The 30 man posse cut “The Rap Monument” is here. Pusha T, Bryant Dope, Go Dreamer, Retch,
Nipsey Hussle, Problem, Danny Brown, Mayhem Lauren, Raekwon da Chef, Vado, ​Kilo Kish,
Flatbush Zombies, Renegade El Rey, Rockie Fresh, Pill, Bodega Bamz, Remy Banks, Killer Mike,
Del Harris, YG, CyHi da Prince, Young Thug, Aston Matthews, Prodigy, SL Jones, Nasty Nigel, Bobby Creekwater, Action Bronson, Heems, Mike G, Yak Ballz, Zebra Katz, Two-9, Alexander Spit, ScottyATL, and Da$h each participate.

“Silk Shirts and Yellow Gold” is the first music video from Meyhem Lauren and Buckwilds recent “Silk Pyramids” LP. Directed by Oz Perla.

Mayhem Lauren and Buckwild deliver these two freestyles are available along with three original bonus tracks that are exclusive to the vinyl release of Silk Pyramids.

Coming from the Outdoorsmen camp, which also includes Action Bronson, Meyhem Lauren builds upon an already solid underground fanbase with his latest release, Silk Pyramids, produced by legendary DITC beatsmith, Buckwild.

The state of New York street-hop has been in flux, as of late, as many artists from the city have chosen to ride with southern rap styles in an attempt to go mainstream. Both Meyhem Lauren and Action Bronson have done their best to keep the original boom-bap sound alive, and that comes through on the album’s opening cut, “100 MPH”, which features both artists. After that, its up to Meyhem to carry the torch solo, despite a few solid guest spots here and there.

As far as the production, those looking for a sequel to Celph Titled and Buckwild’s Nineteen Ninety Now will be sorely disappointed, as Buck leaves the echoing saxophones behind, for more modern styles of production. Well, maybe “modern” isn’t the best word; this is hardly Black Rob’s “Whoa”, its more akin to the D.I.T.C. 12″ era, on songs like “Love and Loyalty” or “Narcotics Anonymous”, which you can just hear Fat Joe or A.G. rhyming over, despite their absence.

While Meyhem does carry the trademark, off-the-wall sense of humor of his more successful bearded counterpart (his last album was called Mandatory Brunch Meetings. This one is called Silk Pyramids; think about that for a minute), he isn’t quite as compelling on the mic. Still, we do get moments of greatness here, such as on “Aztec Blue” (a flip of Doom’s “One Beer” sample by Cortex), where Hologram delivers some laugh out loud lines: “the only hashtags, the price of the hash, f*g / I sell your mother a bad bag / that skate out to Baghdad.” And who can be mad at a Thirstin Howl III guest spot on “Where The $ At”?

All in all, this is classically composed Q-Boro / Bronx bred street hop, but it doesn’t change the world or rewrite the rules of the genre. Considering that this type of music is an endangered species as it is, Silk Pyramids provides ample satisfaction, nonetheless.

Last week, Mayhem Lauren dropping by Shade 45 to kick it with Statik Selektah and the Showoff Radio crew.

From the May 27th release, Silk Pyramids.

From the album “Silk Pyramids” available everywhere May 27, 2014, Thrice Great/Chambermusik Records.

Meyhem Lauren & Buckwild today premiere the first track off their up coming album Silk Pyramids “Silk Shirts & Yellow Gold”. The album drops May 27th on Thrice Records, and marks the first national release for Meyhem who previously released countless street projects to critical acclaim. The entire album is produced by multi-platinum producer Buckwild of D.I.T.C.

Second single from Meyhem and J-Love’s Digital Camo EP. “Egyptian Musk” is the second leak off the project, which is available exclusively on vinyl at Chopped Herring Records.

From Meyhem’s Raw Cashmere EP, produced entirely by Ice Rocks, out now on iTunes.

New video for Meyhem Lauren’s track Drug Lords featuring fellow New Yorkers AG Da Coroner & Action Bronson on a Harry Fraud beat, taken from his free mixtape Respect The Fly Shit.

Lo-Life and Action Bronson affiliate Meyhem Lauren returns with the Raw Cashmere vinyl EP, produced by IceRocks.
You can order it now via Chopped Herring.

Produced by Harry Fraud. From Horsepower.

With the release of Spit Gemz’ FVCK THE RADIO project last Monday (February 25th, 2013), Gemz dropped off one of the standout tracks featuring heavyweight power MC Vinnie Paz. This next track is an ode to his Lo-Life brethren & his Brooklyn/ Queens roots. Featuring the Lo-Life general Thirstin Howl 3rd & the Fly Shit champion Meyhem Lauren. With such lyrically gifted MC’s you would expect something extremely gritty, but Gemz flipped the script and shows his versatility with probably one of the best head bop tracks on the album. Produced by Russian OG MC/Producer Ligalize .

First leak off of BAU’s “All Is Fair” project produced by Frank The Butcher & Paul Mighty. Cuts By DJ 7l.