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https://soundcloud.com/massappeal/young-thug-freddie-gibbs-asap-ferg-old-english Magazine/label Mass Appeal recently announced a compilation album with the goal of highlighting a number of the hottest MCs at the moment, including Pusha T, YG, and Mac Miller; as well as showcasing the talents of some of the imprint’s up-and-comers. “Old English”
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NEW SHABAZZ PALACES! The previously loved Seattle hip hop project has released another track from its forthcoming record, Lese Majesty. Just like their last LP, this one is looking at a release via Sub Pop Records. The date: July 29th. “Forerunner Foray” is equal parts hip hop and electronic psychedelia.
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Yeah, I know I’m late on this, but I’ve been spending so much downtime listening to this peppy, upbeat hip hop EP from Brazil’s Pearls Negras that I had to give it a mention
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East Coast rapper Apathy drops an album with a strong sense of hometown pride.
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Michael Christmas is one of the frumpiest rappers I’ve laid on eyes on in a while. His look is pretty unsuspecting, but don’t make any assumptions based simply on that. His rhymes are pretty playful, clever. He’s definitely the kind of MC I could see an old
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Ab-Soul makes an unsuccessful move toward accessibility on this latest record of his.
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Hellfyre Club’s Open Mike Eagle drops his best album yet!
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Hash Money by #$ Previously mentioned hip hop duo #$ has just put out its first project on Smokers Cough Records, the eight-track-long mini-album Hash Money. It’s a breezy listen, clocking in a little short of the half hour mark, but it showcases everything that makes its two members so great.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-fE7jpE3T8 Kate Tempest is a spoken word artist and playwright hailing from South London, who last year won the Ted Hughes Award for her epic poem Brand New Ancients. But her talents also extend to rap music. She put out her Dan Carey-produced full-length
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Freddie Gibbs and Madlib drop some visuals for “Deeper,” which was one of the lead singles off their new full-length together, Piñata. The video basically goes through the storyline Gibbs is rapping about in the song itself–except it doesn’t really look like that guy’s trying to be
