For summer 2025, competitive lyricists assemble to blaze and smoke the mic like a joint. In my Release Radar, uMaNg & B.B.Z Darney, Wildchild & AlumNY are The Chosen and to me outstanding at what they do. Whether rookies or old vets, laid-back or upbeat, the variety is here in a nice serving of beats and rhymes. Not only that, but their songs are also rich in subject matter that is sure to resonate after the music stops.
Bear witness to the ways of the underground as one of Hip Hop's best labels of the new millennium is honored by cuts and blends of Dee Jay Eveready & DJ Karsai who get on the decks to present Ill Adrenaline (The Early Years) Mixtape. With a collective of emerging and legendary DJs, MCs and producers, Ill Adrenaline seeks to find the main ingredient to get your head nodding with the rawness of each of their releases.
1. Dee Jay Eveready & Dj Karsai Featuring Beneficence - Intro -
2. Beatminerz - Sumthin' (feat. Tash of Tha Alkaholiks & Rah Digga)
3. Beneficence - Y.W.E. (feat. Lord Tariq)
4. Beatminerz - Spitgame (feat. O.C. Of D.I.T.C.)-
5. Beneficence - Way We Rockin - (feat El Da Sensei)
6. Beneficence - With My Real People (feat. Lord Tariq & Prince Po)
7. Purpose & Confidence -The Break Down
8. Interlude - Feat Confidence
9. The Regiment - Yours & Mine
10. Frankenstien - The Project (Remix)
11. B1 & Large Professor - Hands Of Time
12. Paranom & Purpose - Be A King
13. Real Good - Hannibal Stax
14.Paranom & Purpose - Godiva
15.Purpose & Confidence - Promise Me This
16. Dee Jay Eveready & Dj Karsai - Interlude
17. Rashad & KVBeats - We Know The Rules
18. Neek The Exotic - We Hot
19. 7 Gems - Foul Thesis
20. Beneficence - Cold Train (Feat Grap Luva, Rob-O and K-Def)
21. Paranom & Purpose - Microphone Phenomenal
22. Dee Jay Eveready & DJ Karsai - Interlude
23. Rashad & Confidence - Pen On Display
24. Paranom & Purpose - I Remember
25. Professor P & DJ Akilles - Lamp Posts & Neon Lights (feat. Blu)
26. Professor P & DJ Akilles - Killing Time feat. A.G. (of D.I.T.C.)
27. Price & Confidence - Dear Ni**a
28. Kon Sci - Interlude
29. MindsOne - Manipulated
30. Rashad & Confidence - Rumors of War
31. Purpose & Confidence - Rain Drops
32. Paranom & Purpose - So High
33. Paramon & Purpose - 7 Sciences
34. Paranom- Interlude
35. Beneficence - Put It On The Wire (Feat Simone Hines)
36. Professor P & DJ Akilles - Theroy
37. The Legion - Stereo (Confidence Remix)
38. Parmon & Purpose - Precision
39. Beneficence - Perfect Navigation (feat. Asu & Blacksun)
40. 7 Gems - Without You
41. Paramon & Purpose - Days Goes By
42. Beneficence - Outro
Ill Adrenaline continues to deliver lyrically-potent and neck snapping originality in Hip Hop with the summer 2015 release of Estee Nack & Purpose. Catch a temporary chill as this duo builds upon your imagination on 14 tracks of raw Hip Hop and pre-order your copy of "14 Forms: The Book Of Estee Nack" today.
Up in Austria recording with Flip, Tragic Allies & Killah Priest unite on the reflective Reggae-influenced track "Mysteries". Projecting thoughts as a product of their hectic inner-city environment, the trio drop all-star bars which combine images of the ghetto, religion, science fiction, history and government for depth of thought in the Wu-Tang lyrical fashion. From the album "Reflections" by veteran producer Flip available digitally and on vinyl.
uMaNg "The Black Rose Certificate" (entirely produced by B.B.Z. Darney), available NOW (CD/2LP/cassette/digital) on Ill Adrenaline Records.
uMaNg - The Black Rose Certificate - Vinyl LP Record
Press release by Ill Adrenaline:
"With two full-length albums already under their belts that garnered them buzz in the underground ("Lasting Impressions" & "The Revisited"), New Jersey originated emcee uMaNg, reunites with Swedish producer B.B.Z. Darney ("The Boom Bappin' Zombie"), to complete their trilogy of albums with their label debut on Ill Adrenaline Records entitled, "The Black Rose Certificate."
Shortly after inking a deal with the label, the next eight months would find uMaNg & B.B.Z. embarking on a musical journey that would result in their most personal & brutally honest record to date. The title "The Black Rose Certificate", while a representation of many a symbolism, reflects the duo's state of mind, the hand they've been dealt as typecasts in society. Since being impossible to produce a "black rose" also stands for purest devotion. A kind of devotion that uMaNg & B.B.Z. put forth in their respected crafts.
Over the course of 14 tracks, the duo sonically stick to their traditional "boom-bap" roots, whilst also bringing sounds that range from "darker" to "aggressive", to even more "melancholic". The production B.B.Z. Darney showcases is heavier, more conceptual than previous releases. uMaNg has been notable throughout his career for being a clever & witty, punchline heavy emcee. While staying true to his stylings on the mic, he gets deeper & more transparent than past albums have suggested. For every braggadocious track, there is another where the Jersey emcee bares his soul through the pen, opening up about past discretions, family HIStory, amongst other topics on the emcee's mind. Also unlike "Lasting Impressions" & "The Revisited", that found the duo being the lone contributors to their works alongside the legendary DJ Grazzhoppa, they now bring along with them close collaborators as well as in-label artists. The album features tracks from the likes of Brick City veteran and close Artifacts affiliate Beneficence, Purpose of the Tragic Allies camp, close friends HexOne & Tek-nition of the critically acclaimed duo Epidemic, and Hashfinger to lend their talents and further enhance the album's disposition."
Using art as therapy to overcome the every day struggle, uMaNg relies on the mic and beats as his most trusted accomplices. Get a taste of this mentally-potent ill adrenaline dosage from u and B's upcoming Lp "The Black ROse Certificate" dropping December of 2014.
"Straight from The Bronx, the home of hip-hop, comes the trio, The Legion (Chucky Smash, Molecules and Cee-Low). As signees to Black Sheep's One Love imprint, they debuted in 1993 with the brilliant underground classic, "Jingle Jangle" - an ill piano sample driven track with a highly quotable finishing verse from Dres of Black Sheep. The Legion followed up with the sweet laden Roy Ayers looped up single, "Legion Groove" and their now much sought after debut album,"Theme + Echo = Krill" (1994) featuring affiliated acts like Black Sheep, Chi-Ali and Showbiz & A.G.
After a hiatus for a few years, they resurfaced with the 12-inch, "Street Thing / Caught Up" (1998) on Legion Records/Fat Beats and some appearances on Dres' "Sure Shot Redemption" album. Then the Bronx trio went quiet.
While Molecules handled dope production for Dres, Mos Def, Milano, Amanda Marshall and even appeared on P!nk's "Stupid Girls", Chucky Smash's been hosting radio shows in the BX. The three long-time friends never stopped doing music together but it was already 2011 when the trio finally made a dope comeback on the Beneficence collabo track, "Aim, Fire, Spit".
"The Lost Tapes" ain't only a simple compilation of rare and unreleased tracks, it's rather a musical documentation of a group that has been staying in its lane creating raw, uncut, and uncompromising Bronx flavor for more than two decades now. So this 20-track strong album includes the rare 12" single only "Freestyle Demolition" from 1994, rare old and unavailable on CD tracks, unreleased joints and instrumentals plus 3 brand new bangers ("For You", "Stereo", "Stereo [Remix]"), produced by The Legion, Buckwild, and Confidence.
Take a trip down memory lane with these dope Bronx tales and street beats from The Legion and stay tuned for a brand new album plus the Molecules & Showbiz "A Bronx Tale" EP."
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