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  See Angel Haze Reinvent Erykah Badu's 'Love of My Life'

  November 20, 2012 – Angel Haze's new Classick mixtape finds the fast-rising New York MC remaking rap tracks that have withstood the test of time rather than whatever's hot at the moment. …
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  Hear Angel Haze Command Lunice to 'Gimme That' in New Collaboration

  November 14, 2012 – Back in July, the fine video-producing folks over at Yours Truly took a more hands-on role by putting our dudes Danny Brown and AraabMuzik together in the same space and filming while they worked their magic on a track that wound up being dubbed "Molly Ringwald." Now they're back with another pair of rising stars from the rap world: New York's Missy Elliott-covering, soul-baring MC Angel Haze and the Canadian half of TNGHT, a.k.a. …
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• Angel Haze, 'Classick' (self-released)

  November 13, 2012 – Thank god Angel Haze is so into Jason Mraz and Train. Perhaps if she'd grown up listening to more hip-hop, she might've mistakenly bothered to respect its margins. Though the 21-year-old New York transplant claims adult-contemporary emo as her primary influence, it is hard to celebrate the young MC's sophomore mixtape as anything other than an exciting new mutation of post-Nicki Minaj feminist rap. …
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  Watch Angel Haze Channel Missy Elliott in 'Gossip Folks' Video

  November 6, 2012 – Rising New York rapper Angel Haze turned a lot of heads when she boldly recounted her experience as a victim of sexual assault in "Cleaning Out My Closet," which sampled the Eminem song of the same name. …
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  Rap Release of the Week: Angel Haze's 'Classick'

  October 31, 2012 – Rapping over a classic (or buzzing) beat is often just a cheap, if savvy, way to grab some attention. When jackin'-for-beats is done right, however, it brings with it a very specific type of energy. Lil Wayne's “Georgia Bush” is more affecting because it contains from-the-frontlines-of-Katrina frustration, as well as the warped memory of Field Mob and Ludacris' Georgia pride anthem. …
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  Download Angel Haze's Jay-Z and Eminem-Sampling 'Classick' Mixtape

  October 25, 2012 – Earlier this week, we heard up-and-coming New York rapper Angel Haze harrowingly detail sexual assault over a beat sampling Eminem's "Cleaning Out My Closet." Following her July EP Reservation, today comes the rapper's latest mixtape Classick, featuring her Slim Shady track as well as her own renditions of older cuts based on the beats of Lauryn Hill's "Doo Wop (That Thing)," Jay-Z's "Song Cry," Erykah Badu's "Love of My Life," and Miss …
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  Angel Haze Recounts Sexual Assault on Eminem-Sampling 'Cleaning Out My Closet'

  October 23, 2012 – Hip-hop's role has often provided a voice for the voiceless, but it hasn't been a consistently revolutionary medium for women, to say the least. …
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  Angel Haze Channels Freddy Krueger In 'Werkin' Girls' Video

  October 10, 2012 – Angel Haze's Reservation EP is the gift that just keeps on giving. First, at 55 minutes, it turned out to be an LP despite the name. Second, it really is that rare release in today's climate that demands, and actually rewards, repeated listend. …
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  Hear Angel Haze Rap Over Jamie xx on Narcotic 'New York'

  September 27, 2012 – On Angel Haze's July stunner of an EP, Reservation, the rising New York rapper spits scathing, heart-braising fire over production that makes her moniker's surname a more literal descriptor. It's no surprise then that she would sound incredible over something from the xx's camp. Here, Reservation producer 83rd combines Haze's "New York" with Jamie XX's remix of "New York is Killing Me" by Gil Scott-Heron. …
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  Hear Angel Haze's Fiery 'Reservation' EP

  July 16, 2012 – Tomorrow, nascent New York rapper Angel Haze will uncage her Reservation EP, a scathing, heart-braising release whose title makes reference to her Native American heritage. Hear how successfully she realizes the potential she demonstrated on last year's Alter Ego tape: Stream the EP — which also features contributions from Nicole Wray and Kool A.D. of Das Racist — in its fiery entirety here:  …
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