[Music Video + MP3] Ultra Magnus & DJ SLAM! – HELL-O-L

Lead single from Ultra Magnus & DJ SLAM!‘s latest album The Raw [Bandcamp streaming link], which has a bit of Run The Jewels feel on the production to my ears. I’m a little late on this. Not only did the album drop a month ago (Feb. 20) but they just completed an 11 date tour across Ontario, Quebec and the East Coast of Canada. Respect to indie rappers on they grind who realize building a career involves more than tweet spamming bloggers with your soundcloud links! Your man’s dressing gown tho’….

[MP3] Durag Dynasty – Catch That Feeling (prod. by Just Blaze)

Anthemic, gutter sh-t by Durag Dynasty and Just Blaze. My kind of hip-hop!

[MP3] Badbadnotgood – Boogie No. 69

A little Sunday morning jazzy listening from Toronto’s Badbadnotgood.

Previously on The Kitchen:

– Listen to Tracks from the Badbadnotgood x Ghostface Killah – Sour Soul Album HERE

[Playlist] Different Kitchen – March ’15 RDIO Picks Volume 2

01. Kanye West – All Day
02. Raury – God’s Whisper
03. Action Bronson – Baby Blue (feat. Chance The Rapper)
04. Fashawn – Something to Believe In (feat. Nas & Aloe Blacc)
05. Christina Milian – Rebel
06. Cashmere Cat – Adore
07. George Maple – Where You End and I Begin
08. Major Lazer – Lean On (feat. MØ & DJ Snake)
09. Jack Ü, Skrillex, Diplo – Where Are Ü Now (feat. Justin Bieber)
10. Basement Jaxx – Jus Be Free With Your Body (Vibe Mix)
11. George Maple – Talk Talk (Moon Boots Remix)
12. Dej Loaf – We Be On It
13. DTMD – You
17. Best Coast – California Nights
18. Colleen Green – I Want to Grow Up
19. Tame Impala – Let It Happen
20. Blur – Go Out
21. Gray – Cut It Up High Priest
22. Machinedrum – Eyesdontlie (DJ Shadow Remix)
23. Big Sean – Outro
24. Estelle and Jussie Smollett – Conqueror
25. Wale – The Matrimony (feat. Usher)
26. Alabama Shakes – Gimme All Your Love
27. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – The Right Stuff
28. TV On The Radio – Test Pilot (Chilly Gonzales Re-Make)
29. Patrick Watson – Love Songs For Robots

Related:

[Playlist] Different Kitchen – March ’15 Picks from RDIO

Follow Different Kitchen on RDIO HERE

[MP3] Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta

So apparently there’s been mixed response to this latest leak from Kendrick Lamar‘s just-announced To Pimp A Butterfly album. Between that and the lukewarm response to “i” I have a feeling the album is going to be an eclectic, experimental set like Common‘s Electric Circus that might go under-appreciated or be panned because it’s not GKMC 2.

I, on the other hand, think that Kendrick is in the vanguard of a new black music renaissance (cf. Yeezus, Black Messiah, LP1) that has hip-hop at its creative & artistic core, the same way blues has been for just about all forms of pop music up until this point, and as the basis for its attitude or point of view, but draws on other influences and elements too. Just a thesis I’ve been mulling around for a while now. Needs work for sure, I know….