The 5 best contemporary underground rap songs
of 2015
If you think that after all the anual reviews and lists there are no more secrects, think again. In this post you will find a selection of five tracks that you might not have heard in 2015. Artists Like Father, Playboi Carti, the guys who call themselves Divine Council, the young trap sensation 21Savage and a Dutch artist who is taking over their scene called Sevn Alias.
Father - Who's Gonna Get Fucked First
Father, founder of the independent label Awful Records, his distictive way of rapping really shines over this selfproduced song ‘Who’s Gonna Get Fucked First’, the title track of his latest album. Father and the 17 strong Awful Records grew into one of the most aspiring labels out of Atlanta and they are not stopping. Father’s 'Cry $$' -tour through the states and Vancouver & Toronto in the summer of 2015 was a big succes, you can watch this video to get a feel how it was. If you say Awful Records you got to say DIY, every artist on the label has a strong individual style and personality and that’s hard to find these days with every rapper trying to be like Future.
I still remember when Playboi Carti had 2k followers on Soundcloud. Now the young rapper has over a 100k followers. He is now signed by A$AP rocky and travels the world with Ian Connor. Carti has collaborations coming up with Frank Ocean and Skepta. Playboi Carti is definitely someone to keep on your radar. On Fetti Carti brought two rappers along, Da$h a rapper from New York and Maxo Kream from Houston. The result of this collaboration is a druggy track with a hard beat that makes you jump out of your seat. Another suggestion is the collaboration between the Chicago rapper/producer ICYTWAT, who is part of the collective called Divine Council. Watch the video here
$ilkMonkey - The Fine Household ft. Cyrax! & Lord Linco
Cyrax, $ilkMoney and Lord Linco are three rappers from the Divine Council. Everyone flows in their own distictive way on this amazing Shlohmo beat. Expect a druggy, trippy and hard track. Don’t sleep on these boys! $ilkMoney shows us how he can flow quick like a boss and deliver some hard bars. Cyrax uses his lazy, druggy, bouncy vibe and Lord Linco finishes the track with his dark and slow rapping. The result is a mix of styles that you can expect if you listen to a Divine Council track.
21 Savage - Slaughter Ya Daughter
21 Savage is not a new face anymore. The Atlanta rapper really got the people watching to see what’s next. With a feature on the track ‘Peepin’ by Gucci Mane, 21 Savage is on his way to stardom. In 'Slaughter Ya Daughter' 21 Savage brings out Key!, een rapper from Atlanta who is known for being a member of FatKidsBrotha and also has a feature of the very popular track 'Wrist' by Father. iLoveMakonnen, known for the tracks 'Tuesday' and 'I Don’t Sell Molly No More', is also on this song and together they bring us a song that you just have to party to, produced by the young talented Fukk 12 out of Virginia. 21 Savage recently released a new mixtape, listen to #SlaughterKing on his Soundcloud!
Sevn Alias is a new artist from the Netherlands and is one of the best Dutch trap rappers there is. He already has features from heavyweights like D Double, Frenna, Bokoesam, Idaly, Negativ, Lijpe, Hef and Adje. ‘Gewicht’ shows is a combination of Sevn his hard flow and Dutch/Moroccan slang over a hard trap beat. Sevn is part of the Dutch Label Topnotch. You can also check him out on a dutch hip-hop platform called 101Barz right here.