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Driving While Black's Jordan Montgomery returns with Prime Real Estate, his first album since 2020. The album's lead single, "Carne Asada," rides a triumphant Big Jerm instrumental through a series of trials--bad credit, unaffordable tuition, creative dry spells, untrustworthy friends--and emerges victorious, with drums knocking and horns blaring. As Montgomery puts it, "Pain is like … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Jordan Montgomery – Carne Asada
DWB labelmates Jordan Montgomery, JM the Poet, and Livefromthecity join forces for Back In Business, their first collaborative EP since 2019's Support Black Business. Like the rest of the EP, lead single "Love & Trust" is produced by Live himself, operating under his Low Key Flame tag. The track's instrumental is simple--nothing more than a … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Driving While Black Records – Love & Trust
Driving While Black's Saani Mac recently released a boisterous single called "WOAH." Much like fellow DWB team member Livefromthecity's similarly-titled 2019 track, "WOAH" makes its presence known with subsonic bass and thunderous percussion. Saani is in a celebratory mood here, "wired up and fired up," brushing off the haters as they shamble and mill around … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Saani Mac – WOAH
Driving While Black Records affiliate JM the Poet drops "Function," the first single from his upcoming album, Deja Vu. When I first listened to "Function," I was reminded of a song I used to like back in my dorky high school days, "Unbelievers" by backpack rap collective The Dean's List. Where that song filled out … Continue reading Daily Yinz – JM the Poet – Function (ft. Jordan Montgomery and Victor Muthama)
Rapper and Driving While Black Records CEO Jordan Montgomery recently released Thank You 4 Ur Patience, a mixtape containing freestyles recorded over the past few years. The tape kicks off on a strong note with "Black Folk 4 Life," a track on which Montgomery defiantly and eloquently tackles issues of gentrification and racism. Overtop a … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Jordan Montgomery – Black Folk 4 Life
Driving While Black Records is an independent hip-hop label founded by Pittsburgh's own Jordan Montgomery; the imprint released its first compilation album, Support Black Business, last week. The majority of the work on Support Black Business is handled by Driving While Black rappers Livefromthecity, JM the Poet, and Montgomery himself. My personal favorite from the … Continue reading Daily Yinz – Driving While Black Records – Crazy Taxi
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