Exodus, the first posthumous album by DMX, shows the late rapperās penchant for collaboration, featuring a bluesy cut from Westside Gunn, Benny the Butcher, and Conway the Machine of Griselda Records alongside appearances by The Lox, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, and Alicia Keys. One of the older tracks on the album, āBath Saltsā finds Jay-Z and Nas luxuriating in a life of abundance, with alarum production coming courtesy of Swizz Beatz.
Skee Mask mixes up dub, breakbeat, and techno on his latest long-playing version of an infinity pool. Jorja Chalmers uses the siren wail of the saxophone to lure listeners along for the journey on her sophomore album Midnight Train. Mustafa struggles to bury a taste for vengeance on his debut When Smoke Rises, Mereba rides the warzone and floats through kush clouds as she rolls out her latest project AZEB, and Zombie-Chang breaks out the crochet hook for the interlocking textures of āGranny Squareā.
Sleepy Hallow flips āThe Chicken Wing Songā and winds up with some extra crispy baloney. Deem Spencer and Okay Kaya take a trip through life and wonder whether to eat some wedding cake or pass the sick bucket. Sara Bug heads back to her adopted home of Nashville, Medhane canāt wait for the rain to come on Amethyst of Morning, and Melina Duterte of Jay Som and Ellen Kempner of Palehoud band together, sip tea, and share in some of the toxicity of fandom on the opener from Doominā Sun.
Danish duo Vanessa Amara linger lightly over tape loops and acoustic feedback. Half Waif breaks through the buildup of salt and nicotine on the latest song from Mythopoetics. Squirrel Flower makes a constellation of cobblestone streets on the fiery āFlames and Flat Tiresā.Ā Oh Baby take on the uptempo disco icon Patrick Cowley. And music by Gabe āNandez, EarthGang, Karol G and Camilo adds some extra upswing to the tracks of the week.
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DMX ā āBath Saltsā (feat. Jay-Z & Nas)
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deem spencer ā āwife wifeā (feat. Okay Kaya)
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Sleepy Hallow ā āChicken/Mi No Sabeā
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Mereba ā āRiderā
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KAROL G ā āCONTIGO VOY A MUERTEā (feat. Camilo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ig_enpoWsQ
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Mustafa ā āThe Hearseā
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Skee Mask ā āDJ Camo Broā
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js6r_4sEL7s
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Jorja Chalmers ā āIāll Be Waitingā
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ZOMBIE-CHANG ā āGRANNY SQUAREā
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Sara Bug ā āBack in Nashvilleā
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Bachelor ā āBack Of My Handā
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Squirrel Flower ā āFlames and Flat Tiresā
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Gabe āNandez ā āOsirisā
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Medhane ā āWho Made The Rain?ā
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EARTHGANG ā āArethaā
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Portico Quartet ā āTerrain: IIā
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Oh Baby ā āI Need Somebody To Love Tonightā
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Half Waif ā āSodium & Cigarettesā
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Vanessa Amara ā āPiano, Bells & Two Reversed Tape Loopsā
