Wav Loyel spent about three years experimenting with sound, production and rap style before releasing his first rash of trap-based hip hop tracks. With an obvious predilection to wordsmithing and linguistics, the Indianapolis-based artist says he’s always been writing lyrics, but the idea to put them to a beat came later. I always wrote lyrics …
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Miilk Releases Perfectly Produced Bass Hop Inspired Track
Whats up dance music fans? Welcome to yet another Monday installment of the best up and coming dance music in the industry. Check out this new record from Miilk, a track titled Loot Bag that features all of the glitch hop, bass hop, and hip hop inspired wubs. Loot Bag really pulls in a few …
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Hip Hop Watch: J’Moris Keeps Running the Trap With Two New Singles
If J’Moris has anything to say about it, trap hop will not be a fading fad, even as artists like Lil Uzi Vert and Migos become more commercial and search for bigger forehead diamonds. The Texas-based rapper continues his quest to tell stories through trap and show its true potential with two new singles, “Blac …
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This Is No New Artist: GNL Zamba Brings a Different Type of Hip Hop to the US
GNL Zamba is extremely well-known in his native Uganda, where he’s credited for building the country’s hip hop and luuga flow scene from the ground up. It’s a quite different style at first blush from American hip hop: passionate, tribal and fused with afropunk, but lunga flow and specifically Zamba’s style have been popular in …
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New Artist Spotlight: Da’Vinci Sprinkles Experimental Tones Like ‘Stardust’ on Hip Hop Beats
You’ve got to love a producer who gives off the air of truly loving playing around with beats and composition, especially when it comes to hip hop. Those pockets along the genre’s timeline where experimentation in production has really been pushed have produced some truly great names as well as some of the best beats. …
401 WST blends house and hip hop on debut EP – Dancing Astronaut
by: Dancing Astronaut Nov 30, 2020 Canadian duo 401 WST might not be a household name (unless you drive on it from Toronto to Cambridge, Canada), but for what they lack in immediate recognition they make up for with some absolutely ripping house sensibilities. 401 WST’s sound is raw and unfiltered, a breath of fresh …
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Erich Mrak Returns to His Dreamy Hip Hop Roots With ‘No Ways’ SIngle
Despite now being known for his signature style which combines dream pop, lofi EDM and trap-inspired hip hop, Erich Mrak is very diverse in his sound. He combines more elements in his style than meet the ear and with his first single “Girls” off his upcoming album Glimpse, he let the pop/funk fusion that is …
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