hip hop
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UK trio Young Fathers drops a new track via its YouTube channel, heading further in the direction charted by Tape One, which I gave a glowing review to earlier this year. “Way Down In the Hole” features a shimmering, soulful into that quickly durns into something dark and dirty just
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Mystify by XXYYXX Floridian producer XXYYXX just dropped his self-titled mixtape a couple of weeks ago, but the beat maker is already at it again with a new EP. Titled Mystify, the release features six lucid, off-kilter beats that would sound right at home among the Brainfeeder crew, as well
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This new Humansuit track is very interesting. While being unmistakably produced by Flying Lotus, this short track doesn’t sound much like anything I’ve listened to lately. The drums sound intentionally synthetic, with Gonjasufi’s soulful and tattered vocal over the top. While perhaps sounding a little sparse, I
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THEESatisfaction releases a video for the track “QueenS,” which is the lead single from the experimental soul and hip hop duo’s latest album, awE naturalE. Catch a glowing review of the album right here.
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Del the Funky Homosapien & Parallel Thought are gearing up for a new collaborative release in June titled Attractive Sin. Like usual, Del drops some personality-driven verses that bring extra servings of lyrics and character. Parallel Thought’s production is solid, featuring a pretty airing organ that keeps the instrumental
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Featuring Roc Marciano and Masai Bey against some Willie Green production, here’s a new Billy Woods track titled “Body of Work.” Woods is an East Coast MC whose delivery on this track reads more like abstract slam poetry than it does rap. The jazzy flute solos placed into the
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California experimental hip hop outfit Death Grips has seen fit to allow a free stream of its major label debut, the Money Store, on SoundCloud and YouTube–probably because it leaked over this weekend. The album’s official release date is still set for the 24th of this month on
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Stream: Big K.R.I.T.- “Sideline” Following up his fantastic new mixtape 4EvaNaDay, Big K.R.I.T. has dropped another sports analogy-laden track that almost made it onto the release. It’s titled “Sideline,” and delivers the Mississipi rapper’s usual combination of smooth production and determined
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Over the course of the past couple of months, Battles have been teasing up to the release of Dross Glop, the remix album for last year’s Gloss Drop, with a steady stream of 12″ singles consisting of remixes from the album. With its April 17 release date approaching quickly,
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One thing is for sure, a whole lotta tracks have dropped from Death Grips’ the Money Store prior to the April 24th album’s very nigh release. Since the group’s debut mixtape, Exmilitary, many have questioned the Death Grips’ legitimacy as a hip hop project. Is it really hip
