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Wax Motif and Vindata’s ‘Crazy’ is a collaboration that lives up to its name. Opening with moody chords and entrancing vocals, this one pulls you from its inception. After being drawn in, it bowls you over with some of the fattest bass lines of 2016. It’s a bass house blowout, dripping with deep wobbles. The wonkyness gives way as the…

Every so often you press play on a track, expecting it to be good, only to be completely blown away. I just had the pleasure of experiencing this with the latest collab from Chris Bushnell & Holly. ‘DOTS’ is straight fucking crazy. It’s bonkers, it’s insane, it’s mad. It’s deep and dark moments of tension built up and dropped into mind-bending releases…

Another work week done, another grip of selects from your friends at FUXWITHIT. For this installment of FUXWITHITFRIDAYS we kick things off with Falcons’ gripping remix of River Tiber. From there KRNE x Jupe, Wax Motif & Vindata and 4KORNERS deliver stellar new originals. Making our way into some remixes come flips from Lil Texas, The 1989 and Smle x…

JOYRYDE has been ridin’ solo and burning up the game for past year with massive tracks like ‘Hari Kari,’ ‘Windows’ and ‘The Box.’ His latest release, ‘Hot Drum’ dropped a few months back but has just landed itself on OWSLA for an official release. It’s the first of a string of tracks that will form his debut EP on the label…

KRNE has paired up with Jupe on ‘Seventeen’, releasing not just another banger, but an expertly crafted Trap track. ‘Seventeen’ begins with a sample that is reminiscent of a Middle Eastern desert: a flute, twinkle of chimes, and bongo-like percussion. As you are being lead into the dunes, the lashes of a windstorm start to rise up, the light’s been blotted out, and…

“From the states to the UK, yeah we get it poppin’,” the opening bars from Rezza set this one off perfectly. The collaborative effort sees London producer Épais and Florida rapper Rezza joining forces for a banger. ‘Fire’ is an aptly titled record that opens with smooth bars from Rezza and a bouncy westcoast feel. As his verse concludes, the track…

OWSLA producer Yogi is back with a fresh sound. Well known for his gritty and hard-hitting tendencies (‘Burial,’ ‘Siri,’) Yogi takes a different approach on ‘Blow You Up.’ With assistance from AlunaGeorge and newcomers Less Is Moore, they craft an infectious warm weather anthem. Aluna’s vocals are as sweet as they are addictive and the production is dripping with sunshine.…

A Tribe Called Quest just dropped their new and final album about 8 months after the death of Phife Dawg. In a time where we’re watching civil unrest play out (especially in North America), ATCQ deliver a topical and timely album. We Got it from Here…Thank You 4 Your Service is the music we need right now. The crew successfully crafts a…

Following up on his incredibly powerful self-produced single ‘Best Me,’ Sylvan LaCue is back with another one in ‘The Truman Show’. With a hazy brass loop and steady drums, Sylvan crafts a beat that is familiar with sense of uneasiness underlying. The plot build upon this feeling. It’s the same introspective and open Sylvan we love, but he sounds jaded,…

Part Native is a production duo that showed up on the scene in 2015, but their yearling-status is not inhibiting them from mixing some deep dirty bass with high pitched flutes and fluttering snares that are simultaneously irresistible and satiating. Both members are of Cherokee descent, and classify their sound as Cherokee Trap. Their latest release ‘Purp’ has a spicy swagger to…