hip hop
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Above is a full stream of the new collaborative EP from Detroit natives Danny Brown and Black Milk. I’ve reviewed stuff from both of these guys before, and I’m pretty excited to hear them come together on this thing. Expect a review soon. This EP’s official release
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I wish my brother Rob was here by Milo Art rapper Milo recently dropped this set of track titled “I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here,” which is hilariously titled after the first Del the Funky Homosapien album. I know now that Das Racist is huge, comedic and “post-modern” raps
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A video of BADBADNOTGOOD performing with Tyler, The Creator. Y’all know I wasn’t a huge fan of Tyler’s last album, but playing Odd Future covers is what made BADBADNOTGOOD the internet following they currently have. Plus, “Seven” is one of my favorite songs on Tyler’s album
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With production from Johnson&Jonson, here’s a new track from hip hop mystic Gonjasufi. It features Blu, too. I wonder when that dude’s new album is actually gonna come out. Ugh! Well, anyway, Gonjasufi has a new EP on the way, but here’s the good news:
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I know I wasn’t big on the new Cool Kids album, but this song is pretty fun. I think I, like many, didn’t say Asher Roth too seriously when he was asleep in the bread aisle. But he’s got some pretty good rhymes and flows on this
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I gotta give a huge props to the Needle Drop who turned me on to this track from Birdy Nam Nam. These guys are a French DJ collective, and their latest album is Defiant Order. Of course, the source material for the group’s songs is vinyl. Can’t complain
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A new Quelle Chris track featuring Danny Brown and Roc Marciano. Found it on the Fool’s Gold blog, but no info on whether or not this is gonna lead to some more collaborative tracks between these guys. Y’all know I love Danny, but I think the beat steals
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I can’t remember how exactly I heard of him, but I’ve been following New Jersey rapper GDP on SoundCloud for about a month or so now. He’s seriously growing on me, and it’s hard to figure out why. The dude is highly lyrical and clever. Even
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A new track from the Roots, whose last album, How I Got Over, was one of my favorite albums of 2010. The Roots’ next album will be titled Undun, and it’s looking at a December 6th release date. The first track to drop from this LP, “Make My,” features
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Out tomorrow on Stones Throw is the new Jonti album, Twirligig. The dude sent me a download of his new album personally over a week ago, and it’s been sitting on my to-listen list ever since. I’m glad I finally got around to it, cuz this dude’s
