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  Hear Peter Rosenberg's 'New York Renaissance' Mixtape, a Snapshot of a Scene in Flux

  April 4, 2013 – Forget your freshmen lists and cool it with the hottest MCs (well, unless you're looking at SPIN's picks) — Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg has dropped his The New York Renaissance mixtape and it's jam-packed with bubbling East Coast talent. The terribly named but mightily talented Joey Bada$$ kicks things off with a Harry Fraud-produced ivory-tickler. …
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  Hear Flatbush Zombies and Underachievers Aim to Outdo Tupac on 'No Religion'

  March 12, 2013 – Two acid-addled Brooklyn rap crews come together on "No Religion." SPIN's recent Breaking Out stars Flatbush Zombies lead the charge with their strange brand of psychotropic spirituality as heard on tracks "MRAZ" and the A$AP Rocky team-up "Bath Salt." Joining rappers Meechy Darko and Zombie Juice are Issa Dash and AK from the Underachievers — recent signees to Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder imprint and fellow members of the greate …
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  Watch El-P Kill it in A-Trak's Hedonistic 'Piss Test' Party

  February 26, 2013 – If it seems like El-P is everywhere these days it's probably because he is. The guy dominated 2012 with a devastating double-header, dropping his own excellent Cancer for Cure album and producing Killer Mike's phenomenal R.A.P. Music. …
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  Flatbush Zombies: Brooklyn Rap Trio Spreads Acid-Splashed Gospel

  February 13, 2013 – Who: Rappers Meechy Darko and Zombie Juice, and producer Erick Arc Elliott, grew up together in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood, learning how to make music from a young age while sharing an enthusiasm for the cinematic repertoire of George A. Romero. "We used to watch Night of the Living Dead every night," says Juice. …
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  Kilo Kish Recruits Earl Sweatshirt for Boho-Psych-Rap Mixtape 'k+'

  February 7, 2013 – Los Angeles' Kilo Kish has been lumped in with confessional cutesy vocalists like Kitty (née Pryde), but her bona fides are stronger and her on-track profile is far more complex. …
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  Flatbush Zombies Stay Psyched-Out in 'MRAZ' Video

  February 7, 2013 – Flatbush Zombies got some attention for doing "Bath Salt" with fellow New York rappers A$AP Mob, but the style of the Brooklyn trio's D.R.U.G.S. mixtape suggests groovier intoxicants. "MRAZ," the first single from their upcoming follow-up mixtape, Better Off Dead, bodes well for further success from these Best New Artists alums. …
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  Watch A$AP Mob and Flatbush Zombies Do More 'Bath Salt'

  September 5, 2012 – Pot, not bath salts, was the only intoxicant found in the body of the guy who was shot and killed by police this summer while devouring a homeless man's face. Once you know that, the collaboration between New York rap crews A$AP Mob and Flatbush Zombies on giddy, freaky Bath Salt" makes a whole lot more sense. …
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  A$AP Rocky and Flatbush Zombies Team Up, Do 'Bath Salt'

  July 27, 2012 – A$AP Mob and Flatbush Zombies, two of the buzziest crews from New York's ever-ascending new rap underground, have teamed up to do the least New York shit possible... bath salts! "Bath Salt" is possibly their ode to the scary new drug that's been terrorizing American suburbs, which honestly seems like a silly thing to do in a town that has weed delivery services. …
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  SPIN's 5 Best New Artists for February '12

  February 2, 2012 – WILLIS EARL BEAL Who: An idiosyncratic, Chicago-based antifolk belter whose cassette-recorded debut, Acousmatic Sorcery, drops on April 3 via XL Recordings' new Hot Charity imprint. He's set to open some U.S. …
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