Photo by Tim Saccenti for Fly Anakin
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Extending a year-long hot-streak, Charlotte’s Kaos The Baker links with Pink Siifu for a cerebral string-laden one-off.
Los Angeles underground rap vet Fatlip resurfaces with Blu on a glimmering slow-crackling soul loop provided by Madlib.
Madlib supplies a sleek and sultry up-tempo groove for Fly Anakin‘s latest single, announcing the Richmond rapper’s debut album, Frank, which is out on March 11th via Lex Records.
Ivan Ave signals a new project may be on the horizon with a warbled and warm new single produced by Sasac.
Ivy Sole resurfaces with a shifty earworming single, which arrives by way of a visual with all the trimmings of early 2000s rap and r&b grails.
Fresh off an appearance on Robert Glasper‘s sobering new single, Big K.R.I.T comes through with a smooth-as-hell self-produced transmission, paired with a very dapper visual accompaniment.
Scam rap sultan Guapdad 4000 slips into the new year with a new twist on an LL Cool J classic.
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