California veterans Planet Asia and TriState of Durag Dynasty stopped by RIOC while making their rounds on the east coast. Also in the studio was the Staten Island squad T.M.F. (Trife Diesel, Tommy Whispers, & Kryme Life) promoting their new mixtape, The Missing T.M.F. Files…
Cortez elaborates on career opportunities and success from rap battles
Brooklyn emcee Cortez was a recent guest on @RapIsOuttaCntrl alongside D.Chamberz, Mighty Fuzz Young, and Sean Strange. In this video, D-Stroy interviews Cortez about his success as a battle rapper, the high booking prices that he’s offered, and his appearance in Eminem’s TV show Road…
Sean Strange & Mighty Fuzz Young discuss Return From Rejection album
After 15 years of friendship, producer Mighty Fuzz Young and emcee Sean Strange finally collaborated on the album that they’ve wanted to create for the past six years. Fuzz speaks on their good chemistry working together and how they made time to work together. The…
Sean Strange, D.Chamberz, & Cortez | Freestyle
Last Sunday was a full house with New York emcees Sean Strange from Queens, D.Chamberz from Coney Island, and Cortez from Brooklyn. All three artists have individual projects they’re promoting as well as Cortez providing us with insight into the business of the battle rap…
Kev Brown & Hassaan Mackey discuss creating That Grit album together
Maryland producer Kev Brown and upstate New York emcee Hassaan Mackey discuss their latest album That Grit and how they first met at a hip hop festival in Rochester, NY. Most of the album was recorded in the studio together as Hassaan would take bus…
Hassaan Mackey | Freestyle
Rochester emcee Hassaan Mackey and Washington DC producer Kev Brown recorded their collaboration album That Grit after over a decade of friendship. With Kev Brown producing every track, Hassaan brought in some guest features including yU, Toine, Kaimbr, Eye-Q, Kenn Starr, Asheru, and Grap Luva….
Grand Daddy I.U. explains his passion for music and shares a disastrous magic trick story
Long Island emcee Grand Daddy I.U. showed up to Rap Is Outta Control with Diamond D to promote The Diam Piece album. I.U. talks about his passion to make music regardless of any accolades and mentions some unreleased songs that Cold Chillin’ Records failed to…
Diamond D shares feedback from The Diam Piece album
DJ Eclipse compliments Diamond D on his latest project, The Diam Piece. Eclipse was impressed at the various layers that went into producing this album, from east coast and west coast artists, male and female artists, guest DJs, and a variety of sounds. Diamond comments…
Rozewood on making The Beautiful Type album with producer Illastrate
Rozewood and Illastrate teamed up as the traditional emcee/producer duo to release the album The Beautiful Type. Actually, the album came to fruition after hanging out and making songs in the studio simply for fun. All the beats were made by Illastrate and this will…
Rozewood & SmooVth | Freestyle
New York emcees Rozewood and SmooVth stopped by Rap Is Outta Control to talk about their upcoming projects. Rozewood’s album The Beautiful Type is produced entirely by Illastrate, and SmooVth’s album Portrait Of A Pimp is produced by Giallo Point. Watch this video of Rozewood…