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There’s no doubt that Gibbs and Madlib’s ‘Piñata’ is the best colloborative rap record of 2014. ‘Knicks,’ highlights the best components of the entire record: The contrast between the soulful beats and the low, dirty vocals. This combination results in a cohesive song about pushing ‘knickle’ bags, Michael Brown, and trap life in Gary, Indiana. In this remix, we get…

Logic’s highly anticipated debut album has finally arrived! The expectations were extremely high and Logic meets if not surpasses them. The project is excellent from front to back with no guest verses and with only 12 tracks, this is the emcee’s introduction to the world. A few early standouts are ‘Gang Related’, ‘Nikki’ and the full version of ‘Under Pressure’.…

Goin’ Up! By now you’ve heard this track on the radio, at the club, the last house party – and well everywhere. ILoveMakonnen is rising quickly and after signing to Drake’s OVO Sound label, he’s solidified himself as a strong new entrant. Early Tuesday morning the OVO Sound camp released the visual for the smash hit that has people wanting to…

Cause I’m up right now. The latest leak from Drake’s ‘Views from the 6’ comes with production from Boi-1da and features Drake venting about his old girl. With the previous leak and this – VFT6 is shaping up to be a pretty decent album. It’s hard for the kid to make something terrible – he’s got the Midas touch. Check…

Less than a week ago I had never heard of Boaz.  But with the release of ‘Don’t Know’ with Mac Miller on Thursday and this stellar remix featuring Termanology, Oddisee, and Vinny Radio it’s time to take notice. On ‘Like This’ each rapper drops some gems but Oddisee really steals the show. Coming through with more ferocity than usual,  the Maryland emcee…

DC based rapper P. Keys has had the internet buzzing as of late. Making a name for himself by flipping hard hitting electronic productions such as ‘Not to Play With’, ‘This Morning Was Funny’, and many more. His latest release sees him taking on Hucci for a second time (see ‘Can’t Leave Rap Alone’). As always the rapper does an excellent…

BADBADNOTGOOD are three jazz musicians from Toronto, ON., who came together over a love of hip hop and rap. When they first started playing together, they posted some music to YouTube that was pieced together from Odd Future’s music. After seeing the videos online, Tyler the Creator helped make them viral and eventually they made some videos together. These videos…

http://cdn2.thelineofbestfit.com/media/2014/KeroKeroBonito.jpg Amidst the flute and MIDI sounds of ‘Flamingo’, Kero Kero Bonito has some advice for you: be yourself, and don’t eat too many shrimps or you’ll turn pink! You might be laughing to yourself a little bit while listening to this, but give it another try and you’ll be humming the tune for the rest of the day. This…

It’s a party. This weeks #FUXWITHITFRIDAYS playlist includes 17 tracks and is just over an hour long. We got a ton of music for you to party to. Things get started pretty nicely with the HeRobust track ‘Party McFly’ and keep going with the Medies remix of the Lil Wayne joint ‘Know What I’m Doing’. This is one of my favourite…

Diplo is no stranger to exploring new genres and sounds. The man is constantly on the lookout for the next big thing, having tried his hand in Moombahton, Trap, Dubstep, and Electrohouse to name a few. With that said, it comes to me as no surprise that he has decided to take a stab at Future Bass. The genre has…