Independent hip hop music is usually characterized by rhythmic beats, rapping or chants, sampling, and meaningful storytelling lyrics. Hip hop can include rap and glitch, but instrumental hip hop tracks have become increasingly popular.
By Jason Grishkoff | February 24th, 2012
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hip-hop remixes, ratatat, indie rock hip-hop
A lot of poseurs try to remix hip-hop over a slick instrumental line, but none of them come close to Ratatat. Homeboys are by far the best hip-hop remixes to…keep reading →
By Dwayne | February 23rd, 2012
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Instrumental Hip Hop, Flying Lotus, Curated Playlists
A genre currently getting a lot of love is the beat scene, which is mainly coming out of Los Angeles, and has been popular there for roughly the last decade.…keep reading →
By Jason Grishkoff | February 23rd, 2012
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gorillaz, indie rock hip-hop, Outkast
It’s highly unusual that we’d post the same track two days in a row, but we thought we’d upgrade yesterday’s radio rip of this track with the real thing. Converse…keep reading →
By sweeneykovar | February 22nd, 2012
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hip-hop, Los Angeles, jay electronica
Full disclosure: I was initially unimpressed and cynical about young Kendrick Lamar. I was skeptical about the earnestness of HiiiPower and was hesitant to buy into the hype surrounding Section…keep reading →
By Sean O | February 22nd, 2012
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hip-hop, electronic hip-hop, The Peach Kings
Just over twenty-six minutes into Metal Moon, the debut album of San Francisco-based outfit Dirty Ghosts officially caught my attention. The anthem-rock guitar riffs of “19 in ’71″ stop on…keep reading →
By Justin Kim | February 22nd, 2012
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hip-hop, rock, soundtrack
So, this season of Californication has been eventful, to say the least. We’ve seen Hank return to the City of Angels for a new gig as a screenwriter, this time…keep reading →
By Jason Grishkoff | February 21st, 2012
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hip-hop, kid cudi, indie rock hip-hop
So, there’s a whole lot of hubub going on right now over a previously unreleased Kid Cudi track “Dose of Dopeness,” which has gotten a lot of bloggers opining for…keep reading →
By Jason Grishkoff | February 21st, 2012
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hip-hop, madlib, mf doom
Two words: “mutant porn.” Huh? Intentional or not, I have a feeling that Madlib’s latest album Black Tape will best be known for its artwork, which rightly requires a stamp of…keep reading →