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YES! Jay Rock’s much-anticipated sophomore album 90059 is being released digitally tonight by Top Dawg Entertainment. Until it’s made available for you, check out this video for cut “Vice City,” which features the rest of Jay’s Black Hippy posse.
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Last night on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Kendrick Lamar performed a medley of four songs from his recent masterpiece To Pimp a Butterfly – “Wesley’s Theory,” “Momma,” “King Kunta,” and “u.” Previously, Kendrick appeared as the final musical guest of The Colbert Report, performing an awesome unreleased track:
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so the flies don't come by milo Milo is releasing a new tape called so the flies don’t come on September 25 via Milwaukee label Ruby Yacht. The project is produced entirely by Kenny Segal and in its relatively short tracklist packs some interesting features; really looking
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Travis Scott’s ambition and songwriting translates artfully on his latest commercial effort.
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TRICK DICE by NICKELUS F & SHAWN KEMP With the delay of his reportedly final album Oblivion Access, Lil Ugly Mane has kindly shared Trick Dice, a collaboration between his production moniker Shawn Kemp and fellow Richmond rapper Nickelus F. The project will be released on tape by Ormolycka eventually.
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BROCKHAMPTON is an abstract hip hop supergroup from Texas, comprised of Kevin Abstract, JOBA, Ameer Vann, Matt Champion, Dom McLennon, Rodney Tenor, and Merlyn Wood. Last week, they dropped an intriguing single on Fool’s Gold called “Dirt,” which you can check out above. I dig the strangeness and think
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Noisy gothic hip hop from Denver’s BLKHRTS, released as a heart-shaped 12″ earlier this year by Deathbomb Arc. “May GOTH be with you!”
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Yesterday, Barbados-based rapper/producer Haleek Maul continued teasing his upcoming mixtape King Midas with the above demo “Elation,” which has a cool trap-flavored atmosphere and makes good us of autotune, and the below track “Feuer,” featuring Danish singer Kill J. Looking forward to the tape!
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Macklemore and Ryan Lewis return to a “Thrift Shop”-like zaniness with the song “Downtown.”
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Mos Def is back with a vengeance on this new Ski Beatz-produced track. Enjoy!
