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Off a dusty piano sample and a generous Jay-Z vocal cut, Connecticut’s Apathy spits a series of bars dealing with the Kennedy family. He muses on various follies and conspiracies that have been following the family for decades, and does it with his usual level of focus and vivid
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Mac Miller comes through with an almost 90-minute project with Faces.
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Brooklyn-based hip hop artist Blitz the Ambassador has a new album out called Afropolitan Dreams that you should absolutely check out if you like your rap with a world music zest. The record is out now via Berlin’s Jakarta Records, and its 12 tracks boast a mix of afro-beat,
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl76sGuxH78 via Tiny Mix Tapes The ladies of Rio de Janeiro hip hop trio Pearls Negras have a new video out for Biggie Apple cut “Guerreira.” From their fiery flows to their blaring, lasering beats, Alice, Jeni, and Mari are indeed up to some
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https://soundcloud.com/mickjenkinsmusic/mick-jenkins-who-else-prod-tj-osinulu Mick Jenkins has really been impressing lately, namely with his last video for the macabre “Martyrs,” and now with his new single “Who Else.” The man is proving to be a hell of a wordsmith (“Piers Morgan my peers now”!) and his lyrics retain a
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVSSESLaZHQ Shabazz Palaces, the experimental hip hop duo behind of one of our favorite albums of 2011 Black Up, thankfully has a new project due out in a couple of months. It is titled Lese Majesty, and it is looking to be even more
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Beast Coast‘s Flatbush Zombies share a psychedelic video for the recent collaboration they did with Trash Talk titled “97.92.” The fish eye on this thing is intense! Props to Aplusfilmz and Pier Pictures for the direction on this! I guess the musical collab was brought together by Converse
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Between the basic flows, uninteresting lyricism, and ridiculous “singing” that’s barely masked by the auto-tune it’s slathered in, I’m honestly not finding much of anything to like about the new Future record. The beats are decent sometimes…
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Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T. comes through with lyrical fire, setting things absolutely straight with a series of bars that address the frustration of trying to appeal to a fickle mainstream audience. K.R.I.T. doesn’t seem happy to load his songs with “MOLLY” and trap-centric
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Cakes Da Killa – I Run This Club [OFFICIAL VIDEO] from Hot Mom USA on Vimeo. Cakes Da Killa attaches some appropriate visuals to his recently released club banger “I Run This Club,” which there’s actually gonna be a remix EP for this May. Expect to hear Jamie Lidell, Spank
