[caption id="attachment_83707" align="alignnone" width="620"] via coolhunting.com[/caption] What a fun pick-me-up video for this dreary Hump Day. Meet Shamir Bailey: a 19 year-old rapper from Las Vegas. Now signed to XL Recordings, Bailey released his first...
Given the fact that Vic Mensa has recently been touring with Disclosure, the existence of this freestyle isn't that much of a surprise. What is a surprise, however, is Vic's within-the-margins rapping. Vic usually tapdances around instrumentals, creating his own counter-rhythm rather than just...
Busta Rhymes and Azealia Banks have appended some verses to the beginning of Beyonce's "Partition." They do a good job of preserving the sexually charged atmosphere of the original, but it's hard to listen without wanting more Azealia Banks. The calmness with which she spits her polysyllabic,...
Azealia Banks gets colorful and playful in her new video for the Pharrell-assisted track "ATM Jam". The Rony Alwin-directed video is a colorful affair that features Azealia and her crew incessantly oscillating between various arid color palettes, all while looking devilishly alluring. Azealia...
Azealia Banks said that she was going to release music from project-after-next before she released her next project and she wasn't kidding. The song in question was "Count Contessa," a sprightly seapunk track straight from the soundtrack of your favorite, but long forgotten Sega Saturn game. Banks'...
This track flew under RESPECT.'s radar, but thankfully the internet never forgets. Produced by Grandtheft and Christian Rich, "Deep" is an aqueous song that submerges the listener in a torrent of bass, hi-hats and warped vocals. Trap songs may be saturating the web right now, but when executed...
Photo by Julia Schur To say that Azealia Banks has attitude is a drastic short-selling of the star-power, girl power, hip power, and bar power of Harlem's harshest harpy. Charging the stage like a neon orange bullet, Yung Rapunxel flew straight to the front of her party, rocking the...
Trash-talking, beef-starting, neck-rolling, 212-repping emcee Azealia Banks isn't known for being particularly professional, but we all have our secrets. Rocking a vintage Versace suit with the complimenting hair color, Yung Rapunxel looks ready for a board meeting or a fancy luncheon....
The year isn't even half-way done, but we've already seen some very memorable artwork for singles, albums, and mix-tapes. Below is a compilation of ten of our favorites. While music is their primary medium, these artists clearly understand that strong acoustics are only strengthened by strong...
Azealia Banks shows off her dark and twisted side in the visuals for her single "Yung Rapunxel." The Harlem MC takes us into her sinister world in the James Sutton directed video. The track is the first single off her upcoming debut album, Broke With Expensive Taste, which is due out later this...
