hip hop
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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,
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While hip hop artist El-P is still progressing his craft as a producer on his latest studio album, some of his hooks and more conceptual tracks just aren’t sitting well with me. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Brooklyn MC Joey Bada$$ comes off a little round around the edges on his new track and music video, but there’s a heart-breaking sincerity in his words on “Hardknock.” The instrumental behind him and the featured CJ Fly is forlorn, pushing a chord progression you’ve probably picked up
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Rapper, singer, and hip hop eccentric Open Mike Eagle has a new album on the way titled 4NML HSPTL. Look for it on June 26th via Fake Four Records. Right now, I can say without question that Open Mike is one of the most clever MCs out there right now.
