hip hop
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A music video for a jazz group is rare, a jazz group using a distortion pedal on the guitar is even rarer. This video contains an edit of the 10-minute track “Hover” off of Black Host’s debut LP, Life in the Sugar Candle Mines, which has been released on
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Dowhatyoulove by Ta-ku ta-ku, an Aussie beatmaker, has released a streaming-version of his most recent LP Dowhatyoulove. ta-ku has retained the ambient boom-bap thump of his earlier work, but adds more Dilla-fied chopped soul samples to the mix. You can buy the record on Bandcamp, or get a limited-edition vinyl
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Donny Oh is a New York rapper with a new video and single out; plus, he’s got a new EP on the way titled Stuffed Shells. Not only is Donny’s food choice there pretty classy, but he nabbed a sweet, soulful Knxwledge beat for the track featured in
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Gesus by YBP A new collection of tracks from the previously mentioned Black Jungle Squad. Brainfeeder’s Jeremiah Jae, a.k.a. Black Daffi, still delivers the production and most of the rap verses that you’ll come across on this thing, Gesus sees the involvement on Tre on a
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The Spring Up by Shad + Skratch Bastid Shad drops a handful of new tracks with fellow Canadian hip hop artist Skratch Bastid. Shad is on lyrics, and Bastid is bringing the beats, and it’s an incredibly solid effort, which you can grab on Bandcamp for whatever price you’d
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2013 XXL Freshman and Beast Coast MC Joey Bada$$ drops another track from his anticipated Summer Knights mixtape, which has been pushed back for a July 1st release. With all of these huge rap releases around the corner–Kanye, Cole, Miller–I’m not surprised, honestly. Producer Lee Bannon pulls
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Ghostly International producer Shigeto has announced the release of a new album, and you can stream a track from it via the widget above. The LP’s title is No Better Time Than Now, and “Detroit Part 1” has me pretty psyched to hear the rest of this thing. The
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Jarren Benton is one of the most eccentric faces in the south right now, spewing rhymes that are equal parts gritty, gross, cartoony, and offensive. The dude obviously takes a lot of influence from Eminem, but is modern enough to fend off any negative comparisons. For sure, this dude’s
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In anticipation of his imminent Oxymoron LP, ScHoolboy Q releases this single with his Black Hippy brother Kendrick Lamar. Kendrick raps in Spanish, Q raps about drugs and ladies, but the real star of this song is the beat, which was produced by TDE in-house producer THC. The drum track
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Stream: J. Cole – Born Sinner J. Cole is looking to take new notes from fellow rapper and friend Kendrick Lamar in creating a darker moodier album. The only real question is, does it actually achieve what it sets out to do? In terms of production it most certainly feels that
