hip hop
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With each new track I hear, I’m convinced that 3:33 is the darkest beatmusic project out there. The stuff 3:33 produces is nothing but chills, torture, muck, and shadows. The two tracks embedded above are hellish examples from the forthcoming album, Bicameral Brain, which will be out
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British rapper ThisisDA is slated to release his full-length debut, Super Arkane, later this year. Above, check out the project’s lead single, “Lifers,” a simultaneously hard-hitting and colorful piece of boom-bap produced by Mancunian beatsmith Mankub, who lends instrumentals to the entire album. Enjoy!
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New York rapper Cakes Da Killa comes through with a new single that’s hard-hitting, fun, and clubby. I’d say he really embraces the club atmosphere with the instrumental here–courtesy of Siyoung–and his notoriously fast and zany flow is still pretty captivating, far from stale. Scope my
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Aside from a few unnecessary tracks that could have been a lot better with some more fleshing out, the new Flatbush Zombies tape is incredibly solid, grimy, cunning, and hilarious. Instrumentally, vocally, and lyrically, these three Flatbush natives bring plenty of thrills and personality.
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Check out the Rollo Jackson-directed music video for Danny Brown’s new song “Dip.” Like the RUFFMERCY-helmed video for “ODB,” this new video is a twisted and druggy onslaught of quick cuts, zany effects, and colorful scrawling, all of which wonderfully complement the MC’s brashness, as well as the
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One of the most underrated producers out there right now just dropped a new music video for the track “Erica,” and it’s just great on all fronts. Not only is a soulful, sensual tune that features a bit of heartbreak, but the song’s got this bitterness to it
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Detroit rapper Danny Brown drops another track from his forthcoming Old album, which is set for a release at the end of this month on Fool’s Gold. Lyrically and vocally, Danny really does sound like an older version of himself, rapping about some grimy, grimy stuff in a normal
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Pusha T drops another track from his forthcoming album, My Name Is My Name, and with tracks like “Sweet Serenade” and “Numbers On the Boards,” this album is shaping up to be the best things G.O.O.D. Music’s has dropped since its inception. As usual, Pusha brings
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South Florida rapper Denzel Curry assembles a somewhat grim hip hop album with his latest project, Nostalgic 64.
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Brooklyn rapper YC the Cynic has dropped a music video for GNK cut “The Heaviest Cross.” The video features YC cavorting through a dank studio, with imagery including him offhandedly pushing over a teddy bear, traipsing about on the couch, and briefly playing dress-up. Check it out above! Also be
