Vic Mensa - Down On My Luck

For his international single "Down On My Luck" Vic Mensa transcends his Chicago roots and goes for a sound most commonly heard in clubs over in the United Kingdom. Although it's a little different then what you've come to expect from Chicago rappers, if you're a fan of Mensa this should have be no surprise for you. This could potentially be a breakthrough single for Vic especially overseas where this sound is more widely accepted. I'm sure Chance is jealous...

Vic Mensa's INNANET TAPE is available now.  

Travi$ Scott - Don't Play ft Big Sean

UPDATE: DIRTY/CDQ added

Last month Travi$ Scott took to the stage during his show at The FADERFORT for SXSW to premiere his latest single then known as "1975" with fellow G.O.O.D. Music artist Big Sean. Today a clean version of the track was released now entitled "Don't Play", I'll be the first to say that I'm not the biggest fan of La Flame but this is easily one of my favorite joints of 2014. With Owl Pharaoh being the huge disappointment that it was, it'll be interesting to see if his upcoming project Rodeo delivers what we expected with his mixtape, at the very least this is a great start.

Suncaste - Knight Ryder ft Ciscero

I don't know much about D.C.'s Suncaste other than, that he is a producer and a damn good one at that. On "Knight Ryder" he links up with Maryland's Ciscero who delivers an impressive verse full of witty wordplay and alliteration over the excellent experimental electronic/hip-hop production.

I checked out Sun's Soundcloud after I heard this track to see if he had any other material and sure enough he did, a decent amount of instrumentals with electronic, trip-hop and traditional hip-hop bases and a few with all three elements effortlessly fused together. If you enjoy Flying Lotus or the music featured in Adult Swim's bumps I'd highly recommend you check out his other work. Great stuff.

Big K.R.I.T. - Mt. Olympus

Who the hell pissed off Big K.R.I.T.? That's what went through my mind once I heard his latest "Mt. Olympus" over some epic production, which of course is self-produced, the Mississippian makes his presence felt once again speaking on a range of topics. I like this type of energy from K.R.I.T. he sounds hungry and more focused than ever and that's scary.   

SALVA - Drop That Bitch ft Kurupt, ScHoolboy Q, Problem & Bad Lucc

L.A. based producer SALVA recruits some of California's new age rappers in ScHoolboy Q, Problem and Bad Lucc along with the veteran Kurupt for the remix of his Eazy-E sampled track "Drop That Bitch".