“While You Were Sleeping” exists purely to showcase quality indie and underground Hip-Hop/Rap releases that are regularly overlooked, under promoted or downright ignored by most supposed “Rap” or “Hip-Hop” sites.
How this NORMALLY works is I pick 10 indie/underground projects from the first half of a month and at the end of the month we post another 10 selections for a total of 20 albums a month. Both October and November have forced me to rethink my previous posting format due to the fact I received & heard an overwhelming amount of quality music this month, thus leading me to expand and showcase 30 albums instead. I will showcase 15 now and 15 more next week complete with streaming and purchase links. For that reason I unfortunately had to bypass write ups for each release due to time constraints.
If you missed the previous ten months of “While You Were Sleeping” you can just click here and feel free to revisit the previous WYWS installments at your own leisure. Now that we’ve gotten all of that out of the way? Let’s finally get down to business:
Here’s what you all may have missed, while you were sleeping…
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Action Bronson x Party Supplies – Blue Chips 2 (Fool’s Gold) 11.1.2013
DOWNLOAD & STREAMING LINKS: Live Mixtapes, DJ Booth, DatPiff & AudioMack
Jazz Addixx – Tomorrow’s Yesterday (Bandcamp) 11.1.2013
PURCHASE & STREAMING LINKS: Bandcamp PURCHASE LINKS: iTunes, Amazon & Google Play
Roc Marciano – The Pimpire Strikes Back (Man Bites Dog) 11.1.2013
STREAMING & DOWNLOAD LINKS: AudioMack & SoundCloud PURCHASE & STREAMING LINKS: Bandcamp
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Jean Grae – Gotham Down: Cycle 3: The Artemis Epoch (Bandcamp) 11.4.2013
PURCHASE & STREAMING LINK: Bandcamp
Lewis Parker – The Puzzle Episode Two: The Glass Ceiling (King Underground) 11.5.2013
PURCHASE LINKS: iTunes, Amazon, Fat Beats, UGHH, Sandbox Automatic & Google Play STREAMING LINKS: Bandcamp
The ARE – Here, My Dear (Rappers I Know) 11.5.2013
PURCHASE LINKS: iTunes, Amazon & Google Play STREAMING LINKS: Bandcamp, Spotify & Rdio
Latryx – The Second Album (Latyramid Inc.) 11.5.2013
PURCHASE LINKS: iTunes, Amazon, Sandbox Automatic, UGHH & Google Play
Kosha Dillz – Awkward In A Good Way (MURS 316) 11.5.2013
PURCHASE LINKS: iTunes, Amazon & Google Play
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Natural – Ways To Go (Rhoaming Music/DJ Booth) 11.5.2013
PURCHASE LINKS: iTunes & Google Play STREAMING LINKS: DJ Booth
Aaron Cohen – Potential Fans (Decon/Mass Appeal/Live Mixtapes) 11.11.2013
DOWNLOAD LINKS: Live Mixtapes & AudioMack STREAMING LINKS: SoundCloud
Kid Tsunami – The Chase (Headbop Music/Obese Records/Fat Beats) 11.12.2013
PURCHASE LINKS: iTunes, Amazon, Fat Beats, UGHH, Sandbox Automatic & Google Play STREAMING LINKS: Bandcamp
MondreM.A.N. – They Say I Struggle Rap (SWTBRDS) 11.12.2013
PURCHASE LINKS: iTunes, Amazon, SWTBRDS, eMusic & Google Play STREAMING LINKS: Bandcamp & Spotify
Marco Polo – PA2: The Director’s Cut (Soulspazm) 11.12.2013
PURCHASE LINKS: iTunes, Amazon, Fat Beats, UGHH, Sandbox Automatic & Google Play STREAMING LINKS: SoundCloud
Blaq Poet x Brutal Music (Stu Bangas & Vanderslice) – Blaq Death (Man Bites Dog) 11.12.2013
PURCHASE LINKS: iTunes, Amazon, Man Bites Dog, UGHH & Google Play STREAMING LINKS: Bandcamp
Denmark Vessey x Scud One – Cult Classic (Dirty Science) 11.12.2013
PURCHASE LINKS: iTunes, Amazon, Dirty Science, Fat Beats, UGHH, Sandbox Automatic & Google Play STREAMING LINKS: SoundCloud
BONUS PICK: Oddisee – Tangible Dream (Mello Music Group) 11.2.2013
STREAMING & DOWNLOAD LINK: Bandcamp
While You Were Sleeping will return next week to showcase 15 more of the best underground & independent Hip-Hop releases November had to offer (we’re still not even done with the top releases from November 12th yet!). Rap fans with discerning ears and taste that actually pay attention. Until then, this is Dart Adams saying “Don’t sleep”.
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