hip hop
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On God Forgives, I Don’t, Florida rapper Rick Ross drops one drug lord delusion after another against a backdrop of beats that sound as lavash as Ross’ persistent fantasies. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Dark Time Sunshine is the experimental hip hop project of Zavala and Cape Cowen. They’ve put out several releases over the handful of years they’ve been at it together, and ANX is their latest effort. Basically, what you’re gonna wanna look for here are some emotive vocal
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Hyperkinesis EP by Rav Upstart rapper Rav is a 20-year-old white kid from the UK, and although that description might already be putting some readers off from listening to his music, it’s worth mentioning that he probably wouldn’t care. Rather than trying to mask his whiteness and his
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Massachusetts MC Reks drops a new music video from the second album he’s released this year, REBELutionary, which you can grab a copy of here or here. If the intro to this video didn’t make the subject matter of this song obvious enough, Reks and NiCS trade one
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On TNGHT’s debut EP, Hudson Mohawk and Lunice pull together five of 2012’s most essential bangers. WATCH THE REVIEW
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With producer Ryan Lewis, XXL freshman Macklemore dropped some of my favorite hip hop songs of last year. His video for the track “Wings” even made it on the top of my favorite music videos of 2011 list. Macklemore is gearing up to release a full-length album with Ryan lewis
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My introduction to Louisiana rapper Hopsin was this video, which was pretty hyped at the time thanks to a few jabs at Tyler, the Creator. I was impressed with the flow, but thought the dude’s style was a little too cartoony, gimmicky, and Eminem-inspired. While I feel like Hopsin
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melancholy and the infinite shadness by Shad Canadian rapper Shad is as clever as he is entertaining to listen to. I guess you could say his wit is why he’s interesting to listen to. The dude dropped an album I wasn’t too hot on a few years ago,
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It’s been about five years since California natives Blu & Exile teamed up and released the modern hip hop classic Below the Heavens. They’ll be putting out another album later this year, and it’s an LP I believe leaked onto Bandcamp for a short while last year,
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On his 10th album, Nas delivers a slightly modernized version of the same ol’ same ol’. WATCH THE REVIEW
