hip hop
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A new track from New Jersey’s most vile, perverse, and unsettling rapper, GDP. The dude’s lyrics, like usual, are dark, and make me wonder if he kisses his mother with that mouth. The beat here really makes the track. The refined string sections wrap around the rhythm like
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MP3 A track from the forthcoming Killer Mike, EL-P collaboration, R.A.P. Music, which will be out via Williams Street Records May 15th. Though rapping about drugs, violence, and strippers has become an undeniable rap cliche, Mike’s lyrics and veteran status serve as a reminder of how gritty
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A hilarious music video from one of the better hip hop producers out there right now. I’ll admit I slept on his last album a bit, 4TRK MIND. Not gonna lie about that, but Exile’s mic skills just don’t hit me with the same power his production
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Download: Brother Ali- The Bite Marked Heart In honor of Valentine’s Day, here’s a new collection of tracks–DAMN! IT’S COMING UP!–here’s a new, free EP of tracks from Brother Ali. As usual, the Minneapolis-based rapper is sounding soulful and smooth.
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Featuring Pace-O Beats, Chill Moody, and Theodore Grams, here’s new video from hip hop outfit Mount Brown. Great beat, witty rhymes, and a memorable hook coming through on this one. Who is that bumping on your boombox, seriously? It’s a bit of a Cool Kids rip, which they
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MP3 Last year, I covered quite a few up-and-coming MCs, and one of the most clever I came across was a young buck by the name of Milo. His debut mixtape, I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here, was one of the first releases I’ve heard to take the
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A music video for the song “Ruins,” which comes off the new, self-titled Portico Quartet album. It’s out now on Real World. Combining elements of both jazz and downtempo, this English band creates a sound that’s both chill and engaging. From ambient interludes to full-on grooves, the Portico
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A track from the forthcoming Big K.R.I.T. mixtape, 4EvaNaDay. It’ll be out Feb. 20th. Also, in the midst of this new mixtape hype, don’t forget K.R.I.T. has his major label debut dropping this year, too: Live From the Underground. To be blunt,
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Heavy Hippies – Cheapdrugsfreelove by Al Lover Fresh off the Al Lover Bandcamp, here’s a new set of instrumentals that combine the schools of hip hop, garage rock, and psychedelic rock. The sounds that come together on this thing are hard, heavy, and grimy. Tons of wailing solos, tarnished guitar
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Young Fathers drops a video for the track “Sister,” which comes off the UK Trio’s new mixtape, TAPE ONE. I gave the tape a glowing review here, and download a copy of the tape here. Enjoy the visuals!
