conscious hip hop
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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
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A spare, unreleased track from Milo surfaces on YouTube via this channel, and the image would imply that it’s a leftover from Milos new EP, Things That Happen At Day. While the song isn’t Milo’s most impressive lyrical feat, the wind chime beat is incredibly spacey, relaxing,
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On this new, collaborative album, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis bring some great pop rap tracks with a conscious edge, but don’t quite live up to the epic and ambitious expectations set by stellar singles like “Wings” and “Same Love.” WATCH THE REVIEW
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melancholy and the infinite shadness by Shad Canadian rapper Shad is as clever as he is entertaining to listen to. I guess you could say his wit is why he’s interesting to listen to. The dude dropped an album I wasn’t too hot on a few years ago,
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Featuring Roc Marciano and Masai Bey against some Willie Green production, here’s a new Billy Woods track titled “Body of Work.” Woods is an East Coast MC whose delivery on this track reads more like abstract slam poetry than it does rap. The jazzy flute solos placed into the