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Pella-Freestyles Vol. 3 — Inside the Music 🎤28 years. That’s how long JoJo Pellegrino has been freestyling — no written ...
21/09/2026

Pella-Freestyles Vol. 3 — Inside the Music 🎤

28 years. That’s how long JoJo Pellegrino has been freestyling — no written verses, no safety net, bars constructed in real time. The rap equivalent of jazz improvisation.

Swipe through “Inside the Music” — slides from the full feature: the new mixtape hosted by DJ Doowop, the Marley Marl retirement collaboration, the Violator era with Chris Lighty, and why his freestyle technique still dominates.

Jojo Pellegrino Doo W*p Marley Marl

Rest in peace, Chris Lighty (1968–2012). The architect of Violator. You didn’t fail JoJo — the system failed you both. 🕊️ Rip

📖 Full feature at the link in in Reel

02/09/2026

🎤 THE “NEXT TO YOU” FREESTYLE CHALLENGE 🎤 HIP-HOP HISTORY IS BEING WRITTEN RIGHT NOW.

Erykah Badu just rapped over The Alchemist’s beat from Mobb Deep’s 1999 classic “The Realest.” That same production. That same legacy. Three icons have now laid bars on this beat: Prodigy (RIP), Kool G Rap, and now the Queen of Neo-Soul herself.

This isn’t a trend. This is the culture passing the torch.

🔥 THE CHALLENGE: Drop your verse over the “Next 2 U” beat → Tag → Use → Best freestyle gets FEATURED 🔥

From the golden era of Mobb Deep, Nas, Wu-Tang, and Biggie to the new wave carrying the torch forward — dusty vinyl samples, poetic lyricism, and raw authenticity. From Queensbridge to Dallas. Hip-hop is culture. Hip-hop is truth. Hip-hop is FOREVER.

💎 BEFORE THE WORLD BLOWS: THE ABI & ALAN EXPERIMENT 💎 Out now · 16 tracks · Control FREAQ Records / Young Recordings

Feat. every artist who made this a masterpiece:
Erykah Badu () — Vocals · Production · The Queen of Neo-Soul ▸ The Alchemist () — Production · Beats · Hip-Hop Legend ▸ Steve Lacy (.lacy) — Vocals · Bass · “To the Moon (Plan C)” ▸ Earl Sweatshirt () — Vocals · “I Know That Man” ▸ Thundercat () — Bass · Vocals · “They Ain’t You” & “Crossfade” ▸ Kamasi Washington () — Saxophone · “Black Box” ▸ DRAM () — Vocals · “Valentine” ▸ Westside Gunn () — Vocals · “No I.D.” & “I Just Play a Part” ▸ Joi () — Vocals · “I Just Play a Part” ▸ DJ Creole Princess () — Vocals · “I Just Play a Part” ▸ DJ Quik () — Percussion · Additional Production ▸ Young Guru () — Mixing Engineer · Engineering Legend Honoring the legacy: 👴 Prodigy (RIP) — Mobb Deep — “The Realest” (1999) 👴 Kool G Rap — Original “The Realest” verse 👑 The Alchemist — Three decades of hip-hop greatness

Two titans. Nothing left to prove. Just truth, soul, and fire.

📥 Drop your freestyle. Tag . Let

17/08/2026

Ali PJ just dropped “Feel” and Dublin might never recover.

21 years old. Cello, violin, piano. Now she’s building house and garage sets that make Index, Tengu, and The SoundHouse move like one body.

“Feel” isn’t a chase-the-drop track. It’s a four-to-the-floor groove with a garage bassline and vocals used as texture — the kind of patience you don’t expect from a debut. She founded the fastest-growing music society at BIMM Dublin, landed RTÉ 2FM’s Bunker Sessions, and sold out rooms before the single even existed.

This isn’t a name to watch. It’s a name you should already know.

Check out her article on Papermedia.online Save this post if you want to be the first to say you knew.

Tag a friend who needs to hear this. 👇

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