Jon Wayne and similar artists

Sounds like: Jon Wayne, SelfSays, The Koreatown Oddity

Zeroh spits that Jodorowsky rap. After being conspicuously absent from new music since an instrumental beat tape from earlier this year, the mercuri...

MED, Blu & Madlib

Knock, Knock (Ft. MF DOOM)

Sounds like: 5 Chuckles, Jon Wayne, Exile

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Don't sleep on this one. Lowkey is one of the most consistent and hardworking MCs out of the West Coast. And MED, aka Medaphoar, has been silently b...

SelfSays

Granny

Sounds like: Open Mike Eagle, Zeroh, Jon Wayne

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Pulling from the heartfelt sentiment of "Dear Mama" and the irreverence of Mr. T's "Treat Your Mother Right," SelfSays completes the matriarchal tribu...

J. Rocc

Fire Dancer

Sounds like: Knxwledge, Madlib, Jon Wayne

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J. Rocc is the Funky President. World-class DJ, premier beat digger, supreme record collector -- it should be no surprise that this music man makes fi...

Jon Wayne

Good Samaritans (Ft. Samiyam)

Sounds like: Ras_G, Alchemist, SelfSays

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It almost sounds like the premise to a hip-hop joke: Jon Wayne, Samiyam, and Ras_G walk into Alchemist's studio and create a banger. Well, it's real...

Dag Savage

Don't Stop (Ft. Blu)

Sounds like: Exile, Fashawn, Jon Wayne

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Exile is a super-producer to the underground. After helping direct innovative full length projects with Aloe Blacc, Blu, and Fashawn, Ex is not lookin...

Jon Wayne

The Come Up (Ft. Scoop DeVille)

Sounds like: Black Milk, Madlib

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A few years ago, a rotund young Caucasian with a formidable beard for someone under legal drinking age announced that he was releasing a seven-inch re...

Quelle Chris

Super Fuck

Sounds like: House Shoes, Blu, Jon Wayne, Danny Brown

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Since Blue Mondays, Quelle Chris has fastidiously built a his own lane. With every additional project, from Shotgun and Sleek Rifle to 2Dirt4TV and it...

Pyramid Vritra

Option

Sounds like: Jon Wayne, Mndsgn, Knxwledge

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You know how sometimes you have those nights where the Internet becomes a wormhole and you go through links until you get somewhere you barely recogni...

Digital Diamonds

Delirious

Sounds like: Danny Brown, Jon Wayne, Scoop DeVille

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Scoop Deville is one of hip-hop's hardest working producers. The son of pioneer L.A. MC Kid Frost is an 80s baby, and he's already amassed a healthy s...

Karriem Riggins

Matador Posse Cut Ft. KRONDON, Homeboy Sandman, Guilty Simpson & Jon Wayne

Sounds like: Madlib, Alchemist, J Dilla,

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The 25th element of hip-hop is the posse cut. Multiple MCs swarming over a beat, each one taking it to different places, but everyone killing it. The ...

Jon Wayne

Watching Me Ft. Quelle & Zeroh

Sounds like: Quelle, Zeroh, Madlib

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Sometimes collaborations can suck. Today, creative folks can zap 1's and 0's over their digital computing machine to another creative person's digital...