MURS X WIARDON, "FLOWERS FOR GURU"

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California emcee Murs & Texas beatsmith Wiardon present "Flowers For Guru", a 7/17 birthday dedication to late Gang Starr emcee Guru and the lead single from the forthcoming deluxe edition of Murs & Wiardon's speak n spell EP, which adds several unreleased cuts as well as remixes from ProducerTrentTaylor and Balt Getty. The original version of the EP dropped last spring, spearheaded by the "Starting Lineup" single featuring Larry June and ICECOLDBISHOP (stream on Youtube). Murs is a trailblazer of first the West Coast then the global underground hiphop scene, going from selling cassettes of his music around the world with Living Legends to releasing albums with Warner Music Group, Def Jux, Rhymesayers, Strange Music and Dame Dash to name just a few. On October 13, 2016, Murs set a Guinness World Record for rapping for 24 hours non-stop during a live stream on Twitch. At age 16, Austin-based rapper/producer Wiardon broke wide on the music scene at age 16 with his debut release NUMBA1VIKTIM which took Soundcloud by storm. Wiardon says “I met Murs as a fan when I was super young and he followed me on social media and watched a lot of my growth as a musician so to be able to link up and do this project is special to me – shoutout murs and tim for reaching out and letting me be a part of this one.” Mid90s has set the release date of speak n spell: deluxe edition for August 11 - hip-hop's 50th birthday.

AROLY TARIQ, "ANTHESIS"

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Award-winning New Zealand songwriter/singer/producer Aroly Tariq presents her self-produced new single "Anthesis", set to appear on her forthcoming EP it'll all make sense one day. The Melbourne-based artist is one half of the duo Audego, and has collaborated with acts such as Funkstörung, Coy Haste (Caribou), Pasobionic ,and Joelistics, garnering her support from the likes of Pigeons and Planes, The Fader, BBC Radio 1 and Triple J. A mellow alt-pop/electronic track that utilizes RnB melodies with gentle trap-inspired beats, "Anthesis" is the Melbourne-based artist's fourth single as a solo artist and producer, which weaves her music with abstract animation, the early genesis of which can be seen on her 2016 video for "Side Effects" (watch on Youtube) following through to her early 2023 release "Perspective" (watch on Youtube). Aroly has performed at festivals such as CMW, St Kilda Fest, Melbourne Music Week and Peats Ridge. Aroly says her new song is about "the blooming that occurs after going through difficult shit. There's a state of gestation that comes from being knocked down, and it may not seem so from the outside looking in, but it's critical for growth. You gotta embrace that difficult shit, learn from it and level up." "Anthesis" is out now on Equity Distribution.

Drew The Kiiid, "this ain't no dance song."

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21-year-old Chicago rapper Drew The Kiiid presents "this ain't no dance song." produced by drew and MBWAV. Featuring fellow Chicago artist Amari Blaze, the track is the lead single from drew's new album triiips around the sun. "One of my lady friends complained to me that I had no music that she felt she could turn up or twerk in the club to," Drew says about his new single. "I immediately went to record and MBWAV sent me the beat a few days prior so I threw it in the session and got to work. I decided that what I created wasn't a dance song, but an ass-shaking anthem; Amari Blaze agreed, wrote a verse to it and the rest is history." triiips around the sun. is out now on Triiiple.

single: ABSOLUTE, "CRASHED"

single: ABSOLUTE, "CRASHED"

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Austin, Texas rapper Absolute presents "Crashed", the self-produced first single from his forthcoming album I Am Absolute. "Crashed" comes on the heels of his recent singles "Believe In Me" (stream on Youtube) and "Paper Chasing" (stream on Youtube), also slated to appear on I Am Absolute. Writing his first album at the age of sixteen, Absolute first broke out with his single "Hello" (stream on Youtube). Absolute describes his new single as "a verbal reflection on an event in my life. I actually crashed and totaled a brand new car. That accident not only impacted me the driver in more ways than one. It also impacted others to include the people closest to me. That can bring about a pain that'll make you question why did you survive the crash. Instead of living I should've crashed and died."

DAEMON, "VADER"

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St. Louis-based rapper Daemon presents "Vader", his new single produced by Grills. Daemon marries a golden-era hiphop pedigree with a trailblazing spirit, routinely weaving genres as disparate as EDM, trap and grunge into the mix. Daemon has collaborated with artists like Killer Mike, DJ Shadow and Trackstar The DJ of Run The Jewels, who contributes cuts to "Vader". 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders used Daemon's song "Feel Good" (Spotify) for his walk-out music for a TV interview. Daemon's work has been featured on Netflix (“Inventing Anna,” “Daybreak,” and “Work It”), FOX (“Ghosted”), Starz (“Power”), ads for Mini Cooper and Sephora, and TBS (on the Jordan Peele produced “The Last O.G.”). His track “Turn the World Around" was featured in Xbox exclusive Forza Horizon 5. "'Vader' started as a freestyle until the producer, Grills, thought it could be more," Daemon says. "I wanted to speak with love and care about the struggles I have with my city and the struggles folks in my city have to go through simultaneously. The dark and the light are all connected." "Vader" is out now on BLK BREAKFAST.