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Young Black And Gifted drop “Victory Lap” Ft. Jae Hussle

Published

6 months ago

November 25, 2024

Rochester beat-n’-rhymesduo Young Black And Gifted are back! Producer Kidd Called Quest and emcee Azariah drop new anthemic track “Victory Lap.” As a bonus, close comrade Jae Hussle also guests on the track (which is available via all streaming platforms now).

Listen to “Victory Lap” ft. Jae Hussle: https://kiddcalledquest.bandcamp.com/track/victory-lap

This is the first new work by Young Black And Gifted since January’s LP, Once Again It’s On though both members have continued to stay busy with solo work including Kidd producing Pretty Bulli’s album Then & Now as well as an instrumental album (with his brother Dee Jay Sight) Musical Karma as well as singles for Mook Da Truth, Indian Boy and more. Azariah released a solo LP Intermission 2.0, which featured appearances from Jae Hussle, Euphony Bars, Crotona P and more.

However Kidd Called Quest confirmed that Young Black And Gifted have been steadily recording new material all the time and a new LP is on the way!

More Info:

https://www.instagram.com/kiddcalledquest

https://www.instagram.com/azariahsfd

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Kingdom Kome x RUEN see the “Cracks In The Foundation”

Published

17 hours ago

May 30, 2025

Rob Ducketts

Hip-Hop Heavyweight Kingdom Kome has just dropped a new single (with accompanying video). “Cracks In the Foundation” (Produced by long-time collaborator RUEN) is a socially conscious dose of jazzy boom-bap. As the emcee states “I was driving through my old neighborhood in Miami and it really had me thinking of the current state of the world today. It got me in an introspective state and I made this message to the youth.”

Listen to “Cracks In The Foundation”: https://youtu.be/Nwp_07pDO6o?si=fb5RTd0wNDK7ZxxQ

Available via streaming platforms now, “Cracks In the Foundation” is the first leak from the Barrel Reserve LP fully produced by RUEN.

Less than a year after the last collaborative LP the duo dropped, Malbec 2 Kingdom Kome reveals “we never stop working on music together. A number of these tracks were recorded while we were preparing Malbec 2 but were better suited for a separate project.”

Following the high-end connoisseur angle, Barrel Reserve is expertly crafted boom-bap for the real hip-hop aficionado. This extends to the album’s guest list, which includes Supreme Cerebral, Recognize Ali, Che Uno, DJ Exes, AjaxLo, Camarah Walleed and Soarse Spoken.

Kingdom Kome is still promoting his other recent LP for 2025 Alchemy II Ein Sof, which was entirely produced by another long-time production collaborator Onaje Jordan (Hometeam).

Stream / Purchase Alchemy II: https://kingdomkome.bandcamp.com/album/alchemy-2-ein-sof

More Info:

https://www.instagram.com/kingdomkome