NHVL - "Looking For Love" (Premiere)

Representing the Northgate section of Uniondale, NHVL (pronounced Novel) raps and sings, but this is no novelty act. He does both well, with a novelistic depth. Case in point: "Looking For Love," the latest single off NHVL's last project, Dreaming Out Loud, which will be released online in the near future.

Long Island Rap Blog is proud to premiere "Looking for Love" below and encourages you to check out NHVL's numerous Soundcloud pages to hear more of what this uniquely talented artist has to say and sing.

DJ Pr!nce - WSHA 88.9 October 2007 Mix

About a week ago DJ Pr!nce uploaded this mix from his days at North Carolina's Shaw University. The set list features numerous songs du jour, including three DJ Pr!nce originals: "Fresh" (24:04), "Do It Like You" (32:55), and "Facebook Livin' Instrumental" (40:29). Stream above and download at 128 kpbs here.

William Cooper - "Zombie Land" ft. Diabolic prod. BP

When the Fourth of July jingoism ends, it's back to "Zombie Land," where as Diabolic says, "Devil on the palace throne replaced Bill Cooper with provocateurs like Alex Jones." This video is the latest off William Cooper's God's Will, which is fully produced by BP and available on CD or iTunes. You can stream four more songs from it below.

How to Waste Dept. of Homeland Security Resources

“'Profits averaged from $500 to $800 per pound, depending on the strain of marijuana,' District Attorney Thomas Spota said."

 “If this affects my ability to procure green crack, the album's never coming out,” said one Long Island hip-hop artist who chose to remain anonymous.

Sage Infinite & QS a.k.a. Quiet Storm - Quiet Stories / Dark Matter Beta

Though Beneath the Mantle was the first Midnite Society-related release posted here, Uniondale producer Shozae's collaborations with New Jersey MC Sage Infinite, Dark Minded and Dark Minded 2, were actually the first to catch our attention. Little did we realize then that these projects were predated by Sage's work with another Midnite Society producer, QS a.k.a. Quiet Storm, also of Uniondale. Below, stream 2007's Quiet Stories and 2011's Dark Matter Beta.

Ace Finesse - "Steph Curry'

If the hook and song title of "Steph Curry" are timely, then lines like "Let me shuffle my cards, I don't trust these dogs / That's why I'm strapped with a duffle of darts / Dipped in Ambien / I'm the Adamantium champion" are timeless. This is the first single off The First Supper, the forthcoming debut album by Central Islip's Ace Finesse, which is due out later this summer. If you want to hear more before then, check out his June 2015 mixtape titled Industrial Ace.

Horror City featuring Resident Alien + Superstar - Aah's & Oohh's / Wine Fi Kill / Moogler / Freestyle Fiend

This is another one of those "singles" that would probably be considered an EP by today's standards, as it contains four unique songs, none of which are remixes, instrumentals or acapellas. Whatever you want to call it, this release features reggae-flavored rhymes by Horror City's Superstar and Resident Alien's Double Brain, Dragon and Mister Bug, as well as production by Double Brain, De La Soul DJ Maseo, and someone named Punchie P (possibly a Prince Paul alias).

Listen to "Aah's & Oohh's" below, download all four songs here, and check out this post by OG Long Island hip-hop historian Jesse Serwer for more info on the Resident Alien crew.

Cali Blaze - Deep Cover

In making his case for Deep Cover, Cali Blaze typed the following: "i got shyt for da streets I got shyt for da whip I got shyt for u to pump u up in da gym i got shyt for da clubs to turn up n throw bands to i try to keep it as 100 on my tape as I do for myself everyday i talk about da hustle gettin money but yu never see me talkin bout no lambos n fake shyt i dont got its real out chea so if yu hear da whole tape youll hear my kinda sound n wanna ride da wave !" You will also hear his wavy auto-tune vocals and some smoothly sinister beats by MalTar Music, a production group based out of Babylon. Cali Blaze reps Hempstead, though he and his team UCA (Unstoppable Cash Addicts) went to West Hempstead High.

Don Cash - "ODB Flow"

When we last covered Don Cash he was known as Mr. Cash. Since then, he's taken down a bunch of free releases and begun gearing up for his seventh solo project, which will be titled Growing The Fuck Up. If Cash has been growing the fuck up, his latest seems to indicate he's maturing into an old dirty bastard, at least in spirit. "ODB Flow" was produced by Complexx, a Lawrence-based producer who's worked with Cash on numerous songs including "iheart Hip Hop," which we posted back in November. Expectations are already high for GTFU but if this song couldn't even make the album, then Cash must really be up to something. Stay tuned.

Remy Represent - "Death Prone"

Inwood's Remy Represent can tell you more about this beautiful, two-sided song than we can, so here's some of what he had to say:

"I aim to make the midnight soundtrack for people [who/to] stay up and think all night. Dark, bold conceptual music that both sonically and lyrically represents the flawed human perspectives of various people's minds, explores and analyzes the human psyche and sheds light and focuses on mental disorders such as anxiety, depression, addiction, and self harm which can affect millions of people and their loved ones. "Death Prone" was produced by my main producer René Derobe and is my first official release and it was inspired by my own struggles with health anxiety/panic attacks and how I was really feeling at time like I wanted to hear a rap song that represented what was going through my mind, feeling helpless and prone to death."

If you can identify with any of those sentiments, then you'll surely find something relatable in this song. If not, watch the video anyway and stop being such a hard-ass. Directed by Tauno Ostra, the visual accompaniment to "Death Prone" pretty much obliterates the line between music video and short film. (And for our purposes, it puts an excellent exclamation point on a month already filled with artful and imaginative videos.)



Also visit Remy's Soundcloud page, where you can download the song, and RemyRepresent.com, where you'll find a full gallery of artwork dedicated to it.