Hypnotic rhythms, dusty samples, turntable techniques, & intelligent lyricism combine to form Born With A Determined Idea, the debut album from Columbus, OH emcee & producer Lord Hakim, featuring Vast Aire (Cannibal OX), Dom Pachino (Killarmy), Bronze Nazareth, Planet Asia, & Lord Jamar (Brand Nubian).

An Emcee, Producer and Studio Engineer, Lord Hakim is a Columbus, Ohio native, is a Hip-Hop enthusiast to the fullest, but who like many of us, prefers his beats dirty and his lyricism enlightened. “My style of Hip Hop is grungy samples over boom bap percussion with razor sharp turntable techniques; now that’s Hip Hop! When it comes to emceeing, I’m a thinker; it’s all about vocabulary and being descriptive. The thing about Hip Hop is you actually get hear the novel within an orchestrated arrangement and it can set the mood for whatever chapter or track you’re on” Hakim states.

After previously building with Planet Asia (“Scripturez”) and Lord Jamar (“Peace God”), Lord Hakim returns with the visual counterpart for his collaboration with Can Ox’s Vast Aire and Phizz Ed “Brass Knucklez.”

New music from IAMSU!’s Eyes On Me, hitting February 24th.

From Slay’s upcoming mixtape, The Industry Purge.

New music from Maverick Sabre, with help from Joey Bad.

Strange combination of artists, but we ain’t mad. From Blade Of The Ronin, hitting March 3rd.

New music from the RAWTH team.

“I understood that reference…” From the upcoming album The Kangol Kid.

From the forthcoming LP His Own Self hitting March 17th.

Stalley’s camp: “Experience is the best souvenir. After an acclaimed debut album release last season, Stalley resurfaces with Souvenirs, a track that serves as an update and announcement for his upcoming European concert tour. “Can’t talk to God if your faith’s missing. I’ve been hiding for a while, kept my face missing.” Stalley takes the ‘high road to living’ while he describes being ‘wrapped up in fox fur. Tell PETA my jawn is dragging on the fleur’ Listen to Souvenirs ft. 2Lettaz on the hook, produced by Black Diamond and check Stalley on tour starting in Poland March 7th.”

New music from the Chicago MC’s upcoming mixtape release. Produced by Alex Wiley & jeffRx.

The star-studded remix of Ne-Yo’s latest radio hit. The album Non-Fiction is in stores now.

Luda returns with a freestyle over Pusha T’s “Lunch Money” beat, as well as new remixes of “Party Girls” by Sinjin Hawke, Lunice, and Brodinski.

Maino featured remix of the lead single to the BK duo’s Street Certified EP.

Missy Elliott graces the remix of Jack Ü’s remix of “Take Ü There.”

New music from the reunited Dipset, available on iTunes now.