hip hop
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El-P drops a new track from his forthcoming album Cancer For Cure, featuring verses from Killer Mike and Despot. I love the song concept, too. To me, it seems to poke fun at the ongoing race in hip hop to come off tougher than the next guy. C’mon, guys.
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Not only is the title to Lil B’s latest mixtape hilariously clever, but a lot of the tracks on the tape are absolute bangers. There was a time when I thought the Based God’s schtick would fade, but he seems to be doing better than ever in 2012.
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51 by Kool A.D. Victor Vasquez, better known as Kool A.D., is best known as a member of the New York hip hop outfit Das Racist. Along with Himanshu and Dapwell, Das Racist has made a sizeable splash in the indie music world over the past couple of
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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
