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Goodbye Brooklyn EP by Nemo Achida Hip Hop music’s tendency to be very personal has always been one of my major attractions to it. If you feel the same way, then Nemo Achida’s new EP is a short and sweet Tumblr post about a Southern boy’s newly
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As you know, I dug the hell out of that new Shabazz Palaces album, Black Up. So, I’m happy to present two pieces of live magic from the project: A Daytrotter session and a video shot by the good people at KEXP. Bon Appétit! Stream: Shabazz Palaces @ Daytrotter
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A new and pretty autobiographical song and video from Portland hip hop act Animal Farm. And no, these guys are not the latest set of socially conscious hip hop preachers. Far from it. The flows and clever rhymes are serious, but it’s great to see these guys don’t
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MP3 Under the collaborative name “DoomStarks,” (MF) DOOM and Ghostface Killah should be dropping a new album later this year. It’s just one more reason that 2011 is proving to be a stellar year for hip hop. Seems I’m freaking out over rap albums left and right these
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Via AOL Spinner, the Cool Kids‘ new album, When Fish Ride Bicycles, is streaming like a fresh water, uh, stream! It’ll be available exclusively through iTunes tomorrow. Listen to all eleven tracks by clicking right over here.
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Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar doesn’t follow the usual tough and hardened stereotypes that come with repping the California city. The guy isn’t a wimp, but he’s more interested in saying something thought-provoking than violent. Backed by some fantastic beats, that’s what every track on this new
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Last month, the abstract rhymes and trippy beats on Shabazz Palaces’ new album, Black Up, convinced me it was one of the most interesting hip hop LPs I’ve heard this year. So interesting, in fact, that I threw it on my favorites of 2011 so far list without much
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In a song that seems to be filled with hot girls and fast cars, Louisiana’s Curren$y creates a fantasy world that I’m sure every red-blooded male would love to bask in. However, hearing about how awesome it is second-hand isn’t really something that interests me–especially
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A video for “HiiiPower,” which comes off Section.80: The debut full-length of California rapper Kendrick Lamar. Production by J. Cole.
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Video for the track “Last Name London,” which is coming off Theophilus London’s forthcoming LP, Timez Are Weird These Days. That LP is getting a July 19th release via Warner Bros. As you may already know, I dug the EP to drop earlier this year a lot.
