On ‘Shelter’ Vic Mensa alongside Chance the Rapper and Wyclef Jean stray from the Hollywood Hills and a world of lustiest glamour to shine a spotlight on inner-city Chicago, the browbeat, and the run-down. Styled as a ‘spiritual note, a healing frequency’ the song draws attention to the plight of Julius Jones, who remains on death row in Oklahoma despite compelling evidence of a wrongful conviction. Flo Milli gender bends the roaring twenties, Bomba Estéreo get earthy and thirsty, and there are tracks by Freddie Gibbs, HyunA, and Adrianne Lenker as Pauline Anna Strom beckons the dawn.
Playlists: Spotify · Apple Music · YouTube
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VIC MENSA – ‘SHELTER’ (feat. Wyclef Jean & Chance the Rapper)
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Flo Milli – ‘Roaring 20s’
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HyunA – ‘Good Girl’
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Cardi B – ‘Up’
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Yu Su – ‘Xiu’
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Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – ‘The Night of Santiago’ (feat. David Grubbs)
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Pauline Anna Strom – ‘Equatorial Sunrise’
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The Weather Station – ‘Parking Lot’
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Gabe ‘Nandez – ‘Ox’
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Nana Yamato – ‘Gaito’
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Luca Yupanqui – ‘V4.3 pt. 2’
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Desire – ‘Zeros’
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Bomba Estéreo – ‘Agua’
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Dialect – ‘Under∼Between’
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Adrianne Lenker – ‘forwards beckon rebound’
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Curren$y – ‘Misty’
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Freddie Gibbs – ‘Gang Signs’ (feat. ScHoolboy Q)
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Rylo Rodriguez – ‘Body for Body’
