Ghost has three collab records docketed for 2015 (heвЂ™s also working with Sheek Louch and MF Doom), but this is the only one that will undoubtedly resurrect the rapperвЂ™s steamy, screwy, soulful alter ago, Ghostdini. Sour Soul is the nth entry in GhostfaceвЂ™s catalog and promises to take inspiration from вЂ™60s and вЂ™70s live recordings. While theyвЂ™ve long ditched the tired 'jazz band' affiliation, BADBADвЂ™s never strayed too far from their hip-hop roots, which makes their upcoming partnership with Ghostface Killah-who is as reliable as he is versatile-particularly well placed. For their third studio album, 2014вЂ™s III, BBNG diverted from covers into original material. Clutch collaborations include: backing for Frank Ocean at Coachella 2012, and features on Earl SweatshirtвЂ™s Doris and Danny BrownвЂ™s Old. Three years after pissing off jazz critics and striking big with a slew of kinetic, instrumental rap covers of songs by Gucci Mane and Odd Future, Toronto trio BADBADNOTGOOD has become rapвЂ™s new reigning house band (sorry Questlove).

What effect willВ MohawkeвЂ™sВ whirlwind past five years have on his sophomore album, expected this year via Warp-and willВ KanyeВ show up? HeвЂ™s said that the album was finished a few months back, so hopefully weвЂ™ll find out soon. finalist in the prestigiousВ DMCВ World DJ Championship at age 15). In short, heвЂ™s come a long way since his days as a precociousВ turntablistВ (he was the youngest-ever U.K. The duo became the poster children for theВ EDM-trapВ sound, even garnering the attention ofВ KanyeВ West, who sampled their track вЂњR U ReadyвЂќ for YeezusвЂ™В вЂњBlood on the Leaves.вЂќВ MohawkeВ is now signed to WestвЂ™s G.O.O.D. Of course, this preceded the sudden rise ofВ EDM-trapВ a few years later, a macho fusion ofВ trappyВ 808sВ and windows-to-the-walls electronic club sounds thatВ HudMoВ himself helped define in the earlyВ 2010sВ with TNGHT, his collaboration withВ Lunice. Five years ago, Glaswegian producer/DJ Hudson MohawkeВ was still something of an under-the-radar cult favorite his 2009 debut LP via Warp Records, Butter, felt like barely controlled chaos, with its consistently over-the-top blend of hip-hop beats, 8-bit melodies, and candy-coatedВ synthВ freak-outs.

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