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Aesop Rock Announces ‘Integrated Tech Solutions’ Album, Drops New Video “Mindful Solutionism”

Prolific rapper and producer Aesop Rock has just announced his first proper solo album in three years, Integrated Tech Solutions, is set for a November 10 release via Rhymesayers Entertainment. The announcement lands alongside a video for the album’s inadvertent mission statement “Mindful Solutionism,” which charts humanity’s progress from the wheel to modern agriculture before …

DJ Premier Releases ‘Beats That Collected Dust, Vol. 3’

If there was a Mount Rushmore for producers, DJ Premier would surely be one of the faces etched in stone upon it.  Over the last three+ decades, Premier has cultivated an impeccable resume and has done so with a wide breadth of collaborators encompassing many different genres.  Undoubtedly, he is a true innovator, one who …

Torae & Marco Polo Go for a “Midnight Run” (Album Review)

Torae is a 46 year old MC from Coney Island, New York emerging in 2008 off his debut mixtape Daily Conversation & the follow-up Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself. Fast-forward to the next spring/summer, he enlisted Toronto beatsmith Marco Polo for his next 2 tapes Armed & Dangerous and Double Barrel before preluding his full-length debut For the Record on Valentine’s Day 2011 by …

Meyhem Lauren, DJ Muggs & Friends Bring Mad Flavor to L.A.

Meyhem Lauren performs inside Catch One in Los Angeles, Calif., on September 15, 2023. Queens, NY-based Meyhem Lauren brought out all the stops for his recent live show in Los Angeles. Hip Hop royalty like DJ Muggs, Roc Marciano, MADLIB, and DJ Erndogg were in the building to support. Cynic & DJ Survive perform inside …

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