abstract hip hop
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Earl Sweatshirt’s latest release is noticeably darker than his last, but it doesn’t necessarily surpass it.
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Several years ago, Kendrick Lamar was hip hop’s underdog. Today, he’s dropping what’s possibly the best rap album of the decade.
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Aside from the closing track, this new, free Ratking project feels like a whole lotta filler.
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Heems (ex-Das Racist) comes through with his first commercial project since going solo.
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One of neo-soul’s more eccentric duo’s releases an intergalactic new album.
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Despite their immense talents, Aesop Rock and Rob Sonic orchestrate a relatively unrewarding esoteric lyricism slugfest on their sophomore album as Hail Mary Mallon.
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Flying Lotus’ production on his new single “Masquatch” is a seemingly slowed down iteration of his production on his most recent album “You’re Dead!” The stomp, the rattle, and the wonderfully organic feel are all present. My mind wanders to a desert scene with wind sifting through the limbs
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THE WEEPING WORM by LIL UGLY MANE Admittedly, I never hopped on the Lil Ugly Mane hype train. Travis Miller, the actual name of this elusive Richmond rapper, didn’t grab me initially, but after seeing him turn away underground fame and announcing this project as defunct, I’ve been
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Nothing Is Original by shangozeropoint You probably don’t know West Coast rapper shangozeropoint. That’s fine. Let me introduce you to him right here. He’s got a new tape out titled Nothing Is Original, and he doesn’t really do anything that goes against that message either. He’
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Art rap vet Busdriver drops one of his most exciting and confounding albums yet.
