Black Milk – "Perfected on Puritan Avenue"
An album after an extended break is also a tough task to get right, but is made even harder if the previous album (in this case, Album of the Year) was…
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Joomanji – Manj [Album]
Left coast based production collective, Joomanji, presents “Manj.” Smooth, jazzy, and rife with hip-hop inflections, the project’s detectable jazz-hop influences are reminiscent of timeless avant-garde hip hop production—a little J Dilla,…
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Shigeto – "Huron River Drive" (Elaquent Remix)
Beatmaker extraordinaire Elaquent has decided to give a proper remix treatment to one of his favorite 2012 Shigeto tracks, "Huron River Drive". eQ has a knack for incorporating a very jazzy and…
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Vanilla – For What It's Worth [Album]
Veteran Oxford hip hop beat-maker Vanilla has six releases to his name. His most recent release, entitled For What It’s Worth, roots itself as essential listening if you have any…
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Ribbonmouthrabbit – Follow The White Rabbit [Album]
Tamas Toth, a.k.a. Ribbonmouthrabbit, is one of the newer beatstrumentalists on the block. Coming from Miskolc, Hungary, he brings his take on downtempo, jazz, and trip-hop to soothe our ears…
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Bay Blue – "Don't Clap on the One and the Three" [Premiere]
If you're seeking out something new and different, it should come as no surprise that Anticon is a good place to begin your quest. In the label's forthcoming release, the self-titled…
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Robert Glasper – "Twice" (Feat. Solange & The Roots) (?uestlove Remix)
Although Robert Glasper's Black Radio came out more than six months ago, we still can't get enough. And in a good way, it seems neither can he. The piano savant…
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The Group Called HR – "Easy Rock" [Video]
We featured Remedee & Hefty of The Group Called HR a few weeks ago, the English duo brought a smooth and humble approach to the egotistical and testosterone filled genre with their EP, Seven. that was back in March and thankfully…
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Robert Glasper Experiment – "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Nirvana Cover) [VIDEO]
Of all the guests Jimmy Fallon had on his show yesterday night — which included Penelope Cruz, Levar Burton and Kate Upton (The Roots not included), obviously the best was the Robert Glasper…
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Karriem Riggins – "Karriem Produced That"
If you enjoy any amount of work by Common, Erykah, Slum Village, or The Roots, it's likely you've encountered Karriem Riggins, producer-musician-performer extraordinaire. Having supported some of the biggest names in hip…
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Karriem Riggins – "Karriem Produced That" [Podcast]
If you enjoy any amount of work by Common, Erykah, Slum Village, or The Roots, it's likely you've encountered Karriem Riggins, producer-musician-performer extraordinaire. Having supported some of the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B, Riggins stands as…
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Skewby – Humble Pie [EP]
'What's the problem with being young and educated?' Not only a great line to start the Memphis, Tennessee rapper's latest project but also a line to sum up Skewby as…
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