Common & Pete Rock "The Auditorium, Vol.1" (Album Stream)

Pete Rock and Common finally got together to craft an album in 2024... a possible dream collaboration! The Auditorium, Vol. 1 is everything you thought it would be: dope lyrics and crisp production. About the album, Common shared, "Pete Rock is one of The Greatest Creators Hip Hop and Music has ever seen. It has been a dream of mine to work with him on an album. And once we got together and I was around him and all his records and his MPC I felt the spirit of what I always loved in hip hop, in soul music, and why I wanted to be a part of the artform. His beats, his production, his scratches, took me to a place where I could just MC freely. It felt like I was home." Back in 1996, Common got with Pete Rock who produced his classic diss track to Ice Cube, "The Bitch In Yoo." Common was also featured on Pete's Soul Survivor album in '98. Stream the LP below...

Blu & Evidence "Los Angeles" (Album Stream)

Los Angeles is thew new album from Blu, entirely produced by Evidence of Dilated Peoples. The 13-track LP has guest features from MED, Domo Genesis, Navy Blue, Self Jupier, Cashus King, Kokane, CS Armstrong, Evidence and more. Kind of a surprise album - to me anyway - seeing how there was some interesting history between the two of them dating back to Blu's twitter rant several years back. Are we not supposed to mention that? Either way... glad that they peace'd that up and moved forward creatively to craft this fine project. Ev and Blu are two of my favorite artists - this is a nice marriage of their artistry. I don't suspect there will be much promotion or touring behind it, but I'm thankful they linked to bring us this fine offering. Check out the Los Angeles LP below...