The Return of Clean
Skyzoo is a well known maintsay in the boombap genre of hiphop for some time now and has staked a claim as a heir apparent to that classic hiphop flow and bop we love here at badmagics. He recently dropped a joing project with none other than Pete Rock. Now he is following that up … Read More “Skyzoo Dumbo station- The Bluest Note” »
Dean Priest is a singer and emcee from Birmingham Alabama. I have heard him over the years on various projects throughout the region providing dope guest features along the way. He has always worked his spiritual identity into his art and on this release entitled “Cynthia’s Son”, Dean displays it as a frequent motif coupled … Read More “Dean Priest – Cynthia’s Son” »
The Hue is a mainstay hiphop, soul and funk group for Houston Texas that continues the sound crafted by organize noize in the 90s i.e. The modern children of all the genres i mentioned in the first sentence coming together to form a dope blend of music that is a favorite of the staff here … Read More “The Hue -own it(hunnid)” »
DJ shadow released “The Mountain Will Fall” back in early May and this connection with De la Soul was a part of it. This is great to hear from De la again after their trials with tommy boy and Trugoy’s illness. This is a fun hiphop song with a node to classic hiphop style. De … Read More “DJ Shadow- Rocket Fuel featuring De La Soul” »
Locksmith dropped Ali on December 7 2018 which was a follow up to his dope collabo album with Apollo brown “no Questions” this summer. This jawn continues where that left off but the production leans toward a experimental open ended trap sound that brings a difference bounce to his bars. He also brought some interesting … Read More “Locksmith-ALI” »
After dropping the dope collabo “24 hours” featuring Billy Daze from M.O.P. Monch kicks 2019 off with another blazing track entitled “yayo”. It is a dope song about one of the most infamous drugs of all time(cocaine). This is similar to the work he did on gun violence with “bullet” in its eerie delivery. The … Read More “Pharoahe Monch-yayo” »
Chuck D is on his gil scott heron lane of his career and on celebration of ignorance I think he has found his voice even though his voice sounds a bit more strained than usual which can be due to his production or his years of performing on the road like dmc(from run dmc). Chuck … Read More “Chuck D-Celebration of Ignorance” »
The south has been ruling the mainstream airwaves in hiphop for some time now with the triplet flow that was a mainstay in Memphis TN for some time but there was a more soulful brand of hiphop that was also a staple of the south that we hear even less than boombap in the mainstream … Read More “Eightball & MJG- Take a Picture” »
Ras Kass kicks off 2019 with a bang with visuals from his upcoming project SO12: The leaks. The video was directed by underground legend Shabaam Sadheq and production was handled by Omid G who gave Ras a great boom bap banger to lace with his usual thought provoking wit. ENJOY!
