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Fearce Villain and BeanOne form like Scotch and soda for this 12-track freebie, There Goes The Neighborhood. Unsurprisingly great chemistry abounds as the frequent Dyme Def collaborators get it on for the Yuk collective. Download the dope here.
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Two new beat tapes from Blue Scholars’ producer/DJ, Sabzi. The first is Yesler, a 20-track collection of instrumentals designed “to accompany your reflecting and daydreaming in the car, collegiate studying, or hours spent on graphic design work.” (Saba’s words.)
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And the second is Cine Riddims, the now-familiar instrumentals to Blue Scholars’ 2011 album, Cinemetropolis. Put your own raps over Sabzi’s slaps and embarrass your friends and family today!
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Recent Brooklyn relocatee Know Choice finds himself the victim of star-crossed love in the city. A surprisingly deft and heavy-handed video for what could otherwise have been exploitative and fetishist. Props to the Eastside MC for the thoughtful track.
Taco Tuesday is the title of the new EP by Brothers From Another, due June 12. “Roxy” is the first single. That’s available for free below. I’m guessing an incalculable number of Mexican eating establishments across our fair nation offer a “taco Tuesday”-type promotion, but none can compare to the inestimable meal deal of Seattle’s very own Taco Del Mar. I used to indulge my fish taco jones every third day of the week when I lived out there. It’s part of the reason why I got fat. Not sure where I was going with this other than to say it’s hard to find a decent taco in NYC. Real talk.
Another dramatic clip from the homie Khingz, this time for “F.u.t.u.r.e.” off last year’s Liberation of the Monster, available here.
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Exalted is Nacho Picasso and production cohorts Blue Sky Black Death’s third installment of gothic thuggery (their words). Pitchfork and Stereogum are already acclimated to the team’s moody brand of glacial rap (also theirs), so what are you waiting for?
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Props released this track today, “Fresh & Fly,” featuring Maybach Music cohort Stalley and produced by Town vet Vitamin D. This number was put together in advance of Stalley’s June 10 headlining show at Neumos. Go here for tickets.
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Funk, hip-hop, soul and do-everything duo Fly Moon Royalty released this free EP yesterday. Dimensions is five tracks long and spins you through the, well, dimensions of everything stellar about the Sportn’ Life duo. Grab it above and below.
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Soon-to-be-globetrotter Sol has a lot to do before shoving off into the wild blue, including a brief West Coast tour with Grieves and Budo, an appearance at the Sasquatch music festival, and his own farewell show at The Showbox Market on June 16. “Be Good or Be Careful” is the kick-off to these endeavors and a preview of his upcoming P.S. EP with producers Elan Wright and Nima Skeemz.
El-P
Cancer 4 Cure
Fat Possum Records; 2012
Score (SSG Music scale): 9/10
I wrote over 1,140 words exalting praise on El-P’s third solo album, Cancer 4 Cure, and all I got was this damn crick in my neck. Click here to read my album review over at SSG Music.
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