hip hop
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A new track off the latest mixtape from New Yorks Dxts, “No Sleep.” Determined lyrics, personal story, driven character, and a nice instrumental. Hear more from this up-and-comer on Bandcamp.
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Download: Gangrene- Odditorium With some grimy boom-bap beats and gutter-dwelling verses, the new Gangrene EP is more solid than one would expect considering it’s a free download courtesy of Red Bull. Yeah, it’s unrelated. Sorry ’bout that. I’m not much of an energy drink guy. Getting back
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Death Grips releases visuals for “I’ve Seen Footage,” which is one of the lead singles from the California-based experimental hip hop duo’s new album, the Money Store. The album is looking at an April 24th release date, but the album is currently streaming on SoundCloud and YouTube.
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UK trio Young Fathers drops a new track via its YouTube channel, heading further in the direction charted by Tape One, which I gave a glowing review to earlier this year. “Way Down In the Hole” features a shimmering, soulful into that quickly durns into something dark and dirty just
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Mystify by XXYYXX Floridian producer XXYYXX just dropped his self-titled mixtape a couple of weeks ago, but the beat maker is already at it again with a new EP. Titled Mystify, the release features six lucid, off-kilter beats that would sound right at home among the Brainfeeder crew, as well
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This new Humansuit track is very interesting. While being unmistakably produced by Flying Lotus, this short track doesn’t sound much like anything I’ve listened to lately. The drums sound intentionally synthetic, with Gonjasufi’s soulful and tattered vocal over the top. While perhaps sounding a little sparse, I
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THEESatisfaction releases a video for the track “QueenS,” which is the lead single from the experimental soul and hip hop duo’s latest album, awE naturalE. Catch a glowing review of the album right here.
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Del the Funky Homosapien & Parallel Thought are gearing up for a new collaborative release in June titled Attractive Sin. Like usual, Del drops some personality-driven verses that bring extra servings of lyrics and character. Parallel Thought’s production is solid, featuring a pretty airing organ that keeps the instrumental
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Featuring Roc Marciano and Masai Bey against some Willie Green production, here’s a new Billy Woods track titled “Body of Work.” Woods is an East Coast MC whose delivery on this track reads more like abstract slam poetry than it does rap. The jazzy flute solos placed into the
