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HotNewHipHop Aug 31

Is Kanye West’s “Carnival” The Most Fascist Rap Song Ever Made?

Ye JAŸ‐Z Ty Dolla $ign Rich the Kid Diddy Playboi Carti Bill Cosby

Complex Music Aug 31

Tyrese Reacts to Busta Rhymes, J Dilla's 'Dillagence II' Project: 'You Have Stressed Me the F Out'

Tyrese Busta Rhymes J Dilla Lil Wayne Big Sean Anderson .Paak Ludacris Jon Batiste Talib Kweli

2 articles Aug 31

Busta Rhymes D’Angelo J Dilla Hype Williams Sister Nancy Lil Wayne Big Sean Anderson .Paak Ludacris

Rolling Stone France, YouKnowIGotSoul

RTS Musique Aug 29

Kanye West en concert en Russie: l'annonce suscite l'enthousiasme et la polémique

HotNewHipHop Aug 29

Travis Scott Suggests Mike Dean Will Be Heavily Involved With His New Album

Travis Scott Mike Dean Don Toliver Daft Punk FERG Parliament-Funkadelic Van Halen Raphael Saadiq

Complex Music Aug 29

Bianca Censori Serves Up Kanye West's Head in Behind-the-Scenes Look at 'OK' Music Video

Ye Don Toliver

7 articles Aug 29

Beastie Boys MCA Mike D Adam Yauch The Smiths Gina Birch Adam Horovitz Davis Diamond

HotNewHipHop, Le Monde, Les Inrocks +3

6 articles Aug 29

Lil Durk Quando Rondo Ye King Von mgk Meek Mill Cardi B Doodie Lo Only the Family

AllHipHop, Billboard, HotNewHipHop +1

3 articles Aug 29

Ye Milo Yiannopoulos

AllHipHop, Complex Music, HotNewHipHop

HotNewHipHop Aug 28

Eaters – Song by Young Thug featuring Travis Scott, Future, Yeat, & Tezzus

Young Thug Travis Scott Future Yeat Tezzus

13 articles Aug 28

Lil Durk King Von Charleston White Ye Quando Rondo OTF Jam Lul Timm Only the Family Jason Smith G Herbo

AllHipHop, Complex Music, DancehallMag +2

21 articles Aug 28

Erykah Badu The Alchemist Thundercat Steve Lacy Earl Sweatshirt Majid Jordan selug Interpol Turnstile Kamasi Washington Westside Gunn DRAM De La Soul Smino Joi

AllHipHop, Bandcamp Daily, Benzine Magazine +15

Radio-Canada Musique Aug 28

Mike D's Thank You Switches It Up in a Post-Beastie Boys World

Beastie Boys Mike D 5D

DancehallMag Aug 28

Hit-Boy Reveals Kanye Banned Him From Stage in Paris Despite Producing the Hit

Hit‐Boy Ye JAŸ‐Z Kendrick Lamar A$AP Rocky Nas Will Ferrell

HotNewHipHop Aug 28

Bringing YE (Kanye West) to Jakarta: Inside Raw Vision Collective’s biggest swing yet

Ye A$AP Rocky

4 articles Aug 27

Beastie Boys Mike D Delta 5 ROSALÍA Sufjan Stevens Bon Iver Gorillaz Ad‐Rock

Clash Music, Les Inrocks, Libération +1

2 articles Aug 27

Che Nettspend Black Kray 1oneam Jaeychino OsamaSon skaiwater TWENTYTHREE xaviersobased

Exclaim!, Stereogum

DancehallMag Aug 27

Busta Rhymes Recalls Recording With J Dilla As His Mother Served as Engineer

Busta Rhymes J Dilla Common

HotNewHipHop Aug 31

Is Kanye West’s “Carnival” The Most Fascist Rap Song Ever Made?

Ye JAŸ‐Z Ty Dolla $ign Rich the Kid Diddy Playboi Carti Bill Cosby

2 articles Aug 31

Busta Rhymes D’Angelo J Dilla Hype Williams Sister Nancy Lil Wayne Big Sean Anderson .Paak Ludacris

Rolling Stone France, YouKnowIGotSoul

HotNewHipHop Aug 29

Travis Scott Suggests Mike Dean Will Be Heavily Involved With His New Album

Travis Scott Mike Dean Don Toliver Daft Punk FERG Parliament-Funkadelic Van Halen Raphael Saadiq

7 articles Aug 29

Beastie Boys MCA Mike D Adam Yauch The Smiths Gina Birch Adam Horovitz Davis Diamond

HotNewHipHop, Le Monde, Les Inrocks +3

3 articles Aug 29

Ye Milo Yiannopoulos

AllHipHop, Complex Music, HotNewHipHop

13 articles Aug 28

Lil Durk King Von Charleston White Ye Quando Rondo OTF Jam Lul Timm Only the Family Jason Smith G Herbo

AllHipHop, Complex Music, DancehallMag +2

Radio-Canada Musique Aug 28

Hit-Boy Reveals Kanye Banned Him From Stage in Paris Despite Producing the Hit

Hit‐Boy Ye JAŸ‐Z Kendrick Lamar A$AP Rocky Nas Will Ferrell

Bandwagon Aug 28

Bringing YE (Kanye West) to Jakarta: Inside Raw Vision Collective’s biggest swing yet

Ye A$AP Rocky

2 articles Aug 27

Che Nettspend Black Kray 1oneam Jaeychino OsamaSon skaiwater TWENTYTHREE xaviersobased

Exclaim!, Stereogum

Complex Music Aug 31

Tyrese Reacts to Busta Rhymes, J Dilla's 'Dillagence II' Project: 'You Have Stressed Me the F Out'

Tyrese Busta Rhymes J Dilla Lil Wayne Big Sean Anderson .Paak Ludacris Jon Batiste Talib Kweli

RTS Musique Aug 29

Kanye West en concert en Russie: l'annonce suscite l'enthousiasme et la polémique

Complex Music Aug 29

Bianca Censori Serves Up Kanye West's Head in Behind-the-Scenes Look at 'OK' Music Video

Ye Don Toliver

6 articles Aug 29

Lil Durk Quando Rondo Ye King Von mgk Meek Mill Cardi B Doodie Lo Only the Family

AllHipHop, Billboard, HotNewHipHop +1

HotNewHipHop Aug 28

Eaters – Song by Young Thug featuring Travis Scott, Future, Yeat, & Tezzus

Young Thug Travis Scott Future Yeat Tezzus

21 articles Aug 28

Erykah Badu The Alchemist Thundercat Steve Lacy Earl Sweatshirt Majid Jordan selug Interpol Turnstile Kamasi Washington Westside Gunn DRAM De La Soul Smino Joi

AllHipHop, Bandcamp Daily, Benzine Magazine +15

Consequence of Sound Aug 28

Mike D's Thank You Switches It Up in a Post-Beastie Boys World

Beastie Boys Mike D 5D

HotNewHipHop Aug 28

#NDA – Album by Trippie Redd

Trippie Redd Tezzus

4 articles Aug 27

Beastie Boys Mike D Delta 5 ROSALÍA Sufjan Stevens Bon Iver Gorillaz Ad‐Rock

Clash Music, Les Inrocks, Libération +1

DancehallMag Aug 27

Busta Rhymes Recalls Recording With J Dilla As His Mother Served as Engineer

Busta Rhymes J Dilla Common

Overview

Recent developments in experimental hip hop include Mahershala Ali drawing inspiration from Ka's 'Honor Killed the Samurai' for a new role, Aesop Rock and Blockhead announcing their album 'Trouble Mountain,' and Beck revealing his new project 'Ride Lonesome' while delaying his tour. Multiple artists, including Travis Scott and Charli XCX, are also linked to the 'GTA 6' soundtrack, with additional activity around DJ Shadow's 1996 album 'Endtroducing...' anniversary and acoustic performances by Bleed in France.

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experimental hip hop

Most active in experimental hip hop

Is Kanye West’s “Carnival” The Most Fascist Rap Song Ever Made?

Tyrese Reacts to Busta Rhymes, J Dilla's 'Dillagence II' Project: 'You Have Stressed Me the F Out'

Kanye West en concert en Russie: l'annonce suscite l'enthousiasme et la polémique

Travis Scott Suggests Mike Dean Will Be Heavily Involved With His New Album

Bianca Censori Serves Up Kanye West's Head in Behind-the-Scenes Look at 'OK' Music Video

Eaters – Song by Young Thug featuring Travis Scott, Future, Yeat, & Tezzus

L’évolution musicale de Beck

Mike D's Thank You Switches It Up in a Post-Beastie Boys World

Hit-Boy Reveals Kanye Banned Him From Stage in Paris Despite Producing the Hit

#NDA – Album by Trippie Redd

Bringing YE (Kanye West) to Jakarta: Inside Raw Vision Collective’s biggest swing yet

Busta Rhymes Recalls Recording With J Dilla As His Mother Served as Engineer

Is Kanye West’s “Carnival” The Most Fascist Rap Song Ever Made?

Travis Scott Suggests Mike Dean Will Be Heavily Involved With His New Album

L’évolution musicale de Beck

Hit-Boy Reveals Kanye Banned Him From Stage in Paris Despite Producing the Hit

Bringing YE (Kanye West) to Jakarta: Inside Raw Vision Collective’s biggest swing yet

Tyrese Reacts to Busta Rhymes, J Dilla's 'Dillagence II' Project: 'You Have Stressed Me the F Out'

Kanye West en concert en Russie: l'annonce suscite l'enthousiasme et la polémique

Bianca Censori Serves Up Kanye West's Head in Behind-the-Scenes Look at 'OK' Music Video

Eaters – Song by Young Thug featuring Travis Scott, Future, Yeat, & Tezzus

Mike D's Thank You Switches It Up in a Post-Beastie Boys World

#NDA – Album by Trippie Redd

Busta Rhymes Recalls Recording With J Dilla As His Mother Served as Engineer

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Busta Rhymes exhume un inédit de J Dilla et D’Angelo

Mike D announces album 'Thank You'

Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial continues with testimony from shooter and flipped crew member

Kanye West seeks to exclude antisemitic social media posts from discrimination trial

Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial features prosecutors revisiting King Von's murder and Kanye West's surprise appearance

Erykah Badu and The Alchemist release collaborative album 'Before the World Blows'

Mike D annonce son premier album solo

Toronto's First Class Fest loses multiple artists from lineup

Busta Rhymes exhume un inédit de J Dilla et D’Angelo

Mike D announces album 'Thank You'

Kanye West seeks to exclude antisemitic social media posts from discrimination trial

Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial features prosecutors revisiting King Von's murder and Kanye West's surprise appearance

Toronto's First Class Fest loses multiple artists from lineup

Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial continues with testimony from shooter and flipped crew member

Erykah Badu and The Alchemist release collaborative album 'Before the World Blows'

Mike D annonce son premier album solo

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