hip hop
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Not only is “Shazam” a fantastic track, showcasing a colorful beat and witty rhymes, but it also doubles as a Shaq diss track. If you don’t remember, Shaquille O’Neal actually used to have a rap career going. Don’t believe me? The song here weaves as tangled web,
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26 rappers on one 22-minute track. Sounds insane, and it is, but Mishka curated it like it was nothin’. They tagged it with the title “Hyperbolic Chamber Music,” too. The song’s got a smooth instrumental that calls out to the g-funk beats the West Coast was pushin’ in the
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MP3 Every time I hear a new track from West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar, I just can’t help but admire this dude’s drive to do something new, fresh, and different with every single track. The beat here has a rattling hi-hat that gives it a slightly Southern Flavor.
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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
