#Black Thought Streams of Thought Vol. 2 EP

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

New Video: Danger Mouse and Black Thought's Posthumous Team Up with MF DOOM

New Video: Danger Mouse and Black Thought's Posthumous Team Up with MF DOOM @blackthought @BMG @NastyLittleMan @theorielco @MFDOOM

Danger Mouse (born Brian Burton) is arguably one of the most versatile and prolific artists and producers in music right now: As an artist he has been one-half of Broken Bells and Grammy Award-winning Gnarls Barkley. As a producer, he has recorded collaborative albums with  Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘ Karen O and the late, legendary MF DOOM. And he has worked with Adele, U2, The Black Keys, Gorillaz, Red…

[dailymusicthoughts]

What did I listen to while I was having a dead hand? Good question

The Cure - Japanese Whispers [9/10]

Boards of Canada - Old Tunes Vol. 2 [8-9/10]

Black Thought - Cheat Codes [8/10]

Fugazi - Furniture [8/10]

The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today! [8/10]

Miles Davis - Neferiti [8/10]

Duster - Apex, Trance-Like [8/10]

Red House Painters - Old Ramon [8/10]

Kate Bush - Lionheart [8/10]

Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles [7-8/10]

Flying Lotus - Pattern+Grid World [7/10]

Radiohead - Iron Lung [7/10]

Aphex Twin - Collapse EP [7/10]

Lana Del Rey - Born to Die [7/10]

Viktor Vaughn - (VV:2) Venomous Villian [7/10]

Concteau Twins - Garlands [7/10]

Black Thought - Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane and Able [7/10]

Kendrick Lamar - Kendrick Lamar EP [7/10]

Duster - Transmission, Fux [7/10]

Miles Davis - Sorcerer [7/10]

Miles Davis - Miles in the Sky [7/10]

Dirty Projectors + Björk - Mount Wittenberg Orca [7/10]

Wire - Read and Burn 1 [7/10]

El Michels Affair & Black Thought - Glorious Game [7/10]

Kendrick Lamar - Overly Dedicated [6-7/10]

Prince - Art Official Age [6/10]

The Rolling Stones - Black and Blue [6/10]

Death Grips - Gmail and the Restraining Orders [5-6/10]

Gorillaz - Cracker Island [5/10]

Pixies - Doggerel [5/10]

RZA - Only One Place to Get It [5/10]

Weezer - SZNZ: Spring [4/10]

[anosci]

(302-317 albums etc that I’ve listened to this year, copied from twitter) (now with art. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22])

names and thoughts below cut

302/ Protohype - Puppy Crew (2016) one of those albums that doesnt quite hit with me, today, in 2023. mostly. "100" hits a groove just enough for me to jam B) "Dubs & 50's" is fun too

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303/ VA - Various V (2023) acid label, bleep vibes :D "To Create Is To Live Twice" has a really nostalgic sound to it, for me anyway. uziq plus some british acid ykno? immediately a big fav. the more pure acid stuff doesn't quite vibe with me this time, except "zAVONDJE 303".

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304/ Towa Tei - ZOUNDTRACKS (2023) a surprisingly soft and cute sound. chopped bossa or something? short but sweet fav with "ANANAS" like an intermission between heavier funk. …if not softer, like "AMIKO" or even "OPEN"

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305/ Conforce - North To South Part 1 & 2 (2016) a kind of mixed bag for my tastes, despite its cohesion. "Eclipse" i like this the most, EXCEPT that clap. calm down lol "TKY" is 2ndfav tho i kinda wish the bass were more established (longer tail) also: "Reverse". hits good

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306/ VA - IT'S ALL OR MUFFIN!!!11! XD SQUEE!11!! (2023) whoops i missed this anyway, my favs: "RIPJMAN" i emember :') "Shattered Splinters of Memries Past" kind of a mess but a nice one "WHERE'S MY MAIL" much love for fooz's dist beat sensibilities "WiERDO RAVE ViRUS!!" yeah!!!!

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307/ MPU420 - BPM1 (2023) i was excitedly bracing for some lush bocscapes but got some banger analogue synthjams instead. apparently mpu420 != mpu101. lol. anyway. extremely solid beats if you like your circuitry.

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308/ Xilent - Your System Remix EP (2016) another older 4track wob EP that's exactly glass half full. the two tracks i dig: "Next Time (Far Too Loud Remix)" this is gross. i love it. "Reborn VIP" im a sucker for loud midtempo. this hits right.

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309/ VA - Chronicles of Time (2016) huge bag. im just gonna list my top 3: "Green Memories" man that's a good jazzyprog rendition. lush acc. "Where The Monsters Hide" a really nice take on an understated track! "The Brink" beautiful rendition of a beautiful tune

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310/ (music compo from qbparty 2023) 'salrite. gotta say that "Hungary" is great tho. deserved winner. it's kinda cheesed as a mod file but the result bangs so hey ok

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311/ litmus* - ルミちゃんなでなで (2023) fun dance candy selection. intro track: man i could go without the vocals but. i love those wobs. it'd be an EASY highlight if not for that :| "Lonely Dog" second fav, also by a wide margin. "Nostalgia 13" is funny bc accurate title lol

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312/ Captive Portal - Toy Sounds Vol. 2 (2023) its alright. it doesn't really capture me specifically, but it's hard to not admire the hand crafted feel within. "Can't Read Cursive" is the highlight for me. its a clubby texture but filtered through… something, lol.

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313/ (all music entries from Nova 2023) i do appreciate some of the oddities in here, but not much is rly speaking to me tbh… except "super waterworld". its 2 cute. it won my heart.

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314/ (all music entries from Black Valley 2023) p nice selection! "Eternal Sunspots Of The Childlike Mind" shouldve nabbed 1st in streaming imo! same for "Her name was Holly Schiiet" in chip! delicious rez! in fact i think thats my fav entry of all of the tunes

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315/ (all music entries from Evoke 2023) a so-so collection to my taste. but then "Outsider charge" feels modular in a way that kinda vibes with me?? lol idk "Stratospheric" stands out as my fav from this selection

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316/ (all music entries from Xenium 2023) all over the place etc "sparkling pantograp" has a fun crinkly laser sound i cant help but admire the entire exemzk compo is shockingly good!!! less impressed with the streamed compo but "Sliced Thoughts" do slap.

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[mrscorpio]

[Electronica/Beats] MrScorpio's HOUSE FIRE Podcast #291 - A Dreaming Edition - 27 Jan 2023 Mixcloud: http://bit.ly/Mixcloud291 D/L: http://bit.ly/DL-HF291 Shows: http://bit.ly/ScorpioPodcasts Feat: Name/Artist/Album Day 2001/AtJazz/Labfunk (21st Anniversary Edition) Time to be Real/Byron The Aquarius/Lailah/Black Man Of The Echo Tree 11:30/Duckwrth/Chrome Bull Dareka no Rettoukan wo Nomikomu/Hoshina Anniversary/HakkyouShisou Sweet Dreams (Snecker Remix)/Jorkes/Sweat Dreams (Remixes) No Plans Celestial/Memoryman aka Uovo/Come Together Dreaming/Ollie Rant/Malaika/Dreaming Just Fine/Sam Ruffillo/Brooklyn Tapes EP Dial303/Tom/SNCD02 LB EP Scale (Medlar Remix)/Delone/R.A.T.D. Remixes Ecstasy/Black Eyes/Ecstasy EP Be With U/Fort Romeau/Be With U Ill Minded/Declaime & Madlib/In The Beginning (Vol. 3) Hittin' Blocks/Apollo Brown/Cost of Living Rent Don't Make Home/Von Pea & Æon/Duly Noted 2 Panther & Powder/Skyzoo & The Other Guys/The Mind of A Saint I'm Not Good(Prod.By duMB-o)/Thought Provokah/I'm Good/I'm Good Hotel Oblivion (Ft. Ulysses)/B1 The Architect & Eddy Jones/Underground Soul DESTINED (feat. Cole Pierce/ Dante M'$ & JMAT),Jahndi Anres/Stages of Life Source Code (feat. Deca)/Homeboy Sandman/Still Champion Cathedral/Fashawn & Marc Spano/Fashawn x Marc Spano - FAX (EP) Elevation (Remix) [Explicit]/90culture feat. T. Evin$, Fame Life & WEX! the Master/Higher Consciousness [Explicit] Deer Antlers and Diamond Frogs/Frankie Jax No Mad/Eskimo Snowmobile Guild In My Hand feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Cal Wayne/Bun B & Statik Selektah/TrillStatik 2 Hollandaise/Ab-Soul/Herbert Thoth/AJ Suede/Indica Music Pumpkin Seeds feat. Lupe Fiasco/Aesop Rock x Blockhead/Pumpkin Seeds On & On (feat. Diana Dzhabbar & Ebban Dorsey)/José James/On & On Send me your tracks at Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/mr_scorpio Check out all your tracks on my show THE HOUSE FIRE/ every other Friday @6-8 PM GMT on InvaderFM: http://invader.fm Stream the podcasts at my Mixcloud: bit.ly/MrScorpiosShows Friend me up on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mrscorpio247 Look me up on Tumblr: http://mrscorpio.tumblr.com Shoot me your videos on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/MrScorpio Peace, Scorp

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New Releases 12.4.20

ELECTRONICA, AMBIENT, EXPERIMENTAL

Barker - BARKER001

Cache 02 V/A [SVBKVLT]

Machine Nature V/A

Evitceles - Enter My Dream

Fmvee - Who Do U Love?

He Did - Permaneced

Mobile - Mobile

The Black Dog - Further Fragments

Hiiro Issiki - 1000 Plateaux

Mark Fell and WIll Guthrie - Infoldings / Diffractions

JUNGLE, BREAKS, DNB

THUGWIDOW & Bruised Skies - Requiem For A Sesh

Gag Reflex - The Fae

Sonic - The Eye of Jupiter

Outrage - K Zero 9

Outrage - Twisted

Outrage - Zer0 BPM

Outrage - Creeper

Outrage & Digital - Make or Break

Raiden & Meth - The Projects

INVT - DURO

Gremlinz, Stranjah & Thought - Beware Boy in the Corner

Subjoi - Bias

ELECTRO

Metaphysical City Riders V/A

Kuldaboli - Ekkert nema ískaldur veruleikinn

DJ MELL G, DESTROY - DESTROY MELL G

Larionov & St. Theodore - Thunderstrike EP

DMX Krew - Modern Body EP

CLATTERBOX - Destination London

BASS

DJ Haus, Interplanetary Criminal - Machine Learning (Interplanetary Criminal Remix)

Cassius Select - Heavyweight

French II - Control

DJ Crisps - Diamonds

Circuit 900 - Halite

SYZ - Bunzunkunzun

LEFTFIELD HOUSE/TECHNO

Fury V/A [Listening Blue Records]

Krust - TEOE Remixes #1

James Bangura - Interpretation of Sound

Iron Curtis, Johannes Albert - Moon I

Sputnik One - Warm Body EP

alllone, B.Visible - Katana

AAAA - Runts

Ballet Mechanique - Embody EP

Various Artists - 10.02 [Don't Be Afraid Records]

Nous'klaer Audio - Best of 2020

Robert Fleck - Hi Press

TECHNO

DREC TAPE, VOL. 1: ISOLATION IS MADNESS (FROM DREC WITH LOVE)

YA - Exchanged

Isserley - Hardcore

Franz Jager - Roots

Radial - Partch Exercises

Lathe - Code EP

DJ Deep - Fosph EP

INDUSTRIAL, EBM

Dominique - Liminal Space

Loods - Pure Bliss Meltown (Gerd Janson Dance Remix)

Denial Of Service - False Positives

Free Range - Camry Horses

FOOTWORK, JUKE

DJ Earl - Bass + Funk & Soul

UK GARAGE

Wilfy D - VITD003

John Steel, Ian Campbell - Picture This

HOUSE, DISCO

5 Years of Shall Not Fade Compilation V/A

Robert Hood - Nighttime World, Vol. 1

Mod Man - Waveshaper

Bryon The Aquarius - What Up Doe? Vol. 2

Bella Boo - Let's Go Out

Eversines - Plooi

Alex Falk - Blue Jellies

Alden Tyrell - All We Need

Justin Zerbst - From City Lights

TJD Label Sampler Vol. 1

Rossi. - Checkpoint.

Key Elements - Remixed Album

Golden Donna - The Truth About Love

Black Acre: A Year Under V/A

David Bay - Zissou Edits Best Vol. 1

Lorenzo Morresi, Tenderlonious - Cosmica Italiana

Lorenz Rhode - Sandpaper

VIGI - Rhodes Island

CARTEL PRODUCTIONS - Cartel

All available now for streaming: Apple Music, Youtube, Spotify etc.

[bboyplankton]

Hip-Hop/Rap Albums 2020

1. Mac Miller – Circles (Deluxe)

2. Royce Da 5’9” – The Allegory

3. Asher Roth – Flowers On the Weekend

4. Pop Smoke – Meet The Woo 2 (Deluxe)

5. Run The Jewels – RTJ4

6. Larry June – Adjust to the Game

7. Jadakiss – Ignatius

8. Jay Electronica – A Written Testimony

9. RJD2 – The Fun Ones

10. Westside Gunn – Pray for Paris

11. Joell Ortiz & KXNG Crooked – H.A.R.D.

12. Denzel Curry – Unlocked

13. Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist – Alfredo

14. Nick Grant & Tae Beast – God Bless the Child – EP

15. Duckwrth – SuperGood

16. Black Thought – Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane and Abel

17. Lecrae – Restoration

18. Joyner Lucas – ADHD

19. T.I. – The L.I.B.R.A.

20. Nas – King’s Disease

21. Wale – The Imperfect Storm – EP

22. Sa-Roc – The Sharecropper’s Daughter

23. Larry June – Cruise Usa

24. Deanté Hitchcock – Better (Deluxe)

25. Russ – Shake The Snow Globe (Deluxe)

26. TOBi – Elements, Vol. 1

27. The Lox – Living Off Xperience

28. Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon III: The Chosen

29. Duke Deuce – Memphis Massacre 2

30. Benny the Butcher – Burden of Proof

31. Redman – 3 Joints

32. Eminem – Music To Be Murdered By (Deluxe)

33. Styles P – Styles David: Ghost Your Enthusiasm

34. Statik Selektah – The Balancing Act

35. Larry June – Numbers

36. Jack Harlow – Sweet Action

37. Armani Caesar – The Liz

38. Spillage Village, JID, & EarthGang – Spilligion

39. Juicy J – The Hustle Continues

40. Pop Smoke – Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon (Deluxe)

41. Lupe Fiasco & Kaelin Ellis – House – EP

42. Tobe Nwigwe – Cincoriginals

43. Reason – New Beginnings

44. Big Sean – Detroit 2

45. D Smoke – Black Habits

46. Megan Thee Stallion – Suga

47. Wiz Khalifa – The Sage of Wiz Khalifa

48. Nappy Roots – 40rty

49. Larry June & Harry Fraud – Keep Going

50. KXNG Crooked – Flag

51. Cookin Soul & Larry June – Orange Season (Deluxe)

52. Busta Rhymes – Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God (Deluxe)

53. Conway the Machine – From a King to a GOD (Deluxe)

54. Russ – Chomp – EP

55. 21 Savage & Metro Boomin – Savage Mode II

56. Problem – Coffee & Kush, Vol. 1

57. Animé – Limbo (Deluxe)

58. Dizzy Wright – My Hustle Unmatched

59. Westside Gunn – Who Made the Sunshine

60. Jaden – CTV3: Cool Tape Volume 3

61. Jack Harlow – That’s What They All Say

62. Max B – Charly – EP

63. Skepta, Chip, & Young Adz – Insomnia

64. Problem – Coffee & Kush, Vol. 2

65. Future – High Off Life

66. Logic – No Pressure

67. Action Bronson – Only for Dolphins

68. Boldy James & Real Bad Man – Real Bad Boldy

69. Joey Bada$$ – The Light Pack – Single

70. Terrace Martin – Village Days

71. Tobe Nwigwe – The Pandemic Project

72. Dave East – Karma 3 (Deluxe)

73. Berner & Larry June – Cooks & Orange Juice

74. Moneybagg Yo & Blac Youngsta – Code Red

75. Meyhem Lauren & Harry Fraud – Glass 2.0

76. Gucci Mane – Gucci Mane Presents: So Icy Summer

77. B.o.B – Somnia

78. Westside Gunn – Flygod Is an Awesome God 2

79. Kyle – See You When I am Famous

80. Hit Boy, Dom Kennedy, & courtesy of half-a-mill – Also Known As

81. Cassie Veggies & Rockie Fresh – Fresh Veggies 2

82. Boldy James & The Alchemist – The Price of Tea in China (Deluxe)

83. Tory Lanez – New Toronto 3

84. Common – A Beautiful Revolution (Pt. 1)

85. Public Enemy – What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?

86. Papoose – Endangered Species

87. The Alchemist – A Doctor, Painter & An Alchemist Walk Into A Bar

88. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie – Artist 2.0 (Deluxe)

89. YG – My Life 4Hunnid

90. Lil Baby – My Turn (Deluxe)

91. Rare Sound & K Camp – Rare Family

92. Tsu Surf – MSYKM

93. The Alchemist – The Food Villain

94. Goodie Mob – Survival Kit

95. SAINt JHN – While The World Was Burning

96. Scribz Riley – Wish Me Luck

97. A$AP Ferg – Floor Seats II

98. Mozzy – Beyond Bulletproof

99. Akon – Ain’t No Peace

100. Joyner Lucas – Evolution

101. Stalley – Cake – EP

102. Mickey Factz – Warped Collages

103. Jeezy – Twenty/20 Pyrex Vision

104. Young M.A. – Red Flu

105. Blac Youngsta – F*ck Everybody 3

106. Megan Thee Stallion – Good News

107. King Von – Welcome to O’Block

108. Mozzy – Occupational Hazard

109. King Von – Levon James

110. Vic Mensa – V Tape

111. DaBaby – Blame it on Baby (Deluxe)

112. Don Toliver – Heaven Or Hell

113. K Camp – Kiss 5 (Deluxe)

114. Lil Uzi Vert – Eternal Atake

115. Fetty Wap – You Know the Vibes

116. French Montana – CB5

117. 2 Chainz – So Help Me God!

118. T.R.U & 2 Chainz – No Face No Case

119. Bia – For Certain

120. Drake – Dark Lane Demo Tapes

121. Future & Lil Uzi Vert – Pluto x Baby Pluto

122. Mulatto – Quuen of Da Souf (Deluxe Version)

123. Rich the Kid – Boss Man

124. Jeezy – The Recession 2

125. Meek Mill – Quarantine Pack – EP

126. Lil Wayne – Funeral

127. Da Baby – My Brother’s Keeper (Long Live G)

128. Lakeyah – Time’s Up

129. G-Eazy – Everything’s Strange Here

[yayodancing]

1. Kanye West - Yeezus

2. Playboi Carti - Die Lit

3. Young Thug - Barter 6

4. Frank Ocean - Blonde

5. Future - Monster

6. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

7. Travis Scott - Rodeo

8. Drake - Nothing Was The Same

9. Rich Gang - Tha Tour: Pt. 1

10. Chief Keef - Finally Rich

11. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, MAAD City

12. Future - DS2

13. Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli

14. The Weeknd - House of Balloons

15. Travis Scott - Days Before Rodeo

16. Kanye West - The Life of Pablo

17. Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions

18. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly

19. Blood Orange - Negro Swan

20. Lil B - 6 Kiss

21. Chief Keef - Almighty So

22. ILoveMakonnen - ILoveMakonnen (EP)

23. Tyler, The Creator - Bastard

24. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

25. Lil Peep - Come Over When You’re Sober Vol. 1

26. 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Savage Mode

27. Spaceghostpurrp - Blackland Radio 66.6

28. Migos - Culture

29. Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon II

30. Lil Uzi Vert - LUV Is Rage

31. Lucki - Freewave 3

32. Drake - Take Care

33. Travis Scott - Astroworld

34. XXXTentacion - ?

35. ILoveMakonnen - Drink More Water 4

36. Tame Impala - Currents

37. Key! & Kenny Beats - 777

38. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

39. Lil Yachty - Lil Boat

40. Playboi Carti - Playboi Carti

41. Father - Young Hot Ebony

42. ARAABMuzik - Electronic Dream

43. James Blake - Overgrown

44. Pusha T - Daytona

45. Earl Sweatshirt - EARL

46. Rick Ross - Rich Forever

47. Kodak Black - Institution

48. Sahbabbi - SANDAS

49. Tay-K - #SantanasWorld

50. King Krule - The OOZ

51. Lil B - Blue Flame

52. Mac Miller - Faces

53. Young Scooter - Street Lottery

54. Gucci Mane - Mr. Zone 6

55. Young Thug - 1017 Thug

56. Chief Keef - Bang 2

57. A$AP Rocky - Live.Love.A$AP

58. Lorde - Pure Heroine

59. Childish Gambino - Because The Internet

60. Danny Brown - XXX

61. Roc Marciano - Marcberg

62. Rihanna - Anti

63. Kanye West & Jay-Z - Watch The Throne

64. Drake - If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late

65. Juicy J - Rubbaband Business 2

66. XXXTentacion - 17

67. Big Boi - Sir Lucius Left Foot

68. Baby Keem - Die For My Bitch

69. Lana Del Rey - Born To Die

70. Pusha T - My Name Is My Name

71. Lil Peep - Hellboy

72. Ab-Soul - Control System

73. MGMT - Congratulations

74. Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap

75. FKA Twigs - LP1

76. Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts

77. Gunna - Drip Season 3

78. Trippie Redd - A Love Letter To You

79. Lil Uzi Vert - Lil Uzi Vert Vs The World

80. JPEGMafia - All My Heroes Are Cornballs

81. Sleigh Bells - Treat

82. Chief Keef - Back From The Dead 2

83. Future - 56 Nights

84. Vince Staples - Summertime 06

85. Lil Keed - Long Live Mexico

86. 2 Chainz - TRU REALigion

87. Young Thug - So Much Fun

88. Travis Scott - Birds In The Trap Sing Bryan McKnight

89. Blood Orange - Angel’s Pulse

90. Rick Ross - Teflon Don

91. Lucki - Watch My Back

92. Earl Sweatshirt - I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside

93. Future - Future

94. Future - HNDRXX

95. Migos - YRN

96. 21 Savage & Offset - No Warning

97. Gucci Mane - Trap Back

98. Curren$y - Pilot Talk

99. Main Attrakionz - 808s & Dark Grapes 2

100. Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy

1. Kanye West - New Slaves

2. Chief Keef - Love Sosa

3. Travis Scott - Drugs You Should Try It

4. Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Lif3

5. Soulja Boy - Xan With That Lean Pt 2

6. Frank Ocean - Nights

7. Young Thug - Danny Glover (2 Bitches)

8. Lil B - Pretty Boy Remix

9. Future - Codeine Crazy

10. Playboi Carti - Flatbed Freestyle

11. Metro Thuggin - The Blanguage

12. Kanye West - Runaway (feat. Pusha T)

13. Chief Keef - Don’t Like (feat. Lil Reese)

14. Father - Look At Wrist (feat. ILoveMakonnen & Key!)

15. Gucci Mane - Beat It Up (feat. Trey Songz)

16. 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - No Heart

17. Migos - Bad & Bougee (feat. Lil Uzi Vert)

18. Kendrick Lamar - Untitled 02

19. Meek Mill - Dreams & Nightmares

20. Blood Orange - Dagenham Dream

21. Kid Cudi - GHOST!

22. Kodak Black - No Flockin

23. Waka Flocka Flame - Hard in the Paint

24. Tyler, The Creator - Yonkers

25. Travis Scott - 90210 (feat. Kacy Hill)

26. Lil Peep - White Wine (feat. Lil Tracy)

27. Juicy J - Zip & A Double Cup

28. Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You

29. Young Thug - Check

30. Kanye West - Monster (feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross & Nicki Minaj)

31. Rocko - UOENO (feat. Future & Rick Ross)

32. Young Thug - Hot (feat. Gunna)

33. The Weeknd - The Hills

34. Rick Ross - BMF (feat. Styles P)

35. ILoveMakonnen - Sex, Love & Extacy

36. Blood Orange - Dark & Handsome (feat. Toro y Moi)

37. Lil Yachty - 1 Night

38. Childish Gambino - Redbone

39. A$AP Rocky - Wassup

40. Odd Future - Oldie

41. Drake - Trust Issues

42. Travis Scott - Goosebumps (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

43. Travis Scott - Sicko Mode (feat. Drake)

44. Playboi Carti - Magnolia

45. XXXtentacion - Fuck Love (feat. Trippie Redd)

46. Future - Thought It Was A Drought

47. Schoolboy Q - n****Hs.already.know.davers.flow

48. A$AP Rocky - Kissin’ Pink (feat. A$AP Ferg)

49. Spaceghostpurrp - The Truth

50. Nicki Minaj - Beez In The Trap (feat. 2 Chainz)

51. Frank Ocean - Nikes

52. YNW Melly - Murder On My Mind

53. Earl Sweatshirt - EARL

54. Rae Sremmurd - No Type

55. araabMUZIK - Underground Stream

56. Tame Impala - The Less I Know, The Better

57. Solange - Almeda (feat. Playboi Carti)

58. Sahbabbi - Titanaboa (feat. T3)

59. Lil Keed - It’s Up Freestyle

60. Lil Baby - Freestyle

61. Kanye West & Jay-Z - No Church In The Wild (feat. Frank Ocean)

62. Kodak Black - Tunnel Vision

63. Fetty Wap - 679 (feat. Monty)

64. Lucki - Freewave Freestyle 1

65. Fat Trel - Respect With the Tech

66. Ab-Soul - Terrorists Threats (feat. Danny Brown & Jhene Aiko)

67. Jay Rock - King’s Dead (feat. Kendrick Lamar, Future & James Blake)

68. Rowdy Rebel - Shmoney Dance (feat. Bobby Shmurda)

69. Kanye West & Jay-Z - N****s In Paris

70. Tay-K - Murder She Wrote

71. Vince Staples - Norf Norf

72. James Blake - Life Round Here

73. Lil Uzi Vert - 20 Mins

74. Lil Peep - Beamer Boy

75. The Weeknd - What You Need

76. Migos - Versace

77. OG Maco - U Guessed It! (Feat. Key!)

78. Kendrick Lamar - Alright

79. Xxxtentacion - Sad!

80. Kendrick Lamar - Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe

81. Frank Ocean - Channel

82. Drake - Hotline Bling

83. Chief Keef - Blow My High

84. Future - Throw Away

85. ILoveMakonnen - Tuesday

86. Main Attrakionz - Chuuuch

87. King Krule - Dum Surfer

88. Jai Paul - BTSTU

89. ZMoney - 2 16’s (feat. Valee)

90. FKA twigs - 2 Weeks

91. Sheck Wes - Mo Bamba

92. Waka Flocka Flame - Karma (feat. YG Hootie, Popa Smurf & Slim Dunkin)

93. Jidenna - Long Live The Chief

94. Young Thug & Travis Scott - Pick Up The Phone (feat. Quavo)

95. Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams

96. Speakerknockerz - Lonely

97. Bobby Shmurda - Hot N****

98. Drake - In My Feelings

99. Young Scooter - Runnin Out Of Money

100. Frank Ocean - Siegfried

101. Rihanna - Consideration (feat. SZA)

102. Kodak Black - Like Dat

103. Migos - T-Shirt

104. Sleigh Bells - Infinity Guitars

105. Tame Impala - Borderline

106. OJ Da Juiceman - No Hook

107. Jamie XX - There’s Gonna Be (Good Times) (feat. Young Thug & Popacaan)

108. Beyoncé - Drunk In Love (feat. Jay-Z)

109. Lil Peep - Lil Kennedy

110. T.I. - All About The Money (feat. Young Thug)

111. Gunna - Drip or Drown

112. Waka Flocka Flame - My G

113. Tyler, The Creator - Earfquake (feat. Playboi Carti)

114. Lorde - Team

115. Usher - Climax

116. Big Boi - Shine Blockas (feat. Gucci Mane)

117. Fredo Santana - Jealous (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

118. Valee - Shell

119. Lucki - Glory Boy

120. Lana Del Rey - Video Games

121. Lil B - Wonton Soup

122. Lil Peep & Lil Tracy - Witchblades

123. ZMoney - Regular

124. Lil Reese - Us (feat. Chief Keef)

125. DJ Nate - Gucci Goggles

[rapwave]

NEW POST: Black Thought & Salaam Remi - Streams Of Thought Vol. 2 (EP) (https://www.rapwave.net/2018/11/26/black-thought-salaam-remi-streams-of-thought-vol-2-ep/)

[voskhozhdeniye]

Musical Obsessions 2018

Alessandro Cortini: SPIE

Aphex Twin: Collapse EP

Ari Lennox‘s Whipped Cream

Ariana Grande’s No Tears Left to Cry

A$AP Ferg's Plain Jane and its remix.*

Baka Beyond’s Illa Dhuinn

Beach House’s Lemon Glow

Beak>: >>>

Black Thought: Streams of Thought Vol. 1

Bob Schneider's The Bringdown*

Cardi B’s Bickenhead

The Caretaker: Everywhere at the end of time*

The Comet Is Coming’s Start Running

Davey Harms: Cables

Dej Loaf‘s Liberated

Demi Lovato’s Cool For the Summer

Dennis Lloyd's Nevermind

Echosmith’s Over My Head

The Field: Infinite Moment

Gas: Rausch

GoldLink’s Got Friends

Helena Hauff’s Qualm and No Qualm                           

Hour: Tiny Houses

Kendrick Lamar’s King’s Dead*

Kilo Kish: mothe

Migos’ Stir Fry and MotorSport*

Mitski’s Geyser and Nobody

MNEK‘s Tongue

Nils Frahm: All Melody and Encores 1*

Nine Inch Nails: Bad Witch

Nu Shooz’s I Can’t Wait

Pink's What About Us*

Pusha T: Daytona and The Story of Adidon*

r beny: Still devouring everything he releases

Rita Ora's Anywhere

Sarah McLachlan’s Possession

Sabrina Carpenter's Almost Love

Snapper: Snapper*

SZA’s Broken Clocks*

Tank’s When We and its remix*

Tim Hecker: Konoyo

Travis Scott’s Sicko Mode*

The XX’s Lips and Replica*

Bold and italicized indicates a favorite from this year.

I really didn’t listen to much this year, and really wasn’t head over heels for too much. Kilo Kish‘s mothe is my favorite release of the year. I loved Reflections in Real Time from 2016, but this is a different type of beast. mothe is a six song EP that comes in, wrecks havoc and leaves. It’s also inspiration for what I should try to do with the rack. 

A$AP Ferg: This should’ve been on last year’s list.

Bob Schneider: This is a weird one. They've been playing this at work for a while now, but I just found out who it was by. The pa system and reverb at work do weird things to some songs. This and Tegan and Sara's Goodbye Goodbye sound better to me in the store than when I listen to them elsewhere. The store adds space to the mix that isn't really there.

The Caretaker: So Everywhere at the end of time is a concept album. James Leyland Kirby (The Caretaker) has decided to no longer release music under that name. For his last release as The Caretaker he’s decided to give the moniker dementia. He began releasing volumes of the album in 2016 and will release the final volume(s) in March. The early movements are treated samples of big band jazz from the 30′s and 40′s. As the album continues, for a lack of better description he intentionally “Disintegration Loops” the tracks to simulate dementia. The upbeat jazz samples from the early volumes sound like doom drone in the the newer volumes. @thenightlymirror you should check it out if you already haven’t.

Kendrick: Future’s verse. FUTURE’S VERSE! SMH

Migos: That beat! That hook!

Nils: The most fun I’ve had at a concert. He’s cartoonish on stage.The album version of #2 doesn’t go anywhere near as hard as it does live.

Pink: That’s one of the few songs I hear everyday at work that I haven’t grown to hate.

Pusha: Daytona is too short and is over just when it really starts going, also what was Drake thinking?

Snapper: I was given that EP years ago for free at a record shop, but never listened to it till this year.

SZA: “I had a thing for dirty shoes since I was ten love dirty men.” Why did she put me out there like that?

Tank: I was going to call this the most over the top ridiculous song of the year along with the remix, but then I heard he was bi and saw that video of him preforming at a pride party and realized. He knows exactly what he’s doing. Salute to Tank.

Travis Scott: When Travis gets the energy right he really gets it right.

The XX: Their album from last year was on last year’s list as an obsession, but I didn’t consider it to be a top favorite. For some reason ‘Lips’ clicked with me a year later. ‘Replica’ too, but ‘Lips’ has become a full blown obsession to me.

  2017′s list

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

New Video: Danger Mouse and Black Thought Team Up with A$AP Rocky and Run The Jewels on a Glitchy Roller Coaster Visual for "Strangers"

New Video: Danger Mouse and Black Thought Team Up with A$AP Rocky and Run The Jewels on a Glitchy Roller Coaster Visual for "Strangers" @blackthought @BMG @NastyLittleMan @theorielco @asvpxrocky @runjewels @KillerMike @therealelp

Danger Mouse (born Brian Burton) is arguably one of the most versatile and prolific artists and producers in music right now: As an artist he has been one-half of Broken Bells and Grammy Award-winning Gnarls Barkley. He has recorded collaborative albums with  Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘ Karen O and the late, legendary MF DOOM. As a producer, he has worked with Adele, U2, The Black Keys, Gorillaz, Red Hot…

[motifsinthecity]

Favorite Albums: 2018

30 | Arctic Monkeys | Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (Domino) 29 | Cardi B | Invasion of Privacy (Atlantic/KSR) 28 | Joyce Manor | Million Dollars To Kill Me (Epitaph) 27 | Candy | Good to Feel (Triple-B) 26 | Jesus Piece | Only Self (Southern Lord) 25 | Low | Double Negative (Sub Pop) 24 | Vein | errorzone (Closed Casket Activities) 23 | Sleep | The Sciences (Third Man) 22 | Logic | Bobby Tarantino II (Def Jam/Visionary Music Group) 21 | Death Cab For Cutie | Thank You For Today (Atlantic) 20 | Fucked Up | Dose Your Dreams (Merge) 19 | The 1975 | A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (Dirty Hit/Polydor) 18 | Curren$y, Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist | Fetti (Jet Life/ESGN/ALC/Empire) 17 | Black Thought, 9th Wonder, Salaam Remi | Streams of Thought (Vol. 1 & Vol. 2) (Human Re Sources) 16 | Alkaline Trio | Is This Thing Cursed? (Epitaph) 15 | Blood Orange | Negro Swan (Domino) 14 | Travis Scott | ASTROWORLD (Cactus Jack/Epic/Grand Hustle) 13 | Noname | Room 25 (N/A)  12 | Zeal & Ardor | Stranger Fruit (MKVA) 11 | Freddie Gibbs | Freddie (ESGN/Empire) 10 | The Armed | ONLY LOVE (No Rest Until Ruin) 9 | Pusha T | DAYTONA (G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam) 8 | Vince Staples | FM! (Def Jam) 7 | Beach House | 7 (Sub Pop) 6 | mewithoutYou | [Untitled] / [Untitled] EP (Run For Cover) 5 | Foxing | Nearer My God (Triple Crown) 4 | boygenius | boygenius EP (Matador) 3 | Turnstile | Time & Space (Roadrunner Records) 2 | Nine Inch Nails | Bad Witch (The Null Corporation/Capitol) 1 | Deafheaven | Ordinary Corrupt Human Love (Anti-)

I've been thinking a lot recently about the meaning distance can afford us.

In many ways, distance creates the attachments that ground us in this lifetime. Distance defines our relationships to a multitude of persons, places, and things--perhaps even with ourselves, the persons we were, and the persons we might be. While we often measure our lives in relation to the material possessions and the status others hold, it is often the distance we must travel, both figuratively and literally, that dictate our ability to connect with others during our lives.

I found this theme of distance and meaning continually emerge as I listened to Deafheaven's latest offering in 2018, aptly titled, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love. At 7 tracks, the San Francisco five-piece continue to evolve their black-metal-by-way-of-shoegaze sound, which serves not only as an artifact to their place among their musical peers, but as a testament to how far they've traveled since their inception. Deafheaven's journey is indebted, in part, to the buzz Ordinary… has garnered regarding its aesthetic composition. That's because few bands in recent memory have been tied so closely to the duality of their sound, from the oppressive nature of metal to the sway and drift of shoegaze. Even Pitchfork joked it was the best Smashing Pumpkins album this year. However, such a narrow read brings a swath of opinions. Many a think piece have covered whether Deafheaven's brand of extreme music is "metal" enough, "pretty" enough, or simply authentic enough. Indeed, the chasm is wide in the hyper critical expanse of 2018's internet, but Deafheaven have never been interested in formula--they relish residence in the in-between--and the road to Ordinary… is littered with the pitfalls of expectations, ones they've judiciously set aside.

This is because the seeds for Ordinary's… lush mix of driving metallurgy and art rock can be found all throughout the bands prior releases; yet it's assembled here with a new sense of impressionistic romanticism. Four of the songs off Ordinary… orient listeners with the group's more traditional arrangements, where chiming melodies give way to frenzied guitar, thunderous drums, and rapturous solos. Ordinary… offers two strong contributions to these types of mainstay compositions, from the stutter-stop ascension and gossamer suspension of "Honeycomb" to the slashing and spiraling glory of "Glint." On both these songs, Deafheaven provide vibrant and electrifying arrangements that capture the extremity of the human condition. Guitarist Kerry McCoy offers invigorating and euphoric guitar melodies that seem to embody everything from pleasure, to pain, to sorrow, to joy, all married by George Clarke's impassioned and throaty howl. Again, the duality of Deafheaven's sound is only interesting as a surface observation. The real richness comes from the confluence of their influences, which render these songs with force and vitality.

While "Honeycomb" and "Glint" provide us with the familiar Deafheaven blueprint, the band's growth is certainly on display elsewhere on Ordinary… "Near" effectively breaks up the record with its shimmering glow and reverb-heavy drift as Clarke sings "Thought I saw you there/Wishing you were near…" There's a warmness to "Near" that's tender and firm, an evocative oasis in an otherwise dizzying record. Another strong standout is "Night People," a somber, gothic chamber piece, where Clarke duets with the resident queen of doom folk, Chelsea Wolfe.  Both Clarke and Wolfe's mournful harmonies come together over dusky piano and cavernous drums, contemplating eventual decay with mournful couplets, such as "And the black sand of your body slipped through…" and "I found myself at your side…" in what might be someone's penultimate moment in this lifetime. In some ways, the tenderness of "Near" and "Night People" represent complimentary meditations on dealing with distance. "Near" focusing on the longing we attach to the future, while "Night People" explores the agony of loss as our loved ones leave this life without us.

Indeed, the idea of distance is inescapable on Ordinary… If Deafheaven's breakout work Sunbather (2013) was about the disintegration of the self, and New Bermuda (2015) centered around the savagery and oppression of locality, then Ordinary… revels in the elegance of decay, a function of time and the inescapable truths we face as we are transformed by life's kiln. The band touches on this cycle of birth and death--how the world can throw our trajectory into far out places--on the album's closing track "Worthless Animal." Here, Clarke's rasp juxtaposes the innocence of a new born fawn:

When a fawn Stumbles into the road Honeydew high And deep in afterglow Mind swarming Mind small Honeydew high Transforming the soul

With the slaughter of a feral dog:

Then search to pin the legs Of the stalking dog That lends its teeth To sticky, sad bedlam War cries quake through lurching light

I bury a blade between its ribs Bear hug the soft canine frame Then smear ash Then smear the ash on its brow

Set against a "November Rain" by way of kraut rock guitar phrasing, "Worthless Animal" glistens like an unending ocean, holding close the beauty and tragedy that often shade life's mysteries. Deafheaven carefully hold the intimacy of innocence alongside the horror of our choices to show us the points between them aren't so far away--that a lifetime is simply a blink in an instant, a star in the sky, the distance between us. Ultimately, maybe distance serves as a function not just our relationships to persons, places and things, but to time and attachment as well. By this, I mean that we are all spending the time needed to find away to let go of that which no longer suits us, to ultimately transform our relationships to things, and become who we were always meant to be.

In the steps of many artists before them, Deafheaven settle on the notion that the only way to bridge the distance between ourselves, who we are, and other people, is through the imperfect ways we love one another. The band displays this on the immaculate "You Without End," which features airy guitar slides, angelic piano, and half-step drums, set against a whisper silk spoken word poem delivered by Nadia Kury. Indeed, "You Without End" is as vivid as the daydream it describes:

He pained, shifting his attention toward the mirror across the road Back into his daydream The spliff burned his fingers the second he drank, and he tossed it toward the gutter The smoke burned into his eyes, blinding him As he blinked through the tears, the pain began to recede Back down the promenade and homeward bound, as he approached the intersection of Brooklyn and Lakeshore, a flock of geese burst from the darkness and flew, shrieking into what was left of the evening.

Kury's evocative words give way to McCoy's dizzying and soaring guitar work, which erupts in dissonant ecstasy as Clarke exclaims:

Let it go as it grows on forever And let it go Let it go as it grows Breathe it in Let it go as it grows on forever And we breathe it in And we breathe it in And then the world will grow And then the world will grow And then the world will know Of all true love, true

"You Without End" is a reminder that time doesn't have to dull our spirit where love exists as a possibility for more. The way we bridge the gap between ourselves, the way we traverse the distances we face in this lifetime, they lend us purpose and meaning for ourselves and those we meet for as long as we know them. A connection like love is rooted firmly in the transformations we make in life, with and for others, and the extraordinary experiences we often face through ordinary means. What Deafheaven have done is provide an incredible statement on the power of love, that against all odds and in the face of all kinds of distances between us, we can endure with each other, without end. All we need is our ordinary, corrupt, human love.

[mrscorpio]

[Electronica/Beats] MrScorpio's HOUSE FIRE Podcast #289 - Most Dope For 2022 Pt 2 - 16 Dec 2022 Mixcloud: http://bit.ly/Mixcloud289 D/L: http://bit.ly/DL-HF289 Shows: http://bit.ly/ScorpioPodcasts Feat: Name/Artist/Album Washed Away/Kelela/Washed Away Darker Than You Think/Ohbliv/LewseJoints Eleven tattd/Knxwledge./HX.23 System/Sevdaliza/Raving Dahlia Blood And Marrow (Stro Elliot Remix)/Hiatus Kaiyote /Blood And Marrow The Avenues/Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad/Jazz Is Dead 011 Spirit/Cleo Sol/Mother Price Tags/Jazmine Sullivan/Heaux Tales/ Mo' Tales: The Deluxe Off The Wallstreet/Stro Elliot/Stro's Old Beat Farm You From London (feat. Little Simz)/SAULT/NINE Mercury/Steve Lacy/Gemini Rights Change The Beat(le)/MF DOOM & The Beatles/Sgt. Dumile's Lonely Hearts Club Band Ritz Barlton (Feat. Estee Nack) (Prod. By Don Carrera)/Westside Gunn/Peace Fly God Guilty By Association/Phro & Guilty Simpson/Guilty By Association EP Decadence feat. Kool G Rap, Revalation & DJ Jean Maron/M-Dot/Dining In Dystopia Don't Wanna Let You Go prod. by Oh No/Prozack Turner/Not Everybody Sleeps At Night (Casual, Guilty Simpson, Brother Ali, Ea- Ski, Jake One) Might Could Be Nice/Jimetta Rose/The Gift: Around The Way Queen Ninja Faire Défiler/Lord Beatjitzu/Ninja Terminator Sunshine/Homeboy Sandman/I Can't Sell These Edge Of Tomorrow (Feat. 2Mex) (Prod. By Mic Checkmate)/Wildchild/Omowale The Only Game/Bumpy Knuckles/Produced By Bumpy Knuckles Vol. 2 Mental (feat. Saul Williams/ Bridget Perez)/Denzel Curry/Melt My Eyez See Your Future Look To The Sky (Feat. Self Jupiter, Chali 2na & Gift Of Gab) (Prod. By Nottz)/Fatlip & Blu/Live From The End Of The World Vol. 1 Switch Sides /Method Man, Jadakiss, Eddie I, 5th PXWER/Meth Lab Season 3 : The Rehab Warm Thoughts/Flume featuring GrandeMarshall and Goldie Glo/Flume Essentials Sean Price (Prod. By Evidence)/Fly Anakin/Frank Kool (Feat. Fly Anakin & J Rocc)/LMD (LMNO, MED & Declaime)/Flying High F.I.E./Starvin B x DustVibes/Dad's House Runout/Knxwledge./VGM.19 Old Magic/E L U C I D/I Told Bessie The Unknown Comic/Your Old Droog/Yodney Dangerfield Black Pinot/Meyhem Lauren, Daringer, Action Bronson/Black Vladimir GHOST/SBTRKT, Leilah/GHOST Reverse Card/Domo Genesis/Intros, Outros & Interludes Hopeful feat. Jordan Rakei, Alfa Mist/Nocturne EP Come Hither/Buttering Trio /Come Hither Fazed Out/El Michels Affair/Yeti Season (Deluxe Version) Mountains/Charlotte Day Wilson/ALPHA Send me your tracks at Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/mr_scorpio Check out all your tracks on my show THE HOUSE FIRE/ every other Friday @6-8 PM GMT on InvaderFM: http://invader.fm Stream the podcasts at my Mixcloud: bit.ly/MrScorpiosShows Friend me up on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mrscorpio247 Look me up on Tumblr: http://mrscorpio.tumblr.com Shoot me your videos on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/MrScorpio Peace, Scorp

[sensiblebisexual]

listened in june 2018

Black Thought - Streams of Thought, Vol. 1 EP

Batu - Rebuilt EP

Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of

American Pleasure Club - TOUR TAPE

Kanye West - ye

Jenny Hval - The Long Sleep EP

Sofi Tukker - Treehouse

Shygirl - Cruel Practice EP

Erick Arc Elliott - Erick the Architect Demos

Bali Baby - Baylor Swift

Natalie Prass - The Future and The Past

Big Freedia - 3rd Ward Bounce EP

Natalie Prass - Natalie Prass

Ella Mai - Ready EP

Elle Varner - Perfectly Imperfect

DJ Seinfeld - Sakura EP

serpentwithfeet - soil

Jorja Smith - Lost & Found

Future - SUPERFLY

UnoTheActivist - Limbus, Pt. 1 EP

Baba Stiltz - Showtime EP

Yussef Kamaal - Black Focus

Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts

Bipolar Sunshine - Imaginarium EP

Snail Mail - Lush

wifisfuneral - Ethernet

The Midnight Hour - The Midnight Hour

Curtis Mayfield - Super Fly

The Black Keys - The Moan EP

Pan Amsterdam - The Pocket Watch

Cavalier - Lemonade

Nas - Illmatic

Digable Planets - Blowout Comb

Bonjay - Lush Life

Millie Turner - Eyes on You EP

Robert Finley - Goin’ Platinum!

Nocando - Coyote

SOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides

King Princess - Make My Bed EP

Yuno - Moodie EP

Matty - Déjàvu

Apollo Brown & Locksmith - No Question

Jay Rock - Redemption

Rico Nasty - Nasty

Nas - NASIR

DNCE - People to People EP

BC Unidos - Otro Mundo es Possible

Blushh - Thx 4 Asking

Cosmo’s Midnight - What Comes Next

Bernice - Puff: In the Air Without a Shape

Lord Fubu - Task Force Music

YoungBoy NBA - Master the Day of Judgement

Beyoncé & Jay-Z - EVERYTHING IS LOVE

gobbinjr - Ocala Wick

Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch

Leon Vynehall - Nothing is Still

wifisfuneral - When Hell Falls

Odd Future - The OF Tape, Vol. 2

wifisfuneral - Boy Who Cried Wolf

Death Grips - Year of the Snitch

Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth

Freddie Gibbs - Freddie

MIKE - renaissance man

Toxe - Blinks EP

Bebe Rexha - Expectations

Marshmello - Joytime II

Teyana Taylor - K.T.S.E.

Ezra Collective - Chapter 7 EP

Ezra Collective - Juan Pablo: The Philosopher

IAMDDB - Flightmode, Vol. 4

Let’s Eat Grandma - I’m All Ears

Anne-Marie - Karate EP

Earthwater - Irisiri

Jacquees - 4275

Anne Wise & Jon Bap - Geovariance

Moderat - II

Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar

Drake - Scorpion

Kamasi Washington - The Choice

favourites: Lost & Found, soil, Kids See Ghosts, Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides, Bad Witch, Year of the Snitch, Heaven and Earth

2018 Archive

January

February

March

April

May

[theam-cjsw]

AM Affirmations 2021

It’s Listener Appreciation Week at CJSW, which means it’s time for one of my favourite traditions at The A.M. — the annual Affirmations episode. Three hours of refuge from the world outside, serving as a sonic shelter from the storms raging around us.

These aren't just radio waves or digitally streamed packets of bits that your stereo is decoding. They're healing vibrations, carefully calibrated to erode away whatever worries have been weighing you down, at least for as long as this transmission lasts.

A special thank you to all the artists who shared their positive messages for this week's episode: Joseph Shabason, The Analog Girl, Hermitess, Badge Epoque Ensemble, Thanya Iyer, Bernice, Peter Broderick, and Zoon. The thought and care you put into these was above and beyond what I hoped.

Listen back at CJSW.com or on The A.M’s Soundcloud page, and feel free to return to it as needed.

Hour One:

A Deep Breath Yutaka Hirasaka, Laffey • Single

Sanctuary Shelf Nunny • Utangátta

The Art of Living Bibio • Ribbons

A message from Joseph Shabason Joseph Shabason • The AM Affirmations

Friday Afternoon Shabason, Krgovich & Harris • Philadelphia

Always Choose Retry Proxima Psychoacoustics • Kaznmward

Comfort Teen Daze • Reality Refresh

I Will Make Room For You Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith • The Kid

Outlook for the Future Inventions • Continuous Portrait

A Message from The Analog Girl The Analog Girl • AM Affirmations

Simple Bliss The American Dollar • Lofi Dimensions

We Shall be Lifted Laraaji • Vision Songs, Vol.1

Cheer Up, You're Not Dead Yet Blockhead • Uncle Tony's Coloring Boo

Hour Two:

A Message from Hermitess Hermitess • AM Affirmations

I Think I'll Call It Morning Gil Scott-Heron • Pieces of a Man

Pleasure, Joy and Happiness Eddie Chacon • Pleasure, Joy and Happiness

Trust Your Judgement Un Blonde • Good Will Come to You

Marisa Charles Spearin • The Happiness Project

A Message from Badge Epoque Ensemble Badge Époque Ensemble • AM Affirmations

I'm This, I'm That Moondog • H'art Songs

Don't Give In Andrew Vivona • 10 Other Times

Happiness Won Me Over El Perro Del Mar • From The Valley To The Stars

Peace Forever Crystal Eyes • Radical Softness EP

A Message from Thanya Iyer Thanya Iyer • AM Affirmations

Bring Back That Which Is Kind To You Thanya Iyer • KIND

Hope Song Genevieve Artadi • Dizzy Strange Summer

Balcony Man Nick Cave and Warren Ellis • Carnage

Miracles Bill Callahan, Bonnie , featuring Ty Segall • Single

Hour Three:

A Message from Bernice Bernice • AM Affirmations

Miracles SAULT • Untitled (Black Is)

You'll Feel Young, Healthy & Alive lesbianhorse • Single

Go For It David Axelrod • Seriously Deep

The Optimist Bill Holt's Dreamies • The Optimist

Bliss Traffik Island • Sweat Kollecta's Peanut Butter Traffik Jam

A Message from Peter Broderick Peter Broderick • AM Affirmations

Stop and Listen Peter Broderick • Blackberry

For Jason The Consonant C • Capes and Crowns

Infinite Love Bernice • Eau de Bonjourno

Life Is Just a Moment - Part 1 Roy Ayers Ubiquity • Mystic Voyage

The Time for Peace is Now The Fantastic Shadows • World Spirituality Classics 2 – The Time For Peace Is Now: Gospel Music About Us

A Message from Zoon Zoon • AM Affirmations

Vibrant Colours Zoon • Bleached Wavves

Sunlight, Good Light Clinton St. John • The Minor Arkhana

Glad to be Alive Julie Doiron • I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day

[bboyplankton]

Hip-Hop/Rap Albums 2018

1.    Wale – It’s Complicated EP

2.    Royce da 5’9” – Book of Ryan

3.    PRhyme – PRhyme 2

4.    J. Cole – K.O.D

5.    Pusha T – Daytona

6.    Lupe Fiasco – Drogas Wave

7.    Black Thought - Streams of Thought, Vol. 1 – EP

8.    Jay Rock – Redemption

9.    Mac Miller – Swimming

10. Nipsey Hussle – Victory Lap

11. Logic – YSIV

12. T.I. – Dime Trap

13. Eminem – Kamikaze

14. Snoop Dogg – 220

15. Wale – Free Lunch EP

16. Black Thought & Salaam Remi – Streams of Thought, Vol. 2

17. Swizz Beatz – Poison

18. Reason – There You Have It

19. Apollo Brown & Joell Ortiz – Mona Lisa

20. Travis Scott – Astroworld

21. Anderson .Paak – Oxnard

22. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter V

23. 9th Wonder – 9th Wonder Presents: Jamla Is the Squad II

24. The Herbaliser – Bring Out the Sound

25. Nick Grant – Dreamin’ Out Loud

26. Dave East – P2

27. Ghostface Killah – The Lost Tapes

28. Apathy – The Widow’s Son

29. Big K.R.I.T – Trifecta – Single

30. Meek Mill – Championships

31. Ghostface Killah – Ghost Files: Bronze Tapes (Remixes)

32. JID – DiCaprio 2

33. Noname – Room 25

34. Styles P – G-Host

35. The Carters – Everything is Love

36. The Alchemist – Bread – EP

37. 21 Savage – I am > I was

38. Drake – Scorpion

39. Tory Lanez – LoVE me NOw

40. Dave East – Karma 2

41. Dom Kennedy – Volume Two

42. Meyhem Lauren – Glass

43. Saba – Care For Me

44. Wale – Self Promotion - EP

45. Dave East & Styles P – Beloved

46. Ice Cube – Everythangs Corrupt

47. Gucci Mane – Evil Genius

48. Big K.R.I.T – Thrice X – Single

49. RJD2 – In Rare Form Vol. 2

50. The Black Eyed Peas – Masters of the Sun Vol. 1

51. Vince Staples – FM!

52. Smino - Noir

53. Young Thug – On the Rvn – EP

54. Curren$y – Fire in the Clouds

55. Styles P – Nickel Bag – EP

56. Big K.R.I.T – Double Down - Single

57. The Diplomats – Diplomatic Ties

58. Freeway – Think Free

59. Belly – Immigrant

60. Slum Village – The Lost Scrolls, Vol. 2 (Slum Village Edition)

61. Animé – OnePointFive

62. Nas – NASIR

63. Reason – There You Have It

64. Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs

65. Jaden Smith – The Sunset Tapes: A Cool Tape Story

66. August Greene – August Greene

67. Jim Jones – Wasted Talent

68. Mick Jenkins – Pieces of a Man

69. Kendrick Lamar & Various Artists – Black Panther Soundtrack

70. Styles P – Dime Bag

71. Action Bronson – White Bronco

72. Tyler, the Creator – Music Inspired by Illumination & Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch

73. Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy

74. Wiz Khalifa – Rolling Papers 2

75. Domo Genesis – Façade Records – EP

76. Bun B – Return of the Trill

77. Kyle – Light of Mine

78. YG – Still Dangerous

79. Nicki Minaj – Queen (Deluxe)

80. Tory Lanez – Memories Don’t Die

81. T-Pain – Everything Must Go Vol. 2

82. Chief Keef – Mansion Musick

83. Denzel Curry – TA13OO

84. BlocBoy JB – Simi

85. A Boogie wit da Hoodie – Hoodie SZN

86. Paul Wall – Bounce Backs Over Setbacks

87. Cassanova – Commissary

88. Rae Sremmurd – SR3MM

89. A$AP Rocky – TESTING

90. Future – Beastmode 2

91. Takeoff – The Last Rocket

92. Metro Boomin – Not All Heroes Wear Capes

93. Mike WiLL Made-It – Creed II: The Album

94. Sir Michael Rocks – Funds & Access

95. Dizzy Wright – Don’t Tell Me It Can’t Be Done

96. Post Malone – beerbongs & Bentleys

97. Bre-Z – The Grl.

98. Kevin Gates – Luca Brasi 3

99. Meek Mill – Legends of the Summer – EP

100. A Boogie wit da Hoodie – International Artist

101. Young Thug & Young Stoner Life Records – Slime Language

102. Freddie Gibbs – Freddie

103. Preme – Light of Day

104. DaniLeigh – The Plan

105. Kanye West & Kid Cudi – Kids See Ghosts

106. Desiigner – L.O.D

107. Chief Keef – Ottopsy – EP

108. Young Buck – 10 Plugs

109. Future & Juice WRLD – Future & Juice WRLD

110. Fetty Wap – Bruce Wayne

111. Leikeli47 – Acrylic

112. Baka Not Nice – 4Milli

113. Kanye West - ye

114. Intro – This Is a Mixtape by iNTRO

115. Lil Yachty – Nuthin’ 2 Prove

116. Rich The Kid – The World Is Yours

117. Migos – Culture II

[therappundit]

June 2018 - *PlayLi$t of the Month*

SUMMER IS HERE, AND THE RAP WORLD IS ON FIRE RIGHT NOW.

Where do we begin? Pusha-T vs. Drake, Drake vs. Kanye West, the whole damn world vs. Kanye, Rhymefest vs. Kanye vs. Kim Freakin’ Kardashian, cynical rap fans like myself vs. all of the Kanye stans - and there are numerous other rap skirmishes happening around us (ranging from petty to serious), plus a critically panned A$AP Rocky album, rumors of a new Clipse song - how can anyone keep up!? It’s like the summer heat already has folks going crazy...

As always, The Rap Pundit is going to focus more on the music, because we have a whole lot to be thankful for. There has been so much sensational new music to drop over the last few weeks, so I did my best to try to acknowledge most of my favorite projects that are currently seated high in my rotation (even though, truth be told, I could have dedicated slots 1-7 to DAYTONA, just sayin’).

My soundtrack for June is packing heat like the oven door, so enjoy this extra long, extra ‘eghck!’ edition of the Pundit PlayLi$t...

1. “The Games We Play” - Pusha-T

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j98tczxXKtE

(Some of the best bars on DAYTONA can be found right here. And this Booker T. Averheart sample....sheeeeesh, I might not be a fan of Ye the album, but I am a huge fan of Ye the producer. Pusha-Ton dedicates this one to his core fanbase, declaring DAYTONA the “Purple Tape” for a new generation. Personally I don’t think this project can be compared to the legendary Raekwon album, but I would put this song up against the any song made by anyone else rapping today. And regardless of whether this album turns out to be a classic or not, I can say this with certainty: “The Games We Play” will be a classic rap song.)

2. “Hard Piano” - Pusha-T feat. Rick Ross & Tony Williams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEEAqPMSZqU

(DAYTONA is a relentless smash of a project from start to finish, so ranking each song on the album is more of a 1a, 1b, 1c scenario. Right now I’m vibin’ with “Hard Piano” like it’s “New God flow Pt. 2″. Pusha glides across Kanye’s slick sampling of Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Rhythm Band’s “High As Apple Pie Slice II”, and by the time we get to Rozay’s “this is for the sneaker hoarders and coke snorters”, you know that he’s about to bless us with one of the best verses that he’s done in quite some time. He knows that you gotta bar-up when Pusha is in album mode! I don’t know if any other song in Pusha’s catalogue better showcases his “be Sosa not Tony” mentality like “Hard Piano”. DAYTONA should be coming out of speakers everywhere.)

3. “Dostoyevsky” - Black Thought & 9th Wonder feat. Rapsody

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54OUwQA2wQs

(Welcome to 2018, Black Thought “solo” project. No, it’s not the dream solo debut that Black Thought fans have been dreaming about for decades, but it is a highly successful byproduct of Thought’s collaboration with 9th Wonder & The Soul Council. As an EP it’s more of a sterling appetizer than an opus, but rest assured, Streams of Thought, Vol. 1 is a non-stop bar-fest and a feast for the ears. As if five Black Thought songs alone weren’t enough, Rapsody comes through on “Dostoyevsky” and more than holds her own alongside the Roots frontman. Let this EP be further confirmation of the embarrassment of riches that is rap music in 2018.)

4. “If You Know, You Know” - Pusha-T

https://soundcloud.com/pushat/if-you-know-you-know

(Simply one of the best openings I have ever heard on a rap album. The build is perfect, and the beat is vicious. Not the traditional fair that fans associate with Pusha from back in the Clipse era...but remember how different those Neptunes beats once sounded to the traditional hip-hop ear? Kanye clearly considered what made Pusha’s presence so effective on YOGI’s commercial smash “Burial”, and then it dialed up to 11 with “If You Know, You Know”, a rare triumphant rap-EMD hybrid. It’s an attention grabbing intro, a rap star anthem capable of getting any crowd hyped, and the best catchphrase to come out of DAYTONA and into the rap lexicon.)

5. “Leaps” - Rigz

https://soundcloud.com/prodbymichaelangelo/rigz-leaps-prod-by-michaelangelo

(I don’t know much about MichaelAngelo - the producer, that is - but I know I enjoy the limited sample size that I have heard thus far. What I DO know and have known for some time, is that Rigz is one of the dopest MC’s in the game right now. If you haven’t checked out the Rochester native’s catalogue, I highly recommend his mixtapes, but you can also start with this loosie right here. Rigz can flat-out rap.)

6. “Hun43rd” - A$AP Rocky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp8sSx06Bds

(This track is gorgeous. The soothing instrumental cruises along as Rocky waxes nostalgic about Harlem. Sure, it’s good stuff, but then the song goes to another level when Devonté Hynes/Blood Orange releases a smooth hook that could easily be mistaken for a sample from an 80′s New Wave band...or maybe a song that would have felt at home on the Batman Returns soundtrack? Yeah I should probably stop before I date myself any further. Anyway, this one is easily a contender for Testing’s strongest track, textbook Rocky right here.)

7. “Come Back Baby” - Pusha-T

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SkMJqlZ6Y0

(Elements of classic Ye can be found all over track #4 on DAYTONA. Three braggadocios verses from Pusha are broken up by a soulful George Jackson sample, and to great effect. As with so many of Pusha-T’s classic tracks, “Come Back Baby” succeeds in making a dangerous lifestyle sound awfully seductive.)

8. “Buck Shots” - A$AP Rocky feat. Smooky MarGielaa & Playboi Carti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBTeuZhftTY

(If Ryan Gosling and company were to do a sequel to Drive, I could picture him listening to “Buck Shots” during a brooding moment from behind the wheel of his ‘73 Chevy Malibu. To some the “buck shots” repetition might sound grating, but I feel like it really helps take the catchiness of this Kelvin Krash beat into maximum overdrive. The song personifies the emphasis of style over substance on Testing, which works for me in this case because of how well that vibe is reinforced with this album, at least sonically.)

9. “Self Destruction” - Boogie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXNMVRsIeB4

(Is there a non-TDE West Coast rapper better than Boogie right now? I was expecting him to explode right after “Oh My” started to catch heat in 2015, but after a strong appearance on Royce Da 5′9′s Book Of Ryan and a buzz-worthy album on the way, it looks like 2018 might actually be the year for Boogie to ascend to the next level. Want further proof? Check out the feast of rhymes on his trippy new single, “Self Destruction”. The Compton MC’s future is looking very, very bright right now.)

10. “Percs” - Denzel Curry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7PS4gJe5Y4

(If a scientist took elements of A$AP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar and Chief Keef and stirred them together in a pot, Denzel Curry would be the outcome. It’s refreshing to hear a trap-inspired rapper denounce some of the drugs that are currently frying the brains of his peers, but it does make sense that the message would come from Curry, who seems to be wise beyond his years. I am pretty eager to hear what else lies in store for us on his upcoming album, Ta13oo.)

11. “Ministry” - MIKE

https://mikelikesrap.bandcamp.com/track/ministry-4

(If you’re not familiar with MIKE, now is the perfect time to fix that. His newly released album, Black Soap, confirms that the young NYC rapper follows his own path and has a very bright future. “Ministry” reminds me of the type of subterranean NY rap that we haven’t heard enough of since the Def Jux era.)

12. “Jujitsu” - Tuamie & Henny L.O. feat. Fly Anakin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp1C09p_XbI&index=9&t=0s&list=PLqD8s2lDRYOtiHUSkTpi6eUe8n9Fs-iDl

(Another month, another incredibly dope project from the Mutant Academy collective. Henny and Fly sound blissful over this sweet Tuamie production, one of many wonderful cuts on their new Emergency Raps, Vol. 2 compilation...one of many projects that got lost in the shuffle of Drake vs. Pusha T hoopla over the past week. Do yourself a favor and add this to your collection right now!)

13. “Sunoco” - Al.Divino & $auce Heist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMQSBpvZJKo

(WOW, hard NYC rap doesn’t get much better than this crazy new Al.Divino and $auce Heist project! Pretty crazy considering only Heist is from NY, while Divino hails from Massachusetts. I’m really loving the beat on this one, it sounds like a Bjork “Human Behavior” sample but I’m not sure if that’s the case? The whole BENGAL BONE MARROW tape is worth the $40 price tag, it is brutally good.)

14. “Infrared” - Pusha-T

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytzc6ehAvOM

(Hey have you guys heard this one? Pretty under the radar, yeah I know. Seriously what more can be said about this one.....except that it’s pure FIRE, no matter whose corner you stand in with the Drake-Pusha beef.)

15. “Soul Reaver” - A$AP Ant feat. A$AP Twelvyy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnRFRhv-EGI

(Before A$AP Rocky released his album, A$AP Ant dropped a new album titled Lil Black Jean Jacket. As one of the less heralded members of the A$AP Mob, it’s easy to overlook this project...but you would be making a mistake. To me, this tape succeeds in all of the areas that Playboi Carti’s Die Lit album failed. You won’t find much lyrical depth on Jacket, but you will find catchy flows and hypnotic production. And on “Soul Reaver”, you will also find the best verse on the album, courtesy of Twelvyy. This sleepy gem really goes!)

16. “Long Way” - Benny feat. El Camino

https://soundcloud.com/bennythebutcher1/benny-the-butcher-long-way-ft-el-camino-prod-by-dj-shay

(The loop and Camino’s hook-work gives this joint an old school Dipset aesthetic, while Benny’s bars remind me of prime Beanie Sigel, and I’m loving all of this!  “Long Way” is favorite joint off of Benny’s new A Friend Of Ours project, but the whole tape is worth playing front to back.)

17. “Brotha Man” - A$AP Rocky feat. French Montana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYbWAgF02no

(The most soulful song on Testing, and there’s a lot to like here. French Montana channels his best Marvin Gaye impression - there’s a sentence I never thought I would type - and "Brotha Man” also includes some of the album’s finer written moments from Rocky. True to form, his reference to caring more about personal style rather than important social issues is a display of brutal honesty that only adds to the track’s authenticity.)

18. “Hoop Dreamin” - Blueprint feat. Has-Lo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drv4yESEMFM

(A few weeks back, rapper/producer Blueprint slipped out a brand new project titled Two-Headed Monster, where he explores a number of topics over some beautiful production. The palpable sense of urgency felt on “Hoop Dreamin” makes this cut my favorite off the album, but the whole project warrants more attention.)

19. “Helvetica” - CODENINE & Mr. Rose feat. Milano Constantine, Al.Divino & Estee Nack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AWJEJj3oT8

(Proving that the underground collective swirling around Al.Divino and Estee Nack is one that you need to watch, CODENINE and Mr. Rose’s project is another notch on the team’s belt. “Helvetica” has the feel of one of those classic late 90′s underground hip-hop cyphers.)

20. “Kevlar Tux” - SONNYJIM & Conway feat. Roc Marciano

https://soundcloud.com/sonnyjim01/03-kevlar-tux-ft-roc-marciano?in=sonnyjim01/sets/conway-x-sonnyjim-death-by-misadventure

(I’ve heard chatter suggesting that this SONNYJIM & Conway project wasn’t official? Well this Conway & Roc Marci joint sounded officially dope to me, so it still belongs on this playlist, no doubt.)

*Bonus - Honorable Mention*

“Twofifteen” - Black Thought & 9th Wonder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgJ434TL-bo

(Black Thought sounds like he is unleashing 25 years of lyrical tenacity on this one, the first of five great tracks off of his project with 9th Wonder & The Soul Council.)

“Onna Gang” - DaBoii (of SOB x RBE)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ-FTDFkwAM

(The SOB x RBE stand-out showcases his solo skills all over this bouncy head-nodder.)

“Tony Tone” - A$AP Rocky feat. Puff Daddy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6z6oiTirFQ

(Another sharp cut from Rocky’s new album, which seems like it will be under-appreciated for the foreseeable future. The menacing, teeth-grinding beat alone is worth the price of admission.)

“Mob Era” - Tha God Fahim & Jay NiCE feat. Left Lane & Mach-Hommy

https://soundcloud.com/thagodfahim/tha-god-fahim-x-jay-nice-x-left-lane-x-mach-hommy-mob-eraprodby-jlvsn

(JLVSN laced Fahim, Mach and company with a tense little piano loop, and all four MCs deliver. )

“Unknown Worlds” - Planet Asia feat. Montage One

https://planet-asia.bandcamp.com/track/unknown-worlds

(Planet Asia’s second project of 2018 - maybe more, it’s hard to keep track because the guy is a workhorse- Mansa Musa is as strong as all of his previous projects, but there’s a freshness to the samples used on this one that make it one of my favorite PA projects from the last few years. Both West Coast icons kill this one, and Planet Asia deserves the AC Green award for longevity in the game at this point - he may never fall off!)

“NYCHA” - Dave East feat. Nas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsrMVAB3weY

(The soundtrack to Netflix’s Rapture dropped a few weeks back, mostly unnoticed, but it had some strong joints. Perhaps none hotter than this NY-centric Dave East & Nas jam, my favorite collaboration that I have heard from the Mass Appeal duo thus far.)

[ICYMI: Last month’s list below]

https://therappundit.tumblr.com/post/174009402131/may-2018-playli-t-of-the-month