Wordsmiff---------Bars Over Everything III

Wordsmiff---------Bars Over Everything III

Wordsmiff delivers a hot new mixtape "Bars Over Everything III:The Goodfella". Fourteen hot bangers from Wordsmiff with production from MG, Markezi, Cheefy La Flare, Wizard Beats, Lohy Beats and others.

F.Y.I.--------Gatekeeper

F.Y.I.--------Gatekeeper
With a forthcoming album "Yo! The Places You'll Go" on the works, Los Angeles artist F.Y.I. releases a visual to his new joint "Gatekeeper" produced by Avila from the production duo The Avila Brothers. F.Y.I. forthcoming album has guest appearances from Ab-Soul.

Willis Brook---------Who? Freestyle

Willis Brook---------Who? Freestyle
Bronx's Willis Brook delivers the hot visuals to his new freestyle "Who?" produced by Young Beatz from the sequel to his "Any Beat Killa" series dropping in January. Willis Brook also has a clothing line "NVSBL KING CLOTHING" in the works.

C Wells---------Get The Message

C Wells---------Get The Message

Inspired by the Nas classic Rewind track, Lynn Massachusetts artist C Wells flips his own bars by telling his own story backwards on his track "Get The Message" produced by in house producer Chris Nevers.

Mo The General and DJ 456---------Golden Era

Mo The General and DJ 456---------Golden Era

UK's producer DJ 456 teams up with Mo The General on their first single "Golden Era" from their upcoming project "Last of The Boom Bap".

Maurice Daniel-------------So Much More

Maurice Daniel-------------So Much More

Maryland's artist Maurice Daniel spits knowledge of growth in "So Much More" produced by DMV up and coming producer Isaac Leo.

Nametag and DJ DDT featuring Travis Slang------Relentless

Nametag and DJ DDT featuring Travis Slang------Relentless

Detroit's Nametag teams up with DJ DDT on this hot single Relentless featuring Travis Slang from their upcoming mixtape "Lead and Be Legendary: The MixtaEP" dropping February 24th.

Nutso featuring Trae the Truth-----------Hustler's Spirit

Nutso featuring Trae the Truth-----------Hustler's Spirit

Queens artist Nutso teams up with Houston's Trae the Truth for the release of this hot joint "Hustler's Spirit" from Nutso's forthcoming EP "Divided Soul" dropping in February.

Kidd Called Quest and King Righteous---------Young Black and Righteous

Kidd Called Quest and King Righteous---------Young Black and Righteous

Rochester's Kidd Called Quest and King Righteous release the ten track project Young Black and Restless.

Ron Rico featuring AyBe----------Runaway

Ron Rico featuring AyBe----------Runaway

Baltimore's producer/songwriter Ron Rico provides a hot new self produced track Runaway featuring Aybe that will be on his forthcoming album This is What I Live For part 2.

Rrose Rrome featuring Styles P---------Money Holla

Rrose Rrome featuring Styles P---------Money Holla
Rrose Rrome tag teams with Styles P. to present the hot visuals to "Money Holla" produced by Poobs.

Wordplvy---------#SundayAtSeven

Wordplvy---------#SundayAtSeven

Los Angeles artist Wordplvy releases a dope project "#SundayAtSeven EP. Six dope tracks with solid production from Chris Wheeler, Skinny MooXe and Omito.

Diamond D--------The Game

Diamond D featuring Granddaddy IU--------The Game
Bronx's Diamond D places the hot visuals as he teams up with Granddaddy IU on the self produced track "The Game" with cameo appearances from Black Rob from the album "The Diam Piece".

Taiyamo Denku featuring Big Noyd and Chris Rivers-----Meet Ya Fate

Taiyamo Denku featuring Big Noyd and Chris Rivers-----Meet Ya Fate
Milwaukee's Taiyamo Denku releases the hot new visuals to his latest banger "Meet Ya Fate" featuring QB's Big Noyd and BX's Chris Rivers produced by DCypha.

Bad Seed featuring MIMS--------Face Off

Bad Seed featuring MIMS--------Face Off

Bad Seed comes off rough rugged and raw with Face Off featuring MIMS produced by Ves from Bad Seed's forthcoming album "Coreyography". A dope braggadocios track when the two goes in on artists who talk a good game but can't back it up.

Jonezen-------Time Out

Jonezen-------Time Out

Jonezen returns with a hot joint Time Out produced by DaSoulloLife from his mixtape The Party Ain't Over. This is an appetizer for Jonezen to set up for his forthcoming album Beautiful Disasater dropping soon.

Git Beats and 1MT featuring Rock and Bob Banner-------Don't Fuck Around

Git Beats and 1MT featuring Rock and Bob Banner-------Don't Fuck Around

Staten Island's Git Beats and 1MT are back with their new single Don't Fuck Around (DFA) featuring Rockness Monsta (of Heltah Skeltah) and Bob Banner (Cloud City) from their album Keep It Movin

Hubbs and Git Beats---------Zoo

Hubbs and Git Beats---------Zoo
Pittsburgh artist Hubbs teams up with Staten Island producer Git Beats in releasing their first visual Zoo from their forthcoming project dropping soon.

Soquelle------------There Is No Tomorrow

Soquelle------------There Is No Tomorrow

Soquelle release their first single of 2015 with the self produced jazzy song There Is No Tomorrow.

Tone Live & DJ Priority--------Clockwork

Tone Live & DJ Priority--------Clockwork

Tone Liv & DJ Priority presents snippets to their new album Clockwork. Shout to Newark's Jukstapose.

Mercy, See Francis, Bishop--------Cruel World

Mercy, See Francis, Bishop--------Cruel World

The Illustrious camp Mercy, See Francis and Bishop presents a hot banger, taking us to the dark side on the Latrell James dark murky produced Cruel World

D Focis-------My Spot

D Focis-------My Spot

D.Focis sheds some light about couples and relationships on the self produced fun bouncy joint My Spot.

Zane Alexander---------Asylum

Zane Alexander---------Asylum

Fayetteville, North Carolina Zane Alexander presents Asylum as he spits about taking his music to the next level.

Flip featuring Elzhi and Phat Kat-------Without Warning

Flip featuring Elzhi and Phat Kat-------Without Warning
Austria's producer Flip is putting out heat with the visuals to his self produced track Without Warning featuring Elzhi and Phat Kat from his album Reflections.

Sommeil----------Touch

Sommeil----------Touch

Sydney Australia's R&B/pop artist Sommeil shares his impressive single Touch.

Goodboy IQue-------Ride With Me

Goodboy IQue-------Ride With Me

DMV artist Goodboy IQue delivers his new single Ride With Me produced by Nu Vintage from his upcoming project Sleeping With A Pen.

Andre Damar featuring A.T.---------Top Drawer

Andre Damar featuring A.T.---------Top Drawer
California's Andre Damar presents the hot new visuals to his new joint Top Drawer featuring A.T. produced by Yung Huss directed by EM3 as they both spits a thought provoking story of knowing a person by what he has and keeps inside his top drawer.

Ande Bishop---------Vegas Every Weekend

Ande Bishop---------Vegas Every Weekend

Ande Bishop keeps making consistent music with a freestlye over Dom Kennedy's "Black Bentleys" as he spits on his new joint Vegas Every Weekend as he reflects on life lessons and how he'll live if he blows up.

Malik B and Mr. Green featuring Nate Green-------We Gonna Make It

Malik B and Mr. Green featuring Nate Green-------We Gonna Make It
Hot new visuals from Malik B. and Mr. Green We Gonna Make It featuring Nate Green.

Wendell Scott featuring Paranom and Composition---------What They Wanna Hear

Wendell Scott featuring Paranom and Composition---------What They Wanna Hear

Crook Firm's Wendell Scott releases his first single of 2015 with "What They Wanna Hear" featuring Paranom and Composition produced by Jon Glass.

AJ Suede-------------Watch Me Build A Pyramid

AJ Suede-------------Watch Me Build A Pyramid
Harlem, New York's AJ Suede presents his first visual from his single Watch Me Build A Pyramid. The self produced track will be on his forthcoming album Gold and Earth.

International Maverick----------Do It All

International Maverick----------Do It All
Chicago's International Maverick comes back after a brief hiatus with his 12th visual the self produced Do It All directed by Work Nowitzki from his highly acclaimed project Dreem Katcher.

Sadat X----------Slidin'

Sadat X featuring King T----------Slidin'

Sadat X returns with a slamming hot new joint featuring Tha Likwit Crew's King T in Slidin' produced by Vanderslice from Sadat X's forthcoming album Never Left.

Big Lo----------Showbiz

Big Lo featuring Junky Goods----------Showbiz
Pensacola Florida's Big L presents the visuals to his new joint featuring Junky Goods Showbiz produced by Inferno directed by Reemo the Visionary of Flow Vision Media on the streets of New York City from his forthcoming album Umbrellas and Green Olives.

Teddy Grahams and Kony Brooks-------The God X The King

Teddy Grahams and Kony Brooks-------The God X The King

Download Mixtape | Free Mixtapes Powered by DatPiff.com

Bronx artists Kony Brooks and Teddy Grahams create an awesome project The God X The King consist of 14 heat tracks. Go cop that on Datpiff .

International Nova----------I Can't Breathe

International Nova----------I Can't Breathe

International Nova continues to put out quality music with I Can't Breathe featuring Checkin Trapps Dave Tolliver sending condolences to Eric Garner and Mike Brown as they speak on the ills of police brutality over a chill cool smooth beat.

Sycosis------Almost There

Sycosis------Almost There

Chicago's Sycosis releases a hot jont Almost There produced by Total Kaos when Sycosis spits on being the only man in an island being stuck in a bad place and only he can get out of it.

V.Nova-----------How It Is

V.Nova featuring David Godfrey-----------How It Is

V.Nova drops another hot joint How It Is  featuring David Godfrey of MJT produced by the Crack Factory from his album HIPS3: The New Commission.

Verse Essential------I'm Not Supposed To Be Here

Verse Essential-I’m Not Supposed To Be Here-Independent-(2014)

Artist: Verse Essential

Album: I’m Not Supposed To Be Here

Label: Independent  

Producers: Black Mic, Kidd Called Quest, Al Capone, DJ Sincere, Juan Lobo, others  

Underground artists have to fight tooth and nail to get recognized. Through hard work and dedication, the music pays off and fans will attract to it. This includes Laurelton, Queens Verse Essential who paved his own way through his music. With many works with other artists, including a couple of his own works, Verse Essential made his name a household word. His album collections speak for itself with his debut album Ingenious sparking a buzz which elevated him to another status. This compelled him to work even harder in music selection that included his two mixtapes, the Artform Rejects collaboration and the highly impressed collaboration with Kidd Called Quest on No Invitation Needed. Now, Verse is on another mission which ponders his existence to the hip hop game with his sophomore opus I’m Not Supposed To Be Here

            This album has a few surprises to its belt. Verse Essential knows how to pick beats that matches the theme of the album. The album starts off strong with Endangered Species featuring fellow compadre Access Immortal over a dark murky soulful Black Mic beat. The unexpected track which compels Verse to step out the box is the Al Capone produced Future which is one of the standout tracks where Al Capone matches the drum kicks over with a xylophone sound. The album continues where Verse screams I’M FROM THE GUTTER while tapping on your skull like Gregory Hines on the gritty DJ Sincere’s Leatherface 2 as Verse exposes superstars with a pocket full of lint to the thought provoking Mobile Slave where Verse expresses the psychological after affects of the average human being succumbing to the power of their cell phone. This is Verse at his strong points where the hard aggressive beats push his lyrical cadence to another level. Other tracks like the Big D track Just A Week Ago with Fess Gotchu talks a true female story that most people can relate to while the single Everyday is self explanatory where Verse expresses the struggles the average person is going through.

            With a strong aggressive approach, the album should stay on course. However, a few tracks wane the consistency of the album. Tracks like New York Giant and My Ghetto are cool tracks but not as hard hitting as the previous seven tracks while Too Easily featuring Mike O’Leary is an album filler with a slow vibe. Brandi has a cool 90’s boom bap feel provided by the Cratez as Verse spits about a girl he knew while Necessary Evil brings Verse to play with your mind over a somewhat lazy piano beat. Towards the end Verse picks up the pace in a major way. If you want to hear musical chemistry to its purest form, the Kidd Called Quest produced Pour My Soul featuring Pennsylvania’s Capcizza and Yonkers rhymetress Golden blends perfectly with precision over a hard consistent drum pattern. How the story begins is how the story ends with Verse dedication to his dad on Mighty Joe Black.

            I’m Not Supposed To Be Here paints a picture of Verse’s struggles throughout the album; it’s like a compelling novel that has a beginning, middle and end. A few minor setbacks pertaining to the album: eighteen tracks on an album will lose the listener especially when it starts off stellar. The album wanes a bit with a few album fillers in the middle before picking back the pace. Lastly, Verse delivery can be redundant at times but his subject matter and the beats made up for it. Verse Essential didn’t succumb to the sophomore jinx that most artists fall into because of their stellar debuts. Although more innovative and production wise captivating than Ingenious, Verse still has not stray from the minor flaws such as a few guest appearance mismatch and monotonous delivery. The theme towards I’m Not Supposed To Be Here is to pull the listener to Verse Essential’s world and come with numerous questions; that’s the advantage of wanting more. I’m Not Supposed To Be Here brings substance to the art form but with stronger guest appearances and delivery, this would have been a classic.

         Strong Tracks: “Endangered Species”, “Future”, “Leatherface 2”, “Breakaway”, “Everyday”,  “Mobile Slave”, “Just A Week Ago”, “Pour My Soul”, “Mighty Joe Black”,

            Rating:out of