conscious hip hop
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Rapsody releases her most solid project to date with the smart, classy, and catchy Laila’s Wisdom.
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Brick Body Kids is Open Mike Eagle at his most low-key, but it’s also his most cohesive and emotionally potent work so far.
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On their third studio album Renaissance, The Underachievers still have great fundamentals and chemistry, but much of the time it sounds like they’re on autopilot.
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The new Common album looked as if it would be a fresh perspective on the race relations in America, but it barely scratches the surface of the divides that have made so much press over the past few years.
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Chicago rapper Mick Jenkins turns in a deeply flawed and shallow concept on his latest album.
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After a series of promising mixtapes over the past few years, Chicago-based rapper Mick Jenkins is set to drop his debut studio album, titled The Healing Component, on September 23. This latest single that features BBNG is our favorite track of his in a while.
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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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Heems (ex-Das Racist) comes through with his first commercial project since going solo.
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Legendary Chicago rapper Common drops a hit-or-miss album.
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New York rapper YC the Cynic drops a b-side from his last full-length LP, GNK, which you can catch a review for below. A lot like many cuts from GNK, YC delivers smart rhymes over a moody beat with some sharp rhythms. Seeing that this guys “throwaways” are great gives
