OUR PLAYLIST
Draft Day
Drake
Poppin Tags (Remix) feat.
Lil Boosie & Laudie
Future
Sunshine (Remix) feat. Rick
Ross & Common
Wale, Rick Ross,
Common
High As Hell feat. Wiz
Khalifa
B.o.B
Here's the hip hop on our playlist this month:
Frontloading isn't a problem
that duo Freddie Gibbs &
Madlib have on 'Piñata', the
bulk of the guests including
what seems like half of
Odd Future are on the
second half of the record.
Particular highlight is the
Danny Brown featuring
'High' with his sharp
delivery infecting the track,
and it's got future-classic
written all over it with a
misty atmosphere that
encompasses various retro
vocal samples and their
straight-up, conversational
flow.
ALBUM OF THE MONTH
FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB - PIÑATA
It's all smokey vibes and a cornucopia
of inspirational samples from this duo.
ARTIST OF THE MONTH
ISAIAH RASHAD
Rising star Isaiah Rashad is signed to Top Dog Ent. alongside Kendrick Lamar
TRACK OF THE MONTH
CLEAN BANDIT X KREPT & KONAN - RATHER
BE X DON'T WASTE MY TIME
SBTV hooked up Clean Bandit with
Krept & Konan for an exclusive mash
up of "Rather Be" and "Don't Waste
My Time".
Being Clean Bandit's mu-
sic is already a 'fusion', it
might seem strange that
their sound could even fit
with rap lyrics. But it does,
and wonderfully so - this
collaboration between the
South-London rap duo and
the up-coming experimen-
tal electronic group turns
out to be one of the catchi-
est tunes we've heard in
a few months. The instru-
mental base is the one from
"Rather Be", while the vocal
line is sampled from "Don't
Waste My Time".
A perfect match.
Tennessee-based rapper Isaiah Rashad started his music
career when he was 10 years old, and after later rapping
with friends whilst at university,
Rashad had a stroke of luck when his cousin wound up
owning a recording studio he was able to record music
for free from. In 2013, he signed to TDE and moved to LA
where he now resides, and if you're a fan of Kendrick La-
mar, it's likely that labelmate Rashad's smooth flow and
classic hip-hop beats will excite you.
There've been a lot of humourous rap releases this year,
but Rashad's serious about his craft - and has the lyrical
skills to back it up.
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Issue 62 / 2014
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