Category: Hip-Hop
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This Week’s Picks – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] India’s Museum of Art and Photography Will Confront Biases Bengaluru, India opened a major cultural institution this month, the Museum of Art and Photography (MAP). In addition to the pre-modern and contemporary art and photography within its 60,000-piece collection, the five-story institution showcases textiles, posters and craft in an effort to eschew the industry’s…
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De La Soul Discusses Their Legacy With Ebro – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Back in 2018, years before De La Soul’s music became available on streaming services and before Dave “Trugoy” Jolicoeur sadly passed away, the hip-hop trio spoke with Ebro (via Apple Music) about their catalogue and legacy. The group fought for control of their masters in order to share them digitally for many years; until now…
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Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Kara Jackson: Pawnshop After sharing several new tracks, Chicago-based poet, musician and singer-songwriter Kara Jackson announces her debut full-length album, Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love?, with the single “Pawnshop.” Featuring Western-tinged guitar, soft percussion and lyrics abounding in open-ended questions, the track blends and bends genres. The artist explains, it’s…
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Conscious, Unconscious” at NYC’s Fotografiska – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] On now at NYC’s Fotografiska, Hip-Hop: Conscious, Unconscious comprises photography, video and artifacts from the early days of a Bronx-born subculture that came to influence the world. Co-curated by Sacha Jenkins (filmmaker, writer and Mass Appeal‘s chief creative officer) and Sally Berman (visual director at Hearst, formerly at Mass Appeal and XXL), the show…
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Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Vic Mensa feat. Thundercat: Strawberry Louis Vuitton Chicago-based rapper Vic Mensa teams up with singer and musician Thundercat and R&B vocalist Maeta for the glorious “Strawberry Louis Vuitton.” Produced by Mensa, Thundercat, El Michels Affair and Johan Lenox, the soulful love song was partly inspired by Virgil Abloh. “I made ‘Strawberry Louis Vuitton’ while…
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Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Samia: Breathing Song From singer-songwriter Samia’s upcoming second album, Honey, “Breathing Song” feels sparse at first, but builds into an evocative, powerful ballad. With minimal keys, the track is carried by Samia’s stirring vocals and confessional lyrics. “I tried writing ‘Breathing Song’ a thousand times and couldn’t get it right,” she says in a…
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Editors’ Favorites – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Reflecting on the year through the stories we loved most is not only a nostalgic pastime, but it also lets us highlight and appreciate some of the memorable artists, inventions and places that invigorated and sustained us along the way. This year, we spoke with inspiring cultural innovators, explored large-scale art and maximalist hotels,…
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Best of CH 2022: Listen Up
[ad_1] From the hundreds of tracks we shared this past year, these are some of our favorites Music evokes emotion and memories, and each new song we hear has the potential to end up being a crucial signpost in our lives. This year has brought with it a multitude of emotions that, like our favorite…
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No Curse Lifted (Rivers of Love) – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] With his characteristic charismatic flow, MIKE delivers “Not Curse Lifted (Rivers of Love),” a lyrical whirlwind that runs just over a minute and thirty seconds. The smooth track appears on the NYC-based rapper’s latest album, Beware of the Monkey (out today), which MIKE produced entirely under his DJ Blackpower moniker. The release comes with a…
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Little Simz: Broken – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Little Simz’s just-released fifth studio album, NO THANK YOU, comes accompanied by a short film directed by Gabriel Moses. Across 11 minutes, the riveting piece features five tracks from the 10-track album and was shot outside of Paris at Chateau de Millemont. A standout from the album, “Broken” (appearing at 4:30 in the short film)…
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Madvillainy – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Madvillainy, the latest book in the 33 1/3 series published by Bloomsbury, is a celebration of Madvillain—the legendary hip-hop duo consisting of Madlib and the late MF Doom. Written by Will Hagle, the book centers on the 2004 album Madvillainy (the duo’s only LP) and features interviews with individuals who worked on or were…
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“The Low End Theory” Seven-inch Collection Boxset – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] To celebrate the 30th anniversary of their iconic 1991 album, The Low End Theory, hip-hop trio A Tribe Called Quest has released a limited edition boxset. The entire album, along with two bonus songs, features across eight brightly colored and boldly patterned seven-inch records. It’s all housed in a fabric-wrapped carrying case. Limited to…
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Listen Up – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Sobs: Air Guitar From Air Guitar, the second album by Singapore-based rock band Sobs, the delightfully infectious lead single and titular track is drenched in influences from ’90s power-pop and ’80s new wave. Within, the trio (Celine Autumn, Jared Lim and Raphael Ong) tells a bittersweet tale through a euphoric melody and dramatic pop…
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Big Pussy – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] LA-based Brockhampton announced their indefinite hiatus earlier this year, but have returned with the joyfully chaotic “Big Pussy.” Beginning with a snippet that sounds like the Germs, it swiftly runs rampant with jazz samples before shapeshifting into a rap banger and then morphs again with a chill, funk-inflected beat that’s reminiscent of ’90s progressive…
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Let Me Be Great – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Zambian artist Sampa The Great released her second album, As Above, So Below, last month and from it comes “Let Me Be Great” featuring the legendary Angélique Kidjo. Today, which happens to be Zambian Independence Day, the duo share the music video directed by Pussy Krew. The animated, hyperreal CGI work shape-shifts between scenes,…