Thins are alive and well, thanks to David Strickland and his brand new album Spirit of Hip Hop 2. Due for release this Friday, August 26th through MNRK Music Group, the album is the follow up to 2020’s Spirit of Hip Hop, and continues the momentum he started then, with a star-studded album of collaborators, that featured Rap Prime Minister, Maestro Fresh Wes, Que Rock, Leonard Sumner, Que Rock, Supaman, JRDN, Spade of Citizen Kane. There’s a new guestlist in store for this new record, some of which are Divine Brown and Pooky G, who are featured on the single “Beastmode” and its follow-up “Firekeepers,” a collaboration between Strickland and his longtime collaborator Que Rock, as well as reggae-dancehall performer Blessed. We got to know Strickland a little bit around the time of the releas...