Tagged: The Jacka
Stream: The Jacka, Dubb 20 and Street Knowledge, “Cold World”
The Jacka has pulled back in the past two years or so, at least relative to his run from 2005′s The Jack Artist through 2009′s Tear Gas. This week he released The A.R. Street Album, … read more »
Stream: HD f. The Jacka, “The System”
Oakland rapper HD just released an album, Breaking N Entering. Although it doesn’t match the consistency of his previous LP, Fresh, it has some strong tracks, including a great flip of AK47‘s underrated beat for … read more »
Ampichino and Young Bossi f. The Jacka, “Never Leave the Game” MP3
Ampichino and Young Bossi’s Cop Heavy Gang 2: Right Back, Ain’t Cheatin’ is a sequel to their similarly-titled collaborative CD from last year. The Akron, Ohio duo aim for an emotionally-intense brand of street rap. … read more »
Video: The Jacka, “We Out Here”
The third installment of The Jacka‘s triple-disc The Indictment, The Verdict, The Sentence series comes out May 8th, and the lead single, “We Out Here,” has just been released as a video. Jacka’s in a … read more »
Laroo and Turf Talk f. Gappy Ranks and The Jacka, “Trust No One” MP3
Lead single “Money 2 Blow” was promising, and “Trust No One,” the latest leak from Laroo and Turf Talk‘s Block Ops project, suggests that song was no fluke. Dancehall artist Gappy Ranks, who recently dropped … read more »
Video: Street Knowledge f. The Jacka and Husalah, “I’ma Boss”
It might seem odd to get excited about an “I’ma Boss” remix a year after the original dropped, but this particular version deserves notice for including verses from Husalah and The Jacka in prime form. … read more »
The Jacka f. Smigg Dirtee and Lil Rue, “Knock Her Down” MP3
The Jacka’s most recent record, The Verdict, is the second LP of a three-part series that began with the release of The Indictment back in September 2011. “Knock Her Down,” The Verdict’s most unconventional track, … read more »
Gap f. The Jacka, Joe Blow and Ren Fetti, “All We Know” MP3
It seems like an unusual alliance, but artists in the Bay Area have been collaborating with Akron, Ohio rappers like Ampichino for some time. That collaborative spirit charges Ampichino associate Gap’s “All We Know.” On … read more »
Joe Blow f. Lil Rue and The Jacka, “Couldn’t Be a Better Player” MP3
Joe Blow, the first new artist to release material on Jacka’s The Artist Records label, holds his own on “Couldn’t Be a Better Player,” the only collaboration (as far as I’m aware) between DJ Fresh … read more »
Video: E-40 f. Kaveo and The Jacka, “He’s a Gangsta”
Lest one forget, E-40‘s repertoire is not all weed steez and hyphy house parties: on “He’s a Gangsta,” Earl Stevens is going hard on the street stories, the bar raised by the menacing presences of … read more »
