hip hop
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On a surprise collaborative album from Kimya Dawson and Aesop Rock, the singer-songwriter and MC prove their styles meld much more than they clash. WATCH THE REVIEW
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When the audio Pusha T’s “Numbers On The Boards” dropped, I was pretty flabbergasted by the instrumental. The sharp, choppy percussion fits oddly against sampled shouts and a driving bassline. It’s a weird, weird beat, but what’s even more surprising is Pusha T doesn’t sound at
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Chicago rapper and singer Chance The Rapper comes through with a more ambitious mixtape with Acid Rap, improving upon his production, hooks, and recording quality. A lot of the beats on this project are impressive as hell, but Chance often puts hooks, ad-libs, and instrumentals ahead of the quality and
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A lyric video for the new Uncluded track, “TV On Ten,” which comes off the surprise collaboration’s debut album, Hokey Fright. The album is looking at a release this week on Rhymesayers Entertainment. The Uncluded is essentially the artistic pairing of singer-songwriter Kimya Dawson and MC Aesop Rock. These
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R.A. The Rugged Man returns with his first album in almost ten years. While he may be rapping faster than ever–and is incredibly vile at points–some of the production on this LP sounds incredibly dated and obvious. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Bullshit from clipping on Vimeo. A new set of visuals from the experimental hip hop trio clipping. They’re attached to the song “Bullshit,” which is featured on the group’s latest release, midcity. Catch an interview I recently did with them below:
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The Gaslamp Killer has released a video for the massively heavy closing track to his latest full-length album, Breakthrough. It’s an incredible track that features wailing synths, ear-shattering percussion, and dramatic strings. It’s got some incredible textures on it, and I’m glad to see this monolithic beatmusic
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New York hip hop outfit Pro Era drops a new video for the track School High, which was featured on their last mixtape, PEEP: The aPROcalypse. Check a review for it below:
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Download: Chance The Rapper – Acid Rap Chicago Chance The Rapper’s latest mixtape seems to be the emcee’s breakout moment, and it’s no surprise considering the tape’s impressive, detailed production and solid feature list. But what’s gonna keep people sticking through the thirteen tracks on this
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Download: GG DOOM – But How? Thanks to the good people at Rappcats for the download on this new collection of DOOM remixes that were put together by Grip Grand. The San Fran producer grabbed a series of DOOM acapellas and placed ’em over some pretty interesting beats–one of which
