Two beats from L.A. screenprinting company Hit+Run’s new compilation blew my mind. First is Knx’s boom bap slapper “putemup” which reminds you how intoxicating the right few seconds of a vocal sample can be. The second is “No Love” by Armenian beatmaker Bei Ru which is busy and elegant and..
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Young British beatmaker Melo-Zed made a cool boom bap thing out of an obscure Meek Mill feature from 2012. The wonders of the SoundCloud generation. Sphere: Related Content
Johnny Cinco has more soul than any of Atlanta’s weird trap house crooners (c) with the exception of Future and maybe Ca$h Out. Sphere: Related Content
Here’s a video for the occasional lighting-in-a-bottle Statik Selektah track. They filmed it where I walk on my lunch break when I’m trying to digest Chipotle. Sphere: Related Content
R&B singer Banks’ debut album, Goddess, was released this week to much anticipation. We’ve been fans of Banks for a while, along with the rest of the internet, due to her soulful covers of The Weeknd and Aaliyah. “Beggin for Thread” and “Alibi” are newer tracks to note although the parts..
The new Death From Above 1979 album, The Physical World, is now streaming on iTunes and we have actually been waiting ten years for this day. At first listen it sounds like DFA1979 still have what made us so obsessed with them back in ’04. The album will be officially released on..
Mississippi rapper Korleon goes for an electro bent on “Stay High” but not the kind you’re expecting.
Black Milk is an old geezer in blog rap years — remember his album with Bishop Lamont? — but these days he sounds better than ever.
TeeFlii singing about the women he doesn’t love over a Rick Rock beat is just about perfect. Somewhere, Nate Dogg is smiling.
Ca$h Out and Shannell went and made “’14 Bonnie & Clyde” for the promethazine generation. Sphere: Related Content
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One thing I would love for you to explain is who is Herb, that Nas mentioned that Jay-Z hung around, if
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