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Blu & Exile’s Below The Heavens is one of the best underground rap albums of the past 15 years. With Blu’s honest and sharp lyricism and Exile’s soulful boom bap beats, the duo crafted a certified classic. 13 years later, they’re back with new 20 track album entitled Miles. The project’s namesake is a dedication to Blu’s son. With 8 years passed…

PG County’s Oddisee is the pinnacle of underground rap. From early works like Odd Renditions and Tangible Dream, to more recent releases like Alwasta and The Iceberg, his consistency and quality is unrivaled. As a rapper and producer every element of work is truly his. His work is thought-provoking and intelligent while remaining approachable. Each project feels like listening to…

Following their monstrous month of April which saw the release of two EPs, a couple of remixes and a massive collaboration with Subtronics, Akeos has continued to demonstrate that their arsenal of unreleased tunes is limitless with more recent releases on Gud Vibrations and Bassrush. Showing no signs of slowing down, the Pennsylvania-based producer returns to Never Say Die: Black…

Now more than ever appears to be a time for the underground to emerge even further. Luckily, the LA-based collective MYOPIC SOUNDS is here to help with just this. With a catalog now over 40 tracks, some of the names we have seen release through this path include jordnmoody, KOZ, IANY and wasteurself. In their first six months of creation…

Happy Friday! Another week is in the books and that means time for another fresh installment of FUXWITHITFRIDAYS. This week we’ve got new heat from Bailo, HWLS, Smino x JID x Kenny Beats, Wuki x Juvenile, Sinjin Hawke, Hydraulix, GAWM, FLY, Pigeon Hole, sfam + more! Listen below and enjoy the weekend.

Sydney, Australia’s Hydraulix has been a longstanding champion of progressive sound design, boasting an impressive repertoire of diverse works. Evolving from his early days of the traditional trap aesthetic, he’s found a welcome home in the Wakaan family, releasing his latest single with WifiIsFuneral, a massively popular collab with Ookay, a collaboration with the head extraterrestrial Liquid Stranger, and his…

As the summer continues to roll by we’re back with another installment of Focus Five. As expected we’ve rounded up 5 fresh artists that you need to familiarize yourself with. We’ve got French future beats, Michigan based-bass, a dnb egirl, a promising wave producer, and a grade-A SoundCloud trap producer. Dive into this month’s feature below. AP11 France’s output of…

The arena for electronic music can often become a brutal cycle of rotating hierarchy, creative competition, and an ever-evolving preference of styles that can just as easily furnish an impetus to success as it can create a difficult concern of longevity. Whether motivation dwindles, goals transform or a lack of tangible growth is the cause, even the most promising production…

Less than a month after debuting their new Quality Vibes series with ELK and Chris Dogzout, Quality Goods Records are back with another feel-good jam perfectly primed for late summer nights. The series, tailored to push a more melodic and storytelling side of electronic music, is yet another example of why Quality Goods Records are among the best labels out…

As if 2020 wasn’t harsh enough, Logic gave us one week to prepare for his retirement with an announcement on social media with No Pressure. “It’s been a great decade. Now it’s time to be a great father,” he says. Out now on Def Jam, Logic takes to his pen to talk about his journey in rap music. The album…