It’s a new year, so you know I had to bring back #MASSMondays. Last year, we were blessed with an insane amount of music as artists took advantage of the pandemic in the best way possible. Whether it was numerous Instagram Lives, having a slew of singles and videos in the chamber, or Youtube concerts, the pivoting of our musical landscape has brought out the best of our artists, and it’s also evident who couldn’t survive.
But, without further ado, here are my picks for this week’s Mass. Mondays.
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Stream: Triy – ‘TriySeason: The Unexpected Journey’
After dropping “That’s My Baby” with Rosewood Bape back in August, Triy returns with his debut album, TriySeason: The Unexpected Journey. The long-awaited project features 13 tracks with contributions from Tailored Music, Bia Javier, KAM’GEEZ, Vanni Allan Poe, and BOOKBAGBOONIE.
“This album was five years in the marking,” said Triy. “I’m glad I get to share a piece of my journey with the world.”
With production handled by D BrownMusic, JPatterns, Diorr, JayTheGreat and several others, including Triy himself. TriySeason: The Unexpected Journey serves as a follow-up to the 2019 project, The Care Package.
DJ POLOKING – ‘Not Your Average Family’ f/ B. Blazo, Cassh Cartel, Bando Baby
After releasing their respective projects, Get Money Cartel‘s own B Blazo,Cassh Cartel, and Bando Baby drop their debut compilation project, Not Your Average Family.
Hosted by DJ POLOKING, it’s a family affair as the 10-track effort contains no features but production handled by TWayne The Kid, Mike Hector, Tee WaTT, Josh Schuback, Nick Mira, Danny Rome, Clemsy, Buu, Sunny Laurent, @1LightBeats and Tucker. Each artist gets to shine on their own track, so by the end of your first listen, it may be hard to decide whose your favorite.
Stream Not Your Average Family below.
Stream: Dtheflyest – ‘Sandoboy’
Marking two years since the release of his debut project, “,” DTheFlyest has kept things rather light the past two years. Linking with 7981 Kal on “Better Off” early last year, the “Toxic” rapper also went on to release the single “Coco Crazy” featuring BIA, as well as gifting fans with a follow-up EP, Priv Madness, which featured four tracks with aguest appearance by Btl Flee.
Ready to get things rockin’ again, DTheFlyest ended 2020 with the release of his brand new project, Sandoboy. Consisting of nine tracks, the project features his lead single, “Riot.”
First Single “Riot” off Dtheflyest new project “SandoBoy” dropping December 18th Instagram : @Dtheflyestbtl. Twitter : @Dtheflyestbtl. Prod by Mike Congo
Stream SandoBaby below.
$hayBand$ – No Features
I’m still waiting for the official video for “Famous,” but Shooterz Muzik’s first lady, $hayBand$, ended 2020 with a brand new visual titled, “No Features.”
Rightfully so, the rapper isn’t doing any features and she honestly doesn’t have to. Her words alone hold weight and she’ll probably out rap your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper.
Though only 2:44 in running time, $hayBand$ gets straight to the point.
Last September, Swizzy shot the official video for his single, “Extras,” which lived on his latest album, 12-81. The project, in collaboration with AbbotJackson, featured 10 tracks with a lone feature from The Coach.
Picking things up again, Swizzy returns with a new release titled “Another Basket,” linking up with Rebel Mafia Global’sBig Super.
With a lone feature from Nawlage, the Virgo artist certainly identifies with the angel number throughout the project as she has no choice to embrace change, let certain people go and move on to the next chapter in her life. As she continues to support her latest release, Ishafromthe978 revisits 9999 and shoots a video for LP-cut, “Faucet.”
Directed by HarvardsEye, learn about Ishafromthe978’s drip above.
7981 Kal Sentenced To 9 Years In Prison on RICO Charges
7981 Kal, who was among the ten individuals convicted on RICO Conspiracy, alongside his co-defendants G Fredo and Hamma Thang, was sentenced on Friday, March 3, by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 110 months in prison.
7981 Kal, who was among the ten individuals convicted on RICO Conspiracy, alongside his co-defendants G Fredo and Hamma Thang, was sentenced on Friday, March 3, by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 110 months in prison.
Back in April 2022, 7981 Kal born Kelvin Barros, pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. The charges stem from a 2020 indictment where 31 individuals were arrested and charged “in federal court in Boston for various crimes, including racketeering (“RICO”) conspiracy, violent crimes in aid of racketeering, drug trafficking, crossing state lines for the purpose of prostitution (the Mann Act), firearms charges and bank fraud,” according to the Department of Justice.
On Jan. 17, G Fredo was sentenced to nine years in prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to RICO conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. Hamma Thang was sentenced on Tuesday, Jan. 31, by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 114 months in prison and four years of supervised release.