Alxndr London will release his debut EP ‘A Long Time Ago’ next month, and new track ‘Shuffle’ has got us pretty excited about it. In a similar way to contemporaries XamVolo & Gallant, it’s a fresh take on R&B that contrasts the smooth subtleties of the genre with big, satisfying hits of electronica. Stream below via…
On the heels of a North American tour in support of Anderson .Paak, South Central-bred, Los Angeles-based Duckwrth drops a visual for ‘Rare Panther + Beachhouse‘, the latest single from his debut LP ‘I’m Uugly‘. Directed by Lino Brown with help from Mancy Grant, the video sees Duckwrth and on-screen romance Kayla Blackmon share some…
Having released their collaborative debut ‘Link Up & Suede‘ last year, vocalist Anderson .Paak and producer Knxwledge have announced that a follow-up will be coming October 21. The first taste of new album ‘Yes Lawd!’ comes in the form of the very smooth ‘Lyk Dis’, which sees Anderson .Paak pair his R&B vocal with Knxwledge’s classically dusty…
Hailing from South Central Los Angeles, Duckwrth introduces debut solo album, ‘I’m Uugly’. The album is a celebration of individuality, featuring singles ‘Get Uugly‘, ‘LowRidr‘, ‘Rare Panther + Beach House‘: “This project is my masterpiece. It’s the sound I’ve been looking for. It’s the moment where you stop looking at your favorite superhero to save…
Mick Jenkins has been building towards ‘The Healing Component’ for a long time. His last two projects ‘Wave[s]‘ and ‘The Water[s]‘ can certainly be considered thematic pre-cursors to the Chicago MC’s opus. Produced in the main by THEMpeople, the album features appearances from fellow FreeNation associate TheMIND, as well as BADBADNOTGOOD on stand-out track ‘Drowning‘. Stream…
Danny Brown’s follows ‘When It Rain‘ and ‘Pneumonia‘ with a third track from ‘Atrocity Exhibition’ [September 30]. Not only is the track brilliantly sinister, but it also features Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and Earl Sweatshirt. “Me and Kendrick always talked about doing stuff, and I had the idea to get K-Dot and Earl together… but first I got me…
Mac Miller’s ‘The Divine Feminine’ is the Pittsburgh MC’s fourth studio album. For us, 2013’s ‘Watching Movies With The Sound Off‘ set a standard that last year’s ‘GO:OD AM‘ just couldn’t match. The new album shoots for a completely different sound; it’s far mellower, with lush, natural-sounding instrumentation making for an altogether more “vibey” [shudders] release.…
As if further proof was needed that Vince Staples’ flow is as well-suited to a higher tempo track as it is to a Hip Hop beat [and it really isn’t, see ‘Smoke & Retribution‘], Vince Staples hops on a new track from GTA’s upcoming album ‘Good Times Ahead’. ‘Little Bit of This’ also comes with a…
Mac Miller enlists the help of girlfriend Ariana Grande on a new track from his upcoming album ‘The Divine Feminine’ [September 16]. ‘My Favourite Part’ follows ‘Dang!‘ and ‘We‘ as the album’s third single, and while the cover art and feature might suggest something fairly saccharine, the collaboration has a surprisingly soulful, authentic feel. Stream below via YouTube,…
Lex Records duo Fudge release ‘Lady Parts’, the first collaborative album from MC Michael Christmas and producer Prefuse 73. The story goes that the project [featuring singles ‘In My Shoes‘, ‘Popstar Sh*t‘ and ‘These Saturdays‘ came together “during several sessions in the summer and fall of 2015 at Nick Hook’s Green Point studio. Prefuse 73 brought along a hard drive…
Clipping’s new album, ‘Splendor & Misery’ isn’t your average Hip Hop album. But then nothing’s going to be straightforward when the voice of the project is a computer on board a slave-carrying slave ship that’s been commandeered by one of its cargo. Featuring singles ‘Baby Don’t Sleep‘ and ‘Air ‘Em Out‘, the dystopian, Afrofuturist concept…
Oscar #Worldpeace follows up the superb, Ragz Originale-produced ‘Alright‘ with ‘Tate Modern’. Explaining how the track came about, Oscar says: “‘Tate Modern’ is based off conversations I’ve had with friends about the women in our lives. Listening to them made it easy for me to get the song written,” he told Pigeons & Planes. Stream the…
