This week’s underground hip-hop quotable of the week is Mama Mia from “Bohemian Rap CD,” which you can still download for FREE here if you haven’t already. Mama Mia features dope verses from NYC underground emcees Jake Lefco, IllSpokinn, Ryan-O’Neil, Kats and Domer – and is part of a compilation CD featuring all five emcees rapping over 6 tracks created from samples of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. Click below to listen to Mama Mia:

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This week’s underground hip-hop track of the week is ScholarMan’s Hood Stories Vol. 4, from his new album “Free Spirit Of A Troubled Soul” – which I been bumping nonstop since finally getting around to listening to it last week. ScholarMan has included a Hood Stories track in each of his last four albums, and each contains relevant lyrics and interesting storytelling. Vol. 4 is about a Iraq war veteran with post traumatic stress syndrome. Click below to listen to Hood Stories Vol. 4:

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This week’s underground hip-hop quotable is Kats’ Rich Dad Poor Dad, from his new album “I Can Levitate” – which is you should download for FREE if you haven’t already. The beat is by UK producer Jonesy, and the title is pretty much self-explanatory – as Kats drops verses about fatherhood through the eyes of a rich dad, a poor dad, and his own pops. Possibly my favorite track on the new album. Click below to listen to Kats’ Rich Dad Poor Dad:

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This week’s underground hip-hop quotable is Ryan-O’Neil’s The Way The World Is, from his new EP “Hyphenated & Apostrophed” – which I’ve been bumping all week. If you haven’t downloaded the EP yet, I highly recommend doing it for FREE here. The Way The World Is is a dope track about all kinds of conscious shit. Click below to listen To Ryan-O’Neil’s The Way The World Is:

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I’ve already featured a couple tracks from Brother Ali’s spectacular new album “Us.” Yet last night while I was writing a review for the album, I decided that I had to feature just one more track. Tight Rope is a lyrical storytelling masterpiece in which Brother Ali talks about the struggles of people forced to live multiple lives, dedicating verses to immigrants, children of divorced parents, and homosexuals. Click below to listen to Brother Ali’s Tight Rope:

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Brother Ali’s new album “Us” is probably the best album of the year, and I’ve been bumping it nonstop lately. Pretty much every track is dope, and it was mad hard to pick just one to feature. Babygirl is a song about a woman who was abused as a child, and how it will continue to affect her for her whole life. Click below to listen to Brother Ali’s Babygirl:

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This track, Same Story (My Dedication), is a new leak from Vinnie Paz’ upcoming solo project, “The Assassin’s Creed.” The song is about Vinnie’s step father, and is a real heartfelt track about love, life and death – and is currently available for FREE download here. Click below to listen to Same Story (My Dedication):

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My homie was complaining the other day about how people on the subway are so detached. They just read their newspapers or listen to their iPods and avoid everyone else. Nobody talks anymore, and he thinks it’s a symbol of what’s wrong with New York.

The Metermaids’ new song Matchbooks made me think of that this morning as I was (ironically) listening to my iPod on the train, and the first verse states,  ”I rode the train like a ghost in the graveyard.” After that, I listened to this song like 10 times in a row. Matchbooks is a track by one of my favorite local hip-hop groups the Metermaids, from their new album “Smash Smash Bang.” Click below to listen:

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This week’s track of the week is Chali 2na’s Righteous Way, from his new album “Fish Outta Water.” It was hard to pick out just one track to feature from this album, but I chose this because it was one of a couple very personalized lyrical songs. Righteous Way is basically about parenthood, and contains three dope verses dedicated to 2na’s father, mother and son. Click below to listen to Chali 2na’s Righteous Way:

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This week’s hip-hop quotable is Smile from Eyedea & Abilities’ new album “By The Throat.” I heard a lot of people hating on this album before I picked it up, but I think it’s crazy dope. I’m digging E&A’s new style and movement towards rock-ish hip-hop. Smile is a track about finding beauty and peace in a world of pain and agony. Click below to listen to Eyedea & Abilities’ Smile:

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