Hip-Hop
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Audiopile Review: Dig a few layers deeper into the Backwoodz iceberg—past Billy Woods, E L U C I D, and even Cavalier—and you’ll inevitably hit upon one of the label’s most essential voices: Premrock. A familiar name to many of our readers as the steady-handed half of ShrapKnel, who's dead-eyed...
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Little Simz is a boundary-breaking musician and cultural curator, recognised as one of the UK’s most captivating and visionary artists. A multi-award winner - collecting Brit Awards, MOBOs, and an Ivor Novello - across mixtapes, EPs, and five critically acclaimed albums, Simz’s music documents her story, her journey, her becoming...
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"Get In Where You Fit In was originally released in October of 1993 and would be Too $hort's fourth album in a row to be certified platinum. Production was handled by Ant Banks and The Dangerous Crew, which featured live instrumentation, incorporated P Funk samples, and G Funk synths. The...
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Audiopile Review: Few rappers sound as perpetually hungry as Fly Anakin—the man continues to pour everything in, even at his most laid-back. On (The) Forever Dream, that hunger meets vibrant, soul-soaked production shaped by the curatorial hand of executive producer Quelle Chris, whose signature warmth and ear for off-kilter beats...
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**Please note, this album comes in a blank white sleeve. Awesome remixed version of Nas' Nastradamus album as reimagined by hip hop beatsmith extraordinaire M.F. Doom, featuring loads of fucked-up rare groove samples! Many of the beats are taken from his superb Special Herbs series of beats albums and they...
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Black Hole Superette, the latest album from Aesop Rock, delves into the invisible forces that shape our lives and psyches. It’s about the small, often overlooked moments—the everyday experiences that blur the lines between the real and the unreal, waking and sleeping. Aesop Rock’s signature gift for transforming the mundane...
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Showbiz! is the tenth solo album by MIKE, released via his own label 10k. Widespread acclaim includes Pitchfork 'Best New Music', who proclaimed it's "the young artist’s greatest accomplishment thus far". It sets a new benchmark for himself and his contemporaries as he steps into the next chapter of his...
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British jazz producer Daylight Robbery releases new album ‘Third Island Suite’ (aka ‘Third Eye Land’) on Melting Pot Music. Connecting the dots between Spiritual Jazz, Fusion & Hip-Hop. Recorded in collaboration with New York pianist Nick Marks. Follow-up to his 2022 debut ‘Moons of Jupiter’. Inspired by the...
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The 90s were all about Hip-Hop groups. Brooklyn's Junior M.A.F.I.A., consisting of members Lil' Kim, Lil' Cease, Trife, Larceny, Nino Brown, Chico Del Vec, MC Klepto, Capone, and Bugsy, formed under the guidance of The Notorious B.I.G. after he released his classic debut album Ready To Die. At the end...
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“In my category, I’m the one and only,” proclaimed Oakland legend Too $hort on his 1990 single “Short But Funky.” Few disagreed then, and even fewer would do so decades later. First appearing in the mid-1980s, slinging homemade tapes out of his car trunk, the man born Todd Shaw has...
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Kendrick Lamar's critically acclaimed second studio album turned 10 years old on March 15th. Top Dawg Entertainment/Aftermath/Interscope is reissuing the album on 180 Gram vinyl with alternate artwork for the 10th Anniversary....
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We're happy to welcome Vincent Semlinger, aka Snares, to our Ilian Beat Series. In addition to making slamming beats, the producer from Augsburg, Germany, is also a mixing and mastering engineer. Enjoy!...
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Released in 1996, Innersoul's "The Theory" has become a legendary album in the underground hip-hop scene and is now being reissued on limited pressing LP with Japanese obi-strip! Leading the way is "It's The Right Time," which was also released as a 12-inch EP single, along with tracks that evoke...
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With Doechii's 2024 mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal, rapper, singer and visionary artist Doechii delivers 19 tracks following the weekly 'Swamp Session' installments that lit the Internet on fire with eye-catching visuals and equally compelling bars. The project captures a rare talent in her rawest form yet giving listeners 19...
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Audiopile Review: In the post-everything age, scenes that used to be bound by strict codes of conduct have embraced anything-goes eclecticism with a frankly absurd fervour. Metal new releases have become a perplexing cavalcade of genre mashups. And hip-hop gave up on the tedium of keeping it real long, long...
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Audiopile Review: Greentea Peng finally gets to her second LP after a four-year wait off her splashy debut, Man Made, the outta nowhere underground hit that made us instant fans of her deliriously trippy take on R&B and crossover hip-hop. The London-based artist’s arrival coincided with a wave of other...
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"Czarface returns from the shadows with Knull & Void, a bone-rattling 12" straight from the film Venom: The Last Dance. Featuring Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man and the elusive Frankie Pulitzer, and rounded out with a never-before-heard B-side 'Safe Haven,' this one's destined to be a collector's grail. Whether you're a...
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Massive funk from the Blue Note vaults -- a batch of tracks that are easily some of the most-sampled numbers in the catalog of the legendary label! There's a simple, elegant brilliance to most tracks here -- nothing fancy, just straightforward grooves that mix together perfect beats, pristine production, and...
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Back with that grit, tell the soundman to turn this shit up. New York emcee Hassaan Mackey (Rawkus 50) slangs words and onomatopoeia, rhymes like he wants to, and backs the whole room into a corner with a raw vision of the streets that pierces ordinary experience and gets at...
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It seemed that if I didn’t somehow repeat the process of greatness, and do so immediately, multiple times away to satisfy playlist and binge watch culture, then I “wasn’t shit”. After a while I was like “nah this doesn’t feel good,… I don’t know if I am finding joy in...
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Audiopile Review: Quite chuffed to finally see an attainable pressing of Pink Siifu’s 2019 collab with Yungmorpheus arrive in the shop, an album that was initially issued as one of those expensive Bandcamp-only-releases-that-sells-out-in-5-minutes releases that have been plaguing underground hip-hop releases the past few years. Sour grapes aside, we’re just...
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"After endless requests for a Czarface and Dr. Octagon collaboration, the comic book inspired supergroup Czarface takes a turn for the cosmic, creating a funky full-length adventure with the spacey Kool Keith! When the record is playing, they become a counterpart character that can even give the mighty Czarface a...
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Rome Streetz drops "Buck 50", his first offering for 2024, a 6 tracks EP entirely produced by mastermind Wavy Da Ghawd, unleash the raw essence of his lyricism. Carving once again its place in the game just like a buck 50, Rome Streetz delivers his gut-punch of gritty underworld narratives....
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Buffalo’s own Elcamino teams up with Los Angeles producer Real Bad Man for "The Game Is The Game", a gritty and cinematic body of work that showcases their chemistry, with thw two delivering a classic sound for fans of underground hip-hop. As the first Real Bad Man project for 2024,...
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When CRIMEAPPLE and Big Ghost Ltd first linked up on their "Aguardiente" collaboration in 2016, the two came to shake the game up. The iconic Antioqueño bottle left a mark in underground hip-hop that still stands strong to this day, and to follow up they cooked up the deadliest material...
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With the third chapter of "No Vi$ible Means of Income", UK rapper Sonnyjim and producer Giallo Point diving even deeper into the underbelly street politics and lavish living, delivering a layered and immersive project that feels like a finely-tuned crime saga. SonnyJim's signature wit, packed with sharp wordplay and sardonic...
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Ever wondered what happened to Hip Hop albums that touched on different emotions and topics? Remember when cats had the street joints...the little club banger...some tracks for the ladies...the introspective joint or something where knowledge was being dropped? Well this isn't that. Look at this album cover. Does this man...
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Royal Fam's second album, "Yesterday, Today, Iz Tomorrow", was recorded in 1999 for Wu-Tang Records and released in 2000 in Europe without the group's knowledge or permission, with unmixed songs and wrong tracklist. However, in 2021, the original version of the album was officially released thru De Rap Winkel Records....
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CONDUCTOR WE HAVE A PROBLEM, Part 3 is the fifth album by producer Conductor Williams, released on October 31, 2024. It is the third installment in the CONDUCTOR WE HAVE A PROBLEM series, following both the first and second installments, which were released respectively in March and November 2023. The...
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Donald Glover has declared Bando Stone and the New World the last Childish Gambino album. The ostensible soundtrack to a feature-length movie of the same name, the hour-long project includes snippets of dialogue that hint at the film’s apocalyptic subject matter. The fact that the soundtrack is preceding the actual...
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Audiopile Review: After months of waiting patiently, we’ve finally got copies of CINE, last year’s collab between Cavalier & Child Actor issued on Backwoodz. If you’ve been tracking the Backwoodz family tree, both of these names ought to be familiar to you at this point—Cavalier’s been a frequent scene stealer...
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Audiopile Review: Alfa Mist, the London-based pianist and producer once again teams up with drummer Richard Spaven, a long-time active member of the city’s ever-vibrant jazz scene and collaborator with the likes of Flying Lotus and Goldie. Alfa Mist has never been one to shy away from his love of...
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All Portrait, No Chorus is the new album from indie rap pioneer doseone and NYC producer Steel Tipped Dove, dropping January 10, 2025. Together, these two artists have crafted an uncompromising masterpiece. Knowing the caliber of MC he is paired with, dove skillfully paints with every color on the palette,...
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Fresh from the triumphant return of a successful domestic and international tour, Smif-N-Wessun's new album is a cumulative reflection of their life experiences. Executive produced by college professor and world-renowned producer 9th Wonder and the Soul Council, 9th explains the thought process with the album. “I wanted to make sure...
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Producers Wino Willy and Giallo Point have come together to flex their muscles on an instrumental opus. Both acclaimed beatsmiths have made waves with their extensive catalogue of works. They have worked with a myriad of artists both established and underground. Wino Willy and Giallo Point have a shared passion...
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Second volume of tributes from Kutmah. A beat tape for the brotha from anotha planet, the most high Ras G & the Afrikan Space Program All beats by Kutmah / Cover Photos By Kevin Ramos...
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A wonderful jazzy, smokey instrumental beats / hip hop album by the Swiss drummer Berlin Lama (Dominik Burkhalter) on Ish Records....
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Legendary producer Ant, best known for his work with Atmosphere, proves once again how irreplaceable he is with Collection of Sounds: Vol. 4. This latest release showcases the lifetime of dedication behind his craft, blending his unparalleled skills with a fresh, expanded vision. With previous volumes in the Collection of...
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This is the fourth album in it's series. 1984, 1985, 1986 and now 1987 (with 1988 in the works) enjoy it and tell a friend. I sell vinyl because I am a DJ but I'm also selling this for the future DJs to play in the format they want to...
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With Doechii’s new mixtape “Alligator Bites Never Heal”, rapper, singer and visionary artist Doechii delivers 19 tracks following the weekly “Swamp Session” installments that lit the internet on fire with eye-catching visuals and equally compelling bars. The project captures a rare talent in her rawest form yet, giving listeners 19...
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Bladee is a founding member of the music group and cultural phenomenon Drain Gang. rip bladee is Bladee's first compilation EP and a cult- classic amongst fans. Collecting a string of self-released singles, the EP includes features from Yung Lean and Bladee's Drain Gang compatriot Thaiboy Digital. This is the...
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"AvP" is the first collaborative mixtape from Drain Gang stars Bladee and Thaiboy Digital. Recorded in 2016, the mixtape also features a guest appearance from fellow DG member Ecco2k. Though this is the first time this release is being pressed on vinyl, the duo's previous releases have accumulated 10,000+ sales...
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Thaiboy Digital is a founding member of the music group and cultural phenomenon Drain Gang. Tiger is Thaiboy Digital's first studio album and includes a fan-favourite track "Diamonds" featuring Yung Lean. The album also includes features from Thaiboy's Drain Gang compatriot Bladee....
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"Back 2 Life is Thaiboy Digital's third studio album. Featuring Yung Lean and fellow Drain Gang member Bladee, Back 2 Life dials in a forward-facing sound with the help of producers Rok (Lil Uzi Vert, Future) Outtatown (Kendrick Lamar, Playboi Carti) and others." - Year0001...
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Rumination can be the best feeling in the world. On a certain level, there’s nothing more satisfying than endlessly reflecting on the past, wondering where everything went wrong. Bay Area band Provoker understands this well, and their debut album Body Jumper perfectly captures the dreaminess, agitation, and sorrow of isolated...
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Legendary Member is the second studio album from founding Drain Gang member Thaiboy Digital, featuring appearances from Yung Lean and the group's other icons Bladee, Ecco2k and Whitearmor Following huge success at D2C, where this title sold over 3000 units, this release will now be available in retail for the...
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Goya Gumbani loves getting dressed, guided not by stylists or trends but by his own research and self-expression, an excitement for fabrics, fits, and fundamentals. The Brooklyn-born, South East London-based artist approaches Warlord of the Weejuns, his first LP on Ghostly International, after years of acclaimed self-releases with the same...
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Lyrical polymath and spoken-word extraordinaire Emmeline blends genres and influences on this DVDinspired mixtape, released by Lewis Recordings. Citing both the ‘dark stream of consciousness’ and ‘early influence of film, music, and literature’ on her creativity, West-Yorkshire born Emmeline takes us through a musical and visual journey, of navigating her...
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