experimental hip hop
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Death Grips’ upcoming album Year of the Snitch was announced in April, but still does not have a release date. However, this second single, “Black Paint,” could be a sign that Year of the Snitch is arriving soon. The band started teasing Year of the Snitch last September with the
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On new loosie “OKRA,” Tyler, the Creator raps relentlessly over a bass-heavy beat that would be the envy of just about any SoundCloud rapper. The song was released with a wild, garish music video that has Tyler’s high-energy personality and vision written all over it. Tyler himself described “OKRA”
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Cocoa Sugar is one of Young Fathers’ milder releases.
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Anthony makes a remarkably timely return to the final version of Kanye West’s experimental opus, The Life of Pablo.
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Veteran is sure to be one of the most in-your-face, off-the-wall and creative rap projects of 2018.
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West Coast boy band Brockhampton round out their Saturation trilogy with their most versatile and melodic album yet.
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At over 90 minutes, Lil B’s “first official mixtape” is chock-full of freewheeling, creative highs; as well as lows that range from mundane to annoying.
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Shabazz Palaces return with deeply flawed twin concept albums.
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Tyler, the Creator blossoms as a rapper, producer, and lyricist on Flower Boy, his most beautiful and well-crafted album to date.
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For a track on his new EP The Mountain Has Fallen, DJ Shadow teamed up with Danny Brown and the results are fucking fireworks! The producer and rapper complement each other perfectly as they deliver a tour de force of grimy hip hop that’s well off the beaten path.
