hip hop
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While I wouldn’t say I buy into the the Underachievers theory of gold souls, I do dig on this track a lot. It comes from the outfit’s upcoming mixtape, INDIGOI.S.M., which will be pretty boss if the rest of the tracks feature flows this tight and
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Straight out of Dublin, Ireland, KaraKara is a producer specializing in instrumental hip hop beats with a prominent old school video game aesthetic. The artist took to his Bandcamp last weekend to release Bully, a collection of sixteen old and new tracks recorded in one sitting on his 22nd birthday,
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Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar has been having a great year in 2012. He’s collaborated with Dr. Dre, announced a collaboration with Lady Gaga, performed at a number of high profile festivals (including Pitchfork, which I attended in July), and if all goes as planned, his major label debut good
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After several years consisting of a handful of features and tracks, MF DOOM is finally back with a full-length album. This time, he’s spitting over a series of instrumentals from Jneiro Jarel. WATCH THE REVIEW
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CRAB CAKE by Atomic Farmhouse L.A. hip hop project Atomic Farmhouse is rough around the edges, but has a lotta personality to offer. Remember how I just said MF DOOM has a lotta influence on these up-and-comers? This is one of those cases, I’d say. However, that doesn’
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Sonic adventurer Flying Lotus has dropped a new track from his forthcoming album, Until the Quiet Comes, and it features the terrific Erykah Badu on vocals. I also suspect Thundercat may have something to do with the bassline. This album will be the followup to 2010’s well-received Cosmogramma, and
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On his full-length debut, 2 Chainz embraces a popular, trunk-knocking, and Southern sound, but doesn’t supply much in the way of lyrics, personality, or entertainment.
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Eccentric TDE affiliate Ab-Soul drops a new track for what his label is calling “TDE Fam Appreciation Week.” As long as it leads to new tracks, I’m down with this. This particular track is produced by the mysterious, experimental underground R&B project known as JMSN. Soulo brings
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Open Mike Eagle drops some visuals for one of the lead singles from his new album 4NML HSPTL, which you can check a review of here. The progression of the video matches that of the songs lyrical concept: The evolving rap underground, and its embrace of swag, style, fashion.
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August 21st is almost here, which means the release of DOOM’s new collaborative project with Jneiro Jarel is almost here as well. JJ DOOM’s new LP, Key to the Kuffs, from what I understand, will be nothing but straight spitting from DOOM and production from Jarel. “Rhymin Slang”
