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Highlights
Kendrick Lamar (feat. Gunplay, prod. by THC) – “Cartoons & Cereal”
by LC on February 17, 2012 |
A few days ago, Kendrick Lamar, Compton’s resident conspiracy theorist and quirky wordsmith, released his first new material of 2012. “Cartoons & Cereal”, which features underrated Maybach Music hardknock Gunplay, has an ATLiens-esque paranoid atmosphere (h.t. PassionoftheWeiss). Gunplay’s boisterous reactive threats build the paranoia (“nobody can mute me/but I never said nobody can’t shoot me”). [...]
Burial – “Loner”
by Bear on February 17, 2012 |
To me, Burial’s music has always captured the idea of the loner. Cold, biting percussion cutting through bleak sonic atmospheres always painted a picture of an individual lost in a city with no knowledge of his or her existence. His use of vocal samples however, has always been the one humanizing element. The deeply soulful [...]
Sucre – “When We Were Young”
by Bear on February 16, 2012 |
The feelings of euphoria after an inundation of sugar are quick, fleeting, and often leaving you feeling much worse than prior to consumption. The feelings of euphoria after a listen to Sucre’s debut single “When We Were Young” are those of the heart, of purity, innocence and the haphazard joys of youth. Sucre is the lush pop [...]
Knxwledge – “Darling Yew” / Native Thinghood (2/17)
by Bear on February 15, 2012 |
It becomes a powerful moment when one can take the horrible tragedy of death and create from it something beautiful. It’s clear that LA based underground producer Knxwledge feels a similar sentiment. An already prolific artist, Knxwledge has been working double time to create beautiful tributes to the recent passings, and anniversaries of passing, of [...]
Sean Bones – “Here Now”
by Stuart on February 15, 2012 |