Listen: Joey Bada$$ - “1999” Mixtape

Current golden child and Brooklyn emcee Joey Bada$$ dropped his debut mixtape 1999 today. Featuring the 17 year-old laying down rhymes over a handful of borrowed beats from the likes of DOOM, Dilla and KNXWLEDGE amongst others, 1999 is a solid effort from the emcee that will most certainly find it’s audience with fans of 90’s NY hip hop or more specifically Tribe Called Quest.

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Listen: Laptin - Livin' 4

Laptin's "Livin' 4" is actually an edit of a1983 Melba Moore track entitled "Living for your Love".  Laptin applies the (over)used Dilla compression technique to a great effect, vacuum-pumping all the right bits and  accentuating his hip-hop beat to adrenaline raising levels.  However, the resulting aesthetic is more akin to the chillwave sitting-on-my-skateboard-at-the-cinema-multiplex-outdoor-garage-in-the-summer vibe than a stones-throw-colorful-romanticized-ghetto feel.  Wish I still had my walkman.  Listen below:

Lapti - Livin' 4 by Lapti