hip hop
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Given that hip-hop culture has long glamorized alcohol use (and even abuse), I have to give props to Kendrick Lamar for dropping this new song. Despite what its catchy chorus might suggest, Lamar’s new single “Swimming Pools (Drank)” is a cautious, dark, and surprisingly personal indictment of alcohol use,
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It’s straight, bass-blowing fire on this 45-minute Boiler Room performance brought by one half of TNGHT, Lunice. Loving the beats he’s pulling together here, and it’s stellar to see he physically gives off the kind of energy his music showcases.
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A new track from the forthcoming collaborative album consisting of rhymes from the metal-faced MC known as (MF) DOOM, and production from Jneiro Jarel. Check the track list for the LP below, and look for this thing to be released on the 20th of August. 1. Waterlogged 2. Guv’nor
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On God Forgives, I Don’t, Florida rapper Rick Ross drops one drug lord delusion after another against a backdrop of beats that sound as lavash as Ross’ persistent fantasies. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Dark Time Sunshine is the experimental hip hop project of Zavala and Cape Cowen. They’ve put out several releases over the handful of years they’ve been at it together, and ANX is their latest effort. Basically, what you’re gonna wanna look for here are some emotive vocal
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Hyperkinesis EP by Rav Upstart rapper Rav is a 20-year-old white kid from the UK, and although that description might already be putting some readers off from listening to his music, it’s worth mentioning that he probably wouldn’t care. Rather than trying to mask his whiteness and his
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Massachusetts MC Reks drops a new music video from the second album he’s released this year, REBELutionary, which you can grab a copy of here or here. If the intro to this video didn’t make the subject matter of this song obvious enough, Reks and NiCS trade one
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On TNGHT’s debut EP, Hudson Mohawk and Lunice pull together five of 2012’s most essential bangers. WATCH THE REVIEW
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With producer Ryan Lewis, XXL freshman Macklemore dropped some of my favorite hip hop songs of last year. His video for the track “Wings” even made it on the top of my favorite music videos of 2011 list. Macklemore is gearing up to release a full-length album with Ryan lewis
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My introduction to Louisiana rapper Hopsin was this video, which was pretty hyped at the time thanks to a few jabs at Tyler, the Creator. I was impressed with the flow, but thought the dude’s style was a little too cartoony, gimmicky, and Eminem-inspired. While I feel like Hopsin
