Despite constant claims that SoundCloud is dead, the platform continues to be the lifeblood of the underground. It’s the breeding ground for innovative new sounds and THE place to find the best new artists. While the volume of quality is higher than ever, the mass of mediocrity is equally at its apex. Thankfully there are a number of underground labels…
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Blessing fans with an early Christmas gift is Chance The Rapper with 2 new songs. First up is ‘The Man Who Has Everything,’ a Christmas influenced laid-back groove that sees Chance getting reflective. The production feels like spiked egg-nog and blunt ashtrays. Chance combines smooth wordplay with social commentary and family love with bars like, “Tryna turn confederate flags into…
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Back for the 250th time is FUXWITHITFRIDAYS. The milstone edition is fittingly stacked after an absolutely insanse week of releases. Both the Spotify and SoundCloud playlists are bursting at the seams. We’ve got that Meek Mill x Drake collab, the Meek Mill x Rick Ross x Jay Z, Skrillex’s ‘Sick Mode’ remix, new Chance the Rapper, KEY x Skepta x…
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As November draws to a close that means it’s time for another installment of Focus Five. As always we’ve rounded up five of our top picks for artists that you need to know. We’ve got another Kiwi killing it, an incredible German bass duo, two of Toronto’s rising stars and a 13 year old producing wild sounds well beyond his…
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Malakia Torres, better known as Edekit is a Hawaiian producer pushing the boundaries of bass music. Born on the Big Island, he spent his life growing up in the tropical paradise. That is until last year when a volcanic eruption brought him to the mainland. Despite the traumatic event, Edekit was able to find a silver lining, “The lava flow…
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BAAJEWALA burst onto our radar earlier this year when ‘Lunatic’ popped up in Hydraulix’s QGR Mix. The Indian producer has had an interesting introduction to music production. While many producers start out making rap or house beats, BAAJEWALA began making Bollywood instrumentals. So how did he go from Bollywood beats to dirty bass music? “One day I found a video in YouTube…
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Travis Scott and Drake’s ‘Sicko Mode’ has been having a massive year. From killing Spotify charts, to radio and clubs, to the wild video, the track has been everywhere. If you thought the hype and support may be dying out soon, think again. Today Skrillex dropped his highly anticipated remix of the banger. Skrillex keeps the song mostly intact for…
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Always at the forefront of the music scene, CRAZE started his BEATS mix series back in 2016 as the sound was just emerging. When he reached out to a producer friend who was spearheading the movement and asked what the genre was called, he was told, “That’s the thing…there’s no name to this genre…they’re just beats.” The name and sound…
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Canadian DJ and Producer Grandtheft has been a FUXWITHIT favourite since our inception. From his iconic remixes (‘Sweet Nothing, ‘Summer’), to massive originals like ‘Keep It 100,’ ‘Sneaky’ and ‘Butterscotch,’ when Grandtheft sets out to make a club-killer he never fails. 2018 has seen Grandtheft taking a lighter approach with pop-leaning releases ‘Square One’ and ‘She Knows’. Aside from ‘Aaron’s…
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A few months back we had the pleasure of premiering Soulse!‘s stunning single ‘One Love.’ Today the rising Russian producer unleashes his best work to date in ‘Like A Drug’. Kellie Allen delivers a stellar vocal performance as emotive keys create deep feels. The stirring energy drifts into a banging trap section that is completely engrossing. But Soule! doesn’t stop there, ‘Like…
