Metal Lungies

When you flip SWV, you’re pretty much golden.

Monica is back and she brought out the R&B thug in Jeezy and Yo Gotti. Peep the shitty photoshop, this one is official.

Payroll Giovanni of Doughboyz Cashout understands that a fun track and a sunny vacation is a good enough rap video, especially when it references “Can’t Stop The Reign.”

Philly’s Swarvy fanutes Missy Elliott for a outtake from his Stunts series. Sidebar: I’m only noticing this now, but Missy is definitely a Nicki Minaj prototype that no one talks about.

Brooding trap from west Baltimore.

Frank Nitt’s voice and delivery are staples.

Two tracks from Peewee Longway’s latest mixtape show pop potential, bringing his total up to three following “Sneaking + Geekin'”.

Atlanta’s Johnny Cinco goes exotic with his beat selection on his newest mixtape, Trap Religious, especially on the first two tracks. “Virtual Trapping” uses the sound palette of a dystopian sci-fi flick. Cinco still sounds like he grew up on dancehall until graduating to lean and Gucci Mane tapes, so Trap Religious takes the genre to weird new frontiers.

J-Zone is the rare, perhaps unique, rapper who is comfortable and transparent as a jaded rapper circling 40. Here, he reminisces about Dinkins’ New York on a track more likely to make you Tweet something sarcastic than boost the crime rate.

Atlanta vitriol.