Author: Hazel Clementine

By Hazel Clementine

The eccentric rapper and singer Pink Siifu releases a collaborative album with Turich Benjy, titled ‘IT’S TOO QUIET..’!!’. Not only is the highly anticipated project collaborative work but it features tons of other rappers, singers and producers, all coming together to create a cohesive sound. With potent trap and 808 drums flourishing within Pink Siifu’s eclectic sound, it turned this album into an adventurous sonic journey at each turn.

Pink Siifu made sure this album was a hitmaker as tracks like ‘WYWD..’!?’, ‘lookin..’!!(gorgeous)’, ‘Cadillac or Lex..’!!’ and ‘Keith Sweat..’!!’, it’s a banger from start to finish. Styles of chopped and screwed, rnb, cloud rap, Atlanta style trap, juke and experimental fill the album’s atmosphere, and all of the sounds merge into greatness. There were multiple highly talented producers on this project as well such as Tony Seltzer, SWARVY, Dj Harrison and HiTech adding to the poignancy of this project.

This is a rare instance where putting the album on shuffle could be a rewarding experience, due to its highly eclectic and energizing nature. The artistic aspect of the album really shines through across the track-listing with so many diverse moments. Check this album out on all streaming platforms and bump it up to MAX VOLUME!!!

By Hazel Clementine

Underground hiphop legend Aesop Rock has a new album that continues his impressive run from the past few years. ‘Integrated Tech Solutions’ starts off in a clever way with an 80’s themed infomercial about the integrated tech solutions that’s about to blast through your speakers. With album features such as billy woods, Hanni El Khatib and Rob Sonic, this new album is sure an incredible work of art, with expansive sonics and themes that stimulate thought at each turn. The beautifully poetic lyrics that are written and crafted by Rock stands out specifically in this particular album. With highlighted songs like ‘Living Curfew’, ‘Kyanite Toothpick’, ‘Salt and Pepper Squid’ and ‘Black Snow’, you are sure to have your heart and ears filled with energy as Aesop Rock creatively lays it down on each track with epic lyrics and beats turning this into a masterpiece. You can find this album on all streaming platforms so you don’t miss this!

Get ‘Integrated Tech Solutions’ on Bandcamp HERE.

By Hazel Clementine

‘Farewell.’ is the title of the most recent beat tape created by one of the standout beat makers and producers in the game. Tuamie tells a story with this beat tape- a quite melancholy story nonetheless, but we loved how creative and expressive he gets with this tape. This album makes your mind wander into and explore multiple possibilities or scenarios of what this album really means.

Our interpretation of this tape is that it goes through someone’s life who’s having a hard time, whether it being financially, mentally or emotionally. He starts off the tape with the first track titled “home less”, and right from the start is where this beat tape captivates the listener. The main character of the beat tape starts to experience homelessness, and could’ve been staying with family and friends but by the second track they’re now homeless on the streets with nowhere to go.

The third track titled ‘open everyday’, gives a sense of hope and ambition. With the more upbeat drums and sense of hope, the main character starts to plan their ways out of homelessness and desperation. They’ve figured out ways to succeed in life- but the 4th track titled ‘street sleeping’ tells us metaphorically but in not so many words that their hopes and aspirations did not pan out as well as they thought it would’ve before. They’re now outside truly sleeping under bridges and in hidden places behind buildings and trees because they don’t have anyone or anywhere to go.

Sadly, By the last track titled ‘xanax or o.d.’, it’s assumed that the main character of the tape has o’d on things that shouldn’t have been consumed. To an artistic hear, the beat on the last track also uses a loop that sounds as if someone is taking their last breaths. Farewell to the main character and another hit once again from precisely one of the best beat maker and producer of our time, Tuamie. To listen, you can find this album on Bandcamp and purchase directly or you can stream on Spotify or any other streaming service.

Support Tuamie on Bandcamp directly HERE.

By Hazel Clementine

SpaceGhostPurrp has done it once again! If you’re not familiar with the underground experimental hip hop legend then you have a lot of catching up to do. Years worth of catching up- to be exact- and we suggest you start catching up by listening to his older works on YouTube. Although this album isn’t necessarily new, we wanted to bring to your attention that SpaceGhostPurrp has released a remastered classic.

The classic that he has so graciously remastered for our ears is ‘BLVCKLVND RVDIX 66.6’. Inspired by the Memphis rap sound of the 1990’s when rap group Three Six Mafia made this sound notorious in the hip hop game, SpaceGhostPurrp fused multiple beats and rhythms to create the work of genius work of art we are now listening to today. SpaceGhostPurrp orchestrated trap, phonk, memphis rap and experimental music to conceptualize ‘BLVCKLVND RVDIX 66.6’. If you still haven’t heard this album, I recommend you listen to it now to catch up on SpaceGhostPurrp and his classics which you can listen to on bandcamp or on spotify and youtube.

Get the album on Bandcamp HERE.

By Hazel Clementine

Time Rival is exciting new fans as he releases his new album ‘Reaction Vol. 1’. Rival is a beat maker, cross-genre electronic and experimental musician from the Chi Town suburbs. The new chemistry and physics based beat tape titled ‘Reaction Vol. 1’ is a very cutting-edge beat tape as it contains atmospheres of ambient, IDM and downtempo genres to add to the breathtaking instrumental hip hop beats. With very calming and tranquil tracks, Rival took from his meditation projects named ‘Inaction’ and combined it with his knowledge of chemical reactions.

The song titles are mostly about different types of reactions in the science field such as the song ‘Kinetics’ makes sense as the first song on the album as it is the branch of chemistry and studying the rates of reactions. ‘Colorimetry’ is about measurements of colors and how it is used to quantify & describe physically the human color perception. If you happen to love instrumental beats and beat tapes then be sure to check out this new album because not only is it soothing and relaxing, it’s also very informative and educational if you happen to look beyond the beats of the songs and really get behind the meanings and definitions. Be sure to check this album out on Bandcamp today!

Support Time Rival directly on Bandcamp HERE.

By Hazel Clementine

Tis’ the season to be filled with cozy head-nodding christmas joints by the legendary producer and beat maker himself, Funky DL. Hailing from East London, Funky DL has worked with countless musicians such as teaming up with legendary Japanese producer Nujabes. Not only can Funky DL make fire beats- but he can also rap. Some amazing albums you should check out, where he not only makes the beats but also shows his lyricism skills are: ‘Funky DL – The Ultimate Collection’, Blackcurrent Jazz Instrumentals and an instrumental album titled ‘Nights In Nippon’.

Aside from his older projects, this new album is warm, cozy and full of holiday cheer. Funky DL wanted this album to be more about the music and emotions connected to Christmas instead of the materialistic meanings that a lot of people care about during the holiday season.

Funky DL successfully managed to turn classic Christmas music into joyous, soulful and memorable beats that you can play and enjoy with family, friends and loved ones. To listen to this album, check it out on YouTube as he has special visuals for this album! Or you can jam to this on Bandcamp, Spotify and Apple Music.

Support Funky DL directly on his Bandcamp HERE.

By Hazel Clementine

When you pair mind-expanding production with potent, rich lyricism what are you bound to get? Smoke DZA and Flying Lotus‘ collaboration EP ‘Flying Objects’. With this being Flying Lotus’ first release since 2021, he’s sure made himself a comeback after two years, with an electrifying new project that tantalizes with each track alongside DZA. This EP seems to echo elements of some of his throwback collaborative work, in particular his Declaime joint EP ‘Whole Wide World’.

‘Flying Objects’ contains a few EP features such as Conway The Machine, Black Thought and Estelle- with each track organically echoing the afrofuturistic spacey beats that are Flying Lotus’s signature sound. The track “Painted Houses” truly delivers, as the rhythmic flows of Smoke DZA and Conway the Machine gave us those underground grimey, raw sonics. Smoke DZA shines on track “Harlem World 97” giving an old school 00’s hip hop type of vibe while Estelle sings the chorus so beautifully to the melody of the song. Check out this dazzling, spacey new EP below now.

By Hazel Clementine

Beautiful notes of spoken word, slow jams with sultry and soulful voices- these are all the hallmarks of Ta-ku‘s latest record Songs To Come Home To. The first two projects he released as part of his ‘Songs To’ series were engaging, vibrant beat tapes- whereas ‘Songs To Come Home To’ is a infectious R&B album with more vocals included alongside eloquent lyrics. Some of the standout songs on Songs To Come Home To ranged from upbeat and fun, to passionate and romantic, interwoven with eclectic songwriting that makes them all the more memorable.

The best upbeat tracks were ‘HARD2SAY’ and ‘HOPES & DREAMS’. Listening to these electrifying tracks made you want to dance and made you want to have the best time of your life. They’re stylistically similar to throwback SOULECTION future R&B sounding songs that are upbeat but still very groovy. More of the downtempo tracks like ‘SMILE’, ‘KNOW ME’ and ‘THINKING OF YOU’ cascades warm, stirring emotions across detailed instrumentation. It’s ‘HARD2SAY’ which tracks were our favorites because they were beautiful and likeable in every way. Songs To Come Home To makes you do just that while you listen- you yearn for that special someone to come home to.

Go to Ta-ku’s Bandcamp to support directly HERE.

Give Songs To Come Home To a listen here now.