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With more motifs and musical dead-ends than legitimate songs, the new Shabazz Palaces album is suffocated with a surprising amount of filler.
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Chicago rapper Mick Jenkins is gearing up to drop his new project titled The Water[s]. It’s dropping August 12th. Just take a listen to this dude’s lyrics. The wordplay is tight, the the passion in his delivery is immeasurable! Keep tabs on this dude!
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http://youtu.be/z6PIL0mTNug Mass Appeal signee Bishop Nehru might be a fresh face in hip hop right now, but the ambitious 17-year-old MC has already been working on a full-length collaboration with MF DOOM, slated for release later this year. Above you can check out the project’s first
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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!