video: G. BATTLES, "I LOVE A REAL WOMAN"

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San Diego-born, Oakland-bred rapper G. Battles presents the Battle Axe Media-directed music video for "I Love A Real Woman", featuring Aloe Jo'el with production by Yogic Beats. "Woman" comes on the heels of singles such as "Rolls Royce" featuring Spice-1 and Rick Ross (watch the official music video), "Roll Some Bomb" (Youtube), "Fidel Castro" (Youtube) and "Dogg Star" (Youtube). Now residing in Las Vegas, his music has been licensed for television shows on FOX and Showtime; on The Pitch, Shameless and in the film The Hot Flashes. Battles' single "Night Of Your Life" was recently featured on the CBS TV show "The Good Fight!" and Battles also made a quick appearance in Straight Outta Compton. Battles says his new song was written "to show my appreciation for women and to encourage love between the women and men of this generation, not separation. With it being Women's History Month, I felt it was appropriate to be released in honor of this moment in time." "I Love A Real Woman" is out now on Blak Hart Music / Empire Distribution.

video: F.Y.I., “eLAyayvate”

F.Y.I. “eLAyavate”

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Los Angeles-based emcee F.Y.I. presents the HighTopBully-directed music video for “eLAyayvate”, the Akili produced single from his new album, eLAyavate. F.Y.I. first gained notoriety in 2010 as part of trio Those Chosen on their EP 5ive (Spotify), produced mainly by Grammy-Award winning super-producer, IZ Avila. In 2012 F.Y.I. collaborated with Ab-Soul on "Dopamine" (Bandcamp), which appeared on his first solo mixtape Yo! The Places You'll Go which hit #1 on CMJ's Hip Hop Charts (Bandcamp). That year he also dropped an exclusive freestyle for HipHopDX (Youtube). F.Y.I. had this to say about his new single "I called the new song “eLAyayvate” which is pronounced "elevate" because I’m in a new era of growth as an artist and as a man. It’s time for the frequency to change in my city and in hip hop; it’s time to go higher."

video: J CUTTA, "Mutombo"

video: J CUTTA, "Mutombo"

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Atlanta rapper/producer J Cutta presents the music video for "Mutombo”, the new single produced by Mency Beatz. J Cutta's new single comes on the heels of latest single "Sailor Moon" (listen). J has produced for the Youngbloodz, the Dungeon Family (click here to hear "Fall Back"), has opened for Soulja Boy and has been featured on mixtapes with DJ Scream and DJ Teknikz. J Cutta had this to say about "Mutombo”, “It’s a run song – one of those songs that you can work out with at the gym. I wanted to do a high energy song and a tribute, in a sense, at the same time. Mutombo had such a cool catch phrase and I thought it would be cool to incorporate that into the song. It’s just a fun, high-energy song with a catchy hook that includes that catchphrase. It’s definitely a riding song that gets you ramped up.”

video: Ramel Shakur, “IDTTR”

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Maxton, NC rapper Ramel Shakur presents the music video for the single "“IDTTR (I Don’t Think They’re Ready)". Produced by Jae Bangem, the “IDTTR” video comes on the heels of visuals for "What It Do" (watch the music video). The curator of #RAMELODYMONDAZE, a weekly freestyle series available on all social media platforms, Ramel had this to say about “IDTTR”, “Recorded this song while on tour, and it describes the feel and energy we experienced while traveling as a new artist.” "IDTTR" is out now on MultiMogul Media / Off Tha Curb.

video: Benny Okoto, "Ever Told"

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Singer/songwritter/producer/rapper Benny Okoto presents the music video for "Ever Told". Directed by Benjamin Coffey, "Ever Told" appears on Benny Okoto's soon to be released album "Lonely Hearts Club". Produced by Jahmal Gittens, the "Ever Told" clip comes on the heels of visuals for Benny Okoto's previous single "Doubletree Doughboy Schemes" (Youtube). Ghanaian-American Raleigh, North Carolina resident Benny says "'Ever Told' is about embracing the low points in life, and instead of self destruction or losing faith, choosing to instead take your time and exude patience. While I was dealing with a lot of life issues and responsibilities, I had remembered conversations with different women in my life. They all told me to take my time in one way or the other. This gave me a new perspective on where I was at and what I know I was blessed to look forward to. The last of those conversations was with my mother, who told me to take my time while I was eating. This repetition of the message became a metaphor for women’s influence in our lives in general."