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As I’ve been telling you, Prince Po and Oh No are dropping a collaborative album titled Animal Serum, but this has to be the most exciting track to drop from this project thus far. Why? Well, Pharaohe Moth lands on this thing, which essentially makes this track a bit
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As I’ve been telling you, Prince Po and Oh No are dropping a collaborative album titled Animal Serum, but this has to be the most exciting track to drop from this project thus far. Why? Well, Pharaohe Moth lands on this thing, which essentially makes this track a bit
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Chimurenga Renaissance is the side-project of Shabazz Palaces’ Tendai Maraire. While world music certainly informs the music of Shabazz Palaces, it has an even heavier vibe in Maraire’s solo work. Above, check out the lead single from Chimurenga Renaissance’s forthcoming debut LP riZe vadZimu riZe, “The B.A.
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You might’ve heard that Freddie Gibbs and Madlib have a new collaborative LP coming out called Piñata. This match-up alone is enough to leave one abuzz with excitement, but the features list, including Joey Bada$$, Ab-Soul, Danny Brown, and many others; is simply overkill. Above, you can check out
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ThisisDA’s new video for “Gridlock” is, like the single it accompanies, chock full of analogue artifacts. The visuals have a worn VHS aesthetic, bleeding/ghosting galore, that pairs nicely with the vinyl crackle of the track’s old-school instrumental (again, courtesy of Mancunian producer Mankub). The track will appear
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Alchemist and Evidence are Step Brothers, and they’ve recently dropped a new full-length via Rhymesaysers. The title: Lord Steppington. While I’m not usually a huge fan of the slightly monotone flow that Evidence brings to the table, there’s something about it over this spacious, bass-heavy beat Alchemist
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UK electronic music producer Actress tries his hand at the super sensual, slow, and sampled sounds of vaporwave on the track “Rap,” which is one of many cuts from the LP he’s dropping this week titled Ghettoville. The album is coming out via Werkdiscs and Ninja Tune. It’s
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https://vimeo.com/89822003 19-year-old Liverpudlian emcee Nelson has a new video out for the song “Rhapsody.” The track is taken from his forthcoming Neo Noir EP and features some deep, heavy bars – in both inflection and subject matter – from Nelson, as well as some dank and stylish visuals credited
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New Haven rap outfit Political Animals has a new video for their song “Ultra Violence,” and it is no less kinetic than the one they made for “Man the Mic” last October. Moreover, this new single is just as punchy as their last. “Ultra Violence” deviates in that it has
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Open Mike Eagle has put out a new video for his song “Password,” which landed on his Sir Rockabye. mixtape this past July. The candid videography complements the track’s lyrical themes dealing with the lack of internet privacy but also the oversharing of people in the modern age as
