Minimal Hip Hop songs | Indie Shuffle

Sleaford Mods - Mork n Mindy (Ft. Billy Nomates)

Sounds like: Kate Tempest, The Prodigy, IDLES

"Rants for the working class" is how Sleaford Mods have defined their own genre. With an East Midlands dialect thicker than a bowl of molasses, Jason ...

Mind, Body & Beats

8 (Ft. Chester Watson)

Sounds like: Rejjie Snow, Lucki, Max Wonders, Mick Jenkins

chillwave experimental hip-hop Mick Jenkins minimal hip-hop Rejjie Snow

Am I the only one who struggles to find 'relaxing' rap music? Not that all hip hop is aggressive, it’s just not what I turn on when I have a headache....

Tidecruz

pender

Electronic downtempo Sunday Night Chill instrumental hip-hop minimal hip-hop

J. Cole

Lights Please (Nubbz Remix)

Sounds like: Made in M, Spaze Windu

remixes future beats hip-hop remixes chill hip-hop laidback hip hop

Before you is J. Cole's "Lights Please" re-imagined in beat rich bliss and I'll be damned if it's not the chillest version under the sun. This remix ...

MIKNNA

TRINITY AVE

Sounds like: Kid Cudi, Robotaki, They., Pham, Noah Slee

downtempo electronic hip-hop future bass future beats kid cudi

Love the production on this. MIKNNA is a duo from the city of lost angels, otherwise known as L.A. "TRINITY AVE" is straight neon, as in, you'll wan...

Kid Cudi

Frequency

Sounds like: Drake, Kanye West

hip-hop drake chill hip-hop kanye west kid cudi

Those of you in the loop may have heard about Kid Cudi's revelations about fighting depression. That context makes the video for this new single "Freq...

Appleby

Castles

Sounds like: Mura Masa, Sampha, Feki

chill hip-hop Sampha mura masa minimal hip-hop chill rap

Appleby's "Castles" caught my attention pretty much instantly. This is a damned good song. It blends downtempo hip-hop with the latest in electronic ...

9 Theory

At Home In The Dark (Ft. Scarub & Dawn Mitschele)

Sounds like: Doomtree, Emancipator

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9 Theory's "At Home In The Dark" just goes to show that there are plenty of hidden gems out there that aren't spanking-brand-new. In this case, the s...

Kanye West

Say You Will (Ft. Caroline Shaw)

Sounds like: Jay Z, Drake, Kendrick Lamar

female vocalist hip-hop rap pop electronic hip-hop

While his fashion line seems to be keeping him from completing his long-awaited SWISH LP, Kanye West has surprised the internet today with the release...

Thor Rixon

Bury Me With Diamonds (Ft. Okmalumkoolkat & Push Push)

Sounds like: Nosaj Thing, Dirty Paraffin

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I have a feeling a number of you out there won't like this track, but bear with me... Thor Rixon and Okmalumkoolkat are no strangers to Indie Shuffle...

Kilter & GRMM

Look At Me (Ft. Yung Fusion)

Sounds like: Bondax, Cashmere Cat, Rustie

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Throughout the past 18 or so months, the combination of electronic music with hip-hop has steadily risen to the top of my personal pile of favorite st...

Nosaj Thing

Cold Stares (Ft. Chance The Rapper)

Sounds like: Andre 3000, Lapalux, Shlohmo, Frank Ocean

Electronic hip-hop chill hip-hop frank ocean shlohmo

Chance The Rapper's all over the place, collaborating with the likes of Action Bronson and even Madonna. Flash forward to today, and Nosaj Thing unv...

Sonny Digital

I'm The Man

Sounds like: Future, The Weeknd, PARTYNEXTDOOR

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Fresh from handling production duties on ILOVEMAKONNEN's hit, "Tuesday," Atlanta beatmaker Sonny Digital has stepped out on his own with "I'm The Man....

SBTRKT

Higher (Ft. Raury)

Sounds like: Chance The Rapper, Stwo, Flying Lotus

hip-hop electronic hip-hop Flying Lotus SBTRKT stwo

2014: the year that rappers and some of the best producers in the game started working together in earnest. Last week we had Flying Lotus + Chance Th...

Subculture Sage

1=1=1

Sounds like: CYNE, King Krule

hip-hop chill hip-hop king krule minimal hip-hop chill rap

There must be something in the London water, because Subculture Sage's new single "1=1=1" reminds me a whole lot of fellow city-dweller King Krule -- ...

D/C

Devil On My Shoulder

Sounds like: The Weeknd, Sam Smith, London Grammar

R&B soul electronic R&B the weeknd indie soul

One of the many up-and-coming talented UK muso kids, London's D/C only has a few mashups and live recordings to his name on the big worldwide web, how...

Hot Sugar

Erica (Ft. The GTW)

Sounds like: Chrome Sparks, The Weeknd, Insightful, Sango, Daedelus

Electronic hip-hop experimental R&B indie R&B

It's always great when two previously unrelated artists get together. It's been a minute since I've heard anything from either of them, so this is a p...

Notes To Self

Sounds like: Shigeto, Danny Brown, Zeroh

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I remember seeing RUFFMERCY asking over Twitter for someone's help in procuring a "Numbers On The Boards" a capella a few weeks back. I thought it was...

Ciara

And I (Amplicity Bootleg)

Sounds like: Giraffage, Cashmere Cat

Electronic chill electronic R&B instrumental hip-hop female vocalist remixes

We're really enjoying the simplicity in the work of an artist called Amplicity, and the Los Angeles-based producer recently turned in this minimal edi...

Astronomyy

Things I'd Do For You

Sounds like: The xx, Fyfe, Josef Salvat

Electronic electronic R&B minimal electronica minimal the xx

Well, I certainly wasn't expecting any new material from London's mystery man Astronomyy this soon, but "Thing's I'd Do For You" has me singing this l...