Cut of the week #2 by @privat. Featuring four amazing rappers this ...

Todays features: Hive account@alao, Hive account@boycharlieplays and Hive account@scribblingwilly

Already two weeks passed in 2018 and the hip hop community on Steem has been working harder than ever! This week like the last I want to feature some of my favorite posts by three active artists on Steemit. Make sure to show them the love they deserve! Also don’t forget about last weeks featured artists. Just today our new to Steemit talent Hive account@jamesgetsit released another incredibly heartfelt rap for the Steemit’s open mic. Do like me and enjoy that a few more times and then enter Hive account@termitemusic’s new worldwide cypher if you have something to say!

I made this “Black paper” for the cut to share some collective thoughts from the community. If you wonder what the idea behind #thecut is or want to ad some of your synapses to the mix, just click the link or this picture.

New for this week is that I’ll add one of my favorite raps of the week above the three features. Starting of with Hive account@jamesgetsit’s full song ‘Cold sheets’. As these posts are all still possible to up vote I’ll just link to them instead of embedding anything.

Rap of the week:

Steemit Open Mic Week 67 - "Cold Sheets" Emotional Rap (2 Verses)

This full song coming together after hearing the verses separate was one of the best moments for me in the cut this week. I can’t wait until Hive account@jamesgetsit gets his hands on some original beats and some more professional recording gear. Already making it sound incredibly professional with his phone!

If you’re not making your own post about this feel free to use the comments to promote your favorite rap/beat/hip hop art in general. I’m a rapper so I’ll just give you one extra rap in case you missed it.

Now to this weeks three features:

1. Hive account@alao

So I just realized one of the reasons I wrote him up for this week was a rap he released 8 days ago. Doesn’t matter too much since there’s lots of reasons to feature Hive account@alao and his entry for Steemits Jackin for beats last week already got some well worthy up votes. Still, check that out because it gives you a pretty good idea who this amazing person is!

Hive account@alao was one of the key people to make me keep rapping on Steemit when I first got here. He’s a judge for Hive account@rondonson’s rap challenge and always reviews the entries in a really thoughtful way. Recently he’s been doing vlogs more frequently on everything Steem related that I find very informative and inspiring. But most importantly he’s also started to join the rap challenges again!

Two of his posts this week that deserve some more attention in my opinion:

“Explaining Steemit to the people now that SteemVoter is working!!!” - This is not strictly hip hop related but I still feel like it still relates to the cut so hear me out. Hive account@alao is a true inspiration for how we should curate each other's work, inspire other artists and help everyone around the sometimes confusing site that is Steemit. In yesterday's vlog he showed us, among other things, how he’s using the Steemvoter to help him curate some accounts that he trusts. I might look into doing this soon as well, another reason for all of us to keep the quality of our posts high!
“STEEMIT RAP CHALLENGE WEEK #20” - So he did post one rap this week as well and this time for the rap challenge he’s known to judge. Really dope entry with low tech gear and high def rhymes! Feels like he’s found a solid crypto infused foundation for his raps, can’t wait to hear more. Go check out his other vlogs and follow Hive account@alao!

2. Hive account@boycharlieplays

Hive account@boycharlieplays, simply in a different league in some of the rap challenges here! This week he made an entry that I couldn’t not share with you. He’s got a lot going on if you check out his account but I’m just happy he still finds time to spit this liquid fire! A great personality and a great rapper if you somehow missed this STEEMIT icon.

First post is a vlog and the second one a rap:

""What to do when on STEEMIT?" STEEMiT VLOG 1 - @boycharlieplays | New Projects #thecut, PokeSTEEM, and boycharlieville" - Todays vlog summarizes what's going on on his channels and his dreams of becoming a Steemit personality. He's going there with that mentality!
“Round 16 WorldWide Cypher Jam | The Return of @boycharlieplays ‘cake’” - This is what I came for! Hive account@boycharlieplays is always bringing the heat and he’s been one of my favorite MCs in #thecut for a while now because of that. The energy in this winning entry to Termite’s cypher is no exception. I’ve also heard rumors he’s working on more collaborations with Hive account@termitemusic so keep an ear out for that!

3. Hive account@scribblingwilly

Last but not least, Willy G! If you haven’t heard his irish accent and tongue twisting rhymes yet you should check him out right away. Listen to this mixtape he released on Steemit last month: Willy G - Overcome

And also support these new post from this week with some comments and up votes:

"Willy G - Verbal Machete Freestyle" - Just today he posted this in my opinion dope written freestyle verse!

Hive account@scribblingwilly really enjoys just writing down random rhymes and have become a master at it. Please don’t leave this community again!

“Willy G - Steemit Rap Challenge Week 20 Entry” - Yesterday he laid down some fresh tongue twisters for the rap challenge week 20! Perfect starting point as he’s actually trying to make himself understood by rapping in a bit more proper english. Dope entry in my book but don't take my word for it and listen for yourself!

"Willy G - Termite Jam Sesh” - Long schemes for

Hive account@termitemusic’s cypher week 16 proving that he could be your favorite rappers’ favorite rapper. Dope beat, dope schemes!

I kept to some of the artists I’ve interacted with for this episode but I’ve also stumbled upon some really good rappers I missed until at the end of the week. If they keep doing content for Steemit I’ll definitely feature them real soon but for this week let’s leave with a couple of honorable mentions. Some rappers that has released new stuff this week that you could look up more as I do the same are: Hive account@briandivisions, Hive account@allcapsonezero, Hive account@trillex and Hive account@burningzeal16.

There’s also a lot more veterans I would like to mention like Hive account@verbal-d’s epic jackin for beats entry this week. At least I’m not too worried I’ll run out of new features anytime soon!.. Let me know if you have any ideas for how to make this ‘newsletter’ more enjoyable. For now I’m not thinking of this as reviews but simply some posts that I want to give more attention before the week runs out. Thank you for reading and supporting original hip hop on Steem, peace and see you next week!