hip hop
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A few days ago, I told you guys about up-and-coming hip hop outfit clipping, and their debut mixtape midcity. The be blunt, the tracks on this thing are noisy and hedonistic, and that’s all there is to it. The project now has a new video about, and it’s
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Judging from tracks like “Gold Soul Theory,” New York’s the Underachievers certainly have style and vision; however, they don’t display it on every single track on this new mixtape–which really does feel like a smattering of different sounds and messages. It’s the spacier and more spiritual
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Though Lapalux’s latest track isn’t exactly lengthy, it’s got a lot of beauty on display between its Angel One sample and glistening synths. I love how the track gets really thick and layered with this synths toward the end, too. Enjoy!
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London MC Blue Daisy presents a new hip hop project called Dahlia Black, and the debut track from it is an eerie, minimal experience that reminds me a lot of that Zebra Katz track I dug so much last year.
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Ever since the release of their D.R.U.G.S. tape last year, I’ve been feeling what New York’s Flatbush Zombies have to offer more and more. I’m definitely warming up to them, but I think they’re refining their style as well, combining classic boom
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midcity by clipping Smooth, chill California flows matched with noisy, strange, glitchy production on this new clipping album, midcity. Some of the rhymes are pretty raunchy as well, so don’t go into this looking for something highfalutin–or even Death Grips-esque, really. clipping’s style may take a lot
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Homosexual or not, New York MC Cakes Da Killa is one of the most raunchy, hilarious, and attention-demanding MCs you’ll hear this year. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Detroit hip hop producer and J Dilla associate Karriem Riggins has a new track out that’s in tribute to the recently deceased Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner, who was once the frontman for the legendary Ohio Players. Not only is Riggins creating an incredibly funky sendoff for the band’s former
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Up-and-coming hip hop producer Lee Bannon has a new full-length, solo project out titled Caligula Theme Music 2.7.5. It’s loaded with dark, gritty, and atmospheric hip hop instrumentals that occasionally feature a trap flavor to ’em. Not only is the percussion busy and sharp, but the samples
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The up-and-coming new york hip hop Underachievers have dropped their first tape after a few hyped singles such as “Gold Soul Theory,” which is a track that was so impressive it caused Brainfeeder’s Flying Lotus to sign these guys right away. Look for a lot of East Coast hip
