hip hop
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Travis Scott’s ambition and songwriting translates artfully on his latest commercial effort.
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TRICK DICE by NICKELUS F & SHAWN KEMP With the delay of his reportedly final album Oblivion Access, Lil Ugly Mane has kindly shared Trick Dice, a collaboration between his production moniker Shawn Kemp and fellow Richmond rapper Nickelus F. The project will be released on tape by Ormolycka eventually.
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BROCKHAMPTON is an abstract hip hop supergroup from Texas, comprised of Kevin Abstract, JOBA, Ameer Vann, Matt Champion, Dom McLennon, Rodney Tenor, and Merlyn Wood. Last week, they dropped an intriguing single on Fool’s Gold called “Dirt,” which you can check out above. I dig the strangeness and think
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Noisy gothic hip hop from Denver’s BLKHRTS, released as a heart-shaped 12″ earlier this year by Deathbomb Arc. “May GOTH be with you!”
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Yesterday, Barbados-based rapper/producer Haleek Maul continued teasing his upcoming mixtape King Midas with the above demo “Elation,” which has a cool trap-flavored atmosphere and makes good us of autotune, and the below track “Feuer,” featuring Danish singer Kill J. Looking forward to the tape!
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Macklemore and Ryan Lewis return to a “Thrift Shop”-like zaniness with the song “Downtown.”
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Mos Def is back with a vengeance on this new Ski Beatz-produced track. Enjoy!
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Last night, Jay Rock premiered another cut from his sophomore album 90059. “Easy Bake” features labelmates Kendrick Lamar and SZA (the latter also appears in the recently shared title track). Listen in above and look out for 90059 September 4 on TDE.
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Today, Big K.R.I.T. celebrated his birthday by giving us this new track “86.” Enjoy and wish the man a happy birthday! In related news, come October K.R.I.T. will be embarking upon his “Kritically Acclaimed” tour – find dates for that here.
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Minneapolis MC Prof comes through with a hilarious video for his latest single, “Bar Breaker!” The track, produced by Aesop Rock, appears on his forthcoming full-length Liability, out October 16 via Rhymesayers Entertainment.
