Lucid and palpitating, navigating personal hardships while permeated by the shared traumas of the past, this week Lotic blends juddering club breakouts with crystalline vocal harmonies as her second album Water marks her definitive statement as an artist. The saxophone squalls of Patrick Shiroishi signify fortitude and dignity, as he traces the life of his grandfather after confinement in the Japanese American concentration camps. Debby Friday figures her creative awakening through the crack of bullwhips and the flurry of avalanches. And Makaya McCraven and Bitchin Bajas reinterpret the free jazz departures of Eddie Gale and Sun Ra.
Yaeji and OHHYUK drag each other out of writerās block. The London producer Subculture and New York native Goya Gumbani spin fresh sounds out of grainy jazz loops and sun-kissed soul. And on the tenth anniversary of LIVE.LOVE.A$AP, the swaggiest mixtape of the past decade finally arrives on streaming services, with a contemporary ode in the form of the bonus track āSandmanā. Reminiscing on his come-up while paying tribute to A$AP Yams, Rocky proves heās still the prettiest motherfucker in the rap game over production by Clams Casino and Kelvin Krash.
āOnly reason that I stay here cos I canāt give you painā splurts Blackhaine on āSaddleworthā, as the Preston MC stalks the moorlands of North West England ahead of his debut EP And Salford Falls Apart. āThis life is exile from home! You canāt go home until youāre readyā goes the coda to ā[ Maternal ā„ Havening ]ā by Fire-Toolz, after all the scabrous beatmaking adding the stricture āYou gotta pass your examsā. The Congolese trap star Chrisman fires off on Hakuna Kulala, Jessy Lanza enlists Loraine James for a mix session on DJ-Kicks, Curren$y and Harry Fraud take it easy on Regatta, plus Holy Other, Mary Lattimore, Presha, Anonymous Club, and Wednesday Campanella in the latest tracks.
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Yaeji & OHHYUK ā āYear to Yearā
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Wednesday Campanella ā āBuckinghamā
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A$AP Rocky ā āSandmanā
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Blackhaine ā āSaddleworthā
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Goya Gumbani & Subculture ā āLetter To Poohā
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Patrick Shiroishi ā āTule Lake Like Yesterdayā
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Curren$y & Harry Fraud ā āSellinā Cerealā (feat. 2 Chainz)
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Makaya McCraven ā āBlack Rhythm Happeningā
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Weirdcore & Gooooose ā āTrans-Aeon Expressā
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Mary Lattimore ā āPine Trees (Home Recording)ā
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Bitchin Bajas ā āOuter Spaceways Incorporatedā
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Jessy Lanza ā āSeven 55ā (feat. Loraine James)
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Holy Other ā āGroundlessā (feat. NYX)
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Anonymous Club ā āFrostyā (feat. LEECH)
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