On a week of protests over police violence and racial inequity, there could hardly be anything more fitting musically than Run the Jewels 4, an album of distilled venom and tangible activism which finds Killer Mike and El-P in rare form over brusque and boisterous beats. Protests, personal histories, and commemorations in the wake of the murder of George Floyd also come from Terrace Martin at the head of a diversely stellar cast, Tee Grizzley, Queen Naija, and the Detroit Youth Choir, Meek Mill, YG, Teejayx6, and the Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter Dua Saleh. Billy Woods and Elucid are back as Armand Hammer, the Black Sabbath covers keep on coming from the artists of Sacred Bones, and the Hot 8 Brass Band pull apart a Joy Division classic. Plus new music from Future, CupcakKe, Sleepy Hallow, Covet, Sauce Twinz, ZOMBIE-CHANG, and more.
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Terrace Martin – ‘PIG FEET’ (feat. Denzel Curry, Daylyt, Kamasi Washington, and G Perico)
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Run The Jewels – ‘a few words for the firing squad (radiation)’
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Meek Mill – ‘Otherside of America’
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The Soft Moon – ‘Black Sabbath’
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Armand Hammer – ‘Charms’ (feat. KeiyaA)
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Sonic Boom – ‘Tawkin Tekno’
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Lucki – ‘Unlimited’
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IDK & A$AP Ferg – ‘Mazel Tov’
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Tee Grizzley – ‘Mr. Officer’ (feat. Queen Naija & Members of the Detroit Youth Choir)
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THOUXANBANFAUNI – ‘DOMINO’
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Hot 8 Brass Band – ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’
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Covet – ‘ares’
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Let It Come Down – ‘Vicky’
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NBA Big B – ‘Distant’
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EXECUTIONER’S MASK – ‘Bury Me A Grave’
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ZOMBIE-CHANG – ‘????’
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Kung Chi Shing & Ryuichi Sakamoto – ‘stealing time (荏苒)’
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Lil Yachty – ‘Demon Time’ (feat. Draft Day)
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Sauce Twinz – ‘Memories’ (feat. YFN Lucci)
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Sleepy Hallow – ‘Molly’ (feat. Sheff G)
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Flatbush ZOMBiES – ‘iamlegend’
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NOLANBEROLLIN – ‘Hydro/Frozone’
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Moon Duo – ‘Planet Caravan’
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HOOK – ‘ITS NEVER TO L8’
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dvsn & Ty Dolla $ign – ‘Dangerous City’
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CupcakKe – ‘Lemon Pepper’
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Future – ‘Very Begin’ (feat. Guap Tarantino & Lil Wookie)
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Bris – ‘KAMIKAZE’ (feat. Mac J & Philthy Rich)
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Drakeo the Ruler & JoogSZN – ‘Keep It 100’
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YG – ‘FTP’
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Teejayx6 – ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’
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Dua Saleh – ‘body cast’
