alternative hip hop
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For the most part, uknowhatimsayin¿ is an amusingly subversive update on some classic rap formulas.
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GINGER is a return to form for the BROCKHAMPTON boys, albeit a decidedly downcast one.
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On Saturation, Brockhampton jells in a way no other group their size has in quite some time. Definitely my frontrunner for hip hop project of the year at the moment.
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Orange Card – Fruitopian Raps by Wanlov The Kubolor It’s been ten years since Wanlov the Kubolor a.k.a. The African Gypsy dropped his debut album Green Card, and to commemorate this, he has come through with Orange Card – Fruitopian Raps, probably the most ambitious installment of his color
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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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AZ “spazz rap” trio Injury Reserve rings in Floss season with this hype-as-fuck single and video! Hear OHthany SHITano speak with these guys here in an early episode of TND Podcast.
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Ice Face by IGLOOGHOST A Christmas-themed single from Iglooghost! ICYMI, here’s our podcast with him from a few weeks back:
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https://soundcloud.com/cakesdakilla/sets/hunger-pangs Cakes Da Killa‘s Hunger Pangs mixtape has arrived! Described as sounding like a fighting game and as being the “ugly older sister” of last year’s phenomenal Eulogy, this new project finds Cakes at, well, his hungriest. His flow continues to be fast,
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Hash Money by #$ Previously mentioned hip hop duo #$ has just put out its first project on Smokers Cough Records, the eight-track-long mini-album Hash Money. It’s a breezy listen, clocking in a little short of the half hour mark, but it showcases everything that makes its two members so great.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkA7Ztb7KmY Parker (a.k.a. Dumbfoundead) put out a new album last year called Old Boy Jon that you should totally check out if you want to hear one of alternative hip hop’s most charismatic and forceful voices. The LP’s penultimate track
