[MP3] Listen to Two Recent Tracks by Kaytranada – Drive Me Crazy feat. Vic Mensa / Mick Jenkins – Rain

The “Rain” track by Mick Jenkins is produced by Kaytranada. Both joints are super-solid though, no??

[MP3] Joey Bada$$ – No. 99 (prod. by Statik Selektah)

As I was saying on twitter the other day, for all my old curmudgeon friends who lamented how the sound of mainstream hip-hop veered away from the dusty crate diggin’ boom-bap sound of sampled breaks and loops, I would always tell them that everything goes in cycles and that their beloved 90’s hip-hop sound would come back into vogue, not when young kids discovered Tribe, Pete Rock and De La et al., but when one of those kids discovered those sounds and, inspired by them, made it their own.

I’m not sure it’s happened quite yet but Joey Bada$$ might be that kid I was talking about. Exhibit 1: his flip of A Tribe Called Quest‘s iconic “Scenario” beat for the “No. 99” track from his recently released official major label debut album, B4.Da.$$, produced by 90s hip-hop flag waver, Statik Selektah.

Will this album kick all the trap, drill and club electro sounds currently dominating clubs and radio to the curb? Not sure I really believe that but for those of you holding a candle up for that eventuality, maybe there’s a little bit more hope now?

[MP3] Audego – Feral

Kitchen favorites and #DK11 album alum, Audego have let loose another track from their still untitled forthcoming third album called “Feral.” Of course, it’s brilliant, as usual. Here’s the scoop on the track which premiered on the Earmilk blog:

Australian singer/producer duo, Audego present their new song, “Feral.” Pasobionic creates a bed of undulating percussion scattered with claps and bells, fleshed out with loping synth and rhodes chords, over which Carolyn Tariq’s honeyed vocals lament the exhaustion of carrying someone who keeps letting you down.

“Feral” is available for “name your price” via bandcamp and will (soon) be available on iTunes.

Missed the track, “Gone” which we were honored to premiere as part of the This One Goes To Eleven… compilation album for the 11th anniversary of Different Kitchen last Fall? Listen to it HERE.

[MP3] Listen to Two Recent Tracks by Soulja Boy: Drop Head Phantom / Party

Don’t underestimate the influence of Soulja Boy on the new school of Southern rappers like Migos and Rae Sremmurd, that’s poppin’ right now. Y’all act like he didn’t make a record that was the beat to freestyle over for a minute…

[MP3] Agallah The Don & Hus Kingpin – Gangsta 2K15 (Prod. Agallah The Don)

Recent track form the homie, Agallah The Don featuring another NYC I cat just got up on recently, Hus Kingpin. This one is a banger! Sounding, production-wise, like hit-making, commercial radio 50 cent in his prime. Nice one, Ag. I digs!