Lean Beatz delivers a set of grimy records on the #FreeCheapskate dedication tape. The rapper-producer keeps creating. The scene in Milwaukee is taking off and this artist offers a chill alternative sound to the mix.
“I got two bitches with me and they both fine
Tryna head back to me crib, said it’s go time”
Vincent VanGREAT is one of my favorite artists outta The 4. He’s been consistently dope for years now and this project really speaks to his incredible artistry as a Hip Hop musician. Take a listen for yourself. Breakdown coming soon… Bless up.
Tracklist:
Pizzle has unleashed the heavily anticipated Grand De$ign album, according to plan (April 11, 2016). At first listen, this is his best work to date. Presented by Cultured Sect Music.
Check out his recent feature on HipHopDX too.
$killz also goes by DOLLASIGNkillz, which speaks to the eclectic artist more than anything. He’s all about punchlines, smacking the fans with a line they won’t forget. Da Game Needs Me is track after track of Trap wordplay. The elements are all there. These are bangers. The Amerikas Addiction affiliate has a big team too. $killz aka Trap-Jezuz linked with P BEEZY to drop the artist’s debut project on The Mil (February 9, 2016). TRiLL GATE$ assisted on a couple songs too. He pushed and got his lead single “#FLEEK” onto local radio.
The lyricist has been doing plenty videos, which has payed off in blessed ways. The emcee also recently had a cameo on Empire, which is filmed nearby in Chicago. Philly Fly Boy did the cover for DGNM and is plotting the “Blue Hunnidz” video at an Atlanta location. With work like this, it won’t be long til he gets noticed on a larger scale for his music. This #DWYD Milwaukee team is on the come up quick and $killz is about to be put on front n center.
1. “F.W.M.T.L.W.”
2. “Pull Up (HOL UP)” ft. Wave Chapelle
3. “Blue Hunnidz” ft. Amerikas Addiction
4. “Level Up”
5. “YEA HO!” ft. Pizzle
6. “LiT” ft. Ray Rizzy & Baby Drew
7. “Wut I’m On” ft. K.E.
8. “#FLEEK” ft. Amerikas Addiction
How Lean Beatz cleaned up his flow in just a couple months is beyond me. The beats have been cold but the other side of the artist really came out swinging on the newest (December 14, 2015). Them first three records are my favorite. The “Outro” is beast too. Lean is good as incorporating haunting sounds into the Trap mix. This is late December music. Pizzle mixed it.
“It’s Lean bitch!”
Von Alexander dropped V O N today (November 19), and it’s every bit as grimy as we wanted. Von used to go by Vonny Del Fresco but this artist has always had a way of bringing the sun down into the basement. Coming from the North Side of Milwaukee, life has been a real struggle for this young black male. This brilliant lyricist is finally getting some shine for his well polished records, though.
An emcee, a writer, a voice and a leader, Von wants people to look past physical appearances to see the more authentic parts of people. The artist has a bigger idea in mind than just rap. He lives in madness but knows that there is a better way.
The Cream City rapper is influenced by A Tribe Called Quest, N.E.R.D, Nas, Future, Toro y Moi and Bon Iver. Don’t expect the average, expect Von Alexander. He knows his sound too. “Dylan Graham was someone that hit me up. And I hit up DMND on my own,” he says. For “the most unplanned project [he’s] ever done,” this sounds pretty damn good. Especially since he just dropped another massive “Memoirs” album just a few months back.
Here’s a visual from last year:
His and my favorite record on V O N is “N O R T H”:
“I can’t even wear Jordans, these shoes are the reason that niggas are killing
It’s fucked up when your hero ain’t really your hero, you look at him different
Cause niggas die just wear your name, niggas die just to play your game
Niggas die just to get that fame, jumpman, jumpman, jumpman
My whole life, I’ve been on to something
My whole life, man they made assumptions”
Premiered by Mass Appeal.
Milwaukee’s Lean Beatz went in on the beats. The rapper has a low key flow but it could still use some work. With that, he’s set the foundation with the trap sounds on Apparently (October 5, 2015) and it’s only up from there.
“Lean drinking, kush smoking, blunts rolling, cups pouring”
Look out for Lean Beatz. The mixtape cover art, tracklist, download and stream for Apparently are as follows:
Los Angeles transplant Emmitt James is Milwaukee poetic on the HUNGER PAINS EP (June 13, 2015).
