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Check out this new music video Killer Mike made for R.A.P. Music cut “Ghetto Gospel.” Seeing a Bible-wielding, glasses-clad Killer Mike in his best Church clothes was something I really would’ve appreciated back in 2012, but better late than never! A gentle reminder that R.A.P.
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When you’re making money, and spending it frivolously, everybody comes around to be your “friend.” That’s pretty much the story behind the title track from Quelle Chris’ latest record, which dropped last year on Mello Music Group. Chris recently dropped a video for the song, which features a
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With the flute-kissed “Trippin’,” previously mentioned Bristol rapper ThisisDA delivers what might be his most colorful track yet. Over the blissful beat, ThisisDA’s flow and sung hook sound positively ecstatic. Another reason to look forward to his debut mixtape Super Arkane, due out next month. Happy listening!
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Mick Jenkins rides a chiming instrumental on new single “Leonidas,” the third glimpse we’ve been given of his latest full-length effort The Water[s], due out in February. With this new track, as well as that macabre music video for “Martyrs” covered last week, this is a project to
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Back in October, the New Haven hip hop group Political Animals dropped this rad music video for the single “Man the Mic.” The track’s beefy bass groove, booming acoustic drums, and deft turntablism will make you want to bust a move along with the video’s breakdancers. And while
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Damn, this is one macabre video. Nooses, snippets of an interview with a convicted murderer, and lines like “I could see the cherry stems in the fucking street” pervade this latest offering from Chicago MC Mick Jenkins. His decision to sample Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” is certainly justified. Watch
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With rap cliques being all the rage these days, Hellfyre Club comes together with a new compilation of clever, eccentric hip hop tracks that proves they can’t go uncounted.
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West Coast hip hop vet Del The Funky Homosapien–uh, a.k.a. Zartan Drednaught COBRA–recently dropped a new album on SoundCloud that’s about thirty minutes in length, and features some pretty progressive instrumentals. The overall presentation of the beats and rhymes here is a little more abstract
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Organized Konfusion MC Prince Po and West Coast producer Oh No have teamed up for the collaborative album Animal Serum, due out February 4 via Brooklyn’s Nature Sounds label. Check out the dirty cut “Bearz” above, featuring some hardhitting bars from Roc C. Check it!
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While Because The Internet is much more likable and ambitious than Childish Gambino’s last commercial effort, Camp, this album is not without its hangups.
