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BBNG & Tyler, The Creator “Orange Juice” Live
This right here, this is beautiful. BADBADNOTGOOD does a rendition of “Orange Juice” (a/k/a Gucci’s “Lemonade”) from the OF mix tape Radical. It’s even better when Tyler is rapping nonsensical amazingness all over the post-bop hip hop stylings of BBNG.
Lianne La Havas “Forget (Shlohmo Remix)”
If you haven’t heard of Ms. Lianne, she is simply beautiful. Her free EP, available at liannelahavas.com is simply stunning, and her vocal work blended with her guitar stylings are dope. Her single, “Forget”, is pretty awesome, but this flip
JSMN “Something”
JSMN is a dope, rising talent in the R&B scene bringing a little variety to the sound acts like Frank Ocean and the Weeknd have crafted. Check out “Something” from his album “Priscilla” and hit up iamjsmn.com
Rick Ross “Rich Forever” Mixtape
Been waiting a while for this to drop. It’s not “God Forgives…” but it’s consistently dope throughout. Check out “Triple Beam Dreams” with NaS and hit the link to download.
BADBADNOTGOOD “Flashing Lights Live”
The crazy ill post-bop jazz trio out of Canada just went there. Known for starting off with their astounding covers of Odd Future and Waka Flocka, BADBADNOTGOOD as gone on to drop some dope renditions of NaS, Wu-Tang and now
MellowHype “45″
New Hodgy and Brain from the OF duo’s “NUMBERS” album (maybe) coming this year. 2012 is off to a dope start.
The Weeknd “Echoes of Silence”
Mr. Abel is back at it again. A beautiful, heartbreaking effort by The Weeknd. Download it at and check at my current favorite below.
Common “Celebrate” Video
Com and VIBE drop another banger. “The Dreamer/The Believer” tomorrow folks.
Lupe Fiasco “American Terrorist III”
WOW. This just happened. Lupe coming back for more after the FOTP people drop, this is serious. FNL 2 Soon?
Hannibal King “Villains” Video
A dope visual just dropped for the recently released but criminally unheard of Hannibal King project, “Flowers for Pamela.” Bub Styles goes in on the soulful instrumental, check it.
Schoolboy Q “HnC” Cover Art Released
Getting pretty amped about this. Schoolboy has been dropping consistent material along with his TDE brethren Kendrick Lamar, and “HnC” seems like it will exceed his previous offering, “Setbacks”. #HnC coming soon.