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“They Don’t Want Me in those Gucci Shoes, with God with Me How Could I Lose?” Polo Hayes – Gucci Shoes (Official Video)

23 Friday Jun 2017

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Polo Hayes – Gucci Shoes (Official video)

Rising star Polo Hayes brings his whole hood out for his ‘Gucci Shoes’ video and makes the whole Island proud. Gucci Shoes came out a while ago and has racked up tons of plays to become a hit on Soundcloud and elsewhere, while garnering considerable local and national buzz, and now one of my favorite songs of 2017 so far finally has its own video. We were on the Polo wave early here, recognizing him as one of the most unique and best artists to come out of Long Island, and the wave has only continued to grow and pick up more momentum since then.

Polo recently performed at SXSW and Gucci Shoes even broke on Hot 97 recently and hopefully will become a staple in the playlist. The video has 5,000+ views just since being released a couple of days ago and I’m definitely expecting it to get to six figures sooner rather than later. Gotta love seeing him stomping around in the namesake Gucci Shoes here and even cleaning them with some Moet and a Gucci bandana, a truly baller-esque move if there ever was one. Polo and his whole crew get pretty wavy in this video; check out the video and see how Long Island rocks. He’s done a lot of production work and also has some other great songs like Nighttime which I would love to see get the video treatment too. Check out some of his other work on his Soundcloud here.

Definitely looking forward to getting an EP or mixtape soon.

So many sick lines in this song…

“All I wanted was a foreign coupe, South Beach good morning view, trying to stay up out an orange suit, all I wanted was some Gucci shoes”

“They don’t want me in those Gucci shoes, with God with me how could I lose, you couldn’t last a day in my shoes, family used to live in a room, all I wanted was a foreign coupe”

“They don’t want me in the Louie, they don’t want me in the Benzes, with the Versace lenses, none of my niggas got pensions, I ain’t never learn my lesson, my AK need extensions, bullets same size as wrenches”

Don’t sleep on Polo. Even if you’re sleeping on Gucci bed sheets.

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Z$tat$ – Piss Po’

18 Thursday May 2017

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Z$tat$ – Piss Po’

Z$tat$ is back with his latest track, Piss Po, his heaviest and hardest hitting song so far. With an aggressive flow over a heavy, energetic beat, Z pulverizes the track and paints a picture of what the struggle is like in the rugged part of Long Island’s Central Islip that he calls home, as well as the universal theme of how jealous/less successful people will try to stop your hustle and slow down your rise to the top when they see you’re getting money and trying to accomplish something. The dope chorus really captures this sentiment and also gives a defiant message of not letting them block your grind, “Keep grinding keep shining though, niggas want to see you piss po’, never let them niggas see you fold, a door opens when a door close.”

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Z$tat$ – Bad Boy

11 Thursday May 2017

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Z$tat$ – Bad Boy 

The homie Z$tat$ takes us back to that vintage Bad Boy golden era on his latest track with this smooth new offering. One of our favorite new Long Island artists, Z$tat$ out of Central Islip is back in the studio hard at work releasing new gems. This latest song ‘Bad Boy’ has a really chill, 90s style vibe to it.

“Duckin one time, out here on the front line, repercussions for a sucker tryna take mine, Bad Boy that they never want to see shine, a real nigga was always in my bloodline.”

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“Gotta Stay Up Til I Make it Homie So I’m Drinking Coffee” Polo Hayes – Nighttime

03 Wednesday May 2017

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Polo Hayes – Nighttime 

After previously featuring Long Island’s Polo Hayes’ growing hit ‘Gucci Shoes’ a couple of days ago and mentioning him twice in my top 10 songs for April, I today wanted to also pay some proper attention to Nighttime with its own dedicated post. As much as I love Gucci Shoes ‘Nighttime’ might honestly be the sleeper for Polo’s best song so far/my favorite song by him and that’s saying a lot. Polo almost ‘sings’ most of the verses on this rather than ‘raps’ and has a sick flow on this hidden gem. I love the way he sings the chorus, ‘I’m the one inside the trap house with my eyes open.”

He also gets a contribution from Vine star Live Like Davis (LLD) on this one, who adds some nice singing and ad libs plus his own verse. ‘Nighttime’ has no shortage of dope lines like ‘I’m the one inside the new foreign with the new foreign, I’m the one who put the work away in a food storage, I’m just here to prove to you that the pain worth it, I’m the one who keep f*cking up but we stay working’ and “I’m the one inside the mini van with the chopper on me, all these niggas ain’t wearing diamonds they wear Savorsky, gotta stay up til I make it homie so I’m drinking coffee’. I love the imagery of being strapped up in a mini van with a chopper and also more importantly of a hard working artist staying on his grind and drinking coffee to ‘stay up’ until he makes it to the promised land.

So far ‘Nighttime’ has about 26k plays on Soundcloud, compared to Gucci Shoes’ 55k+ but this underrated jam should keep steadily garnering more and more attention as Polo’s buzz continues to build.

Check out the rest of Polo’s work here on his Soundcloud and keep an eye out for the official music video for Gucci Shoes which is rumored to be coming out soon

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Polo Hayes – Gucci Shoes

29 Saturday Apr 2017

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With over 51k plays on Soundcloud after being out for just 2 months, ‘Gucci Shoes’ by Polo Hayes is blowing up on Long Island and beyond right now and I’m predicting this regional hit could make waves nationally soon because its’ just that good and that unique. The artist and song are riding a big wave of momentum right now with the track going from 20k plays to well over 50k in a matter of just a few weeks. Polo is one of the most dynamic and creative artists to come out of Long Island and is garnering considerable buzz right now. Polo comes out firing on all cylinders with these two ridiculous lines in the first verse…

“They don’t want me in the Benzes, with Versace lenses…none of my niggas got pensions, I ain’t never learn my lesson, my AK need extensions, bullets the same size as wrenches”.

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Top 10 Songs April 2017

26 Wednesday Apr 2017

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Future – Buy Love 

I found this song via redlitedj.com, a great blog, and had never heard it before, and it ended up becoming arguably my top song of the month. As far as I know it’s a Future ‘loose end’ from January that was probably overshadowed by the two full-length projects that he released in February and the ubiquitous success of Mask Off, but it may actually be my overall favorite song by him to date. The song improbably samples K-Ci and Jo Jo’s ‘All My Life’ and kind of reminds me of a lullaby. As an added bonus I love the nostalgic vibes of the VHS-esque video for the song.

Drake – Passionfruit

Those who know me are probably surprised by this selection as my friends know me as a bit of a Drake ‘hater’ sometimes but I have to admit I did enjoy the ‘More Life’ album, specifically ‘Passionfruit’ and ‘Glow’, and I have to be objective and give credit where credit is due. The light, lilting tropical beat for Passionfruit is so relaxing that at the very beginning of April,  I had listened to it a bunch of times in a row, and almost felt irritated and unrelaxed when it wasn’t on for about a day or so, almost like withdrawal from some sort of depressant drug. For some reason I can picture this song being in the background of one of the Yoshi type video games playing as the Yoshis dance around and enjoy their island paradise. One of the writers for Pitchfork called this version of Drake ‘Margaritaville Drake’ and it really is the perfect description.

Polo Hayes – Gucci Shoes

With over 51k plays on Soundcloud after being out for just 2 months, ‘Gucci Shoes’ by Polo Hayes is blowing up on Long Island and beyond right now and I’m predicting this regional hit could make waves nationally soon because its’ just that good and that unique. Polo is one of the most dynamic and creative artists to come out of Long Island and is garnering considerable buzz right now. He’s affiliated with the same YGRF group as Z$tat$ who I featured the other day. I’m planning on doing a full post about this song tomorrow. Polo comes out guns blazing with these two ridiculous lines in the first verse…

“They don’t want me in the Benzes, with Versace lenses…none of my niggas got pensions, I ain’t never learn my lesson, my AK need extensions, bullets the same size as wrenches”.

“They don’t want me in that ‘Rari, sh*ttin on em never sorry, I know people want to harm me, but they don’t want it with the army.”

He has a lot of other really good songs check out his Soundcloud here

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100 Clay Recordings – Filthy

25 Tuesday Apr 2017

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100 Clay Recordings – Filthy

This song ‘Filthy’ by the up and coming artists on 100 Clay Recordings is catching a nice buzz out on Long Island right now and deservedly so. Hailing from Central Islip, 100 Clay consists of multiple rising young stars Zayah2x, Bigga, and Quaa Drugz.

These guys are consistently working hard on their craft and have a wealth of material out on the streets , with approximately 60 tracks already under their belts, an impressive haul for a group of young, fairly new artists. You can hear more of their songs and various collaborations at https://soundcloud.com/100clayrecordings. ‘Filthy’ has nearly 10k plays combined between Youtube and Soundcloud already but I believe it should have a lot more and will get a lot more as these guys get bigger.

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Z$tat$ – No Discussion

21 Friday Apr 2017

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Z$tat$ is an up and coming young artist out of Central Islip (known affectionately as “C.I.” to locals) in Suffolk County on Long Island. Those not from the area or not in the know may think of Long Island as a rap ‘no man’s land’ full of yachts and golf courses but there’s a lot more to it than that – C.I. in particular has a burgeoning rap scene with a lot of talented artists and exciting work going on beneath the surface, and it’s a lot different than the image of Long Island you probably have in your head. It has its own vibe and style and you’ll be seeing a lot more about the local scene here on this site and beyond in the days and weeks to come.

Here, Z$tat$ hits us with a couple of smooth verses plus a bold and memorable chorus over a classic, saxophone-infused beat that makes you think of rap from days gone by, but puts his own modern take on it. He’s a young artist whose simultaneously part of the current scene in terms of style but you can tell he also has an appreciation for/has been influenced by the classic New York rap sound.  He’s equally at home and adept on a Playboy Carti style song or beat as he is with a Jadakiss one.

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