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London-based beatmaker fLako with a tactile and melodic remix of a 2011 track by Soosh. Sometimes you can tell when an artist is playing with a different deck.
After a trio of great EPs, Anglo-Mauritian singer-producer Mo Kolours drops the single from his first full album. He still has his signature clattering drums, but there’s more emphasis on his singing on “Mike Black”. We’re not complaining.
We’ll find Freddie Gibbs on plenty of loopy, hissing beats when Piñata finally drops next month, and he’s never very far from apocalyptic trap fare, but Cookin’ Soul’s clean soul beat on “Thug Till It’s Over” suits Gibbs particularly well. Cache of bonus cuts after the break.
The only regret that I have about this cover is that it took me 10 days to hear about it. As much as I love Queen Bey (and don’t we all worship at the altar of Bey?), I might love The Weeknd’s take on “Drunk in Love” even more. Can..
A nice surprise in December was the 777 compilation from L.A.’s Hit+Run crew featuring a swath of the city’s most exciting beatmakers. Deep breath: Mono/Poly, Jeremiah Jae, Zeroh, Kutmah, Gonjasufi, J.Rocc, Dibia$e, Ras G, Gaslamp Killer, Computer Jay, and Knx. Come for the progressive beats, stay for the latent Jewishness —..
My soundtrack to the frozen tundra of New York City this Winter was Philly rapper GrandeMarshall’s super sparse “Time” which will appear on his My Brother’s Keeper, My Son’s Teacher project dropping this Spring.
Tiger’s Milk Records is part of a Peruvian restaurant in London called Ceviche and they messed around and dropped this amazing compilation of Peruvian rarities. I’m going to defer to their description because they use a lot of words I don’t understand. Listen and feel alive. Tiger’s Milk Records presents PERU..
Not gonna lie, I’ve never paid much attention to Nocando, Open Mike Eagle, Busdriver, and their Los Angeles ilk. But their collective Hellfyre Club compilation Dorner vs. Tookie surprised me with one of my favorite tracks of last year. “Fabian Cortez” by Rheteric Ramirez and Nocando is a strange animal. The track..
Perera Elsewhere’s Everlast LP was good for these two ethereal mindfucks. Listen to them until your consciousness escapes your body and then listen to her mix for The Fader below as well.
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[…] two mixtapes… which is a great thing. I was underwhelmed with the release of his first album, Kiss Land, but this sounds more reminiscent
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