Damien The Architect and Hadj Release Their 'HEY!' EP

One of the main reasons I kept rockthedub going was for situations like this. While you can load 5011 hip-hop/music blogs into your Feedly and see the same 20 songs fly by every day, or click on the radio to consume a very small number of records, there's nothing like having your own outlet and being able to get sent material like Damien The Architect and Hadj put out in their HEY! EP. No, it isn't groundbreaking, but the internet + the power of email = me being able to put my ears on a project I'd probably hear nothing about through my regular channels.

I was super open to the first HEY! track, "How You Do That," and was amazed that something like "R A I N" was on it as well. It's refreshing to know that their sound on the full release, which features beats from 404 Loudpack, Drunken Killah, Teller Bank$, and others touches on a number of different styles. They go uplifting, more sensual, more older school while also keeping feet planted firmly in the new mentality. HEY! is the sound of an alarm, letting the world know that they are flexible when it comes to styles, and that they are HERE, right now.

Damien The Architect and Hadj's HEY! EP is available for streaming down below; I'm hearing that it'll be available to own "soon," so keep it locked.

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PREMIERE: Damien The Architect & Hadj - "R A I N"

At the end of December, I hit you guys with Damien The Architect and Hadj's "How You Do That," which is taken from their forthcoming HEY! EP. I promise you I didn't know either of them from a can of paint, but I was feeling that jam. Still am, honestly.

With HEY! set to drop on January 13, the duo sorted out a new single from the project, "R A I N," which is just as turnt (thanks to another banger from 404 Loudpack), but instead of hitting the club, they slip into something a bit more mid-tempo, crafting a cut that's perfect for when it's time to do the grown up with bae...preferably on a rainy day. This isn't a sly bar fest; this is something to get sweaty to. Whatever you want to call it, hearing these two tracks show me how diverse these two are coming. Definitely intriguing.

You can stream "R A I N" below, and keep it locked for HEY! when it drops this Friday.

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Damien The Architect and Hadj Are Trying to Figure Out "How You Do That"

This shit right here? My type of hype. THIS is why I do this. I have no idea who Damien The Architect or Hadj are, but this cut got slid into my inbox, and I'm turnt. Booming beat with a tinge of the eerie, mixed with some syrupy smooth flows drenching a batch of real talk? "I don't give hugs, I don't shake hands, I don't have friends..." Is this low-key the new rockthedub.com anthem?

"How You Do That" is taken This 404 Loudpack-produced banger is taken from Damien and Hadj's forthcoming HEY! EP, which is due out in January. I might need this one right now, though. Proper 2017 mantra all over this one, trust.

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