Rap

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…

Now this is a track that puts it on for Canada! Calgary’s Smalltown DJs connected with Victoria’s own Neon Steve and London, Ontario native Shad. The trippy and hard hitting beat is primed to set the club on fire. Shad comes through with sharp and humorous bars while ridding the beat with ease. “There’s not a rapper that I fear…

If you haven’t caught on by now Logic is one of, if not the best rising stars in the game. With his debut album Under Pressure due out on Tuesday, I figured we might as well throw it back to his first mixtape Young, Broke & Infamous. The track is aptly titled “Wordplay” and sees the emcee going in over…

Too much money on my mind. Now to be fair, I’ve never actually listened to a full Boaz track – but the Mac Miller feature got me to tune in. The feature makes sense, Boaz is signed to Rostrum Records which was Mac’s previous home. The indie label and management company worked wonders with Miller’s career and even though they split…