Sunday

SIMIAN GHOST - FREE AGENT

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From upcoming release ' Lovelorn' (HEIST037DG), due on Nov. 14.

Tuesday

TUMBLR

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It's kind of more fun than this blog. But I'll try to keep this going.
If you're looking for some newnew: Dead In The Streets.

LUNICE


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One Hunned today.

MAIN ATTRAKIONZ - 808s & DARK GRAPES II

With this, Lunice's One Hunned also today, and Danny Brown's tape yesterday...
It's already an amazing week for music.

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1. Bossalinis & Fooliyones, pt. 2 (prod. by AHYVE)
2. Diamond of God (prod. by Squadda B)
3. Chuch (prod. by Friendzone)
4. Incredible” (prod. by Marlee B)
5. Perfect Sounds (prod. by Keyboard Kid)
6. Nothin’ Gonna Change (prod. by Silky Johnson)
7. Rap Junkies” (prod. by Squadda B & Floyd Waybetter)
8. Vegetables (prod. by NoaBoa)
9. Take 1 feat. ASAP Rocky (prod. by Clams Casino)
10. Mondre Mo Murda [MondreM.A.N. Solo] (prod. by Giorgio MoMurda)
11. Chosen [Squadda B Solo] (prod. by Marlee B)
12. That’s Life (prod. by Bux Productions)
13. Paperwork (prod. by Squadda B)
14. Perfect Skies (prod. by Friendzone)
15. Regrets (prod. by AHYVE)
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Listen/Download

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Shouts to Mishka.

Saturday

Z-RO


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The club turns the lights out because they need to close.
But Z-Ro just keeps performing in the dark, killing it.
Amazing.

WHITE RING x RICK ROSS


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Download the whole mixtape they put together
of weird ass Bricksquad/Maybach Music remixes over here.

Wednesday

ASAP ROCKY - PESO


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Shouts to that boy Yams, and this whole A$AP movement.
And shouts to those Master P bifocles.

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Asap Rocky, "Peso" (MP3)

ROACH GIGZ


Tuesday

SUMMA BREEZE

This lack of postage lately is bush league on my behalf.
So, here's a summer youtube playlist.
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Wednesday

ASAP ROCKY

Can't get this chorus out of my head for days every time I listen to the song.
Has some kind of hypnotic force to it. That's @clammyclams production for you though.
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Thursday

BRENMAR x SINDEN

Getting in the mindset for a big loft party I'm doing tomorrow with some friends.
If you're in Montreal, email me (look to the right of this post) and I'll give the details.
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Brenmar doesn't seem to give Sinden much credit in this video,
but what they're working on sounds super good.
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Monday

BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD x ELI STONBERG

Holy motion sickness, Batman!
Beautiful video though in pretty much every way.
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Sunday

PHEO - WRIOT

Download, download, download.
Anything produced by Chemist on this one is a must.
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Tuesday

ARAABMUZIK x ALCHEMIST

You'd think the logical step for rappers to take now
after burning out the Lex Luger productions would be
to hit up araabMUZIK... What's the hold up, guys?
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"Araab killed it so much it bought a tear to alchemist's eye @ 4.02"
-RayzaMusicUK
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Yup.
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KEYBOARD KID

There are a lot of songs on this tape,
and frankly, I deleted half of them.
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But the keepers that are on this album make it well worth
sifting through it, which didn't even take that long.
You usually know if a track is for you within 5 seconds.
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If you didn't know, Keyboard Kid is responsible for producing a few Lil B classics.
Thank him and Clams Casino for what we now know as the #based sound.
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For fans of Jonwayne and others on that 8-bit homage steez.
Guess we can start calling this a 'chip-hop' movement or something.
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JACQUES GREENE

Wednesday

Tuesday

PARIAH CAREY - HAOKAH

This ain't no sweet, sweet fantasy, baby.

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If you like steampunk movies, tension, and the thought of streetlights

turning off as you're walking home, Pariah just might be your dude.

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Take a listen here, and if you like, pre-order the new cassette right here.

It's being released on June 14 through Deathbomb Arc.

Swag them the fuck out.

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My blog doesn't like me embedding bandcamp right now.

So if you're one of those people who only reads

the first and last lines: listen here, order here.

THE BROTHERHOOD

Monday

NEPTUNES

Great documentary of early Neptunes/N*E*R*D. Man, I love studio footage.

Stick around for the Clipse giving their runthrough of "Pussy" at a shooting range.

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MR. MUTHAFUCKIN' EXQUIRE

Mr. MFN ain't really doing anything for the image of black America,
but that's not his job. His job is to make dope fucking Saturday night music.
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Job well done, sir.
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KUXXAN SUUM x END FENCE

End Fence hit me up, and I'm liking both their plans as a net label and their music.
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"We'll be giving away all of our release for free; the second, Language/Barrier by kuxxan SUUM,
was released a week ago. Remixes by Kelpe [Black Acre], Dead Geoff [Purple bird],
DJ Nita, Awning and De Qualia."
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"The album spans a large spectrum from MPC-style wonky-samplism, glitch-hop,
UK Funky, dubstep, minimal drum n bass and completely unclassifiable."
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Check out/download kuxxan SUUM's album right here, take a listen to a favorite below.
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Sunday

TRAE THA TRUTH

Dank as always. Fuck Jordan Towers though.
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Wednesday

ZEKE62

I came across Zeke's youtube page via Noz's mention on a recent Fader post.

This is a fucking vault of beautiful moments in rap - the classic stuff from my generation.

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Ludacris' introduction to "What's Your Fantasy" had me flipping out a little bit.

You really recognize Timbaland's importance from these videos.

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Tuesday

BEAUTIFUL LOU x SHADY BLAZE

Lou smokes a lot of weed, premieres a new track with Shady spitting at maximum velocity.
"Green ova, what up"
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SIMO x MOOD SCHULA

Strangest group of kids to be shouting "hip, hop! hip, hop!"
but you can't deny the slap of this production...
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Monday

MAIN ATTRAKIONZ: THE DOCUMENTARY

Squadda and Mondre are next up. Here's a pretty entertaining video of the guys,
hanging out, shooting the shit, and recording music.
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Sunday

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Call your mama.
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Friday

LIL WAYNE x NARDWUAR

I've wanted this for a while now. The time has come for these forces to meet.
And you gotta love Drake for hooking this up.
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Tuesday

LAPALUX

“I’m a very visual person. A lot of inspiration gets drawn out from me when

I’m visually stimulated and I try to relate the way I feel about it to my music.

I like to have a photo or a picture of something near me when I write music.

I see an image and try and turn it into music.”

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Despite his songs being tagged on Soundcloud as "Boobstep" and "Dinosaurs",

and his understable obsession with Kelly Brook, these songs are incredibly focused,

patient, and worth taking your jacket off for. You're gonna want to stick around for a while.

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Monday

THE END

PUSHA T

HE GETS HIS GURL TO DRIVE THE LAMBO.

DOESN'T EVEN TOUCH THE STEERING WHEEL?!

YUGGGHHHCKKKK.

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I was really expecting a cameo from this dude - oh well!
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Wednesday

Saturday

SHLOHMO

Dude seems to hold down a pretty hallucinogenic show,
and has some great visuals to go along with it all.
Hope I can see him live soon.
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KING

Super throwback sound.

Like Parliament Funk when the smoke clears

and they're hit with some sunlight.

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King, "The Story" (MP3)

MALICE AND MARIO SWEET

When I think of married couples making music together,
I picture Kenny Rogers and one of his wives singing to each other or something...
But Malice & Mario Sweet have swept in and squashed that image for me completely.
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The duo have the kind of chemistry Jessie Ware & Sampha somehow share on the mic,
but the production is a big sucker punch. Part-Dilla, part-Prince, somehow it flows
despite every track being from a fairly different producer.
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Grab their free EP, Happy 2 Year, check some tracks from it below,
and if you have someone close to you, tell them you love them!
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Tuesday

BIBIO

My song of 2011 thus far.

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Saturday

WE SHOW UP ON RADAR

Here's some Sunday afternoon music for your Saturday morning.

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Last time we heard from Hello Thor they were introducing

us to the great Friday night sounds of the band Fists.

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Now they've hit us up with Andy Wright's solo act We Show Up On Radar,

who's been making music for those who like to put the kettle on

and have some alone time with your headphones.

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Last year WSUOR apparently went on a tour of libraries,

which I can picture working all too well with songs like this one.

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We Show Up On Radar, "I'll Be A Ghost" (MP3)

Friday

BIG K.R.I.T.

TARAGANA PYJARAMA

The first half of this looks like what my city is going through right now
(just in case you didn't know, it's April. Like... "Spring time").
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I can't wait for it to be like the second half of this video outside.
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NICKI MINAJ collaborates with TYLER, THE CREATOR

What.
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This is super unexpected due to the fact that Tyler has said on
many accounts that he wants to keep everything Odd Future
within Odd Future. Does this mean Nicki is part of the wolf pack now?
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I guess there might be a loophole in that statement
because it is just a feature on one of her tracks.
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Thursday

DOMO GENESIS x HODGY BEATS

They're sounding like two different versions of early Eminem (which is not a bad thing),
Hodgy's voice is cracking at the end. Are they giving into the Wu comparisons?
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Despite this being probably the most normal rap song to come from the Odd Future crew...
This is all very strange.
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Tuesday

MAIN ATTRAKIONZ

LAURENCE DEAN

Art Director: Ed Nottingham

Editor: Simon Bennett-Leyh

Camera: Andrew Nelson

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KANYE WEST'S FIRST BEATS

This is pretty crazy to hear.
You've got the groundwork for not only a lot of stuff he'd be releasing
on College Dropout but even Late Registration (compare Beat 2 with "Celebration").
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This feels like the point where he'd found his sound, and just needed the money
and all the connections he would soon have so he could become... Kanye West, basically.
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Monday

BIG K.R.I.T.

Coming from a cold province on the East coast of Canada,
I can confidently say I know nothing about "country shit".
At least not the kind that K.R.I.T. is rapping about.
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I've always been most interested in rap from the South.
Makes me think of soul food, which I also know very little about,
and having a grandmother who is more like a mother to you.
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Anyway. Big K.R.I.T.
New mixtape.
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If you've been following this guy, I can stop there.
If not, he really embodies all of those interesting qualities
of the South that I mentioned and more.
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Dungeon Family fans, David Banner fans,
fans of music with heart and soul and something to digest,
hop on board.
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ALLEY BOY

Friday

KATY B x MAGNETIC MAN

Lovin' this gal.
And wow what a big track.
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Thursday

BARE GIRLS

"SoB mix for Friends of Friends"

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1. B&Gs – Kitchen Mixer (Field Excerpt)
2. Mndsgn – Bananacase ft Knxwledge and Suzi Analogue
3. Dynooo – Tranch
4. heRobust – Shark Howard
5. B&Gs – Ziplock Pt I (Field Excerpt)
6. Oscar McClure – Grass Cuttings
7. Lapalux – Yellow 90′s
8. Groundislava – Panorama ft Weary
9. Monkey_sequence.19 – Are You Gonna Love Me
10. Knxwledge – Youneedme.Xtro
11. Cupp Cave – Talk Over
12. Cupp Cave – Discrete Mathematics
13. Morpheground – Supernova
14. Flying Lotus – Pet Monster Shotglass (DTCPU Microwave)
15. B&Gs – Belly Of The Bag (Field Excerpt)
16. Fur – Witches
17. Dimlite – Kalimba Deathswamp ft Kurt Feelings
18. Blank & Kytt – Ain’t Nothing Wrong
19. Shlohmo – Sippy Cup (DTCPU Microwave)
20. Samiyam – Lookin
21. Kuhn – Quiet Nights (+weed Version)
22. Olivier Daysoul – Labor (Duke Hugh Futuresoul Remix)
23. Wiseblood – 2 the Bitter End (K-Ci & Jo Jo Rework)
24. B&Gs – Chewy Kerb (Field Excerpt)
25. Sleep∞Over – Sun Spots

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