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” »
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” »
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” »
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!
What a way to return! I am back on my hiphop journaling and Vast Aire has brought me back in style by dropping a track that hits so many touchstones for this hiphop Nerd it is amazing. I am going to also do a vlog about the whole elp(Live from the Aireport) that this jawn … Read More “Vast Aire- Solomon’s Temple (He Is Man) feat – Kenyattah Black” »
One of the most beautiful things about indie hiphop is the endless supply of dope producers who are there to step forward and add fresh sounds to existing work. In 2017 the preceptionists released their album resolution and it was dope as per usual. Go back and peep the the original jawn and then give … Read More “The preceptionists- low resolution (Paten locke mix)” »
File this under take my money. Trap toys is a company that makes parody mash ups of rappers and classic cartoons. The combination of MF DOOM and Duff man of Simpsons fame is by far my favorite and may find itself on my shelf within the next few weeks. It is rather fitting to have … Read More “MF DUFF from trap toys” »
Deca is One of the most recognized voices on the underground hiphop scene since I first picked up his first album in 2004 and today he dropped the video to his amazing song “Mammon’s Mantra” off his “The way Through”lp. If you know Deca he has a very beautiful cryptic flow that is easier to … Read More “Deca- Mammon’s Mantra” »
