Future Classic: Zap Francis “Zap Francis EP”
Just when you thought instrumental / experimental hip-hop and the so-called “beats” scene was dead and burried, an EP from a mysterious young artist from Detroit comes along and reminds me to not give up on this scene that used to inspire me so much. The 6 track EP from …
Future Classic: AKUA x Black Milk “Puddles”
OkayPlayer and OkayAfrica launched an awesome project a few months back called the Player Xchange, which is a videos series where they link an African artist with an American artist to write and record an original song. I was already pretty excited about this series cause I think the idea …
Future Classic: Black Milk “Sunday’s Best / Monday’s Worse”
Really great to hear Detroit’s Black Milk get back to what he does best as one of the best producers in hip-hop. Crisp drums and soulful samples. In this case, a great Gospel choir hook and a bit of piano does the trick. Unfortunately it only clocks at around 2 …
Future Classic: Bilal “The Dollar” (Black Milk Remix)
Detroit based, producer and MC, Black Milk did an awesome remix of an excellent track from Bilal‘s song “The Dollar” from his latest album Airtight’s Revenge. I hope there will be more collaboration from these two guys. Remember where you’ve heard it first.
Black Milk “Welcome (Gotta Go)” video
Detroit’s finest hip-hop producer and Emcee Black Milk returns with the second video from his latest full-length “Album of the Year” out now on Fat Beats / Decon.
Future Classic: Black Milk ft. Royce & Elzhi “Deadly Medley”
Brand new album from Black Milk, Detroit’s heir to the king of the beats throne vacated by sir Dilla. I gave it a first listen and thought i’d share my favorite track so far. It features fellow Motor City cats Royce da 5’9″ and Elzhi on the mic. The album …