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Hell yes, believe it or not (oh, you better believe it!) beatboxing is still alive and well in 2022. If you don't believe us, go check out The Best of Max Bent & Stan Ipcus: He's The Beatboxer, I'm The Rapper. It's a sprawling nine-track collection that spans 25 years of organic D.I.Y. beats and rhymes collaborative efforts between two life-long friends, Stan Ipcus & Max B. Human Beatboxer Max Bent and seasoned emcee Stan Ipcus have been performing and recording together since the late 90's when they were both students and aspiring musicians at The University of Maryland (UMD.) They, literally, met on-air in 1998 during a live freestyle session broadcast on college radio station, WMUC, when Max was beatboxing for a room full of rappers and Stan Ipcus stepped up to the mic to flex his skills. The audio recording of that WMUC moment—plus, eight other Max Bent & Stan Ipcus beatbox/emcee collaborations spanning almost 25 years—is included on this new Bes...

Foliage is the latest seven-track mixtape from White Plains, New York emcee, producer, music journalist, and children's book author Stan Ipcus. It's the proper follow-up to his Spotify-only exclusive release aptly titled White Label . Actually, Foliage boasts two of the same tracks as White Label with "Grizzly" and "Cream." Ipcus expalins Foliage is "a dedication to the most beautiful time of the year in The 914 and a nod to the trees. Memories of summer, change, nostalgia, new school energy, lush landscapes, fall flavors, crisp breezes, and bright colors that eventually turn dark." Along with "Grizzly" and "Cream," "Pumpkin Cheesecake" has been previously released, as well. So, that leaves "Bust The Way I Flip It," "Tummy Time," "Ganja," and "Gifted" as the four brand new new tracks on Foliage. Foliage by Stan Ipcus Stan Ipcus himself produced "Grizzly," "B...

Stan Ipcus & Matisyahu (SOURCE: Dan Isenberg) All The Way Live: Stan Ipcus Breaks Down Live Favorites Off His Best of IP Freestyles Mixtape - Written By: Daniel Isenberg (@stanipcus) Stan Ipcus, the extremely handsome, multi-talented, and, dare I say, Top 5 Dead or Alive Caucasian Emcee of All-Time (yeah, I said it. What are you gonna do about it?) just released a Best of IP Freestyles mixtape featuring over 30 tracks of pure fiery spittage. The tape's contents and cover, inspired by "Best of..." mixtapes that you might have found on a Canal Street corner in the early 2000's, features Ipcus unleashing his reckless brand of intricately-constructed raps over beats by everyone from The Beatnuts & A Tribe Called Quest to JAY-Z & Jim Jones. And through it all, he sounds as confident as ever. In fact, on the chorus of his previously unreleased "Ballin'" freestyle, originally recorded in 2007, after absolutely destroying the first verse, he...