TMG presents an exclusive mix from the incomparable Algernon, a Trinidadian renaissance man. Some may know him as the guitarist from the indie pop band, Miniature Tigers. They have gone on national tours, opening for the likes of Ben Folds and Fun. Algernon is a multi-instrumentalist, prolific producer, and a motion graphics designer. In his formative years he was one-half of the rap dou Nonspecific (with rapper Bedtime9), main producer of Sugar Brown Steven & The Super New Kids, and …
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To close out February, The Mega Late Show took over this week’s track picks. If you haven’t heard Tokyo’s number one hip-hop podcast, The Mega Late Show is available on all streaming platforms. They had me on the show a while back, here. In exchange, they did two exclusive TMG mixtapes here, and here. As guest editors, Mega and Late of MLS put together some treats. Mega’s picks are relatives of a family tree while Late highlights some slept on …
This week, golden lives stay live. Royce da 5′ 9″ just dropped a video for “Cocaine” off of his last effort, Book of Ryan (2018). Black Thought gives an intensive clinic about cutting through the murk. Ruby Ibarra’s “Taking Names” featuring Bambu and Nump is hype as fuck. Ka’s video for “Just” off of Honor Killed The Samurai (2016) is a short film. Reason’s “Colored Dreams” is about a convicted killer’s redemption. He’s running with TDE and raising his flag this …
Heads been waiting for this track since Tog Dawg Entertainment signed the deal with Interscope. Off Eminen‘s leaked Marshall Mathers LP 2 officially dropping November 5th, Eminem ft. Kendrick Lamar, “Love Game.” They spitting intricate flows almost like tap dancing, playing the art of pause, punch lines-a-plenty. The jam goes in about women that played them. Nobody got out shined on this one. Lamar held his own and Em did his thing. The production samples the 1965 hit “The Game …
Damn. Following “Survival” and “Berzerk“, Eminem gives free how-to-kill-shit classes in “Rap God.” The song is six minutes and seven seconds of “I’m divine, stop rapping and put your career down.” He’s spitting double time, triple time, all kinds of polyrhythmic patterns. Here’s the album cover and tracklisting for The Marshall Mathers LP 2, out November 5th. Check the Survival video in case you missed it. …
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