Archive for Hip-Hop
Willie The Kid – Cork Fee (ft. Action Bronson).
Willie The Kid and Action Bronson make reliable neo-noir rap character actors.
Sphere: Related ContentDivine ScienZe (King I Divine & ScienZe) – Smoke (ft. Blu)
What indie rap sounded like before Roc Marciano.
Kutmah – passage of time.
Berlin’s Kutmah has been using quarantine to knock out volumes of beats. Volumes 5 and 6 of his Isolation Tapes series features these dystopian bangers.
Sphere: Related ContentPappy Natson & The Custodian of Records – Audio Capers (ft. Litt Green).
Keep an eye on The Custodian of Records for sample-based rap that hits different.
Sphere: Related ContentPounds – Hard Times, Video.
Listen to PF Cuttin’s EastNYRadio to stay abreast of grimy rap from NY’s underground. For instance, Rochester’s Pounds has drug tales in the vocal register of Mobb Deep affiliate Big Twin.
Sphere: Related ContentThe Lox – Think Of The LOX (ft. Benny The Butcher & Westside Gunn) (produced by Large Professor).
Large Professor does the heavy lifting here.
Vic Spencer – Spencer for HIGHER 3.
Vic Spencer’s combination of immaculate shit talk and silky smooth beats reaches its apex on Spencer for Higher 3.
Sphere: Related ContentDaniel Son, Asun Eastwood & Futurewave – Heightened Senses, Video.
Bite The Bullet is some of my favorite anti-social rap of the year.
RMC Mike, Lil Yachty, YN Jay, Louie Ray – Flintana, Video.
Pink Chardonnay highlights another gem from Flint, Michigan with a surprise appearance by Lil Yachty.
