This is an interesting one. Rhymesayers are continuing their excellent run of form by announcing a flood of information about P.O.S’ return in We Don’t Even Live Here. It’s coming out on the 23rd of October, but the more interesting details come in the form of guest spots on the album. Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon is interesting, Boyz Noise & Housemeister are intriguing. In the meantime though here’s the first single “Bumper”.
I have to admit to wanting more of a hip-hop sound from Scroobius Pip but he knocks this rock heavy track out of the park. One of three guest spots off the UK artist’s upcoming solo project, Distraction Pieces, “Let ‘em Come (feat. P.O.S & Sage Francis) doesn’t hold back with it’s angry, us-against-the-world nature. Only a few more weeks until the highly anticipated full release.
Sam took the Top six towards new exciting territories last week by giving it a theme. I was planning to do the same but last week happened and it was full of hospital trips, doctors, stress, and thankfully, recovery. So with that in mind, this weeks top six are based around tracks that help me relax. Some new, some old.
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At the end of last year Spin Magazine compiled a fairly comprehensive video of video game samples in hip-hop. It started to make a few of us at Lesson Six think how many were actually about video games rather than just sounding like them. The result, a list of our top six tracks about video [...]
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