video: PAAPA-BERCHIE, "TIDAL WAVE"

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Singer/songwriter/rapper Paapa-Berchie presents the self-directed music video for "TiDal Wave", produced by Paapa-Berchie himself alongside JEDI. "TiDal Wave" appears on The Only Player To Ever Reign Always (Spotify) the last full-length from the Ghanaian-American DMV resident and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill senior. The "TiDal Wave" clip comes on the heels of visuals for Paapa-Berchie's previous single "Queen" (watch on Youtube). "To ride with me on my TiDal Wave is to join me on this journey of self-discovery, freedom, and joy as we navigate the ups and downs of life," says Paapa-Berchie. "No matter the circumstance, whether good or bad, let's ride this TiDal Wave called life, and let's make something great of it."

video: YOUWIN, "DECKARD"

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Philadelphia rapper YOUWIN presents the Spacekidvisuals-directed music video for "Deckard", the Joshua De Mets and Nick Gmerek-produced new single from Eden, YOUWIN's forthcoming album set to feature an appearance from Unotheactivist. YOUWIN says his new single was created "after a few nights spent in an empty cathedral where my friend Slender Pimp lived. It was wild, so the intro to the song comes from there. The instrumental sounded something out of the Blade Runner soundtrack, so I decided to name the song 'Deckard; after Harrison Ford’s character." Eden is coming soon on Marsten House. (stream YOUWIN's previous single "Christopher Wallace" on Spotify)

video: BREAD OF KALIWILD, "STAR"

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California emcee Bread presents the animated music video for his "Star", his new single featuring Sadat X and Lord Jamar of Brand Nubian as well as Sirius. Produced by Asethic, "Star" will appear on Breath Of Fresh Air, Bread's forthcoming album also featuring Keak Da Sneak and Urg7 as well as DJ Romes, a longtime collaborator since Bread's days as part of underground collective Kaliwild alongside OhNo of Gangrene. Bread has also collaborated with Aloe Blacc (watch the music video for "Relaxing") and Big Shug (watch the music video for "Nice Like That"). "Star" is out now on Someothaship/Fatbeats.

video: DA FOUNDATION, "BY ANY MEANS"

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East Orange, NJ duo Da Foundation presents the Pablo Productions-directed music video for "By Any Means", the new single produced by MannyBeats Chi from their forthcoming debut album Live... Suffer... Celebrate... Now residing in Greensboro, North Carolina, Da Foundation is comprised of brothers Mustaiin a.k.a. Mu and Malcolm a.k.a. Casso (watch the music video for previous single "33.6.20" on Youtube). Mu says the new single is about "beating the odds going against the set standard for society. Fk the rules."

video: ZION I, DEUCE ECLIPSE & VINROC, "BACK TO LIFE"

ZION I, DEUCE ECLIPSE & DJ VINROC “BACK TO LIFE”

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Oakland, CA emcee Zion I presents the music video for "Back To Life", his new single out now on Boddhisattva Music. Zion trades bars with fellow Bay Area emcee Deuce Eclipse over a track produced by California beatsmith Vinroc. Zion I has brought his brand of conscious genre-blending hiphop to over two dozen releases spanning two decades, collaborating with the likes of Linkin Park (stream "Plc.4 Mie HædAmp Live") and Black Thought (stream "Come Together") and K. Flay (watch the music video for "Coastin"), and performing at Coachella and Rock The Bells. "Back To Life" comes on the heels of Zion's previous single "2 Eyes" (Spotify). He says his new song "signals the emergence from pandemic life to some degree of 'regular' existence. As artists we thrive from interacting and being inspired by one another, so this is an important process in staying connected to who we are."