“This is Mike Skinner, you got an garage?” Mike Skinner co-signs on Context’s brilliant “Small Town Lad Sentiments” with this classic-Streets-sounding flip. We can’t seem to get enough of this 2-step vibed, garage jam from the Midlands rapper , and it’s cool we’re not the only ones (Hi Mike Skinner!). Peep this rip of the Skinner Remix courtesy of a recent Mistajam BBC 1 Radio set.
Context 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.5
“The Date” is excerpted here from Brooklyn rapper ScienZe’s just released Ella LP. Featuring A+ production from the likes of Ski Beatz, Blu & Lord Quest (who’s featured here on “The Date”), we’re on about the more laid back easy to love “The Date” which plays out with ScienZe recalling on a particularly fly romantic interlude. You can stream Ella in its entirety on bandcamp.
Scienze 
(Official/a>)
Rating 8.2
Houston. H-Town. Baghdad on the Bayou. H-Town riser Propain grabs a rising Houston star (Kirko Bangz) and a Houston capofamiglia (Slim Thug) for the easy ride-out leaner “Got a Problem”. Styrofoam cups up. Ridin’ Slab is out today.
Propain 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
Listening to UK rapper Context’s new track “Small Town Lad Sentiments” is a little like having one foot firmly in sort of classic garage mid 90’s time-warp (and a very well-executed fresh approximation of that sound at that) and one being pulled at unflinchingly 20 years into the future; the rhymes, the feel of the track all sound very progressive, modern and futuristic (and we don’t mean “futuristic” in the future garage sense, we mean july 4, 2033 is tomorrow futuristic).
Context – Small Town Lad SentimentsContext (Facebook)
Rating 8.1
Ah yes, Tinie Tempah. The UK grime MC turned global superstar returns with his first solo release since his breakthrough Discovery LP, with (and just an indication of how far his star has risen) the Diplo-produced and 2 Chainz-featuring “Trampoline”. We would expect the gritty club-ready “Trampoline” to do nothing short of eviscerating charts from the UK and beyond all summer.
Tinie Tempah (Official)
Rating 8.1
DOM Kennedy lets go this summery vibin’ loosie from a recent mixtape project with DJ Mustard (who is also the track’s producer). We’re into it.
Dom Kennedy: (Official) (Myspace) (Twitter)
Rating: 8.4
Producer Sombear a/k/a Now Now drummer Bradley Hale suits Antwon up on some space ape w/ his after hours regret mix of our man Antwon’s “Dark Denim”. Drunk James Brown.
Sombear 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.5
Yeah, we can get into this. Leather Corduroys is the new collaborative project of Save Money collective rappers and b3 faves Joey Purp and Kami De Chukwu. First track “Prophet” glides along on a vibed down sax-led beat that does well in feel and tempo to showcase the rhyming skills of emcees.
Leather Corduroys 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
Joey Bad doesn’t miss. ’95 Til Infinity”, the second release from J.B.’s upcoming Summer Knights LP, connects the Brooklyn-based rapper and a stack of fly a f rhymes with a fresh laid-back Lee Bannon instrumental. It’s a hit.
Joey Bada$$ (Facebook)
Rating 8.5
Spitta gets gritty or at least as gritty as an amorphous flume of smoke and panache can get. Not specifically attached to a project (yet), the reverb-splashed “Killer$” might be stronger than anything $$$ released on his latest New Jet City mixtape a few months ago. Also, there’s Trinidad Jame$.
Curren$y – Killer$ feat. Trinidad Jame$Curren$y 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
We got those Bronsilini Marty Jannetty bars. (And yes, the former early 90’s WWF Intercontinental Champ is repeatedly ref’d in the song). “The Rockers” is previewed from Bronson and Harry Fraud’s upcoming Saaab Stories collaborative EP which is out Tuesday. Some dude called Khalifa is one this track too, remember him?
Action Bronson (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.2
