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J.J. Jabber – “[Insert Title Here]” EP

Band : J.J. Jabber, Mammyth
Title : [Insert Title Here]
Release Date : January 1, 2016
Label : Family Tree Group

J.J. Jabber is a threat. The Milwaukeeland producer-emcee mixes Hip Hop with Rock to create an unmatched twisted Metal sound on his debut EP. While the Grime style has been in The Midwest for a minute, Jabber comes at the records in an even more widely appealing sense on [Insert Title Here]. Tech 9 nem birthed the Midwest Grime but there have been few standouts to follow up until now.

We kicked off the #JabberSeason promo with a deadly “[Girl Next Door]” record that sounded like a walk to the electric chair. The follow up hit just as hard. Jabber smacked the “[White Collar]” beat with a K Dot flow. “Come up round n get lit”, he repeated in that high and tight intonation that we’ve all come to appreciate. Then of course we premiered “[Patterns]” right here on da Basement Made site. The emcee is good at mixing other styles with his own. “I learned all I know from my headphones”, he raps.

No features necessary. This is one of the best produced albums I’ve ever heard outta The 4. Mammyth mixed it. I want to hear the artist rap more about himself, though. There are a lot of general ideas going on here, not enough on his personal experiences.

“This EP is for anyone who has been stuck on the seesaw their entire life. Teetering on the edge of sanity, blinded by perfectionism and self-doubt. While those aspects of my life have been overwhelmingly prominent, I combat my downfall through a confident approach, shown specifically through my art”.

Premiered by Earmilk, who came out with “There is not a lot that I can say about J.J. at the moment, honestly”. And these people call themselves journalists…

Dana Coppafeel & Speak Easy – “#Raplords”

Band : Dana Coppafeel, Guilty Simpson, Haz Solo, J.J. Jabber, Open Mike Eagle, Punchline, SigNif, Skyzoo, Speak Easy, Vincent Van Great, Von Alexander
Title : #Raplords
Release Date : November 10, 2015
Label : Uni-Fi Records

This might just be the soundtrack to your next kickback (November 10, 2015). The Cream City Uni-Fi Records collective winds back time on #RapLords, hitting their new school Milwaukee flows on the old school boom bap beats. The exception is “Ugly” – a muhfucking smacker. Dana Coppafeel and Speak Easy are a mean tag team.

“Uni-Fi Records
My team chasing paper, call us gang green
Standing ova, they should thank me
HNIC’s how they rank me”

Sean Smart – “Sean Smart: The Mixtape”

Band : $killz, CAMEone, Captain Hook, DMT, Drudini, J.J. Jabber, Larry Bull, Mic Kellogg, Mike Regal, originalvision, RahRah The Savage, Sean Smart, The Crxsh, TRiLL GATE$
Title : Sean Smart
Release Date : November 25, 2015

A young but highly intelligent and driven emcee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s Sean Smart is looking to reintroduce himself to the world after his days with Higher Education (November 25, 2015). He put a lot of work into the indie label but out on his own he has complete control over his sound.

Sean Smart “fell in love with the culture” at a young age, he tells me. The rapper grew up on Queen and Bob Marley but his friends were into Hip Hop. His Milwaukee public schooling wound up teaching him much more than the three Rs. Sean picked up on Hip Hop from his classmates and remembers grabbing Jay-Z’s Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life on cassette in 3rd grade.

Now, the more Logic side of the rapper is coming out as he works on a more widely appealing sound for his self-titled mixtape. Sean’s days of rapping over experimental Boom Bap have come to a close. It’s time for the dictionary to get read.

Sean looks to make a good impression with his debut solo project. “No real message or underlying story, just raw tracks that make people bob their heads and get a feel for my abilities”, he says. “This is just the warm up for what is about to come”.

Premiered by GMAD.