Two of Milwaukee hip-hop's best and brightest have released new singles to promote the coming of their new albums that they'll be releasing sometime in the early part of 2011.
The first song is by The Hollowz, a duo made up of emcee Logic and producer Ed Cayce (formerly Ed Nygma). The Hollowz released the free "The Premonition EP" back in January of this year and it showed a great artistic chemistry between two artists that have both been around for a while but had never previously done an entire project together.
To follow that up, the LP, "Dreams of Sex and Flying," was begun, and it will be released through a party at the Bay View Brew Haus, Jan. 29.
"What is better than dreams of sex and flying? Nothing. Nothing is better than that," Ed told me when I asked him about the title of the album and based on the amount of people throughout history that have sought out ways to give mankind the ability to fly, as well as hunt for carnal pleasures of the flesh on a consistent basis, he may be on to something with his answer.
The first single from "Dreams of Sex and Flying" is called "Deal With The Devil" and it explores the age old question of "is it worth it to trade your soul for everything you want?" Logic answers the question through a little story rap and you can listen to the track right here!
02 Deal With The Devil by The Hollowz
The second song is by SPEAK Easy, an artist that has been steadily making a name for himself over the last couple of years through being extremely consistent. With dozens of shows under his belt to support his debut album Well Spoken and his new mixtape That Was Easy, SPEAK is steadily moving towards the release of his new album, "...so to SPEAK."
Though he is consistent in quality, SPEAK's approach to his new album is going to differ slightly from his previous LP, "People will notice a more aggressive SPEAK this time around. In addition (to that), they will be able to hear story-telling, lyricism, along with music that you can bounce to."
The first single from "...so to SPEAK" is a crowd moving type of song produced by Adlib and A.P.R.I.M.E. called "Rock With Ease." There is no release date for the album yet. You can hear the new track right here!
You can keep up with both The Hollowz through their Facebook page.
You can keep up with SPEAK Easy through his Twitter account: @SpeakEasyMilw
Born in Milwaukee and raised in the Milwaukee suburb of Brown Deer, Concordia University Wisconsin alumnus Poppe has spent the majority of his life in or around the city and county of Milwaukee.
As an advocate of Milwaukee's hip-hop community Poppe began popular local music blog Milwaukee UP in March 2010. Check out the archived entries here.
Though heavy on the hip-hop, Poppe writes about other genres of music and occasionally about food, culture or sports, and is always ready to show his pride in Milwaukee and Wisconsin.
