On the real I've lost track of how many dudes I've called "most slept on" but I'll say this - the amount of attention King Mez is getting is nowhere near the amount of attention he should be getting. I mean, are you hearing this "Monte Carlo" shit? Fuck, tell me this isn't some serious dopeness. Listen and download...
I know a lot of people are going to check out this "The Allure" joint because J. Cole produced it, and that's fine. Cole's a damn good producer, and if a well known name offering up a nice instrumental gets even a few more people to check out a worthy emcee, all the better. Listen and download...
It's been way too long since I've had some new King Mez or Thee Tom Hardy bumping through my headphones - boom, problem solved. And just like that "Tom's Comet" arrives and delivers rhymes some fresh they sound like they just got pulled out of a Ziploc. Listen and download...
ther than free porn and hilarious Rick Ross gifs, this is why the internet is awesome. Way back when (the late '90s) it would have been a ton of work to get this many emcees on a record, and even then almost no one would hear it. But in 2011, Emilio Rojas can hit up STS, King Mez, Donny Goines and Thee Tom Hardy, say "yo, wanna get in on this 'Posse Cut'?" and boom. Listen and download....
Raleigh, North Carolina rapper King Mez isn't one for light subject matter and his latest release titled "Sirens" is a perfect example of that. On "Sirens," which was previously featured on the DJ Booth SXSW: The Rising mixtape, King Mez touches on friends being locked up, witnessing his mom become the victim of domestic abuse, and more. Listen and download...
It's crazy how fast this game can move. A year ago I started to hear whispers about this King Mez kid and gave him a spin on the mothership, and one year later he's widely considered one of the dopest emcees coming out of suddenly booming North Carolina. And after people start hearing this new "King's Khrysis" EP you can expect things to really start happening for the man. Listen and download...
I don't know what they're putting in the water in North Carolina, but everyone else needs to start drinking it. In addition to J. Cole, 9th Wonder's entire movement and an ever growing roster of others, N.C.'s also turned out RefinedHype favorite King Mez, who's taken his music to another level with his new single "Champions". Listen and download...
Now that the DMV has gone from overlooked to centerstage on the national hip-hop scene, my pick for the next upstart region to blow is North Carolina. After acts like 9th Wonder and Little Brother laid down the foundation, a new wave of NC blood seems poised to take it to the next level; new blood that comes to us today in the form of Kooley High and their new cut "Sky View". Listen and download...
Whether this is your first time hearing the North Carolina native or you're one of the aforementioned long-time fans, I guarantee that if you like lyrically tight, good times hip-hop (and if you don't shame on you), you're love Mez's and producer Commissioner Gordon's new mixtape "The Paraplegics". Listen and download...
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