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ARTWORK BY: Ed Ptskor (@edpiskorcartoonist) It's been a while, but The Witzard's Rap EP Wrap-up column is back! Over the course of the past month or so, there have been a plethora of solid Hip-Hop EP's released online; a quick, concise 30-minutes or less format that's seemingly, replaced the mixtape/"street album" format of years passed to become your favorite underground rapper/producer's go-to promotional tool. Here, for this latest edition of The Witzard's Rap EP Wrap-up, we'll be profiling eight EP's released throughout November 2019 and maybe, a couple from a month or so prior, as well. Featured below, in no particular order, are EP's from the likes of Action Bronson & The Alchemist, Almost Elijah, CRASHprez & knowsthetime, ialive, Mikah kHill, Pecue, Rolled Gold, and Teek Hall. Along with a brief write-up on each release, you'll find a select track from each EP, as well purchase links to buy or stream online. If this one...

Summer Courses EP by Defcee and knowsthetime Since we first heard about Adam "Defcee" Levin on "Angel Dust (Leak Brothers 2)" from Career Crooks AKA Zilla Rocca & Small Professor's 2017 URBNET debut, Good Luck with That, the Chicago-based emcee has released two phenomenal projects: A Mixtape As God Intended, Vol. 1 on Machine Wash Music and SUNDAY, NO.1 EP as Hip-Hop super-group defprez with CRASHprez & knowsthetime . Now, Defcee has returned with his second proper release of 2019, Summer Courses EP fully recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered by defprez 's knowsthetime , who, also, designed the EP's cover art. Summer Courses consists of five separate "courses," each sporadically sub-titled "Summer... '07-18," which feature a variety of guest emcees including RTystic , Zilla Rocca, CRASHprez , greenSLLIME, Benjamin Earl Turner , Speedy Calhoun (TeamSkighWalkers,) and FrshWaters . Much like most of Defcee 's ...

SUNDAY NO. 1 by defprez First time I had heard Defcee rhyme was on "Angel Dust (Leak Brothers 2)" from Zilla Rocca & Small Professor 's 2017 URBNET debut, Good Luck With That , as Career Crooks . I've since delved deep into Adam Levin —no, not Maroon 5 's shirtless frontman!—AKA Defcee 's catalog, which now spans six albums and EP's dating as far back as 2007's One Eye Open . We recently featured Defcee 's December 2018 project, A Mixtape As God Intended, Vol. 1 right here, across the pages of The Witzard . It's my first newly-released album-length exposure to Defcee 's music, as released on Chicago -based Machine Wash Music ; a phenomenal 20-minute display of what Defcee has to offer displayed across one single track, which features an array of well-known beats originally used by Drake , Rick Ross, Nipsey Hussle , 6LACK, The Alchemist , Goodie Mob, Group Home , and Nasty Nas. A Mixtape As God Intended, Vol. 1 , also, feature...