We’ve got the south and each coast represented with this week’s Civil Selects and even a coast a little further east. Check out these relative newcomers and let us know what you think.

Artist: Translee

Track: HD Bling ft. Gfmbryyce

Hot Take: Grand Hustle signee lets the south shine through on ‘HD Bling’, a song about doing the work and letting your accomplishments speak for themselves. ” The track is lifted off his forthcoming Freedom Summer project.

Artist: Maliibu Miitch

Track: Give Her Some Money

Hot Take:

An extremely exciting talent hailing from The Bronx, Maliibu Miitch delivers a progressive NYC flow over a progressive East Coast beat with “Give Her Some Money”. With attitude & wicked lyrical prowess, this rap newcomer deserves all eyes. Check out ‘The Count’ if you haven’t, we can’t wait to see what 2018 has in store for her.

Artist: Elijah Waters

Track: Southern Comfort

Hot Take: 20 year old rapper/producer from Rotterdam, The Netherlands released his first project last year & has already racked up over 95k monthly listeners on Spotify.

Artist: Qveen Herby

Track: That Bih

Hot Take: Formerly 1/2 of the pop group Karmin, Qveen Herby taps into her well-timed delivery & swagger on “That Bih”. Even switching up her flow between rapid fire lyrics like on “Busta Rhymes” & melodic layered R&B with “Wifey”. A multifaceted threat that can write, arrange and blow whose buzz is only growing.