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  Does Hip-Hop Really Have a Molly Problem?

  May 22, 2013 – On Monday, DJ and producer A-Trak published, "A License to Pill," a Huffington Post editorial on the pernicious effects of mainstream hip-hop's full-stop embrace of molly, lean, and other "trippy" drugs. …
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  Stream Khalil Nova's Head-Nodder 'Gunnin' 4 a Palace'

  May 17, 2013 – Towards the end of 2011, Georgia Khalil Nova — the anime-obsessed, lo-fi beatmaker/rapper from Stockbridge, Georgia — appeared with a bizarre, broken-down mixtape called 808s of Death. …
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  Download Tree's Soulful 'Sunday School II: When Church Let's Out' Mixtape

  May 15, 2013 – Tree is an old soul in the Chicago rap scene. He self-describes his music as "soul trap," which means that he takes samples by artists such as Etta James and Curtis Mayfield and chops them into productions that are rawer than, say, Kanye West's beats of yore. But he's an even more arresting rapper — Tree's music is sobering and blunt, and he lays himself bare, encouraging listeners to examine societal and personal problems. …
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  Hear Danny Brown Assist Chicago Rapper Tree on Raspy 'No Faces'

  May 9, 2013 – Chicago rap is more aesthetically diverse than it gets credit for, and one of the city's less well-known rappers whose carved out his own niche is elder statesman Tree. His worn-in soul beats and gravelly voice sound an entire region away from Chief Keef, Chance the Rapper, or Lupe Fiasco; instead he carries the torch for rappers from the Deep South, including David Banner. …
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  Watch Danny Brown Disorient Coachella With Dizzying 'Dope Song'

  April 22, 2013 – Danny Brown's new album Old doesn't yet have a release date, but he's steadily thrown out crumbs of new material throughout the year. First was there was the typically stoned "Kush Coma," and then the Diplo-spurned "#Express Yourself." Now we have video of "Dope Song" from the second weekend of Coachella, a track that Brown has been playing at his shows this year. Possibly produced by U.K. …
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  Danny Brown Chats Up Charli XCX on Sharp-Tongued 'What I Like' Remix

  April 15, 2013 – "All along I wanted someone to vibe with," Charli XCX sorta-raps on "What I Like," her love-stoned new video selection. Now that someone thrillingly turns out to be Detroit rapper Danny Brown, who's in his fast-paced, higher-pitched form as he insists on taking the U.K. singer home. In truth, it's a relatively restrained outing from Brown, but unless you're some kind of DB-hating Philistine — and really, is there such a thing? …
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  Coachella 2013 Saturday Fieldnotes: Skrillex Derps Out, a Ball-full of Diplo, and a Shirtless Action Bronson

  April 14, 2013 – Franz Ferdinand's always-dapper Alex Kapranos spotted wandering the field in a sleeveless black T-shirt.A troupe of hardcore New Order superfans showed up in the pit at the Mojave tent for the band's 11:35 p.m. set wearing T-shirts bearing lyrics from the band's most beloved songs. …
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  Hear Danny Brown's Diplo-Inspired Twerk Tribute '#ExpressYourself'

  April 5, 2013 – As Diplo's just-shy-of-a-million Twitter followers are no doubt very familiar, the in-demand producer has given the so-called twerk a wholehearted embrace. Shortly after releasing his "Express Yourself" single featuring New Orleans bounce star Nicky Da B, the man born Thomas Wesley Pentz launched his #ExpressYourself contest. …
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  Hear Danny Brown and Paul White's 'Street Lights,' a Dystopian Rap Dream

  March 20, 2013 – Another day, another excellent set of verses served up by SPIN Hottest MC Danny Brown. On Tuesday, we heard the Detroit star reprise his "Blunt After Blunt" persona for the darkly tinted trunk-rattler, "Kush Coma," and before that it was "#HottestMC," a menacing dismissal of those who'd make a grab for his crooked crown. …
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  Hear Danny Brown's Clear-Headed 'Kush Coma' From His New 'Old' LP

  March 19, 2013 – It was an easy decision to include Danny Brown in SPIN's Real Hottest MCs in the Game list earlier this month. His 2011 stunner XXX is still in our playlist rotation, and his own "#HottestMC" track made the case loud and clear. …
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