Southeast DC has been producing talent for years, but few artists capture the city’s energy like Paco Panama . A DMV vet, he’s been making noise locally for some time, and if you know Paco, you know exactly what kind of music you’re about to get — hustler music, motion music, trap-influenced bars that reflect real life in the streets. His latest project, SouthSide Sopranos, Vol. 2 , dropped November 4th , featuring 23 tracks  with appearances from Smoke Chapo, Dee Muney, and

OTR Chaz and Roddy Rackzz have been fan favorites in Baltimore for years — and for good reason. Most people in the city will tell you these two are the top dogs, especially when they link up. From early classics like “Get In Dere”  and “Wit Da Mob”  to more recent drops like “Going”  and the “Sorry Not Sorry Remix,”  their chemistry has always hit different. The energy between them is like Jordan and Pippen  or Shaq and Kobe  — the best one-two punch the city has to offer. An

Photo by @is0Shots Every once in a while, an artist pops up that makes you double back like— hold up, who is this?  That’s exactly what happened when our VA SHIFT production head, Chucky , kept telling me about a kid out of Baltimore named IzzyMoney1008 . For weeks, he was saying, “Bro, you gotta tap in. He’s bringing a new sound to the city.” One night after a Live Mic shoot, Chucky threw on Izzy’s project Young Rich Junkie —and from the first few tracks, I knew it was diffe