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Beyond Radio Hip Hop picks Nov. 25, 2016

 

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NONAME f/ CAM O’BI & RAURY    Diddy Bop

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Chicago native Fatimah Warner spent 3 years working on her debut album “Telefone”. Her laid back soulful & jazzy hip hop is evident on songs like ‘Diddy’ and “All I Need”

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DE LA SOUL    Royalty Capes

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The originators of jazz rap, this Long Island trio released their critically acclaimed first album in 1989 and their latest this past August. They collaborated with Estelle on “Memory Of (US)” and contributed to the Angry Birds Soundtrack with “Action!”.

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TIGGS DA AUTHOR f/ LADY LESHURR    Run

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Newcomer from the UK mixes hip hop, reggae and old school beats on songs like ‘Run” and “Georgia”. His just released EP “Glenville Grove” features the song “Swear Down”. His collaborator on ‘Run’, Lady Leshurr has rapid fire style on songs like “Queen’s Speech 1” (there a re 6 songs in the Queen’s Speech series. She started releasing mixtapes in 2009.

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ATMOSPHERE    Windows

Hip Hop duo from Minneapolis are soon to be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their first album “Overcast!”. In August they released their 11th album “Fishing Blues”. The 18 song cycle does not contain any of the 5 singles they released in 2016 including “Salma Hayek” and “Fireflies”.

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KIDS OF THE APOCALYPSE f/ WES PERIOD    Better Life

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Haunting track with a cool video, there has been mystery behind this project since 2013 when the video “Empire” was released. It is now know to be a project of Stefan Storm from the Swedish indie-pop duo The Sound Of Arrows. This project is somewhere between hip hop, drum & bass and alt-pop.

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Beyond Radio Hip Hop picks Nov. 2, 2016

 

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TKAY MAIDZA    Ghost
Australian singer and rapper born in Zimbabwe. She’s released 7 singles in Australia since 2013. “Brontosauraus” was her first, with “M.O.B.” being her highest charter in 2015.

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TKAY MAIDZA f/ KILLER MIKE    Carry On
MARTIN SOLVEIG f/ TKAY MAIDZA   Do It Right
2 singles from earlier this year. Her biggest international exposure has been on the Solveig song which has reached the charts in several European territories.

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PROFESSOR GREEN    One Eye On The Door
Stephen Paul Maderson is a British rapper and songwriter and currently the host of Lip Sync Battle UK. This is his just released new single. Sort of like the UK Eminem but a bit poppier. An actual Twitter feud erupted over that between him and fellow British rapper Wiley. He’s reached the top 5 on the UK singles chart numerous titles including “Just Be Good To Green” featuring Lily Allen in 2010 and the #1 “Read All About It” featuring Emeli Sande in 2011. He released his first independently released mixtape in 2006. Another recent single is “Back On The Market”.

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LANCE SKIIIWALKER    Attraction
Chicago artist who has been a featured artist on songs by Schoolboy Q and Kendrick Lamar has just released his first album “Introverted Intuition”. His laidback style is evident on this track as well as the aforementioned songs and “Lover’s Lane”,also from the new album. Although not part of the Black Hippy supergroup he is on the same label, Top Dawg Entertainment

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AB-SOUL    Huey Knew
Herbert Anthony Stevens is actually a member of Black Hippy along with Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q and Jay Rock. That collective has not put out an album bu these guys like to collaborate, as on the Schoolboy Q song “That Part”. ‘Huey’ and “Braille” have been released in the last month as previews to the upcoming album “DWTW”.
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ZAY HILFIGERRR & ZAYION MCCALL    JuJu On The Beat
The current viral dance craze just vaulted 89-11 on Billbord’s Hot 100. Will it succeed like Silento’s “Watch me”? Time will tell.

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MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS F/ ARIANA DEBOO    Drug Dealer
Latest from the duo targets big pharma and its role in the addiction crisis. It was available on Spotify for a few days and now gone. We’ll see when it returns.

 

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Hip Hop Picks Oct. 11

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AESOP ROCK Kirby

This alternative hip hop artist released his first self released album, “Music For Earthworms” in 1997. His highest charting album came in 2012.

https://open.spotify.com/track/3fAPcwGO7pea21rE48r1Yu

AESOP ROCK Dorks/None Shall Pass

Current single and one from 2007.

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

DANNY BROWN When It Rain

This Detroit rapper has yet to chart a single in the U.S. (9 in total), other than with fellow Detroiter Eminem and others (“Detroit vs. Everybody”). His current album “Atrocity Exhibiton” was released 2 weeks ago and debuted at #77.

https://open.spotify.com/track/44GQbQd2MCvTEWDyuAkclG

DANNY BROWN Pnuemonia

Brown almost signed with the G-Unit label (run by 50 Cent) but it was rumored the 50 didn’t like his penchant for skinny jeans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csxSwkl4Gd0

THE AVALANCHES f/ DANNY BROWN & MF DOOM Frankie Sinatra

This was featured on the pop pick list on Aug. 4. This song did reach the top 40 in Australia and Belgium.

WATSKY f/ CHAOS CHAOS Brave New World

Interesting artist and slam poet from San Francisco. He got his first exposure on HBO from the series Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. This video brings to mind Colorforms.

https://open.spotify.com/track/0PlRPWDup402sO3DBB1jlg

WATSKY f/ MAL DEVISA Midnight Heart

His full name is George Watsky and these songs are from “x Infinity” his 5th album since 2007.

Talking To Myself

The instrumentation is vastly different on each of these songs. I myself will be delving deeper into his catalog.

KEHLANI Did I

Heading across the bay to Oakland we find Kehlani Parrish. She got her first exposure as part of the band Poplyfe on America’s Got Talent (it’s crazy how many artists made there way through the TV competiton system). Her first mixtape “Cloud 19” was chosen as one of the 50 best albums of 2014 by Complex Magazine.

https://open.spotify.com/track/23wuZgeX1oyJ43QYOTo9s7

KEHLANI f/ BJ THE CHICAGO KID Down For You

She has released 15 singles since 2013 but only this year has started to chart with “CRZY” and “Gangsta”, this from the currently huge “Suicide Squad” Soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7DeUfeLQq4

ISAIAH RASHAD 4r Da Squaw

Affiliated with the Black Hippy Crew that includes Schoolboy Q and Kendrick Lamar, he just released his first full length album in early September and debuted at #17 on the Billboard album chart.

https://open.spotify.com/track/71lyUtIPCMAYjTwwwxy2jW

ISAIAH RASHAD Free Lunch

From Chattanooga, as a young teen he had thoughts of becoming a preacher before turning to marijuana and ditching school to record demos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJksTRgY8-c

 

Hip Hop Picks Sept. 17   CLAMS CASINO f/ VINCE STAPLES            All Nite From Nutley, NJ. Not far from my hometown of Passaic. This leftfield hip hop artist and producer’s real name is Michael Volpe. I went to grammar school with someone named Michael Volpe. Weird. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zGVJaFwOyo https://open.spotify.com/track/1lishk8i5ATCioX1YZikMM Be Somebody/A Breath Away On his wiki page it says his associated genres include witch house and cloud rap. Huh? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zRQciIxAkM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLBKRKeRaL8   LOGIC   Lord Willin Down to Gaithersburg Maryland for this MC whose name is Sir Robert Bryson Hall II. He is heavily influenced by Frank Sinatra and Quentin Tarantino. One of his mixtapes is called “Young Sinatra” and his most recent “Bobby Tarantino”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SONWZI6iIs Like Whoa The music from this has an easy 70’s soul feel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jb6XBmE7VI LIL WAYNE f/ WIZ KHALIFA, LOGIC, TY DOLLA $IGN, IMAGINE DRAGONS & X AMBASSADORS    Sucker For Pain From the Suicide Squad soundtrack. This has gone top 10 in a myriad of countries around the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-59jGD4WrmE   SKEPTA Shutdown London based rapper, producer and label owner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQOG5BkY2Bc https://open.spotify.com/track/1CireMJYXN8Rw4u1HG5GFZ Man These are 3 of the 9 singles that have reached the UK top 40. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQOG5BkY2Bc Make Peace Not War Sampling C&C Music Factory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVSr0tLQr_4   ROLL DEEP                           Green Light Led the Godfather of the Grime scene Wiley, Skepta was an early member of the crew. They scored 2 UK #1’s in 2010, this and “Good Times”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmJayeZzBZQ The Avenue This was their first single in 2005, sampling a 1983 song called “Heartache Avenue” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVsKyncRoDU   POST MALONE  Too Young Austin Richard Post was born in Syracuse and grew up in Dallas as his father worked for the Cowboys. He made a big splash with his first single “White Iverson” which reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8Zi1DM7iR4 https://open.spotify.com/track/5is0hEWWStAbbHCjWyoxq2 Déjà vu w/ JUSTIN BIEBER He became friends with Bieber and opened for his latest tour. This song reached the UK top 100 earlier this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoZdZvZG178   Hip Hop Picks August 22   KAYTRANADA f/ VIC MENSA      Drive Me Crazy Canadian electronic artist Louis Kevin Celestin came on the scene in 2010 under the name Kaytradamus and changed his stage namein 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTYhEYiqkI0 https://open.spotify.com/track/3my5W7QLojCSj3E33eehcP KAYTRANADA f/ ANDERSON.PAAK          Glowed Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaWesK-nWts   LIL UZI VERT       Money Longer Another stage name, this time for Philadelphia native Symere Woods. He’s recored 45 mixtapes since 2014 and broke through in 2016 with this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eoSanFCU-M https://open.spotify.com/track/0B8QzDH7YWih85V5SEMnyJ Paradise A bit of a poppier sound on this song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzziKZ4S0W4   M.I.A.   Go Off UK artist who blends numerous styles into her concoction of international alternative hip hop. She is best known for her top 5 Billboard hit “Paper Planes” in 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGDhHxgY6uo https://open.spotify.com/track/7EqU0XlBLzXh51J94qCgqf   SAMPHA             Timmy’s Prayer Another UK artist blending hip hop, soul and electronic music. Has been a featured artist and many singles by other artists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQXDVZf3akg https://open.spotify.com/track/1Q1OEWMdj88YNUGel55nxs SBTRKT f/ SAMPHA         Temporary View Sampha is a regular collaborator with electronic artist SBTRKT, who has done remixes for many artists, including M.I.A. above. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgYhWgvSleo   TRAVIS MILLS    Don’t Need Much Originally this Riverside, California artist went by the name T. Mills from 2009-2014 until going to his full name. He recently made his acting debut on the Netflix comedy series Flaked. He says his influences range from Queen to punk rock to Kanye West https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSWbPaWzi1o https://open.spotify.com/track/72vsIS5rCEW20gddLe6swQ Young & Stupid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IMoVyaoogk