Tomorrow, the legendary rap group Slum Village will release their new project Dirty Slums 2.  Realistically, this isn’t the same Slum Village that gave us classics like “Closer,” “Climax,” “The Look of Love,“ etc.  The group now consists of T3, Illa J, and Young RJ.  But, in the same spirit, listeners will get a new project from the group featuring: Rapper Big Pooh, Joe Scudda, Focus and more.  Giving fans an appetizer before the album, Slum Village releases their new track “The World is Yours” paying respect to the classic by Nas.  The song also features an posthumous appearance of deceased member Baatin. 

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Last September, Brooklyn-based emcee Skyzoo released his second album, A Dream Deferred.  The project, which featured production from 9^th Wonder, !llmind, Focus…, Black Milk and more, showed Skyzoo finally defining his sound and setting himself out as an established emcee.  Skyzoo is releasing his new visuals for “Spike Lee Was My Hero,” featuring Talib Kweli, off of his new album.  The video has a Spike Lee cameo, which helps to further give the stamp of approval on the song.

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