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Famed DJ and producer Preservation is a long-time collaborator of Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def), one half of Dr. Yen Lo with Brooklyn emcee Ka, and has crafted tracks for RZA, GZA, MF DOOM, Raekwon, Aesop Rock, KRS-One, Jean Grae, and many more. Now, Preservation is back with "Eastern Medicine, Western Illness", a new album produced during Preservation's time living in Hong Kong. The project features an arsenal of top-tier lyricists, including Ka, Mach-Hommy, Your Old Droog, Roc Marciano, Quelle Chris, Billy Woods, Nickelus F, Tree, Grande Marshall, A.G., and Hong Kong’s own Young Queenz. “There was a purity to the approach,” explains Preservation. “I wanted every track to be sourced only from Chinese records, which was an exciting challenge.” The result is an album showcasing some of the best hip-hop talent from the West over sounds from the East, blending cultures and styles to create a potent musical elixir.

With great notoriety for his reworks across SoundCloud, London native, K, Le Maestro has forged an undeniable signature sound for himself. Mixing old school with new, K has really set himself up to becoming a great in the next few years. His knack for sampling records and programming knocking drums, this is nothing new for K, Le Maestro. At only 22 years old, he has come a long way from making beats for himself in his bedroom to having his edits widespread across the internet and garnering popularity in the outside world among DJs and music heads alike.Inspired by greats such as J Dilla, Madlib, Black Milk and more, K is on pace to becoming a legendary producer in his own right. With cosigns from respected Hip-Hop figures to respected labels such as Soulection.As of 2019, K has been gearing up to release his debut album via Jakarta Records. This LP is on pace to defining K, Le Maestro's sound outside of doing edits and reworks as well as showcasing his versatlity as a producer as well as his taste as an artist.K, Le Maestro is truly a maestro of his art; fusing between different genres while maintaining the signature knock that his instrumentals provide. From his roots in Hip-Hop to expanding to genres such as R&B and even funk/dance, K has a fine tuned ear for beats and rhythms that will get your body moving and elevate your mood.

Ramson Badbonez returns with his brand new album ‘FUSION’.Embedded in the streets and lanes of Dalston, Hackney and Islington, where Badbonez made his way up, no stone is left unturned as Badbonez dissects the many highs and lows that took him from a life running the roads, to documenting his experiences across thirteen brand new tracks.The most impressive thing about ‘FUSION’ is the dexterity Badbonez showcases across the release, expertly traversing a catalogue of rhythms and tempos with his now signature delivery; crystal clear, unapologetic, razor sharp, yet intricate and highly complex multi-syllables.
This genre blurring offering is, in part, down to the curated production talent joining forces to ensure a formidable spectrum of neck-snapping sonics are offered up to both Badbonez and the listener. From album opener ‘Alpha’ produced by the one-and-only High Plains Drifter Jehst, to offerings from Dead Players’ very own GhostTown, long-time collaborator Mark Fear and heavy-hitter Forest DLG, and with a features list that includes Truemendous, Datkid and Confucius MC, ‘FUSION’ marks a significant moment in Ramson Badbonez career; elevating his position as one of the great commentators on life in London town, but further, as one of the rap games most innovative outliers.

Dza pulls together a star studded group of hip-hops best mcs for a true underground classic album.

"2/22/17 was the day that everything changed for me. Been to different states and weathered every storm in my path which has led up to this very moment in space and time. I feel blessed to be able to write this for you and share this piece of music with you. I have never been so proud or in awe of anything I have created before. This is for Los Angeles, this is for the whole West Coast, this is for the Inland Empire. For anyone reading this you have the power to be you and be the realest person you know. Follow your intuition and live by your words. Hate no man and love unconditionally. You never know when the person next to you won’t be there. I love you.DOM"