ThaWilsonBlock Magazine

One of the illest Detroit emcees in the underground currently Mickey Diamond back with his 12th LP. Emerging at the beginning of 2020 off the strength of his debut EP  Bangkok Dangerous , the dude has since gone on to turn quite a few heads in the underground by building up the impressive discography for himself with his previous 10 albums alongside 7 EPs & & a mixtape. But for the past year, Mickey has been consistent putting out some of the best material of his career thus far. This includes the  Gucci Ghost  album & it’s sequelproduced by Big Ghost Ltd., the Ral Duke-produced  Oroku Saki  EP, the Sadhugold-produced  Death Threat$  album, the Camoflauge Monk-produced  Capital Gains  album or more recently the 3rd & 4th installments to the  Gucci Ghost  saga this past winter. But to begin the 2nd quarter of the new year, Diamond & Ral Duke are getting back toget...

Detroit emcee/producer  Marv Won  returning for his 5th full-length solo LP albeit the first after signing to  Mello Music Group . Coming up as a part of the world famous Fat Killahz, he has gone on to become well respected in the battle circuit & has released his last 4 albums alongside a few EPs. It’s been over 2 years since we last heard from Marv on his 3rd EP  Hagler  & he’s looking to respond to everyone asking about his well-being by simply saying  I’m Fine, Thanks for Asking. The title track is a self-produced boom bap opener expressing that his feeling aren’t allowed when they surely are & that they really be expecting him to save their asses whereas “Measuring Stick” by the Twin Towers featuring eLZhi brings the 3 Motor City titans coming together for a gritty, bass-laden anthem that reverberates with the city’s hard-knock life. “Roc Nation Brunch” featuring Freeway blends epic orchestration & Joe Louis drums that hit like...

New York emcee & Jamla Records recording artist  The Musalini  teaming up with  Cookin’ Soul  for his 6th EP. Beginning to take the underground by storm since 2018 after dropping his debut mixtape  Musalini Season , he went on to release 3 full-lengths & another tape before signing to TCF Music Group. Since then, he’s made himself home by dropping a few EPs &  Return of the Oro  in the early part of this decade.  In God We Trust  produced by  38 Spesh ,  The Don & Eye   alongside its sequel fully produced  9th Wonder  &  Pure Izm  produced by Khrysis have all quickly become his best material over the past 3 years. And with the run Cookin’ Soul’s been on these past couple months, I can say stakes for  Mackaroni  were pretty high personally. “Say You Love Me” featuring  Hus Kingpin  &  Reuben Vincent  starts us off with the t...

This is the 6th full-length LP from Brooklyn emcee  Eddie Kaine . Turning heads at the beginning of the decade off his  Big Ghost Ltd. -produced debut  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn , the next couple albums  Wonderful World of Kaino & Chosen  were both moderately received until the  Finn -produced  Quincy Street Blues  marked a return to form for Eddie. But coming off the BP Infinite-produced  House of Kaine  last fall, Kaine & Big Ghost are linking back up to take the  Last Exit to Crooklyn . “The Wrong Era” opens up shop by bringing a jazzier flare instrumentally so Eddie himself can admit he feels like he’s gettin’ lit in the wrong era giving flowers to those who paved the way like Gil Scott-Heron & Bobby Womack whereas “Reflections” works in some piano chords to get more spiritual than some think he is. “Gylan Kaine” shifts into soulful territory talking about the only goal is to do what they say he can leading int...