Listen to selections from this list on our Spotify playlist and Apple Music playlist. Check out all of Pitchfork’s 2023 wrap-up coverage here. 2HUMPY / 2RARE: “2HUMPY Anthem” The Philly club rap crew 2Humpy debuted in early May with an animated On the Radar freestyle that showcased ...
from song to song in a sort of mutual homage. (Dozens of bounce songs use the DJ Jimi-coined chant, «Do it baby, stick it», or DJ Jubilee’s «Trick, stop talkin’ that s**t/ And buy [your name here] his outfit.») More often than not, the lyrics were also really, ...
The two forces came together again for 2022’s Last Ones Left, a tape laced with some of the most raucous tracks of the year including mean cuts like “Ice Talk” and “Free The Shiners,” but none which better cut through the playlist slop than “Thump Shit.” Gee’s staggering menace...
Loosely based on Gil Scott-Heron’s 1971 album of the same name, there are songs about his faith, outgrowing old friends, valuing privacy, and allusions to the work of Heron and poet Gwendolyn Brooks, putting his contemporary spin on timeless ideas. These are snapshots from inside a life, ...
open to other people's ideas on what all to weigh when putting a nomination out there before I start submitting my own. Ideally at the end of this we have Hbag's playlist creator to feature all of these songs. Nominations 1.Nas - NY State of Mind (Sharks Eat Bear) 2.Geto Boys -...
Hear this playlist onSpotify. Load Previous 50 The Pharcyde 'Passin' Me By' 1992 Bob Berg/Getty Images The Pharcyde’s debutalbum,BizarreRideIIThePharcyde, was released weeks before Dr. Dre’sThe Chronic, and the two serve as funhouse mirror images for L.A. rap in the early Nineties. ...
and a pleasant slap to the face when he abandons them for a fast repeating note only to come 360 back to where he started then change upAGAIN. He juggles all of his different musical ideas in his head in a way that’s only understood by him, but with the aid of his techniques (an...
Now, “Allrounda” is a well known name in the music industry and beat-selling business, with thousands of instrumentals produced and more than 20k licenses sold to artists, companies and people from all over the world. Many say that my beats have a distinct and unique sound, in other wor...
When I say, "Money bring a lot of power till the money go down," it's like you're powerful when you got the money, but when you're broke, people treat you that way. Now, your ideas are not that good. People just turn their backs on you. ...
Drake brings his 81-minute playlistMore Lifeto an introspective conclusion on “Do Not Disturb,” continuing his pattern of ending his projects with a thinker instead of a banger. Go-to producers Boi-1da, 40 and Allen Ritter stir up a cloudy atmosphere for Drizzy—“a reflection of all you...