38 Spesh
Some of the grimmest and most lucid street tales from the post-2000 New York state underground have been spun by 38 Spesh, a boom-bap disciple with over two dozen solo and collaborative projects, including Time Served (2012), Stabbed & Shot (2018), A Bullet for Every Heathen (2019), and 7 Shots (2022). The rapper and producer has worked closely with fellow Upstate natives such as Benny the Butcher and Che Noir, and has recorded with influences including Kool G Rap, Ghostface Killah, and DJ Premier.
Spesh, originally known as 38 Special, has been rapping since the early 2000s. In 2006, he appeared on Alive on Arrival, a mixtape by early supporter and fellow Rochester product DJ Green Lantern. By the end of that decade, Spesh had headlined a couple Lantern-presented tapes. Imprisoned for a couple years, the artist returned in 2012 with Time Served, starting a constant dispersal of studio projects that continued through the end of the 2010s. Along with numerous solo releases, Spesh showcased artists on his TCF Music Group label with the Trust Tape series. On other releases, he was co-billed with Benny the Butcher (Cocaine Cowboys and Stabbed & Shot), Joe Blow (In the Mob We Trust), and Kool G Rap (the cross-generational Son of G Rap). Spesh closed out his second decade of activity with a handful of solo tapes highlighted by A Bullet for Every Heathen.
Especially prolific in 2020, Spesh was behind at least ten titles that year alone, teaming with the likes of Che Noir and Planet Asia for numerous duo projects, and offering solo releases ranging from the instrumental set Speshal Blends to Interstate 38. Spesh linked again with Benny the Butcher for Trust the Sopranos in 2021, and the next year issued the solo 7 Shots. Spesh kept busy in 2023, teaming up with Vic Spencer on Greenthumbs Meets Trigger Fingers and Grafh on Art of Words.
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Iron Head
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by T.C.F. Music Group on 24 Apr 2020
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Barrel
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Perfect Time Music Group - TRUST on 8 Dec 2023
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Faucets (feat. Eto & 38 Spesh)
Oliver Rothstein, eto, 38 Spesh
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Old Soul Music on 28 Sep 2023
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Residuals
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by T.C.F. Music Group on 7 Oct 2022
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Pray 4 America
The Musalini, 38 Spesh, Rasheed Chappell
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Perfect Time Music Group - TRUST on 15 Dec 2023
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Crown (feat. Street Justice)
Che Noir, Planet Asia, 38 Spesh
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by T.C.F. Music Group on 31 Jan 2020
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Learned from Og's (feat. Fred the Godson & Elcamino)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by T.C.F. Music Group on 7 Feb 2020
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Trust the Chain
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by T.C.F. Music Group on 28 Feb 2020
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Loyalty & Trust Intro
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by T.C.F. Music Group - LordMobb, LLC on 1 Aug 2019
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End of the World (feat. GREA8GAWD)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by VIP Life Music Group on 3 Nov 2022
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Satellite
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Perfect Time Music Group - TRUST on 1 Dec 2023
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Wedding Bands
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Perfect Time Music Group - TRUST on 24 Nov 2023
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What I Be On
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by T.C.F. Music Group on 9 Oct 2020
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Hideo Miyagi
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by JENEVA RECORDS on 27 Jan 2023
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Crumble Cake
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by T.C.F. Music Group on 10 Mar 2023
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Inertia
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by T.C.F. Music Group on 28 Apr 2023
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You Made It
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by T.C.F. Music Group on 19 May 2023
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Streets Don't Love Us
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by T.C.F. Music Group on 5 May 2023
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The Shining
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by T.C.F. Music Group on 16 Sep 2022
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Another One
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Perfect Time Music Group - TRUST on 19 Jan 2024
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Young Lordz
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by T.C.F. Music Group on 31 Jan 2020
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