Tag: Hip hop music
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Return to the Cloud: Clams Casino, Trill and the new D.A.I.S.Y. age
A few years ago I was all about what later got called ‘Cloud Rap’ – Main Attracktionz, Babe Rainbow, Odd Future – I saw it as the hip hop successor to witch house and an extension of IDM. I tuned out, partly because the lyrical content wasn’t there, and listening now to the more recent…
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You can do it funk or do it disco
Not posted about The Coup in a while, a much missed political hip hop group, and worth repeating or reposting because the message is so sharp and still current…and I love this video by Tim O’Brien for ‘5 Million Ways To Kill A CEO’.
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RC 256: I Have No Name For This (Fix It In The Edit)
[image: John, Hackney 2013] The same rappers say they’re trooping the frontlines, and casually use the word ‘Faggot’ as a punchline. That’s not a man, that’s not a tough guy. That is a sucker and a fraud to the culture! Hip Hop is folk music grown from the struggle and half these fools could put…
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IGH! Save Money Army, Vic Mensa and Chance
Interesting how it seems to be a bit of a desert then something comes along that you didn’t even know about and it transpires that stuff was happening under your nose. After a chance (haha!) reference to Chano aka Chance the Rapper I checked out his Acid Rap mixtape and 10Day. My favourite song is…
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Gateway drug to wonky city: Main Attraktionz
Talking of next level – was going to wait til the next podcast but this can’t wait…what’s caused my sudden interest in all things [genre ALERT] wonky hip hop or future beat*[/genre ALERT] is this wonderful track ‘Legion Of Doom’ by Main Attraktionz – part of the Green Ova family. Love how the cutup vocal…