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Kice Of Course "Remembering Home" (prod. by J.Scott Da Illest)


New Project from Kice of Course and J. Scott Da Illest #NJHIPHOP
New Project from Kice of Course and J. Scott Da Illest #NJHIPHOP

Kice Of Course delivers a sharp, introspective album titled “You’re Not The Brightest” produced by J.Scott Da Illest, which also includes the first single/video “Remebering Home” that blends gritty boom-bap beats with soulful undertones. His lyrics move fluidly between themes of home, fear, and relationships, always laced with street-wise insight and a touch of wit. Kice isn’t just rhyming—he’s remembering, questioning, and navigating life in real time.



New Video Remembering Home

"You Are Not The Brightest" 

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Sadat X and Devine Carama Spit Grown Man Raps On New Single 'Respect Due'




Sadat X and Devine Carama Spit Grown Man Raps On New Single 'Respect Due' 

From Devine and producer Amadeus360's forthcoming collaborative album 'Guardians of the Boom Bap', out June 13

 

Emmy-nominated Hip-Hop luminary Devine Carama has earned his stripes both inside and outside the recording booth. Whether he's going viral for teaching emotional intelligence to young boys, rapping outside in the cold for 48 hours straight to raise awareness and coats for children in need, or making monumental strides towards gun violence prevention in his native Lexington, Kentucky community, Devine makes it his life mission to pay it forward. Add 15 full-length albums spanning a 20 year-long Rap career, and it's clear that Devine has done more than enough to prove himself as one of Rap's unsung heroes. "Respect Due"-- a record that finds Devine ruminating alongside Hip-Hop legend Sadat X on ideas of aging gracefully, earning respect through longevity, and helping the next generation --is befitting. Released today (5/16/2025) on all major digital streaming platforms via Soulspazm, the song serves as the second single from Devine's forthcoming collaborative album with producer Amadeus360, Guardians of the Boom Bap.


Stream/purchase "Respect Due" here.



Guardians of the Boom Bap is due out on June 13 and will serve as the full-length follow-up to the fourth installment from Devine's critically acclaimed Kingtucky series, as well as Amadeus360's 2023 magnum opus The MPC Jedi.


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Amadeus360 is a Hip-Hop producer from Brooklyn, New York. His given name comes from the famous Classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. As a part of the Five Percent Nation, “360” is inspired by Amadeus’ belief in the Gods and Earths, and full knowledge of self. Known for his unique vocal and scratch arrangements, and his use and manipulation of obscure samples, Amadeus pushes the boundaries of the traditional Boom Bap subgenre of Hip-Hop made famous in the ‘90s by legends DJ Premier and Pete Rock.


Coming up under the tutelage of the legendary Kid Capri, Amadeus was able to better hone his craft through the ‘90s and finally pivot to producing beats for other artists. His first big break came in 2008 when one of Amadeus’ beats was used by a pioneering British Hip-Hop group called The Brotherhood for their record “U.K Connect NYC”. From there, Amadeus went on to produce songs for the likes of Kool G Rap, Busta Rhymes, Paul Wall, Sheek Louch of The LOX, C.L Smooth, Buckshot, Shyhiem Tha Rugged, M.O.P, Sticky Fingaz of Onyx, Nems, Masta Ace, Skyzoo, Chris Rivers, Ras Kass, and many more. In 2020, Amadeus produced “VSOP”, a tribute song to the late great Sean Price by Ruste Juxx and Rockness Monsta. The song sampled Pete Rock’s “TROY”. Pete Rock eventually cosigned the remake of his classic record and made a guest appearance in the song’s music video.  

With two collaborative albums– one with Termanology (360) and another with Rustee Juxx (James Brown of The Underground) –and various mixtapes under his belt, Amadeus360 set out to further cement his legacy among the pantheon of Boom Bap Hip-Hop producers with his 2023 magnum opus The MPC Jedi.


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Devine Carama is a nationally renowned, Emmy Award-winning Hip-Hop artist, educator, community activist, and author from the Southside of Lexington, Kentucky. After years of battle rapping and releasing countless mixtapes, Devine released his debut album Devine Intervention in 2008. His socially conscious tenor has become a signature of his style across 15 albums within a 20-year Rap career, which also includes his critically acclaimed Kingtucky series. As the first two-time winner of NBA All-Star, Dame Lillard’s 2020 “Live Cypher” Rap Contest, Devine received high praise from Drake producer Boi-1da, rappers Lil’ Cease, Fabolous, Benny the Butcher, Hip-Hop journalist Rob Markman, and more. Devine has also worked with and/or opened shows for legends like Rakim, AZ, J. Cole, LL Cool J, De La Soul, and many more.


As the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Lexington Music Awards committee, Devine’s most impactful work is at the intersection of Hip-Hop, education, and activism. In December 2018, he performed outside in the cold for 48 hours straight to raise awareness for his annual youth coat drive. Over the last 10 years, Devine’s Believing in Forever organization has facilitated the collection and delivery of over 22,000 coats to children in Central and Eastern Kentucky. He is also the new director of the Mayor of Lexington’s youth gun violence reduction program ONE Lexington, which has launched several new initiatives in its first year under his direction.

As the professor of “Lyricism & Leadership: Hip-Hop & Community Change” at the University of Kentucky, Devine collaborated with other professors from Rutgers for a study that analyzed the disenfranchisement of fathers in the justice system. He then worked with producer and longtime collaborator JK-47 and R&B artist Bryce Jamel to bring the data from the study to life in a song called “Invisible Father”. Devine and JK-47 would go on to win an Emmy for best “News Promotion” from the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, with their song “Positively Lex 18”. In 2020, Devine organized Black girls and women (grades 6-12 and college) to create an album called The Black Girl Project, which focused on the journey of maturation for Black girls coming of age in a society that doesn’t always value them.


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Mic Mountain and SeenDaDream brings to us Mountain Dreams.


Mountain Dreams - The Album by Mic Mountain and SeenDaDream
Mountain Dreams - The Album by Mic Mountain and SeenDaDream

All Hip-Hop is not created equal. Some people rhyme good and have trash beats behind them. Some have great beats and the rhymes are substandard. Mic Mountain and SeenDaDream have taken that reality and have created a project to attack all of these realities to wage a war for your ears that will hit like a WWE chair shot and their album Mountain Dreams, is the wake up call a lot of people need to hear.


See if Hip-Hop was wrestling it would be Wrestlemania season and we would have the best to listen to around this time. This would be the showcase season where the champions of word play and music are on display for the world to see. Mic Mountain is fresh off a Spanish album release, Triple Piragua, and he returns with SeenDaDream to give an English album release to display just how good his rhyme technique and ear for beats are when producing a project and he has not failed.


This album is a Boom Bap joy filled with music of the essence of Hip-Hop with a story of positive self image building, love, fake friends and belief in oneself. Music like this is needed not only to keep the culture alive but to bring inspiration to the listeners that look to tell their own stories as well. Besides having stories of pain (Snakes), we get stories of happiness and peace (Just Like Heaven). Growth is the path in which an MC can fully walk the listener into the song by painting pictures of the world they share and this album does that.


Sometimes we play the face, and the heel. Sometimes we are the student and the teacher but at all times we are the artists that share the stage with the world and what we give will decide if we will be remembered. We dream to speak and go have the world acknowledge who we are and what we are speaking about. Mic Mountain and SeenDaDream took the art of wordplay and beat selection to craft a new offering for Hip-Hop to enjoy.


Mountain Dreams will release 3/7/2025 with a virtual listening party on Bandcamp.com


Follow Mic Mountain on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealmicmountain/


Follow SeenDaDream on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seendadream/


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