Here at Burning River, it's all about the rotation. So we decided to start a new series to showcase what we've had in rotation recently. This first installment features the likes of artists with a larger buzz like Tut, Kari Faux, and Dj OHSO, and also artists on the come up like Mathaius Young, EriQ LaRon, and Billard. So check out "In Rotation Vol. 1" and be on the look out for future installments
Taiwanese retailer Invincible teams up with Reebok to bring us some Instapump Fury fire.
This model of the Instapump Fury features a bold blue and red combination across the upper, complete with white and gold designs. The colorway was inspired by designer scarves, and designed by the Invincible crew. The Instapump Fury "Grand Manege" drops on Valentines day, and is available exclusively at Invincible store locations. Start making plans to cop, and check out more photos below.
It's been about 4 years since Odd Future fixture Hodgy Beats released the original "Dena Tape", a lengthy tape full of tracks from early in his career. Today he's back with Don Cannon for "Dena Tape 2". Featuring a few Domo Genesis, the tape is as solid a Hodgy offering as ever. Check out "Dena Tape" above.
About a week ago Audra The Rapper dropped a spacy offering with "No.Body", and now she's back with the visual. Dedicated to "#oomf", the video features Audra and her mystery follower romping through the city. The video's not as spacy as the track, but it's an interesting watch nonetheless. Check out the visual treatment for "No.Body" above.
Mathaius Young - Mathaius Young EP (Alternate Version)
Mathaius Young releases a reworked alternate version of his "Mathaius Young EP" featuring three new songs. Stream above, download at Livemixtapes, and look out for his upcoming debut album, "Mathaius Young LP" coming this december.
Hurt Everybody slides through with a fucking banger in "2K47". Stream "2K47" above and be on the lookout for their project of the same name, due sometime this spring.
Chicago songstress Lili K provides an old-school themed video for the lead single from her upcoming debut album. Check out the visual for "Tommy" above, and cop her album "Ruby", due out April 21st.
The dynamic duo that is Lion Babe is back with a new visual for their track "Treat Me Like Fire". Check out Lion Babe above, and cop their latest project, the "Lion Babe" EP on iTunes.
This time last year, we may have told you that Isaiah Rashad was the only Chattanooga artist worth talking about.
Enter Tut, the Chat-town native that recently proved us wrong. We first heard Tut's latest project "Preacher's Son" about a week ago (we know, insert your shmoney joke here) and it's been in heavy rotation ever since.
Tut's swanging doors-smooth as silk-southern soul sound is a refreshing change of pace from current rap trends. Instead of going for booming radio style beats (think Metro Boomin) Tut sticks with soulful jazz-hop style instrumentals that gel wonderfully with his lyrics. It's this uniformity that helps give the whole project a cohesive feel and contributes to it's replay factor. Trust us; we've been replaying it for a while now.
Over these smooth backgrounds, Tut remarks on the standard rap album topics, including drug deals, good weed, women, and the like, but from a standpoint that feels more like reflection than glorification. On "Fall Of Goliath", he raps "Before you let your life pass by; don't ask how, ask why; I could die tonight", a train of thought familiar to plenty of black youth. He immediately follows this line by imploring the listener to listen to their mother when she says "that riotous living gon' put you right inside prison."
What isn't standard though, are the nods to the black church, which is often a powerful force for the youth in the black community. Tut's narrative goes in the other direction though, evidenced on the track "Hangin'" where he raps "They say ain't your dad a preacher; what you doing smoking reefer, hangin' out with the thugs and G's?" He then ties it up, saying "I could'a been a preacher but I'm rappin'" and "I'll be right where I'm supposed to be."
The album isn't all exploratory sermons though; with an easy-going cut in "Highs & Lows", where Tut remarks on his affinity for weed, women, and his crew, and wraps it all up with an easygoing mantra worth repeating in the hook: "You might be going through a lot right now; that's just the game and how it goes."
All in all, "Preacher's Son" epitomizes southern cool: as Tut drawls soulfully over jazzy instrumentals, you feel about as close to hanging with the crew on a smooth Chattanooga night as you'll get. All that and more make "Preacher's Son" a definite must listen.
Grade: A
Highlights: "Corner Stories", "Highs & Lows", "Live From Chattanooga", "Living On The Sun", "Corner Stories 2"
Roosh Williams and Scarface make an H-Town connection of legendary proportions on "Deep End," scheduled to appear on Roosh's upcoming album, "Unorthodox." Check out "Deep End" above.
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