hip hop
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Hailing from Lawrence, Massachusetts, underground rapper REKS made a bit of a splash last year with his album, Rhymatic Eternal King Supreme. Pairing Reks’ seasoned flow with the album’s boom bap and piano-reliant production won the emcee a lot of fans and on “Devils Clutches,” the first track to
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A veritable political hip hop pow wow takes place on”WAVIP,” the latest track to drop from the Coup’s forthcoming LP, Sorry to Bother You. Featuring the forceful flow of Killer Mike, the musings of Kool A.D. and Heems of Das Racist, and of course, the drawl of
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New York MC Jean Grae brings some heavy wordplay and a stand-out video to go along with it. Jean Grae has already established herself as an MC to watch after working with artists like Talib Kweli–someone who she is easily comparable to. With “Kill Screen,” Grae shows she can
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The new tracks for the upcoming P.O.S album We Don’t Even Live Here have production that feels startlingly original and could hold their own as purely electronic songs. The beats thus far have been the work of Doomtree producer Lazerbeak who showed just how talented he is
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On this new, collaborative album, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis bring some great pop rap tracks with a conscious edge, but don’t quite live up to the epic and ambitious expectations set by stellar singles like “Wings” and “Same Love.” WATCH THE REVIEW
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Back in July, young rap upstart Angel Haze released Reservation, a collection of fourteen songs that showcase Angel’s prowess as a fast-spitting, high-energy MC. Among those tracks is “Werkin’ Girls,” which was recently given video treatment. Above, you can watch its accompanying visuals by way of her YouTube channel.
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One of the darkest, strangest up-and-coming MCs out there right now is Haleek Maul. The dude recently dropped the Chrome Lips tape with Supreme Cuts, and Haleek continues to build his sound on this new track. “88” features a really spacious beat, some eerie synths, pitch-shifted voices, and the slightly
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Death Grips drops a gritty new video for the track “World of Dogs,” which I’m happy contains no images of penises. Anyway, the track comes from the experimental hip hop trio’s new album, NO LOVE DEEP WEB. Hear the album here, and check out a review here.
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With Numbers, Mellowhype manages to churn out a few decent beats, but the lyrical content and originality are more lacking than ever. It seems making an interesting hip hop record is not in Mellowhype’s career itinerary. Instead, portraying the forgettable fantasies of that “cool kid with a c average”
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