abstract hip hop
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Shabazz Palaces have announced another cosmic concept album titled Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star and shared the lead single ‘Shine a Light,” featuring fellow Seattle rapper Thaddillac. The full project drops July 15 via Sup Pop.
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With PACKS, Brooklyn’s Your Old Droog continues to flex his lyrical muscles on his most focused album yet.
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With RA2, Jonwayne delivers a disheveled set of alternative hip hop tracks that have potent senses of humor and emotion.
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Though Being You Is Great… contains some of Quelle Chris’ most obtuse material, it is also the Detroit MC’s most ambitious and cohesive album yet.
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Praying there’ll be another full-length Captain Murphy project in the near future…
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Aesop Rock and Homeboy Sandman drop another handful of free tracks to follow up their free 2015 EP Lice.
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Back in April, New York hip hop artist ELUCID released his revelatory third album, Save Yourself, through Backwoodz Studioz. Above, you can hear a remix of the project’s penultimate track courtesy of Milo. If there’s any rapper/producer thoughtful enough to pull off this remix, it’s Milo,
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Open Mike Eagle & Paul White come together for a smart, solid collaborative album.
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With his new project titled Thumbs, experimental hip hop artist Busdriver comes through with some afterthoughts to supplement the stellar ideas he explored on his last full-length album, Perfect Hair.
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New York rapper Billy Woods’ latest album is a a filling pile of bite-sized glimpses into a myriad of different situations and topics.
