Mick Jenkins shares southern-psychedelic ‘Gucci Tried to Tell Me’; Eels delve into synth-pop/rock with 'Good Night on Earth'; Tendai combines r’n’b and hip-hop on ‘Infinite Straight’; Marissa Nadler shares the mystical 'Couldn't Have Done the Killing'.
Carlos Niño is joined by Jamael Dean and Shabaka Hutchings on the meditative minimal jazz 'Please, Wake Up'; Mick Jenkins shares 'Designer Frames' produced by Kaytranada in his signature dance-rap style; Writhing Squares' 'Chart for the Solution' is an 11-minute one-chord jam; DeVotchKa shares nice orchestral movie-music 'Lose You in the Crowd' from 'The True Adventures of Wolfboy'; Helado Negro covers Deerhunter’s 'Futurism' for a new compilation featuring artists from the 4AD's roster covering songs from throughout the label’s 40-year archive.
Chicago rapper Mick Jenkins has a new project, a short, seven-song, 19-minute EP 'The Circus with "voguish hip-hop tracks ready to distract you from modern strife". He navigates lush, lively jazz-rap as well as futuristic electronic music - "The more you listen to him rap, the more he sounds like nobody else around".
In two days of May Yasiin Bey, YBN Cordae, Rapsody, Herbie Hancock, Andra Day, Terrace Martin, Bilal, Buddy, Denzel Curry, Mick Jenkins, SiR, and other artists stopped by the studio where the acclaimed instrumentalist Robert Glasper was recording his 'Fuck Yo Feelings'. They all added to the mixtape, creating concert-like atmosphere. It's out this week, All Hip Hop reports. Judging […]
