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Day: April 8, 2016

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KENO x MRTNZ – Neo Renaissance [Album Stream]

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To exist at the forefront of a pioneering brand of music is one thing. Breaking down barriers, forging new paths, and creating substantially influential content within the realm of that brand is another. Looking for a dose of gritty, soulful, perspective-driving hip hop? California beat conductor MRTNZ and rapper KENO have got you covered. Their latest project, titled “Neo Renaissance,” encompasses these ideals and then some. The project’s namesake seeks to bring to light the motivations behind each of the artist’s transition into new avenues of exploration. MRTNZ, a producer rooted in soul-sampling and boom-bap snares, melts your face with ambient, heartfelt trap-like production on tracks like “WHOTHEF*CKISTHAT?!”, and eases your soul with sample-ridden joints like “Rain” and “Triumph & Conquer.” KENO comes through with Tyson-like punches on those as well, but counters with beautiful introspection on songs like “In the Morning.” This collaborative 6-track EP, is not just a reflection of their maturation of skill. It’s not just indicative of their willingness to expand their creative horizons. It’s a manifestation of old meets new. A magnum opus geared towards altering what we perceive to be influential and relevant in hip hop. Petrarch and Da Vinci would be proud.

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Eff Yoo – The Eff Word [Video]

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Over the years, Queens has more than proven itself as a fertile breeding ground for Hip-Hop acts. It’s no surprise, then, that a rising artist from the borough would want to show love to his stomping grounds. That’s exactly what we have here with Eff Yoo’s colorful new video for ‘The Eff Word,’ the brassy title track off his forthcoming LP, produced entirely by Rediculus. The video, which is directed by TP Hoople (Diabolic and Tabs, among others), and animated by Emma Mulligan, features Eff welcoming the viewer with open arms through Q-Boro in between a flurry of equally flashy rhymes and visual effects. As the rapper moves from one bar to the next, you’ll surely pick up on his patterns as he focuses on specific letters (E, then F, and finally O) within each third of his verse. Through it all, Hooptie’s vision transforms an already-engaging track into a gripping, damn-near addictive set of visuals. ‘The Eff Word’ which includes guest features from Big Noyd, and The Audible Doctor, among others, will be available for download through all major digital retailers, and can be purchased on CD via Platformz Records on April 21st. Copies are now available for pre-order through iTunes, where the album titled single is available for download as project’s first ‘instant grat’ track.

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