ab-soul
-
Top Dawg Entertainment figurehead and Black Hippy Member Jay Rock might have had the least hyped debut of everyone in his crew, but his followup is gonna carry some serious heat with tracks like “Parental Advisory” on it. This West Coast rapper is sounding absolutely hungry and aggressive on this
-
West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar graces us with a new single.
-
Ab-Soul makes an unsuccessful move toward accessibility on this latest record of his.
-
TDE‘s Ab-Soul drops a new track titled “Stigmata,” featuring some dramatic bars from New York’s Action Bronson and a closing verse from Asaad. Every time a new cut drops from this dude, I just get more psyched for the full-length project he should be dropping this year.
-
Ab-Soul has hopped on a remix of Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé’s 2012 single “My Kind of Love.” This remix was dropped in conjunction with the single’s belated US debut, just this week. Thankfully, Ab-Soul’s strong flow and mature bars have made the wait well worth it. Give
-
Ab-Soul lays down some incredibly hard-hitting verses on his new single, “Christopher DRONEr.” The track features a beat laden with foreboding bells, over which the MC delivers a scathing commentary on US militarism. His flow is bold and is perhaps even more fiery than the apocalyptic instrumental. Ab-Soul also teases
-
Here is a YouTube playlist of all the songs that made this list.
-
The Progressive Era and Black Hippy cohorts Joey Bad and Soulo coming together on this new titled “Enter the Void.” While Ab-Soul sounds as dope as ever, bringing socially aware rhymes together with weird and pompous abstractions, Joey sounds great on a track that sounds a bit less mired in
-
Eccentric TDE affiliate Ab-Soul drops a new track for what his label is calling “TDE Fam Appreciation Week.” As long as it leads to new tracks, I’m down with this. This particular track is produced by the mysterious, experimental underground R&B project known as JMSN. Soulo brings
-
Black Hippy crew member Ab-Soul has a new video out for “Terrorist Threats,” a song from his recently released sophomore album Control System. While the APLUSFILMZ-directed video is rather minimalist focusing on shots of Ab-Soul and guests Danny Brown and Jhene Aiko with digital graffiti and footage of 9/11