hip-hop

Skylar Spence + the Knocks combine forces as supergroup/alter-ego Amelia Airhorn to drop an immersive, character-filled, starry-eyed love letter to NYC nightlife, teeming with summertime nostalgia, familiar samples, channel-surfing interludes, New York hip-hop, and straight up euphoric hands-in-the-air disco-soul...

We featured a couple of tracks from this thing in our June 2016 mix, but it's worth noting that New Jersey producer Flamingosis' stellar, sample-based new full-length Bright Moments is officially out now. Not sure why this dude isn't everywhere by now -- he would have been huge in the good old blog days (2009) -- but this record is absolutely essential if you're looking for a breezy, feel-good sou

Toro y Moi just dropped a new hip-hop record/mixtape called Samantha, featuring collabs with Washed Out, Rome Fortune, Nosaj Thing, Kool AD, and more, via a link to dropbox on his instagram. Go grab it + check the tracklist after the jump: download: Toro y Moi :: Samantha .zip

"Low-end might be associated with thunder, or the sound of a mother's heartbeat as heard from inside the womb, or an approaching stampede, or earthquake. Low-end generally indicates something bigger and more powerful than you" — BotanyDimming Awe, The Light is Raw is the expansive new full-length from DFW native and current Austin resident Spencer Stephenson, aka Botany...

One of the most versatile producers/composers currently doing it returns with his first official release of the year, a stunning new EP called Trapped Goddess. Immerse yourselves in the beautiful, soothing "ambient leftfield hip-hop" vibes below, and download it here...

Starring Jay-Z, Chamillionaire, Kanye, Luda, etc., and an amazing 8-bit version of T.I.'s "What You Know" that's somehow just as massively anthemic as the original, and would've worked SO well over the end credits on Mike Tyson's Punch-Out. Seriously, sync it up: On the off-chance you don't recognize all of these, full tracklist after the jump... *******************