4yo so probably doesn’t qualify as newish, but Sam from Future Islands is a surprisingly good emcee
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What Moodymann LP is that mate?
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This one.
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Nice one mate.
Couldn’t lend us 148 notes could you?
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Ha! I’ve got the next best thing. I’ve got flacs if you want them.
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One of those records destined to be on my wantslist forever.
It’s summer, right? I work in a primary school and we had a picnic yesterday. There were wasps and it rained so it definitely felt like summer.
Here’s a summer jam from one of my faves from a few years ago.
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Right. I’ve got two streaming services now. I’ve swerved them previously on account of not being able to keep up with the music I purchase, but of course, I’m massively enjoying them.
I’ve made some playlists for other people so I’ll share them here too if that’s okay?
They’re a ‘best of’ of the hip hop that I listen to. The recent stuff is all US releases.
Here’s one for 2023 so far…
Grafh and 38 Spesh - Life’s The Same
Knowledge The Pirate - Public Execution
Junclassic - 1000 Antz
L’Roneous & Blesinfinite - Book of Rhyme
Killer Mike & El-P - Don’t Let The Devil
Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Soundcheck ft. Quelle Chris
Achoodfella & Arkin - Al Record Me
Kool Keith & Real Bad Man - Jungle Fever
Mally Abstract - Evolution (Torch Passed)
Dillon & Diamond D - Comin’ Out Swingin’ feat. Elzhi
Crimeapple - Together
Agent O & Mic Bronto - Haaa
Dango Forlaine - Spirit of J.J. Rawlings
Maxo - Both Handed
4Ize - Designer Fabrics
Pro Dillinger & Machacha - Sunrays
Rawlsmatic - Stay Good
B. Cool Aid, Pink Siifu & Ahwlee - Soundgood
Domo Genesis & The Alchemist - Power Ballad feat. Smoke Dza
Hus Kingpin - Dark Poetry
El Michels Affair & Black Thought - Alone
Thes One - 90s Mike and Chris On The Porch
Skipp Whitman & Spittzwell - No Car
38 Spesh - Outside feat. Flee Lord
Rome Streetz & Big Ghost Ltd. - Antidote
Vic Spencer & 38 Spesh - Summertime Crimes
Che Noir & Big Ghost Ltd. - Brilliance feat. Skyzoo & D-Styles
Chuck D - The Cobra
BlkSknn & Soufend Music - Yesterday’s Prices
Recognize Ali - Belly of the Beast
Ankhlejohn & Look Damien! - Moving Mountains
El Jazzy Chavo - It’s Only A Paper Moon
Mach-Hommy - Everybody (Source Codes)
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Really digging that Billy Woods / Kenny Segal - Maps album.
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What a man.
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Really enjoying Noname’s album this year. Love her poetic flow.
Edit: Oh Christ. Some anti-semitic themes in one of Jay Electronica’s verses. 
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Yeah. She’s great. Have you checked out her Tiny Desk concerts? First one was 2017. There was a new one last month. You can see her evolution as an artist.
She’s on tour next year. I’ve got tickets for Manchester.
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Ah no. I’ll check em out tonight. I love a tiny desk.
Been listening to Sundial and Room 25 today. I just love the sound of her voice. Song / album lengths are perfect too.
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I’ve not posted lately. My most useful contribution to this forum is to post recent Hip Hop that some of you might enjoy.
With that in mind, I’ve had a look through stuff from this year and picked some tracks that might align with Test Pressing sensibilities - so hip hop with blissed out / woozy / electronic / jazzy / Balearic- friendly production. And a song about taking pills.
Including music from Blu, Mutant Academy, Smoke Dza, Navy Blue, Roc Marciano, Tree, MIKE, Visioneers, JPEGMAFIA etc.
It’s got a DOOM thumbnail because I’ve just started reading the Chronicles of DOOM book and I wanted a pic of someone holding a mic.
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Best I’ve heard in 2024
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Blu has had some great releases over the last year and a bit. In the streaming /YouTube /bandcamp / whatever era, some of these guys are mad prolific. In this period, he’s done whole albums with different producers, notably - Nottz (that was my fave and the soundtrack to the start of this year), Evidence, Shafiq Husayn (formerly of Sa-Ra), Real Bad Man, and Exile.
I saw him with Exile and MED about a year ago in Manchester and we’ve just got tickets to see him with Exile, in Preston in a couple of weeks. Exile does the live drum machine beats thing too. Kinda like the finger drumming thing.
Here’s a couple of tracks I really like from this year and another Apple Music playlist of some of the best bits from this period.
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I resurrect this thread periodically (as I’ve said before because it’s my most useful contribution to this forum).
Just seen the old thread with @Piers asking for some tips on lyrical emcees.
My current favourites, lyrically, are…
Black Thought (obviously, right??)
Elzhi (Detroit’s finest)
Your Old Droog (kind of like mastery of wordplay)
Skyzoo (for the effortless flow and storytelling)
Homeboy Sandman (lyrics, cadence, voice)
I’ve got Apple playlists of all these dudes. I reckon Elzhi probably makes the best records out of this list so I’ll share that one.
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Here’s some Homeboy Sandman jawns from the last couple of years. Relationship vibes.
