By JC Poppe Special to OnMilwaukee.com Published Oct 07, 2011 at 2:39 PM

Bandana is creeping closer and closer to the release of his album "The Brewprint," and to give people a taste of what they can expect from the project he's released an EP called "Return Of The Heartless."

The EP is full of smooth raps over smooth beats and continues to show that Bandana is a talented emcee. I liken him to a more coherent Cam'ron who can write an actual song and not just witty lines that are strung together to form a verse. He also mixes in a helping of southern-influenced club rap to balance out the project and to possibly provide the ladies with something to dance to.

You can listen to the entire EP here and you can also grab it for free. 

Bandana also released a new music video recently for his song "Stressin" featuring Lynk, a track that's not featured on the EP.

JC Poppe Special to OnMilwaukee.com

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.