6press)

[lord-kurama]

A few rappers that are actually talented

Rap is probably my favorite (but not the only) genre of music to listen to, and its not that I have anything against artists like BluFace, 21 Savage, or Lil pump 

but I personally require a degree of substance in the artwork I choose to consume dammit! Therefore, I tend to stray away from most mainstream garbage(with a few exceptions here or there).

So if you like underground rap, old school hip hop, or are questioning if there IS any actual kind of substance left within this popular genre, here are a few artists and some of their songs that you may want to check out if you haven't already heard of them: . . Earl Sweatshirt -(a young rap prodigy)- . Recommended songs: 'Knight' (2013) 'Wind in my sails'(2016)'The mint' (2018) . Flow: Somewhat subdued and yet youthful sounding . Lyrics: Self loathing, highly introspective, Advanced tier rhyming structures . Beats: Uses alot of sampled beats from classic jazz and soul music (many of which he produced himself). . . . . Joey Bad@ss -(a very talented (B)east coast rapper)- . Recommended songs: '95 til infinity'(2013) 'Christ Conscious'(2014) 'Infinity888' (2018) . Flow: Aggressive, New York Legend inspired, Advanced tier rhyming structure . Lyrics: Very impacting, Spiritual, Deep subject matter . Beats: Ranges between mostly samples and experimental trap beats(club bangers) . . . .

Flat Bush Zombies (the psychedelic group of Eric the Architect, Meechy Darko, Zombie Juice) . Recommended songs: 'GNB' (2013),'Your favorite rap song',(2016), 'Leather symphony'(2018) . Flow:  (Varying between each member)[Aggressive, Gritty, Symphonic], New York- legend inspired, . Lyrics:  Intelligent, Spiritual, Uplifting, Introspective . Beats: ranges between various samples, experimental trap type beats (club bangers) . . . . MIKE (yep his name is just mike...) . Recommended songs: Pigeon feet(2016),Ghost in a shell (2016) Hell (2015) . Flow: Heavy handed, Unorthodox . Lyrics: Introspective, Highly spiritual, Intelligent . Beats: Samples, Very experimental . . . Ade Hakim/6 Press(a highly talented producer) . Recommended songs: World full of lies(2016), . Flow: Somewhat subded, Mellow, Unorthodox rhyme schemes . Lyrics: Spiritual, Uplifting, Introspective, . Beats: Self produced, Ranges between samples and experimental beats . . . .Bonus recommendation: . Chester Watson- 'Smog'(2017), . Jakk the rhymer- 'ODD'(2018)

[wobc-fm]

SleepWalker 2019 Freshman List

words by Amari Newman, Maxx McGee, & Brennan Ryan

We are SleepWalker Radio, broadcasting on Tuesday nights at midnight on WOBC. In our show, we listen to a lot of rap and watch a lot of rap music videos. Right now XXL is the only relevant hip hop outlet that puts out a “Freshman List,” which is a list of the best artists relatively new to the rap game who have gained a lot of attention in the most recent year. Unfortunately, every list that XXL has put out seems to be more and more out of touch with what actual fans of rap in our age range actually listen to. They also only highlight rappers in their list, even though so much more goes into the overall content put out by these artists including the beats they rap over and the music videos they put out.

So we’re going to put out our own list of rappers, producers and videographers in the rap game that’s more in touch with what people are listening to and want to experience.  This post will cover rappers, but stay posted for more posts on the WOBC blog from SleepWalker Radio!

Splurge

@ssgsplurge1

Splurge, from Arlington, Texas, is quickly blowing up. One the youngest (he’s 17) and rawest people in the rap game,  Splurge gets his beats almost exclusively from Beat by Jeff and Beat by Six7. His songs normally consist of him just going bar after bar over some hard ass drums and 808 patterns. Splurge doesn’t do hooks or choruses. He gets in the booth and spits strictly trap and street s**t,  resulting in some of hardest content put out in 2k18. Listening to his music really just make you feel invincible. Like if you commit any crime while listening to Splurge you’re almost never gonna get caught because it just gives you the energy to get away with anything.

This past year, Splurge began to blow up in the underground and mainstream community, as evidenced by rappers like Lil Uzi Vert to Chance The Rapper doing the #woah dance to his songs. He only has one feature on his released projects -- from Q da Fool --  but Splurge’s intense flow can be heard on tracks with YungManny and S3nsi Molly. He’s like if Lud Foe was from Texas and started rapping with a Hoodrich flow over slower, but harder beats. Splurge is steadily getting more and more recognition in the rap community and is gonna be on some big moves this summer.

Songs by Splurge to listen to: “Free Granny,” “No Deal,” “Tear it apart,” “UK Talk”

MIKE

@t6mikee

MIKE, from Brooklyn, New York, is operating on a whole different wave than the vast majority of people in the rap game, and the world. Choosing from a extremely diverse array of production ranging from old soul samples, piano riffs, and strange samples in odd time signatures, MIKE can rap over anything and everything. All of his music just sounds so different, in the best way possible. When you listen to him, you can hear the feelings and passion he puts into every verse, and feel exactly how he's feeling when he’s in the booth.

MIKE’s been dropping music since 2015, and has a pretty extensive discography with each project having its own unique vibe, but still finding a way to fit perfectly within his overall body of work. Founder of the [sLUms] collective, MIKE has collaborated with a large group of artist in New York, and the general rap community with people on similar wavelengths as his, including acts like King Carter, Wiki, Mehdane, Pink Siifu, Sporting Life, Navy Blue and 6press. At the moment, MIKE is one of the most recognizable people in his scene, and has become, in a sense, the face of a movement in rap’s underground that is steering the community towards more soulful and experience driven music.

Songs by MIKE to listen to: “Rottweiler,” “God’s with me,” “Nothin to Me,” “God save the Queen”

BbyMutha 

@bbymutha

Bbymutha, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, is just raw as hell. She be saying the most wildest, realest and rawest s**t in a way that makes you be like damnnn whenever you hear one of her verses. She’s really one of the best in the game at talking her s**t. You can feel her confidence and knowledge in every word she says. Her ear for good music has lead to her rapping over any and every type of instrumental, but she's still got unlimited songs of her f*****g up some hi-hats and 808s.

She’s been putting out music from as far back as 2012, but started getting a lot of attention over the past year. BbyMutha has worked with artists like Rico Nasty, LSDXOXO and La Chat. She’s currently on tour with Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, and Black Noise, which hopefully means future collabs. BbyMutha has one of the rawest energies in the whole game, and it seems like the rap community is quickly realizing this, if they didn’t already.

Songs by BbyMutha to listen to: “Heaven's Little Bastard,” “Dragon,” “D.I.Y.,” “Playtime”

YungManny

@ItsYungManny

YungManny from Hilmeade, Maryland, is another one of the rawest and youngest (he’s 15!) people in the game. He uses the rapid “Maryland flow” delivering a plethora of stand-alone bars over dark piano samples with hard ass drums behind it. YungManny honestly might have the best punchlines coming out of the “DMV flow” scene. The “DMV (D.C, Maryland, Virginia area) flow” is a style of rapping pioneered and popularized by rappers, almost all from Maryland, who design their verses to be filled with stand alone bars that follow one another rapidly, often cutting the tail end of each one off. When’s it's done right it can really get to crankin.

Anyways, YungManny makes references to all types of off the wall s**t ranging from Roots, viral memes, WWE, and like every Disney movie/show you can think of from the 2000s. It's hard to listen to any of his songs and not die laughing at something he says in it. It’s like every song is just him joanin on someone over a hard ass beat, and it just happens to rhyme. He can sing too.

Over the last year YungManny has released 6 tapes and a plethora of singles and features. Most of the projects Manny releases have very few features, but he is a frequent collaborator of Xanman (Free Xan) who has also become a punchline heavy weight in the DMV area. He’s also worked with upcoming rappers MoneyMarr and Splurge. It seems like the more music YungManny releases the more popular he becomes, so if you haven't heard of him already you probably will soon.

Songs by YungManny to listen to: “W.O.F.”, “Bonfire pt. 2,” “All my guys are ballers,” “I’m Yungmanny”

ANKHLEJOHN

@ANKHLEJOHN

ANKHLEJOHN, from Southeast, Washington D.C., has established his own very distinct sound. Normally talking his shit over production filled with dark samples that sounds like an evil Madlib produced them, ANKHLEJOHN has developed a grimey flow that sounds like he’s on the verge of slapping the s**t out of someone. When you listen to his music you feel like you’re with him on the block hitting a jack as he describes his surroundings to you and the wild ass adventures he casually goes on daily.

ANKH has released at least 11 projects in the last 2 years and most of them have one or no features, only really collaborating with other D.C. artists including Raheim Supreme and The Khan. He’s already garnered respect in the DMV area and it’s spread up the East Coast to New York too, so expect to start hearing about ANKHLEJOHN soon.

Songs by ANKHLEJOHN to listen to: “God S**t,” “Round 2,” “First Class,” “UUV.”   

Lil Xelly

@lilxelly

Lil Xelly, from Rockville, Maryland, has recently flooded the rap game with an avalanche of content. He’s like 2017 Chxpo from Maryland. This past year Xelly has put out over 30 projects and 260 songs, working with some of the hottest producers in the underground including Maaly Raw, DP Beats, Sparkheem, Noir Brent, Danny Wolf,  nedarb, Chinatown, StoopidXool, Grimm Doza and Levitatingman. He’s got that “Maryland flow” with quick deliveries of a bunch of stand alone bars that follow one another rapidly. He spits every verse like he’s the last fool in a cypher whose been eagerly waiting his turn. His intense delivery over his extremely wide and diverse selection of beats is just a great combination, like he really be spitting over literally anything and it cranks.

This last year, Xelly has worked with budding underground artists like Warhol.ss, Chxpo and The Khan, along with underground legends like P2TheGoldMask and Sickboyrari (Black Kray). Xelly’s got so much released content out there that people can't help but come across it. His following is steadily increasing and I can see him really blowing up soon.

Songs by Lil Xelly to listen to: “Vengence,” “Tony,” “Morgue,” “Stamina,” “V6”

Tisakorean  

@cudyman

Tisakorean, from Houston, Texas, is probably the weirdest and most interesting person in the rap game right now. He makes some of the most ignorant dumb s**t out here that just gets to crankin for no reason. Honestly, if you listen to his music and don't immediately love it then it's just not for you because it's really that dumb ignorant ass s**t that might just go too hard for you, and that's very understandable. His diverse, unconventional and unusual delivery is kinda weird, but goes for some reason. Also his use of layered ad lib tracks of him screaming “ayeee” and “workkkk” with his whole heart and soul accompanies his wild ass bars perfectly. He reminds me of like a toned down Dankgod.

This past year, Tisa has established a solid following, at first due to a dance he started called the “Dip” that was pretty big in Texas, and his weird but lit instagram. He took down most of his posts, but there was a period where Tisa’s instagram was full of videos of him dancing in a random area with no music and freestyling, while dressed in strictly Aeropostale. After a few of his videos went viral, Tisa started to get noticed for his musical style with Lil Uzi Vert remixing his “Dip” song. Since then, he’s dropped songs with 10.K Caash and Kenny Beats, and has previewed content he’s worked on with A$AP Ferg, A$AP Rocky and Chance The Rapper on his instagram. Tisa makes all his beats, not only showcasing his versatility, but also assuring that you really get his full vision when you hear his music. You definitely need to check this guy out because he’s got a good team behind him and he's probably gonna blow soon.

Songs by Tisakorean to listen to: “But Not Wheat,” “Brush my teeth,” “Pat yo weave,” “Justice League,” “Bagel Chips”

[skrongboy]

I'm always under the same hat, a troublesome pain that is looking for payback and tryna get paid

[brooklynmuseum]

undefined

Spring is upon us and with it comes a moment of transition, renewal and change. For our second Teen Night of the year, Making Waves, inspired by the exhibition Infinite Blue, our Teen Night Planning Committee members have been thinking about the color blue and discussing its qualities and ties to identity, fluidity and culture.

“Making Waves (April 7 from 5:00-7:30 😉) is a night for teens to understand all the color blue can offer,” says Jordan, Senior Teen Night Planning Committee member. “This Teen Night is an exploration of self and what you as a person stand for. Making Waves isn't merely about the color blue, but rather the emotional, mental, and physical attributes it presents. So stop by and make waves with us at Teen Night💙 .”

Join Jordan and our #bkmteens for a night of art-making, performances by Trae Liryc, 6Press, Eliza and a DJ set by PRETTY YOUNG, dancing, treats, pop-up talks led by our Museum Apprentices as well as an activity led by our Digital Artizens based on their current project! Free and open to all teens this Friday, April 7th 5-7:30pm.

Posted by Ximena Izquierdo Ugaz

[tapesoul]

https://soundcloud.com/6press/gameboy-feat-mike

[varjevakenminut]

6PRESS & MIKE - STUCK IN THE SCENE

[7eventytwo]

Talking with MIKE from [sLUms] after an incredible performance at 7eventytwo’s first show of the 5-borough tour at Silent Barn in Brooklyn.

Hey Mike, you and the whole [sLUms] family are natural born performers. How do you personally get in the mindset to perform? Do you psyche yourself up or just take the energy available at the given moment?  

It's always weird getting in front of people and performing live, I get these really weird butterflies in my stomach. It's a really nasty ass feeling. I perform best when I got my friends and family with me, they help me calm down a lot. Before I perform I always try to just remember who i'm doing it for and put my heart in it and from there i just get lost in it you know.

When you’re lost in it, are you still the same Mike you woke up as, or have you become a different persona on stage called MIKE?

Mike and MIKE are the same people, just like I'm really shy when i’m not on stage or if I’m not rapping so like being on stage or recording always gives me my time to be confident and I want people to feel how I feel for once you know?

For sure. The other thing about your live performances that has always interested us is the way you all feed off each other.  On Valentines day you were in the front row rocking out to 6press and his incredibly emotional / charismatic performance. You knew you were going to have to follow that up and to top it off have Jazz Jodi coming up right after you with a killer set of his own. On some level that must be difficult. It’s clear you guys have such a positive supportive vibe with each other. It makes everyone on the outside really get behind you, but I’m still wondering if you also feel competitive with each other. Is there an aspect of one-upmanship to your group performances?

Sixpress did like the most beautiful performance I ever seen him do and it’s because it came from his heart and his true intentions you know. It was really heart-felt, and i don't think its ever about someone doing better than the other. We do group sets to show that this is for all of us. To show people what [sLUms] is even though we represent it as individuals. I think it's okay to say that we all feel different things but we have a gift when it comes to how we say it and our spirits are just aligned. It's definitely a more feeding off each other type of thing then competitive. Like when bad energy is there, I always do a crappy set just cause it throws me off terribly. Also, Sixpress, Booliemane, Jazz Jodi, King Carter and DJ Masoon are like my brothers. We've gone through some embarrassing ass moments, super struggling moments and mad good ones. We all been through a lot together. We became brothers beyond music, like we genuinely got love for each other.

You’ve been getting some attention lately in the mainstream music press. We saw you in the New Yorker and Pitchfork in the same month.  Has that changed anything for you?

Yeah, it definitely changed a lot. Really quick. Attention is cool but sometimes it can be overwhelming, especially when it’s not asked for or expected. I appreciate it though, I can definitely see my life changing for the better. People change all the time so it really doesn't mean anything to me, I just didn't like when people were acting like I was doing something new. Like, I been working this hard, been putting in this much from the start. People like to act as if they didn't know, but it’s whatever. Shoutouts to the writer who fucked with me heavy though, I appreciate it a lot man.

I know we were thrilled to see you get some recognition that you clearly deserve.  It was cool for us to learn more about Silent Barn at the last 7eventytwo show, they are a collectivist venue without bosses and so their decision-making process was pretty fascinating.  What about [sLUms]? You guys are a collective too, right?  How do you make group decisions?

We don't really have a position of powers, the whole idea is to be collaborative. We're like brothers besides music. We probably spend more time bonding than we do making music, but it all counts at the end. We bond and the music gets better, you know? We go through disagreements but we believe in each other and everybody's insight so we've never really taken a loss when it comes to that. We have deep discussions a lot about how we wanna go about things.

In the [sLUms] documentary you said it takes a village to raise a boy, and [sLUms] is your village, but it seems like when it comes to [sLUms] its more like it takes a village to raise a village. What do you think?

Yeah it’s definitely like that, or it’s just like building a house. You gotta start with a foundation and the different pieces of the houses have to connect in order to be strong. We all learn from each-other and use each others resources to grow.

Are [sLUms] are growing in number? How would you decide to take in another member?  

Nah, [sLUms] isn't growing in numbers. People who book shows and write about us always try and add extra people into the group. It's me, SIXPRESS, KING CARTER, BOOLIEMANE, DJ MASOON, JAZZ JODI. I doubt we're gonna have any new members.  

How did you guys come together in the first place?

We all just met through each other like one by one. I met Ade on Soundcloud and we found we live like one street away from each other and just started kicking it from there. King and Boolie I went to High-School with and we was doing music shit during school a-lot, so I just had them by my sides all the time. King was like my big homie and Booliemane was like my other big homie when King left outta school. Me and Booliemane was listening to all the same shit but he was always ahead of the game when it came to music. Sixpress had introduced me to Jazz Jodi at this basketball park in Chelsea and then he started spitting and I was like damn this nigga nice. He was really just barring out in the park like it was nothing and you kinda tell he never really made a song before but just made verses and shit. Then Jazz Jodi introduced me to Mason because we was looking towards starting to do live shows and shit and none of us knew how to DJ. Mason had been DJ'ing for a while, his pops was a pretty big DJ back in the day.

After you guys won the 7eventytwo battle of the bands last spring, with a truly legendary finals performance, you guys got the chance to do some recording at Brickhaus studios with engineer Daniel Lynas. What was that experience like? Has anything from that session been released yet?  

Daniel Lynas is a super cool dude yo. He made the recording experience super relaxed and whenever we went to record with him it was always a good time you know. We actually recorded the whole Friends Of Ours tape with him.

You recently started making your own beats too, what has that experience been like for you?  

I've been working with beats since like last September/Late August. Beginning was really stressful because I expected the program I use to do everything for me but I learned I had to do some work myself. I've definitely gotten a lot better from my old pieces. It's very cool making your own stuff because it feels mad good when you make something that truly reflects you.

Do you read the newspaper or news sites or anything? How do you stay informed? Are you freaked out by America right now? What kind of politics do [sLUms] advocate?

I don't really read newspapers or go on news-sites but I learn a lot about whats going on by listening to friends, discussions, just interacting with people. I prefer judging society based on interactions with the society instead of reading newspapers or watching the news. I mean, I highkey been freaked out about America before Trump. Black people overall been freaked out by this country. Donald Trump just represent the type of people we try to pretend are not alive. I mean like, 5/6 of Slums are literally political beings. My existence is a part of politics today though, you know? So it's not really advocacy but its fighting our lives and the lives of our brothers and sisters.

Has anything changed for you since Trump has taken office?

Not really, I still live the same life I use to. I always compare it to like when the Great Depression happened, like ain't nothing happen to black people accustomed to America's bullshit so, yeah. I mean like now, it's harder to do basement and house functions cause these conservatives been out here snitching ever since that Oakland thang.

To listen to MIKE and the rest of Slums go here: www.slumsnyc.bandcamp.com

[xrotaeche]

https://soundcloud.com/6press/gameboy-feat-mike

[tapesoul]

https://soundcloud.com/6press/mo-drinks-less-lights

[rasmenelikbeats]

soundcloud diggin!!!!!

[urbnanalysis]

produced by jedda 41 & ptz 41 & gekkota 41 i fucked up a few times but whatever my pal jedda 41 dropped his beat tape and i had to freestyle over this go cop it if you fucks with this beat i guess https://jedda41.bandcamp.com/

[browsingsoundcloud]

Haaaaaaa! Track info as disclosed on SoundCloud: -