hip hop
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Black Hippy crew member Ab-Soul has a new video out for “Terrorist Threats,” a song from his recently released sophomore album Control System. While the APLUSFILMZ-directed video is rather minimalist focusing on shots of Ab-Soul and guests Danny Brown and Jhene Aiko with digital graffiti and footage of 9/11
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DOOM and Oh No working together on this new collaborative, 5-inch single from Oh No’s forthcoming Ohnomite album. /via/
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Bristol producer Stumbleine is gearing up to release a compilation titled Ghosting, which will feature tracks from three EPs he’s created over the past two years. The blue 12″ is set for release via Hija De Colombia on the 22nd of June, and it’s streamable via the widget
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On this album-length collaboration, MC Killer Mike and producer El-P manage to complement one another perfectly any major changes in their respective approaches to hip hop. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Big K.R.I.T. releases another track from his forthcoming Def Jam debut, Live From the Underground. The album is set for a June 5th release, and what’s dropped from it so far has been stellar. The dude is really keeping the Southern sounds of hip hop tasteful,
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Here’s the description of the collaborative review straight from Dead End Hip Hop: “More Needledrop? Why not. Needledrop and DEHH link up to review Mac Miller’s last project Macadelic. Mac Miller dropped this project a earlier this year for his fans as an appreciation for making Blue Slide
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Accompanied by a weird video, “Sins” is a straightforward hip-hop song, based around a hook listing the seven deadly sins. The beat is the best part of this song, but none of the emcees step up to this track. This is a shame, cause I know that they are capable
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California rapper Ab-Soul’s sophomore release is as varied as it is exciting. Strong flows, clever rhymes, and lots of personality.
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Odd Renditions by Oddisee I first caught D.C. rapper-producer Oddisee when Mello Music Group sent me his mostly instrumental album Rock Creek Park. While I thought the textures and samples in his instrumentals were pretty, it was a bit in-one-ear-and-out-the-other for me, sadly. However, the four tracks on this
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Though the excitement over tracks like “212” and “L8R,” I’ve remained pretty luke warm on rap senstation Azealia Banks. But the closer we come to the release of her new 1991 EP, the more I realize she’s got a great ear for beats. Early, early this year, she
