Discover talents of the indie hiphop and R&B scene with these ten mixtapes that were released in the past month of February!
R&B artist Brick releases first EP ‘Nocturnal’ and ‘Skip (Ft. Rheehab)’ MV
Independent R&B artist Brick has released his first mini album ‘Nocturnal‘ today, as well as the title track’s music video. Support comes from Rheehab, Ohiorabbit, Lotus, Young Sick, Jay Dope, and more.
This album is made up of four tracks, including Brick‘s debut single ‘Still‘ and the pre-released ‘How You Feel‘. The sounds range from sensitive trapsoul to PBR&B and are dominated by a dark atmosphere, befitting the title.
The lyrics are about various topics like love and the difficulties of making music. Brick’s team mate Young Sick produced the album. The featured artists are Ohiorabbit of Awaken Tongues and juiceoveralcohol, R&B/hiphop artist Rheehab of Dynasty Muzik, and Lotus who flaunts a unique voice.
Check out the music video for ‘Skip‘ below which was directed by Bluesy Mansion. You can listen to the whole album on SoundCloud for free (see below).
‘Nocturnal’ Track List & Credits:
- I Can’t Take You
Produced by Young Sick
Composed by Brick
Lyrics by Brick
Mixed and mastered by Jay Dope - Skip (Feat. Rheehab) TITLE
Produced by Young Sick
Composed by Brick
Lyrics by Brick, Rheehab
Mixed and mastered by Jay Dope - How You Feel (Feat. Lotus)
Produced by Young Sick
Composed by Brick
Lyrics by Brick, Lotus
Mixed and mastered by Jay Dope - Still (Feat. Ohiorabbit)
Produced by Young Sick
Composed by Brick
Lyrics by Brick, Ohiorabbit
Mixed and mastered by Xoul Vermillion at 588 SOUNDROOM
Produced by Brick, Young Sick
MV directed by Bluesy Mansion
Cover by Harim Choi
‘Skip’ MV:
Official Audios:
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Source: Mnet
OLNL’s first full-length album is ‘All Available’
OLNL‘s first full-length album ‘All Available‘ has been released today along with the teaser for the third music video off the album. Featurings come from Giriboy, CHOILB, SOMA, Samuel Seo, YumDDa, acacy, OHIORABBIT, Khundi Panda, and Lym en.
acacy, OLNL, Khundi Panda & OHIORABBIT in ‘juiceoveralcohol’ MV
After ‘Foreign Student’, OLNL has pre-released the next music video off his upcoming full-length album ‘All Available’. ‘juiceoveralcohol‘ features his crew mates acacy, Khundi Panda, and OHIORABBIT.
Khundi Panda drops fourth mixtape ‘쾌락설계도’
Rapper Khundi Panda of juiceoveralcohol has released his fourth mixtape today, titled ‘쾌락설계도‘ (lit.: blueprints of pleasure).
FATHERSDREAM releases single ‘#1. Orange (Feat. OHIORABBIT)’
FATHERSDREAM has kicked off a new single project starting with ‘Orange‘ which features OHIORABBIT of juiceoveralcohol.
Holy Osa drops project album ‘Blu Scale’
American artist Holy Osa has just dropped an interesting project album that mixes Miami hiphop with Korean sounds, was recorded in both English and Korean, and for which he worked with popular Korean underground artists like Young Lion, OHIORABBIT, G.Nine, Crack Bit, and many more.
Enjoying the special vibe that Korean hiphop has, Miami-based artist Holy Osa decided to mix the sounds of his local hiphop with Korean ones, working with various Korean singers, rappers, and producers over a span of about five months.
The result is ‘Blue Scale‘, an entirely unique album with a crazy mix of sounds, languages, and styles. The ten tracks were produced by M-Piece, Porya, Sky.High, Crack Bit, and one by Holy Osa himself. They feature Rob Valentine (who is Holy Osa’s All Things Holy crew mate just like M-Piece and Porya), ROLLYBOI, $NOX, Teogold, G.Nine, Dopein, ₩here Am I, OHIORABBIT, and Young Lion, whose chemistry with Holy Osa can be admired on two whole tracks.
Holy Osa says he has learned a lot while working on this album; receiving inspiration from the Korean rappers, broadening his musical spectrum by trying out new things like brighter sounding music and lyric-driven tracks like ‘Set You Free’, ‘Mullayo’, or ‘Not a Friend’, and very importantly, making new friendships.
The artist is already planning another project album similar to this one in which he wants to rap even more in Korean-HiphopKR will keep you updated!
Now check out the music video for ‘Metro (Feat. Young Lion)’ and give the album a listen-you will especially not want to miss out on the outstanding ‘Set You Free’ which features Teogold, G.Nine (who was previously introduced in our Artist Spotlight series), and Dopein!
Track List & Credits:
- Yesterday (Straight 2 LA) ft. Rob Valentine (Prod. by M-Piece)
- MOT$$ARA ft. ROLLYBOI (Prod. by Porya)
- Like This ft. $NOX (Prod. by Porya)
- Phone Tag ft. Young Lion (Prod. by M-Piece)
- Not A Friend (Prod. by Sky.High)
- Serial Experiments (Prod. by Crack Bit)
- Set You Free ft. Teogold, G.Nine, Dopein (Prod. by M-Piece)
- Throwaway (막간) ft. ₩here Am I (Prod. by Holy Osa)
- Metro ft. Young Lion (Prod. by Porya)
- Mullayo 몰라요 ft. OHIORABBIT (Prod. by Porya)
Artwork by Holy Osa
MV by Imagine93
Official Audios:
‘Metro’ MV:
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Brick debuts with single ‘Still (Feat. Ohiorabbit)’
Independent R&B singer Brick has released his first single ‘Still’ yesterday.
‘Still‘ is a dreamy song about relentless passion for music. It was produced by Young Sick and features Ohiorabbit of Awaken Tongues and juiceoveralcohol.
Credits:
Produced by Young Sick
Composed by Brick
Lyrics written by Brick, Ohiorabbit
Mixed and mastered by Xoul Vermillion at 588SOUNDROOM
Cover by OCTO
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Source: Mnet
SoundCloud releases in January (VAMPY, Urb Fisher X Midas P, Mailo, OCEAN, Soze Scallywag, and more)
It has only been slightly over one month of 2017 and a bunch of really good free mixtapes and tracks is already available, so what are you waiting for? Treat your ears to some of these tasty sounds!