Flowing Like The Nyle

A Philly born veteran of the New York City Underground, Nyle has spent the past half-decade on a journey through rap that has acquired a legion of followers who identify with his persona as much as they are entertained by his storytelling. Upon his acceptance to New York University, Nyle would become a staple within New York City’s SinSin Circuit, (one of the city’s most respected collections of rappers) winning the Off-the-Head Game Show Battle, and 2006 Best Freshman MC award.

2007 saw the release of his debut album Frosh. A chronicling of his freshman year at New York University, Frosh quickly became a cult sensation that rose to the top of college charts as Nyle filled venues around the East Coast from clubs to college auditoriums.

  

Nyle closed out his college career headlining a sold-out concert which featured Hip Hop staples Asher Roth, Kidz In the Hall, 88 Keys, Izza Kizza, and Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg. The following day, Nyle release a music video for his hit cover single ‘Let The Beat Build’, which was immediately proclaimed as one of the year’s most innovative music videos. The video garnered tremendous buzz, and was a featured piece on websites ranging from Gawker to Nah Right to Kanye West’s blog, KanyeUniversecity.

Nyle has translated his growing buzz into performance success. In 2009 Nyle performed at the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival alongside legendary acts such as Dead Prez, Black Thought from the Roots and Pharoahe Monch. The following week, he was premiered his new song ‘GangReal’ in a live performance/interview on MTVs ‘It’s On With Alexa Chung.’

Now, a well-respected NYC artist with a steadily growing following, he is set to release his next LP entitled Capstone, later this summer, in conjunction with a collection of video releases.

Thanks to www.refinedhype.com we can now download “Trailer”, which is his new mixtape…Enjoy!

http://www.refinedhype.com/hyped/entry/nyle-trailer-mixtape/

Real NY Hip Hop – YC The Cynic – New Music

When I say real NY Hip Hop, I mean real good NY Hip-Hop. Check out this new track from YC THE CYNIC. Coming off his new mix tape:

YC the Cynic – “Unconscious” http://hulkshare.com/btal2o2yyczr

Who Is Savant?

 

 

 

 

 

Savant (Crash Course Leaked Series)

    

By:Suzanne Biello

  With everybody under the sun these days claiming to be a rapper/emcee, few actually live up to the expectation. One individual who does however, is Savant aka Stanstro. This Chicago native, who now resides in Tucson, Arizona is nothing less than breathtaking when he blesses mic.  Gregory “Savant” Daggett has always possessed a passion for music and literary arts. Involved in general music since age 7, and a trumpet player since age 10, he wasn’t officially exposed to hip hop until age 12. Although no particular emcee caught his ear right away, he was intrigued with the entire concept of an individual or a group of people speaking over instrumentation in an intensely rhythmic lyrical form, oftentimes telling semi-autobiographic tales relating to a fictionalized counterpart. He became inspired to write and partake of the art of emceeing after hearing the 1999 classic “Black on Both Sides” by Dante Smith (Mos Def) and honed his emceeing chops at the lunch room ciphers of Chicago high schools Whitney M. Young Magnet and George Washington Carver. He has since dedicated every verse, every bar and every word to achieving the ever elusive sense of balance in this hallowed art form. Follow the flow…

Savant has 2 shows coming up in the Tri-State area in March: 3/13/11 at The Trash Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Showtime is 9pm, admission $10. 3/15/11 at The Spot Lounge in Newark, NJ. Showtime is 9pm and admission is $10.

To hear some tracks from this astounding lyricist, visit http://savantrarebreed.bandcamp.com/album/crash-course-leak-series

Coming to a city near you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andrienne Mack-Davis produced by Mikey Fresh

Adrienne definitely has a fresh sound and is on our radar here at Sounds of Brazil. Check out for yourself at http://amackdavis.bandcamp.com/. Her smooth and soulful voice perfectly matches the electro-hip hop beats to create an excellent listening experience. I highly recommend it.

Mickey Factz has released his newest mixtape “I Am Better Than You”

This song is fresh, all rapping and no chorus. Sounds like straight hip hop and ambitious dreams to me. Here is Mickey’s newest video for the song “skyscraper”, off of his latest mix-tape release. You can download it for free off of his website Mickeyfactz.com as long as you help spread the word through one of the social networking sites.

Wale Drops MixTape

Who would have guessed that Wale was such a big Seinfeld fan? Sticking with the theme from his 2008 mixtape entitled “mixtape about nothing” the rapper uses his love for Seinfeld to weave through the tracks of “More About Nothing,” referencing the show and specific scenes every now and again. With a full 21 tracks “More About Nothing” is something to sink your Wale loving teeth into. Take a listen HERE

Sol-Village Tomorrow Night featuring RES

You may have seen her grace the SOBs stage earlier this year or with collaborators Talib Kweli and Graph as Idle Warship. Catch the singer rocking solo as she belts tunes from her latest album, Black.Girls.Rock! at tomorrow’s Sol-Village. Get tickets HERE.

The album’s FREE, so there’s no reason not to download it and give it a listen. The fact that it’s AMAZING should also be encouraging!

Look who’s Album leaked, I mean dropped Today

Former SOB’s Alum, Rick Ross released his fourth solo Album the “Teflon Don” which hit stores today. For weeks your boy Ricky Rozay had the industry buzzing with the Albert Anastasia EP which had a couple of cameo’s by SOB’s alumni, Styles P & John Legend. You are due in for a treat with the “Teflon Don”, with hit singles, B.M.F. (Blowin’ Money Fast) & MC Hammer. Too broke to buy the album? Click HERE for a free download, SSSSHHH!!

Click on image to view John Legend & Rick Ross – Magnificent Live @ SOB’s

Nicki Minaj shoots unexpected video for “Your Love”

Nicki Minaj recently shot the video for her unexpected hit single “Your Love” which currently peaked at #1 on Billboards Rap Chart. She had no plans of releasing the record until someone stole it from her recording session and leaked it online.

“I was not planning on putting the song out at all, but then I heard it one day, somebody told me it was online. And I was like, ‘No way, no way in the world that song is out.’ I went and listened to it and was really upset. It wasn’t mixed, it wasn’t finished, it wasn’t anything — I wasn’t gonna use it at all. But then radio started playing it.” “Isn’t that crazy? Crazy. I don’t even know how it feels [to have a #1 hit] right now. But it’s amazing.”

Janelle Monae Remix up for Grabs

While clicking around Lance Drummonds’ music blog we found this sweet remix of Ms. Monae’s song “Cold War.” Her album “The ArchAndroid” is ridiculously good and all these remixes just make us feel greedy – but we’re taking them anyway. Download the Cold War (Wondaland Remix) and feel the love.

Also don’t forget to check out the Tightrope remix featuring  B.o.B. and Lupe Fiasco