After the Smoke, made up of Robert Anthony Laing (aka Rob Coin) and Orville Anthony Cameron (aka Anthony X²) have been riding the come up for some time now. Those of us who have been following their ascent to cult-like status know we are no longer few in number. With over 50,000 followers on Tumblr and nearly the same on Twitter, early fans of this dark hip hop duo have smelled their success since before OIAM-gate brought them the type of spotlight they were long deserving of anyway. It's hard to know when the...
The genres of Soul and R&B have seen vast changes in the past decade, if not longer. While we aren't here to necessarily bemoan a lost generation of music, it's worth noting that what has emerged from artists who have been around for that entire decade and beyond—artists like Bilal Oliver—shows that those who know how to adapt without compromising originality can win out. They won't be left to exist merely on the fringes of recently discovered talent. It may sound like a noble feat but if you ask Bilal, he's...
After a week of headline-making releases from Drake, new music from recent OVO signee Party Next Door has been posted to the thriving Toronto crew's blog. The track has all the trappings of a successful party jam with autotuned R&B vocals, that trap-inspired beat, a consumable bassline and...
It's that time of year again. Considering it's been one helluva week, all we can say is thank the mighty omnipotent powers that be that this particular week ends on #fourtwenty. Time to put the kids to bed and pull out the trees because today it's all about caring less than you ever will on any...
Ah, so Daft Punk was at Coachella after all! Years of speculating whether or not the French dance music duo would ever descend upon Indio's Polo Fields are now quieted with the surprise debut of their teaser trailer for "Get Lucky", the lead single off their upcoming album Random Access...
DJ Shadow has been a ringleader in music that appeals both to the hip-hop and electronic fan in equal measure. With four studio albums, over twenty singles, thirteen music videos and five compilation albums, anyone with two ears and a mind for either genre has been following this critically...
You will need a wash after listening to this. Lunice and Hudson Mohawke have cooked up a grimy number here on "Acrylics", which was played today on BBC1. Any explanations of this insane track might as well be rendered useless but we're here to try. The convulsing synth bassline will knock you...
"I put my all in this," Los Angeles-native emcee Lyrics1 says in the intro of his recently released LP, Sound Portrait. When I first listened to the opening track, I was pulled in by the vibrant instrumentals and L1's honest lyricism. It's easy to use the word "I" in hip hop, as everyone always...
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