[Video] ABGOHARD: "Yung God"
New York City has been re-establishing itself as a place for quality underground hip-hop over the past few years with a huge resurgence of talented artists that have allowed themselves to branch into increasingly different and interesting strands of what hip-hop can be, somewhat erasing many boundaries that had rendered the genre incognito and stale out east.
One of these pockets of music that we've been paying attention to as of late is the Inner City Kids crew, led by Decon-signee and RH First Look artist Aaron Cohen. Cohen's collaborative partner on his track "NickVanExelRose", ABGOHARD, recently dropped his video for his own single, "Yung God" which is produced by Yuri Beats and was premiered today on The Village Voice. The ICK guys often have their tongue planted firmly in cheek as they pair clever rhymes with heavy production and the latest from the clique is no different as underlying humor exists throughout. Check out the latest from ABGOHARD, streaming below.
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[RH First Look] Justin Rose
Justin Rose does a little bit of everything. The 23 year old from New York City started off rapping before gravitating to what he calls the "addicting" process of crafting beats. I met him this past year at SXSW while hanging out at the Illmore after-party, wondering how I was still awake. Since then we have kept in touch as Rose has spread his forward-thinking production across his scene and city, linking up with the likes of NYC up and comer Kris Kasanova which garnered him a track on Peter Rosenberg's curated mixtape earlier this Summer, as well as doing in-house production for Nakim. When I met him on the front end of 2013 there were still a lot of question marks around both of our futures. Nearly a year later, Rose has found himself bouncing around the vibrant and bubbling New York scene that have many bloggers across the country learning how to spell the word 'Renaissance'. The growth and uprise of that scene in New York is due in large part to progressive, hungry and cross-platform artists like Rose who are eager to find a way to push the music and culture forward without apology. I was able to catch up with Rose over the phone recently as he was leaving the studio from working on his debut project, RoseWaVve Vol.1. to talk about what the year has been like, what he's been up to and where things are headed for the young crafter. In exchange, he sent over this video for his track, "PARTY4ME", which we are premiering here on Ruby Hornet. Give the video a watch below and get to know Justin Rose.
[Video] World's Fair: "Sammy Sosa"
World's Fair has had a big 2013 thus far, garnering co-signs from Peter Rosenburg and what seems like all of New York, the hip-hop collective is part of the growing New York hip hop renaissance we keep hearing about and today released the video for the track "Sammy Sosa" directed by Jay Sprogell, which finds them wandering Chinatown. Pick up the latest from World's Fair, Bastard of the Party here, and check out the video below.
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