hip hop
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Danny Brown seems to be popping up everywhere lately. His output has been consistently strong, this song included. Backed by a beat that would sound right at home on Heems’ Nehru Jackets, Brown and Schoolboy Q lay verses about their favourite pastimes. It’s a fun song, and will fill
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As part of a run of tracks titled “Soulstice,” East Coast rapper Soul Khan has been pairing his own verses with unconventional beat choices, which have ranged from a fusion of the first two tracks from downtempo artist Bonobo’s 2010 LP Black Sands to a piece from pianist Rachel
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Download: Joey Bada$$- 1999 New York rapper Joey Bada$$ drops a pretty telling line at the start of his new mixtape, 1999: “It’s been a minute since they seen a style with no gimmicks.” A no BS approach has pretty much been what’s been so appealing about
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Above is a stream of a brand new Joey Bada$$ track. If you’re unfamiliar with the up-and-coming New York rapper, scope this. Anyway, this track is a part of a series courtesy of Yours Truly and Addidas titled Songs From Scratch, which typically follows the creation of a single
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A stellar music video for the single Detroit beast Danny Brown dropped back in March. The song itself comes off a bit serious, chronicling Brown’s younger days, but the video has fun with it by featuring this firecracker of a kid. He’s going crazy. He’s bringing the
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Some dark, grimy, heavy bass music coming from Balam Acab on this short, but colorful instrumental. Of course, the track quite a bit away from trap music through its rhythms, but the barking dog samples and laser-style synth melodies take things into much weirder territory. Digging this much more than
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Some new visuals from Rejjie Snow (a.k.a. Lecs Luther), Crave, and Jesse James on the track “Meddling Loops.”
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Brooklyn rapper and producer Joey BADA$$ and his Pro Era cohorts are on the cusp of blowing up, and it’s bound to happen if they keep pumping out tracks like “Survival Tactics.” It’s a rugged ‘n’ raw piece of boom bap with trigger-pulling bars coming from both Joey
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A video from the increasingly popular parody rapper Krispy Kreme. Yeah, there’s been a lotta joke rap in the past, but what makes Krispy Kreme so interesting is that he blurs the lines between making legitimate modern hip hop and and a straight up joke. I’m not sure
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With some laid -ack drumming, airy synths, a Metronomy sample, and falsetto vocals, “The Gold is Mine” is begging to be your windows-down, summer rap jam. To me, Odisee walks a nice line here between having a message, and coming across preachy. The songs hook could be a little stronger,
