Freestyles

Sadat X from Brand Nubian just released his latest album, Never Left, in 2015. He stopped by Sirius XM to promote and talk with co-hosts DJ Eclipse and Chris Rivers. Check out this freestyle video from Sadat and Chris Rivers and purchase Never Left.

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…

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…

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….

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…

Long-time California emcee Ras Kass from the early 90s just released a new album with Detroit producer Apollo Brown called Blasphemy. Check out this freestyle from Ras Kass at Rap Is Outta Control and purchase Blasphemy.

Queens emcee Sean Strange showed up to The Halftime Show with German super producers Snowgoons. The Snowgoons had many projects to talk about, including their most recent album #WAKEDAFUCUP with Onyx. At the end of the show, Sean Strange showed off a couple verses in…

Queens emcee Homeboy Sandman is one of the most creative and unique artists in the hip hop world right now. Every song, let alone album, is very unique from the next. His new album, Hallways, includes production from J57, DJ Spinna, Oh No, Jonwayne, 2…

Harlem’s most versatile emcee and rap battle legend Loaded Lux came to the Rap Is Outta Control studios to promote his new album, Beloved 2. We had a surprise visit from DJ Premier who spoke highly of Lux and expressed interested in collaborating further. Beloved…

Long Island emcees Diabolic and Coast showed up at Rap Is Outta Control to freestyle for the listeners. Together they founded War Horse Records and released Diabolic’s new album Fightin’ Words. Check out the freestyle video!