Fields Burning – The Light On The Water
Jon Lanou – Minneapolis
Incredible Change – Pleasure Cruise
June Gloom – get free
Smoke Bellow – Middling 1
Little Hunts – Refractory
Terrill Mast – See You Around the Moon
Paul Swartzel – My Father Knew Colonel Sanders
Steiner – Twisted and Broken
Shortstack – Though I Turn Grey
airøspace – Bloody Rose (prod. Ichiro_)
Michael Preston – Changes Made
Troy and Paula Haag – Virginia
Jon Camp – Christian, This World Is Yours
Aaron Agre – Lion of Fallujah
Redline Graffiti – Junior June
Sunwolf – Let It Out (instrumental)
Kid Claws – Link
FAR EXP – Write to Brag [Ardamus, RNL, Fleetwood – prod. by Vintage]
Sri Rama – Dendeliens

FAR EXP – Get On Your Grind [Ardamus, RNL, Fleetwood – prod. by Decompoze]
The Stick Mob – Sugarcane Road
Wild Flag – Racehorse
Iritis – Monster
We Were Pirates – Into Thin Air
Hailu Mergia – Ambasel
Be Still, Cody – Wrong Right
Philip Lassiter – Set You Free
Dirdy Redzz – Beat ya Feet
K-Murdock – Heartache
Sun Machines – Doom Street
Moss Of Aura – Wheels
Xamin – Humidity ft. Alex Leipold, Rebecca Schrader
AndrewN – Night Falls
Dark Narrows – This Altar
Wytold – Do You Know?
Wes Swing – Blood Branches
Broto Roy – Never Enough Cake
Lo-Fang – Silver
Dan Deacon – Wham City

Redline Graffiti – Junior June
Sunwolf – Let It Out (Instrumental)
Astronaut Jones – Outta Time Chime
FAR EXP – Write to Brag
Sri Rama – Dendeliens
The Dwindlers – Heart Trip
Carni Klirs – The Slowly Turning Heavens (Part 1)
Brian Settles & Central Union – Bison
Gully Waters – Morgan St. NW (Demo)
Poppy Patica – B: itziar
Fulton Lights – Am I Right Or Am I Right
Speedwell – This Is Us
Cheick Hamala Diabate – Prudence
Laurence Baer – Slicing the Crests
Daniel Barbiero & Chris Lynn – Grisaille v.2
The Lower Delta – Delta Rising
Jan Knutson – Blink
The Evens – Cut From the Cloth
New Canada – Breathing Exists
The Grit Pushers – Two Snakes

Elijah Jamal Balbed – Butch Warren
Sneaks – X.T.Y
Astronaut Jones – Farther
FAR EXP – Get On Your Grind
Golden Looks – Hey Say
East Ghost – Jericho
Bossalingo – Round Midnight
Carni Klirs – A Respite Amongst the Palms
Five State Drive – Dry Clean Express
Soundtrack to Sleep – All We Do Is Talk
Sleeves Off a Vest – Number 9
Medications – Kilometers and Smiles
Hailu Mergia and the Walias – Muziqawi Silt
Philip Lassiter – Liquid in Love
Cigarbox Planetarium – Memory Loop
June Gloom – Dealer
Sri Rama – Refreshing
Lifted – Medicated Yoga
The Dwindlers – Pale Blue Dress
Aerialist – Proteus

But the frightening experience fueled him creatively, prompting him to release a string of candid EPs centered on material and personal loss.

The latest in the series, called I Can’t Replace Me, Pt. 2: Develop, finds the forthright MC going deep and broad at the same time, tackling a range of subjects including racism, politics and — on Track No. 2 — the power wielded by charismatic liars.

The song is called “Jordan Chase,” named after a villain on Showtime TV series Dexter (listen below). On the show, Chase maintains a charming exterior while privately ordering his followers to commit hideous acts of violence. Ardamus sees the character as an archetype for many off-screen strongmen.

“I thought Jordan Chase was one of those get-away-with-it types of people,” says the hip-hop artist, whose real name is Artemis Thompson. “He had power and he controlled masses of people. I thought that was a powerful statement.”

On “Jordan Chase,” Ardamus and L.A. rapper Chee Malabar’s wry observations are punctuated by the frenetic scratching of D.C. turntablist DJ Orbit 122. Meanwhile, Virginia Beach producer Vintage buttresses the dark lyrics with a sauntering funk beat that wouldn’t sound out of place on a gritty police procedural.

The third chapter in Ardamus’ “Replace” series, which began in 2014 with Before I Replace You, ratchets up the intensity and clarity of his message. Though the artist says he recorded all of the projects at once.

“I am one of those music nerds who wants albums, not mixtapes with a ton of tracks on it,” Ardamus says. Originally, the series was going to be a single jumbo release with 20 or more tracks. He thanks his label, Delegation Music, for advising him to take it down a notch.

Though Ardamus still keeps his nose to the grindstone. When he’s not working on the “Replace” series, he occupies himself with a long list of local projects, including experimental rap act DropLockers, funk band The Lucky So & Sos and D.C. hip-hop supergroup FAR EXP.

Next year, Ardamus plans to release the fourth and final installment in his series. He’s calling it After I Replace You.

Ardamus performs with The Lucky So & Sos Nov. 12 at Flash and solo Dec. 12 at Science Club.

Warning: Explicit lyrics.

“In all honesty, I am probably more like Tha Alkaholiks or Devin the Dude” — MCs who fall closer to the party-rap end of the spectrum — “than I am Common or Mos Def,” writes the Fort Totten resident in an email.

“It breaks down to me not being silent and trying to make sense of what confuses me. Everything from assimilation to social groups to the dangers of the advancement of technology,” Ardamus writes. “At the same time, I drink, like to party, and listen to raunchy comedians. So, yeah, my style is the dark side of conscious rap at this point.”

Dark side or not, Ardamus calls it like he sees it on his recent EP, I Can’t Replace Me Part 1: Improve. His unflappable honesty stands out on the release’s second track, “If Only I Gave Ah.”

Over a robotic march laid down by Diamond District’s Oddisee, Ardamus speaks about the grim realities facing kids who “cop gangsta rap out of vending machines,” declaring failure “a drug that’s spine-injected.” Fellow Washingtonian Kokayi frames the uneasy mood with a frank chorus, and Chicago’s Open Mike Eagle brings historical perspective with a thoughtful closing verse.

Asked about the song’s intent, Ardamus writes, “I feel like these kids get into these situations where they want to be the winner in every aspect of what they have been taught… I realized chasing all that when you’re young like that gives a warped perception of what else is out there.”

The artist says he has a personal tie to the issues he talks about. “I grew up in a middle class neighborhood where it was mixed races; yet still, we had dudes trying to sling and rob in the suburbs when they didn’t need to,” he writes. “On another end of it, I’m like, ‘It’s none of my business, so should I care?’ And yes. I do care.”

I Can’t Replace Me is the most recent release in prolific streak from Ardamus: Since November, he’s also dropped a single and an EP and plotted a string of live performances as a member of funk outfit The Lucky So and So’s and D.C. hip-hop supergroup FAR EXP. Next year, he plans to release a sequel to the EP called Part 2: Develop and a new project called DropLockers with local producer Edword Asis. He credits the surge to surviving a dicey encounter.

“I actually got robbed nearby my old place, and it freaked me out because it was situation where I could have ended up dead,” Ardamus writes. “After some months of adjusting to the loss of material things and counting my blessings of how was still living, I came up with that title. It’s an ode to going from one level to the next level, to always elevate.”

Warning: Explicit lyrics.

Ardamus performs with FAR EXP Jan. 10 at Rock & Roll Hotel and as himself Jan. 26 at Velvet Lounge.