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Ever since the release of their D.R.U.G.S. tape last year, I’ve been feeling what New York’s Flatbush Zombies have to offer more and more. I’m definitely warming up to them, but I think they’re refining their style as well, combining classic boom
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A$AP Rocky comes through with Long.Live.A$AP with a surprisingly enjoyable commercial effort with loads of variation, catchy flows, and fantastic beats. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Massachusetts MC Reks drops a new music video from the second album he’s released this year, REBELutionary, which you can grab a copy of here or here. If the intro to this video didn’t make the subject matter of this song obvious enough, Reks and NiCS trade one
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Download: Mayhem Lauren- Respect the Fly Shit You don’t have to listen to Meyhem Lauren long to figure out where he’s coming from. He’s a New York MC who doesn’t exactly embrace the trendy, fashionable sounds in modern hip hop. And I’m talking about both
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On his debut mixtape, New York rapper Joey Bada$$ chases after a classic boom bap style, and, for the most part, does it justice. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Members Trap Arnold and Rewrote of the trippy, electronic group M|O|D dropped some singles on SoundCloud recently. “MoreLoko” using some really squeaky sounding synthesizers and a boom-bap beat, it is definitely styled like a hip-hop instrumental. That being said it is still a stimulating track with a good
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Download: Gangrene- Odditorium With some grimy boom-bap beats and gutter-dwelling verses, the new Gangrene EP is more solid than one would expect considering it’s a free download courtesy of Red Bull. Yeah, it’s unrelated. Sorry ’bout that. I’m not much of an energy drink guy. Getting back
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A new collaborative track from producer Statik Selektah, and a rapper who dropped one of my favorite 2011 hip hop releases, Reks. After the job these guys did together on R.E.K.S., I can’t wait to hear what they’ve got cooking on this forthcoming release, Straight,
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Hindu Kush is a Canadian rap out fit that dropped it’s debut LP, In 3D, a few months ago. We’ve got solid flows, personalities, storytelling, and some nice boom-baps. Features include Royce Da 5’9″, The Narcicyst, and I.Blast. Stream and buy In 3D at Hindu Kush’
