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WHAT'S THE WORD?: Wearing the crown

Leezy Soprano goes strong, plus Greg Double, J Money the Hitman and $Krilla

Leezy Soprano

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So who has the crown right now for Tacoma hip-hop? Many would say Leezy Soprano is running the show. He had a breakout year last year and this year he's keeping his buzz big with the release of his newest project, United We Ball, available for download here. The first single to hit YouTube is "Leezy."

Soprano is teetering on national-success right now. The video got nothing but love on Worldstarhiphop.com, and Seattle and the rest of the region are recognizing the genuine realness and skill Soprano brings to the table. He just might be making the best street hip-hop in the area right now. Soprano has a flow that most of these lazy unoriginal Tacoma gangsta rappers wish they had, along with the authenticity that many rappers in Seattle lack. Soprano has just the right mix of energy, reality and lyrical seriousness to make his flow undeniable, noticeable and dope.

Greg Double, the head of Blue Nose Music, just dropped a solo album of previously unreleased older material. It's titled Ego Centric and it's available on Gregdouble.bandcamp.com. The album features guest verses from many in the Blue Nose Family and some others who Greg Double has worked with in the past. Ego Centric runs $5, but Double has two older albums on his bandcamp page for free right now.

J Money the Hitman just produced Stevie Joe's entire new album, Shop Open, available on datpiff.com. This is turning out to be a big year for J Money. This release along, with his solo album released a few weeks ago, has mad J Money one of the busiest producers around here.

$krilla is also staying busy, releasing five new tracks on his reverbnation page. This might be $krilla's best work to date. He's stepped up his songwriting abilities and his flow is stronger and sharper this go around. Check for verses from Ghetto and an appearance from Tacoma siren Violet.

Next week we'll have the 2011 Rookie of the Year, Abom the Kid; we'll see what's new with Logics; and we'll get an update on DJ Semaj's production.

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