Weekly Dope.
When it comes to the cover for our Weekly Dope playlists, there’s usually a struggle to decide who gets it.
There was no struggle this week.
True, we received projects from Organized Noize, Logic, Jeremih and a few others. But no artist truly touched our soul like Brother Ali did with All The Beauty In This Whole Life. It took five years for the album to arrive, and every minute of the wait was worth it. Album of the Year contender, for sure.
On top of that, The LOX hi-jacked Drake, Kendrick and Rick Ross for a series of freestyles. Joell Ortiz completely blacked out over an !llmind slapper. No Malice announced a new album and dropped a heater. Meek Mill celebrated his 30th birthday with a quickstrike EP. Gift of Gab, R.A. the Rugged Man and AFRO taught us the art of rhyming. And the West was represented in full with appearances from Warm Brew, Dom Kennedy, Marion Write, RJ, Mozzy, and Euroz. We also got new music from OVO Sound’s dvsn, Kool G Rap, Marsha Ambrosius, and others.
Check out the tracklist and press play below.
- Brother Ali – “Dear Black Son“
- Brother Ali – “Tremble“
- The LOX – “FEEL (Freestyle)“
- The LOX – “Dodge Van (Freestyle)“
- The LOX – “Santorini Greece (Freestyle)“
- Joell Ortiz – “Rap Millionaire” (prod. !llmind)
- Logic – “Confess” f. Killer Mike
- Logic – “AfricAryaN” f. J. Cole
- No Malice – “Fake News” *
- Cousin Stizz – “Jo Bros“
- Gift of Gab, R.A. the Rugged Man & AFRO – “Freedom Form Flowing“
- Kool G Rap – “Wise Guys” f. Freeway & FAME
- Meek Mill – “$lay” f. A$AP Ferg (prod. Honorable C-Note)
- Zoey Dollaz – “Goin’ In” f. Don Q
- Mozzy & Gunplay – “They Know“
- RJ – “Brackin“
- Warm Brew – “Let’s Get Paid” (prod. Hippie Sabotage)
- Warm Brew – “Mansion” f. G Perico
- Marion Write – “i pray” f. Atrayo (prod. DJ Finyl)
- Euroz – “They Believe” f. Demrick & Dizzy Wright
- Dom Kennedy – “Word Around Town“
- Jamo Gang (Ras Kass, El Gant & J57) – “Straight, No Chase“
- R-Mean – “W.A.R.“
- DeJ Loaf – “Birdcall 1.5“
- Wasiu – “Daddy Issues“
- Jimi Tents – “Rick Rubin“
- Madchild – “Badchild” (prod. Evidence)
- Jay Dot Rain – “Can U Dig It” f. Lil Nardy
- Otis Clapp – “Waiting” f. ScienZe
- Big Lenbo – “Ice Cold” f. Logic
- OnCue – “No Ja Rule“
- Tory Lanez – “Magnolia (Remix)“
- Kid Ink – “No Strings” f. Starrah
- B.o.B – “Xantastic” f. Young Thug
- Astro Raw (Lion Babe) – “U R My High“
- Ye Ali – “Big Body Benz” f. Eric Bellinger
- Ne-Yo – “HUMBLE (Remix)“
- CeeLo Green – “Redbone (Remix)“
- Brian Ellis – “To Heck With It“
- Jeremih – “Mi Amor“
- Knox Fortune – “Torture“
- Maroon 5 – “Cold (Remix)” f. Future & Gucci Mane
- Jake&Papa – “Where I Belong“
- A.CHAL – “Matrix“
- Jallal – “Toss & Turn” f. Ne-Yo (prod. Chad Hugo)
- dvsn – “Think About Me“
- Marsha Ambrosius – “Luv Ya” *
- Organized Noize – “The Art Of Organized Noize“
* Not available on SoundCloud.
[Photo: Shelly Mosman]