hip hop
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“Hahaha” is the fourth single from Death Grips’ upcoming album Year of the Snitch, whose June 22 release date has just been revealed. The track samples a number of Death Grips’ past songs, most apparently “Lock Your Doors” in the intro. It also features pervasive record scratching contributed by DJ
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Juice WRLD’s brand of emo-infused trap can be great in small doses, but has amounted to a spotty full-length debut.
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Ye paints a vivid picture of Kanye’s current state of self and, for as brief as it is, succeeds as an intimate exploration of family and mental health.
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Testing contains some interesting ideas here and there, but they aren’t performed or organized all that well a great deal of the time.
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Drake’s “Duppy Freestyle” seemed like a savage response to Pusha T’s diss on “Infrared.” However, Pusha’s response, “The Story of Adidon,” changes the playing field and makes it look like “Infrared” was setting the bait rather than poking the bear. The first shock that comes with “Story
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At seven tracks and just over 21 minutes, the Kanye West-helmed DAYTONA is pretty much watertight and finds Pusha T in top form.
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Pusha T took shots at Drake on “Infrared,” the closer of his new album, DAYTONA. Push called out Drake for using ghostwriters in the bars, “The lyric pennin’ equal the Trumps winnin’ / The bigger question is how the Russians did it.” On “Duppy Freestyle,” Drake fires back hard at Pusha
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New York-originating rapper Aesop Rock has been known throughout his career for his relentlessly wordy and enigmatic style, and his new single “Klutz” is no exception. The dark and paranoid song is a testament to his status as a top-tier wordsmith – no hook or refrain necessary; just bar after bar
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Despite its scant runtime, Beware the Book of Eli is a hilarious and killer tape that continues hinting at the Slump God’s full potential.
