Yesterday, rapper JackItDown Brown released his latest effort, an EP called "Beats and Rhymes, Vol. 1," produced by UK producer Stealf.
Brown's voice is reminiscent of West Coast emcee Tray Deee and his style is a throwback to the early '90s hardcore street rap, and the project's beats lay samples over fat basslines which gives it more of a West Coast feel as well.
JackItDown Brown also lends himself to more endearing topics like the pure enjoyment of experiencing the firsts of a person's favorite things, and for Brown rapping is on that list. Brown even gets legendary Kool G. Rap on the project for a feature.
Here's his song "I Kill Everything" and following is the music video for "I'm Real," both of which are from "Beats and Rhymes, Vol. 1."
The project is available through most major digital music distributors via Island Def Jam Digital Distribution.
Born in Milwaukee and raised in the Milwaukee suburb of Brown Deer, Concordia University Wisconsin alumnus Poppe has spent the majority of his life in or around the city and county of Milwaukee.
As an advocate of Milwaukee's hip-hop community Poppe began popular local music blog Milwaukee UP in March 2010. Check out the archived entries here.
Though heavy on the hip-hop, Poppe writes about other genres of music and occasionally about food, culture or sports, and is always ready to show his pride in Milwaukee and Wisconsin.
