hip hop
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West Coast rapper Blu seems to have fully recovered from the label drama that surrounded his last commercial release, No York. It’s no secret that his output has been a little rocky since then, but he seems to be back in full form on this new track from his
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Off a dusty piano sample and a generous Jay-Z vocal cut, Connecticut’s Apathy spits a series of bars dealing with the Kennedy family. He muses on various follies and conspiracies that have been following the family for decades, and does it with his usual level of focus and vivid
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Mac Miller comes through with an almost 90-minute project with Faces.
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Brooklyn-based hip hop artist Blitz the Ambassador has a new album out called Afropolitan Dreams that you should absolutely check out if you like your rap with a world music zest. The record is out now via Berlin’s Jakarta Records, and its 12 tracks boast a mix of afro-beat,
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It’s that time of the month, isn’t it? I’M TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THESE RECORDS IN BRIEF. I WISH I HAD THE TIME TO REVIEW THEM IN FULL ON THEIR OWN IN APRIL, BUT SUCH IS LIFE. HERE’S THE LIST: PROTOMARTYR – UNDER THE COLOR OF OFFICIAL
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People come up to me all the time, I mean, literally every day, and they ask me if I know of an album out there that gratuitously mashes a myriad of different pop tunes together in a violent, overwhelming display of digital editing. Now, I can finally say “yes” to
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl76sGuxH78 via Tiny Mix Tapes The ladies of Rio de Janeiro hip hop trio Pearls Negras have a new video out for Biggie Apple cut “Guerreira.” From their fiery flows to their blaring, lasering beats, Alice, Jeni, and Mari are indeed up to some
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https://soundcloud.com/mickjenkinsmusic/mick-jenkins-who-else-prod-tj-osinulu Mick Jenkins has really been impressing lately, namely with his last video for the macabre “Martyrs,” and now with his new single “Who Else.” The man is proving to be a hell of a wordsmith (“Piers Morgan my peers now”!) and his lyrics retain a
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Beast Coast‘s Flatbush Zombies share a psychedelic video for the recent collaboration they did with Trash Talk titled “97.92.” The fish eye on this thing is intense! Props to Aplusfilmz and Pier Pictures for the direction on this! I guess the musical collab was brought together by Converse
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Between the basic flows, uninteresting lyricism, and ridiculous “singing” that’s barely masked by the auto-tune it’s slathered in, I’m honestly not finding much of anything to like about the new Future record. The beats are decent sometimes…
