hip hop
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MC Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis drop a new track from their forthcoming album, which is dropping in October, and they’ve attached this hilarious music video to it. Obviously, this track is a lot more lighthearted than the last tune these guys dropped, but I still can’t help
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Download: A$AP Mob- Lord$ Never Worry Mixtape The A$AP crew has finally released a mixtape hoping to prove they have some kind of staying power and unique personality apart from A$AP Rocky. I wouldn’t really say that they do, but most of them are able to
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Chrome Lips by Supreme Cuts & Haleek Maul Hey, remember that dark, strange hip hop mixtape I passed you a while back? Yeah, from that Chicago kid Haleek Maul. That’s him. There’s a lotta dark, underground hip hop going around these days, and when it comes to the
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California’s WHY? comes strong on this new track from the indie pop/hip hop hybrid’s forthcoming album, Mumps, etc. The song starts off with a really cool, breezy choir, and gives way to some precious piano chords, too. Once the beat kicks, the mood changed instantly, shifting into
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While I wouldn’t say I buy into the the Underachievers theory of gold souls, I do dig on this track a lot. It comes from the outfit’s upcoming mixtape, INDIGOI.S.M., which will be pretty boss if the rest of the tracks feature flows this tight and
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Straight out of Dublin, Ireland, KaraKara is a producer specializing in instrumental hip hop beats with a prominent old school video game aesthetic. The artist took to his Bandcamp last weekend to release Bully, a collection of sixteen old and new tracks recorded in one sitting on his 22nd birthday,
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Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar has been having a great year in 2012. He’s collaborated with Dr. Dre, announced a collaboration with Lady Gaga, performed at a number of high profile festivals (including Pitchfork, which I attended in July), and if all goes as planned, his major label debut good
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After several years consisting of a handful of features and tracks, MF DOOM is finally back with a full-length album. This time, he’s spitting over a series of instrumentals from Jneiro Jarel. WATCH THE REVIEW
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CRAB CAKE by Atomic Farmhouse L.A. hip hop project Atomic Farmhouse is rough around the edges, but has a lotta personality to offer. Remember how I just said MF DOOM has a lotta influence on these up-and-comers? This is one of those cases, I’d say. However, that doesn’
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Sonic adventurer Flying Lotus has dropped a new track from his forthcoming album, Until the Quiet Comes, and it features the terrific Erykah Badu on vocals. I also suspect Thundercat may have something to do with the bassline. This album will be the followup to 2010’s well-received Cosmogramma, and
