[MP3] Canibus – The Odds Feat. Nappi Music

Peep a track from the legendary underground lyrical monster, Canibus‘ forthcoming (on June 22) EP, Full Spectrum Dominance. We were blessed to be able to hear an advance preview copy of the full EP courtesy of album Executive Producer, Domingo who’s releasing it via his Thatshiphopmusic.com digital release platform. Here’s our take on it:

While we enjoyed Full Spectrum Dominance overall, if we were gonna make one quibble about the record, it would be that Canibus’s style, which can feel a tad overly earnest in large doses, started to sound the same by the end. The EP is a lot of rappity rap, “centrifugal, scientifical” multi-syllabic type rhymes, basically what he’s always been known for, but when it doesn’t change up much from track to track, it began to feel a little repetitive after a while.

Production-wise though, the beats were solid, nice chunky boom bap drums with some cinematic, expansive music over top. For those who’ve always wanted to hear Canibus make a record where he came with some consistent spit-fire rhymes over some real quality beats, this should pretty much make them happy.

Fave/best tracks (in no particular order): The Odds, Black Lithium, Anagram Phoenix, Ghetto People.

Pre-order the Canibus – Full Spectrum Dominance EP at Thatshiphopmusic.com HERE.

[MP3 + Music Video] GAIKA – Crown & Key

New joint from the UK’s GAIKA from his forthcoming (July 27) album. Peep the science in this PR blast:

GAIKA presents his debut album, BASIC VOLUME, after captivating listeners with a blistering pair of acclaimed, self-released mixtapes Machine and Security and Warp-released EPs SPAGHETTO and The Spectacular Empire. Now GAIKA’s darkly magnetic blend of gothic dancehall and industrial electronics has expanded into his most far-reaching work yet.

BASIC VOLUME is today announced by the explosive arrival of ‘Crown & Key’. A muscular rallying-cry, ‘Crown & Key’ is accompanied by truly captivating, cinematic visuals, directed by Paco Raterta. Raterta says “The first time I heard ‘Crown and Key’, it reminded me of the funeral chants in the chapels of the village where I grew up, and it opened up all the biblical nightmares I use to have as a kid. If you know Christian visuals, they are very grotesque, stiff and very beautiful at the same time. The camera movement is inspired again by my memories as an altar boy, it’s basically a POV memory of mine, entering the church, carrying the bible and seeing everyone around, but the faces were always never clear, I can feel like they are looking at me, but I don’t see them at all.”

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[Album Stream] Preme – Light Of Day

How’d we miss that Toronto rapper, Preme (the artist fka P. Reign) just dropped a brand new album, Light Of Day a month ago??! Record features Offset of Migos, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled, Partynextdoor, YG (on a track produced by DJ Mustard) and Post Malone . Not only is it stacked, feature-wise but it’s pretty decent as well. Kind of crazy that this album is not getting more burn or are we just out of it and not feeling the buzz? Major miss on everyone’s part if I’m right though, sad…

[MP3] Vic Mensa. – Reverse Feat. G-Eazy

We were major, major fans of The Autobiography (missed it? Hit the jump…) so new music by Vic Mensa is very much welcome.

Related:

– Watch Rosenberg interview Mensa on his new (?) Open Late show on Complex right HERE.

– Vic Mensa teases new collaboration with Chance The Rapper and Valee [The FADER]

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[Album Stream] Shaqdi – Colorless (EP)

It’s all about Jorja Smith nowadays but here’s some more soulful-ish vibes coming out of the UK too (although vocally it reminds a little of Lily Allen in parts). Ya dig though??

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