hip hop
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New from Fool’s Gold Recs, this is Danny Brown’s XXX. Brown is one of the strangest rappers you’re gonna stumble across right now. After a cursory listen to this album, I’m ready to put him up there with Shabazz Palaces and Death Grips. I mean, the
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Since he dropped that music video for “Wings,” I’ve been dying to hear some new stuff from Macklemore. Finally, we’ve got another song. What’s even better is producer Ryan Lewis has teamed up with this Seattle MC again to produce a huge, anthemic beat. What I love
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Komposure.EP by Knxwledge Chill, abstract hip hop instrumentals from Knxwledge’s new EP, Komposure. There’s a strong feeling of sedation throughout this release. And while there’s not a lotta change on these tracks, they don’t stick around long enough to warrant a lotta progression. Komposure is
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Uploaded yesterday to YouTube, here’s a new track from Canadian jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD. It’s a cover of J Dilla’s “Fall In Love.” Download the BBNG cover for free here, and enjoy.
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Finally, another track drops from Blu’s forthcoming album, NOYORK!. With a nice, jazzy sample keeping the pace, Blu’s flow hits a relaxed stride I like a lot. I hope the other tracks on this album go a little harder–you konw, like this one–but this is a
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A new mixtape, Lunch Special 4, from one of Brainfeeder’s top experimentalists, Jeremiah Jae. Be on the lookout for some heady wordplay and gritty, grimy, lo-fi beats backed with tons of samples. Find a download link right here, and check the cover below:
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On Watch the Throne, Kanye and Jay-Z team up for a celebration I’m sure their fans are going to love. The heavyweight MCs celebrate their relevancy, fame, and popularity with one track after another–occasionally stopping to make an introspective or societal observation. While the idea of the album
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A recently dropped set of demos and early work from 1 Minute Miracles, which can only make the trajectory of this Canadian beatmeister more interesting. It’s titled Wild Stepss, and stream its eight tracks above. Find more recent work from this guy on his SoundCloud. Hopefully, that album he
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Recently uploaded to SoundCloud, edits of the tracks “Work It,” “Hey Boy,” and “What My Last Girl Put Me Through.” Some of them, like “Hey Boy,” get pretty hypnotic in their execution. Nico just has a funny way of turning electronics into a dark and mesmerizing experience. If you’re
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Here’s one of the many reasons I love MJF. He turned me on to this ish, so listen up. This has got to be the most interesting video I’ve seen since Shad’s “Rose Garden,” which also used reverse techniques to subtly line up Shad’s lyrics with
