As God Intended by Apollo Brown & Che' Noir Che’ Noir & Apollo Brown  - “As God Intended” Here at ForDaFresh, we honestly hate typing. Especially when we don’t know exactly where to begin, when describing a project where just the mere idea of its existence seems mythical.   Well known Detroit “beat constructionist” Apollo Brown has created music for many   legends in the game that spans from Ras Kass, Planet Asia, and Pharoahe Monch all the way to Royce Da 5′9″, Westside Gunn and Ghostface Killa. That’s just to name a few. His catalog is a long resume off insane produc ..read more

Therapy by Ves120 Ves 120  - “Meditation” (Instrumental Album)    Ves 120, the multi talented Chicago based dj, producer, designer, and business man releases “Meditation”, a six track instrumental ep of what he describes as “chill boom bap vibes”.   Although, being only 6 instrumentals, Ves takes time with each track to sculpt a sonic landscape of mixed emotions to either meditate and relax to, to head nod to on a short drive or even for emcees to concoct verses and stories to. We are definitely keeping our ears open, hoping for a full lp next go round ..read more

R.A. The Rugged Man  - “Gotta Be Dope” (ft. A-F-R-O & DJ Jazzy Jeff)   In the realm of entertainment, whenever anyone mentions powerful comebacks in the game…names such as Jason Bateman are mentioned as well as the all time favorite Robert Downy Jr.   Though, in the realm of Hip Hop, purists of a certain era will always speak of R.A. The Rugged Man. Fast forward nearly 20 years, the once self asserted “blackballed” by the industry emcee has worked with damn near everyone in the game and has lyrically given Biggie some competition on wax.   With his latest offering cou ..read more

Vell Da General  - “Building Booming”   Vell Da General is one of Chicago’s most talented with the pen game. This budding up & coming sensation that has been killing it on the indie circuit, is back with more heat.   With visuals shot by Trilogy and directed by Rashad Chamberlain, combined with the already cinematic lyricism of Vell, we get a glimpse into the “life” of just one of the many buildings in the hood with a systematic network of hustling.   What Vell does, and quite possibly to the best that we’ve heard thus far, is paint a portrait where he has actually gi ..read more

Inkswel  - “The Sun” (ft. Ohmega Watts & Leilah Reich) [Lyric Video]   Check out the debut release from Inner Tribe Records. Produced by Inkswel & performed by Ohmega Watts and Leila Reich. The “lyric video” is produced by Rui Fradinho with Artwork by Michal Rafaj.    After years of releases on labels such as BBE, Sonar Kollektiv and Rush Hour and with a multitude of works with award winning artists such as Pugs Atomz, Steve Spacek, Georgia Anne Muldrow and Blu, Inkswel is finally launching his own record label with his partner Charli Umami. Enter Inner Tribe. A p ..read more

N.W.A. - “Same Gang”   Check out the visuals helmed by our very own ForDaFresh Films department for a new twist on the iconic anti gang & anti Black on Black crime track by the Westcoast All Stars from the mid 90s.    We took the rare remix to “All In The Same Gang” by the West Coast All Stars, chopped it up along with footage from the video as well as some rare footage that we’ve come across.   We wanted to make it a full fledged stand alone NWA song…(unfortunately no Ice Cube). But it does at least feature Eazy-E , Dr Dre, and MC Ren along with footage of Yella as w ..read more

Jabee  - “No Allegiance”    Following the recent release of lead single ‘Chec Mate’ [ft. Slug] (Atmosphere), Lil B, and Statik Selektah, Jabee has dropped his next single and new visual ‘No Allegiance’.   The Nipsey Hussle inspired video takes the minimalist route, filmed in a Pizza Restaurant soon to be owned by Jabee, reflecting on what he feels Nipsey was  about. The album title itself is very telling, having been thought up three years ago, it could not be more appropriate today. Support the project: https://foundation-media.ffm.to/noallegiance Follow: https://ww ..read more

Thaione Davis  - “Deception” (short film)   The homie and fellow Nacrobat crew member Thaione Davis hit us off with this joint a while back. We are finally getting the chance to give it the proper shine that it deserves at a time when it is sorely needed.   The short film, directed by Southside Cos G for the track “Deception” which is produced by the multi talented Rashid Hadee is taken from the full length album STILL HEAR Produced entirely by Hadee   The project is available on all digital platforms and on limited edition double vinyl exclusively via Culture Power 45 wh ..read more

Kobe Bryant  - “Thug Poet” (feat. 50 Cent) In our own way as a tribute, we re-edited one of the tracks recorded by Bryant for his unreleased album when he was signed for a short while to Columbia Records ..read more

Since9ine6ix  - “TapeRecorder” (f. FLYKelly)   Since9ine6ix, formerly known as Sincerely Yours, is a Chicago based MC that has been making his name known for quite some time as one of Chicago’s dopest MCs and live performers as well.   With the first single from his recently released, “Ble$$ed”…Since has surrounded himself with some of the best talent that Chicago has to offer. We get Neak on production, Rashad Hadee on the boards, mixing the sound just right, and the video itself is directed by Adad. And all of the artists are dope multi-talented artists in their own right. The music speak ..read more