Austin Royale dangerously raps out of moving car window and gets his party shut down by the cops in his latest visual for "The Usual". The concept behind the track is pretty straightforward as the Durham native states that "...and if you didn't know this is the usual, we fuck it all up..." and you … Continue reading Dazzi Recommends: The Usual x Austin Royale
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The Game x Alex Aff Feat. Danny Blaze
Alex Aff released his Forever project last October but he's keeping it alive by dropping a visual for the track, "The Game". We find Alex and featured rapper, Danny Blaze, spitting candid, hard bars in a torn down building and on the streets with friends in the visual. While Alex is keeping Forever relevant, he is also in … Continue reading The Game x Alex Aff Feat. Danny Blaze
Understand x Alex Aff (Video)
The Regency was the first cut for Alex Aff this year and now he takes it back to his 2015 release of Forever and drops off a video for the track, "Understand". The rapper is seen walking and dribbling a basketball while flowing about his personal hardships and demons. Director, Jafar Fennell, makes sure to capture a simple, … Continue reading Understand x Alex Aff (Video)
The Regency x Alex Aff
NC artist, Alex Aff, ended his 2015 by dropping his Forever project and now he's starting off 2016 right with a new self-produced track entitled, "The Regency". He delivers a lyrical, gritty record with a nice jazz sample. Hard bars of the come up on his journey to build his empire one brick at a time, complete the … Continue reading The Regency x Alex Aff
Forever X Alex Aff
Over the past few weeks NC hip-hop artist, Alex Aff, dropped music in lead up for his newest project. Forever contains 17 tracks with 16 of them being produced by Alex. His goal was to be himself and say what he wanted and how he wanted. You will find some soul, slight turn up, stories and everything in between … Continue reading Forever X Alex Aff
Push(her) X Danny Blaze
Danny Blaze tells the story of a lady he once dated that sold drugs in his track, "Push(her)." If you already don't know a pusher is just another term for a drug dealer so he uses this term as a play on word. Danny says this of the track: "The inspiration for "Pus(her)" came from "Trap … Continue reading Push(her) X Danny Blaze
Touch of Daz: Smink Interview
With the release of his recent project, Indiana, signing to Heria Labs, performing at shows and much more, Smink is one NC artist that you need to know about. All the beans are spilled of everything he has accomplished and what you can expect next from him on ToD. Check it out below. Purchase Indiana on iTunes. Follow Smink on Twitter.
Good Morning X Kid Infamous
At the beginning of the summer, Kid Infamous, dropped the first visual off his upcoming project, The Infamous Life, and now he gives fans the second one entitled, "Good Morning." This track is a personal account of Kid's life before he started making music and how he came up from letting his environment control his life. In the … Continue reading Good Morning X Kid Infamous
Ease The Pain X Danny Blaze
Durham hip-hop artist and member of The Koolest, Danny Blaze, releases a track for himself and everyone dealing with personal demons everyday - "Ease The Pain". Producers Cracka Lack and The Chemist, essentially fuse the synergy by sampling Lisa Fischer’s classic "How Can I Ease The Pain", which issues an underlining message that you can’t run … Continue reading Ease The Pain X Danny Blaze
WANTED2013 X Austin Royale
It has been a good summer for Austin Royale from performing at at his collective's SUMMER PLUS+ event, as well as The Joint Off 36th & The Clean Slate 704's "4th Off 36th: World Tour" July 4th festival. He wraps it up by releasing a new track entitled "WANTED2013" which is just one in a series of … Continue reading WANTED2013 X Austin Royale