Happy 1st Birthday you crazy pup These remixes got me through the most hellish week of the semester, so they should be perfect for the weekend. BRENMAR makes his 2nd Remix Friday appearance with a pulsing reworking of Beyonce’s “Drunk In Love”, while Amtrac spices up a recent release from Depeche Mode and Ta-ku makes’ […]
I probably shouldn’t even list these as “top hip-hop tracks” because I really haven’t heard everything in the world of hip-hop this year. Drake caused every rapper to want to do a decent mixtape, or put out a song a week or whatever. There were a lot of new artists in the rap game this […]
I think the hip-hop albums list gets tougher each year. Last year, the caliber of mixtapes that came out (see Wale and Kid Cudi) warranted placement on the list. This year, artists like Kid Cudi, Mike Posner, Drake and K’Naan made albums/mixtapes that encompassed more than just hip-hop. So this year, EPs were added to […]
So I’m a pretty big Black Keys fan. You might have noticed I’m also a hip-hop fan. Needless to say, I was definitely excited when I heard The Black Keys were collaborating with some hip-hop heavyweights like RZA, Mos Def and Raekwon as BlakRoc. If “Ain’t Nothin Like You (Hoochie Coo)” wasn’t enough for you […]