hip hop
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At the beginning of January, I fell in love with the music of Evian Christ at first listen. The young London-based producer just has a really creative approach to beatmusic; incorporating elements of hip hop, ambient music, and various sounds from the latest electronic music trends in the UK. I
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A new music video from the abstract hip hop project known as Shabazz Palaces. It’s for the track “Are You…Can You…Were You? (Felt),” which is easily one of my favorites from the outfit’s new album, Black Up. /via/
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MP3 A track from the new 6-track EP from New York’s Homeboy Sandman. He’s got a pretty bold description for it, too: “6 rap songs with content no one has ever rapped about before in the history of rap music. Unfortunately not a very difficult thing to do.
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D A Y B R E A K by Mecca:83 On his latest set of tracks, D A Y B R E A K, Mecca:83 masters the gentle instrumental, creating a series of grooves that are light on the ears. Seems the UK producer has a lot of
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Download: Kembe X- Self Rule I got turned onto this by a good friend of mine at Rap Genius. It’s a fresh mixtape from up-and-coming rapper Kembe X. A lotta personal rhymes on this tape, and some pretty great production, too. He’s always making the effort to change
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I actually tweeted about this album yesterday, and the good people at Potholes In My Blog let me know it’s available to be streamed in full via SoundCloud. Nice! Gigantic, Vol. 1 is the latest album from Philadelphia producer Small Professor. It’s one of those LPs that features
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Yesterday was the first time I was exposed to this video, or any music at all from Brooklyn MC Zebra Katz. I wasn’t sure what to make of it at first, but it seems to make a little more sense to me 24 hours later. Yeah, the visuals throughout
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Here’s a new video from After the Smoke for the track “OIAM,” which comes from the project’s debut EP, White Girls & Red Velvet Cake. Download the EP here. Directed by Andrew Fairbank, this video features a lotta suggestive footage of scantily clad women shot in slow motion.
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Hey, it’s the first 1 Minute Miracles track that actually features guest MCs. Apparently the Canadian beat producer has worked with these two guys before. Here’s the back story: I met Cracker & Ivorie at a Rap-Battle back in ‘00. They only battled one round each and lost.
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The Millennium Falcon(EP.1) by Chuuwee x Sundown(Actual Proof) Nab this new mixtape from up-and-coming rappers Chuuwee and Sundown–I think I should mention Sundown is a member of the hip hop outfit Actual Proof. This tape doesn’t have the best recording quality on the block, but
