west coast
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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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The latest offering from West Coast producer Lee Bannon is accompanied by a fittingly nocturnal, dimly lit video collage. “Hyper/Eclipse” finds Bannon continuing to explore the sounds of drum ‘n’ bass, but its choppy female vocal sample and dark atmosphere make it feel like something of a jacked-up Burial
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A new music video from Kendrick Lamar with toys with some comedic and dramatic ideas involving partying, death, violence. There’s even a call for the death of Molly at the end of the video. The themes are nice, but it’s really the visuals on this video that impress:
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A gritty, black & white short film documenting the Clipping. live experience. The California hip hop trio’s harsh approach to hip hop has been turning a lot of heads as of late, and they’re not afraid to share their thoughts, production secrets, and message with the world. The
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With some colorful production from up-and-coming producer Lee Bannon, West Coast rapper Blu has a new track out titled “Vex’d,” which is easily one of the most driven tracks that I’ve heard from the guy since the botched release of 2011’s No York–recently, the album did
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Tyler, The Creator returns from 2011’s Goblin with a much more ambitious and worthwhile effort.
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West Coast rapper Antwon drops a video for one of the better tracks from his Fantasy Beds mixtape, which came out last year. He dropped another one recently, too. The video ain’t much but clips of Antwon chillin’ with friends against some Steve McQueen car chase scenes, but the
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West Coast rapper SPEAK! has a new track and video out, and he continues to be one of the more charismatic faces in the underground. While his rhymes and flow may be too blunt for those who like their hip hop technical, he seems to make up for it pretty
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With “Domo 23” Tyler, The Creator essentially covers all the bases previous tracks like “Rella” and “Yonkers” already have–except with a bit more trap flavor in the beat. WATCH THE REVIEW
