Track/MP3: Run The Jewels – “Get It”
Hip hop’s “overly fucking awesome” duo of EL-P and KILLER MIKE have released a new collab joint titled “Get It” and it’s just the start of their new project RUN THE JEWELS. The track is set to appear on a free album that will be out this summer but they’re also headed out on the road in July and August with Despot and Das Racist’s Kool AD. If that wasn’t enough, the new single is downright filthy.... Read More
VIDEO: El-P – “Stay Down”
The Cancer For Cure recording “Stay Down” is EL-P’s latest music video victim and though the record stand-out doesn’t feature Island’s Nick Diamonds, it does a very good job at replacing him. Directed by Timothy Saccenti, the clip features TV On The Radio’s Jaleel Bunton who wows an audience as a super rock idol version of Diamonds and subsequently influences them to heckle/assault El and his familiar puppet friend... Read More
BLARE Monthly Mix: May 2012
In the blazing wash of summer, we are proud to present our first ever BLARE MONTHLY MIX where we put together our own tape to bring a kitchen sink of music to infect your ears. We’re not kidding. El-P’s terrorizing underground rap jaunt slides into Azealia Banks’ bouncy steel drum ditty and out blooms Beat Connection’s tranquility, Doldrums’ hallucinogenic funk, White Arrows’ stripping lo-fi and Broken Water’s... Read More
REVIEW: El-P – “Cancer For Cure”
[May 22nd 2012 - Fat Possum Records // Find it at: iTunes | Insound] ______________________________________________________________ If hip-hop is a poetic form of culture, is there a limit on how creative you can be? If there is one, Brooklyn mic wrangler El-P knows how to warp the limitations into an imaginative thud that provides a brace for the stories behind Cancer For Cure. His first album in five years rarely touches a club joint as his imagery’s... Read More
REVIEW: Killer Mike – “R.A.P. Music”
[May 15th 2012 - Williams Street Records // Find it at: iTunes | Insound] ______________________________________________________________ From the get-go, it’s clear that R.A.P. Music isn’t a slouching ambassador of what rap should be. Maybe it’s fellow MC El-P’s distinctive waxed-on production or maybe it’s the Bow Down feeling Killer Mike dusts off in his Ice Cube-ruthless rout of the record’s opener “Big... Read More