New Release Tuesday

I mentioned last week that Apollo Brown & O.C.'s collaboration album, Trophies, was released exclusively on iTunes a week early, but if you were waiting for the physical copy or you buy your music on Amazon, Trophies is available today. What you can expect from the album is throwback production from Apollo Brown to match one of the best MCs and most slept-on MCs of the '90's making a big time return here in 2012.

O.C. never really went away, but his appearances have been few and far between over the last decade, so having him back for an entire album is very welcome. I've heard "Prove Me Wrong" and "We The People" as well as snippets of some other songs and it's exactly what I expected - truly dope hip-hop music in it's purest form. If you're looking for a party starter, a club banger or a track that's going to get routine radio rotation, you won't find it hear. If you're looking for head nodding beats with lyrics for days, then you've come to the right place. With this album and Reks' Straight No Chaser being released in consecutive weeks, it's a great time for lyrical hip-hop to shine.