Monday Mixtape, Vol. 181

Happy Monday! I first heard about Mallrat by listening to BENEE who I first heard about by listening to Joji, all new artists I’ve discovered in the past handful of months. Seeing who artists choose to feature on their tracks is a great way to find new music ;)

Speaking of new music, check out King Green’s new album if you like the track on this mixtape.

Also, Benny the Butcher’s recent mixtape, The Plugs I Met 2, is really good. It’s dark as hell coke rap, a brutal honesty of a life before rapping:

This supposed to be success / then why the fuck I feel stressed out and guilty? / Cuz I’m paid and all my niggas in the Feds or the grave / that shit kill me / That coulda been me / I think about it every day / That coulda been me / I answer every call from jail cuz that coulda been me.

Go find some new music and go down the rabbit hole of sounds :)

Monday Mixtape, Vol. 148

Well, damnit. I just wrote A WHOLE BLOG POST, and it got deleted. It went into how this new guy, Rex Orange County, reminds me of Frank Ocean while still having his own spin on the sound. Rex is English, he’s 21, and he’s got a unique style that could only be compared to Ocean. His new album takes a few rides through to get comfortable with, but I find those artists to be the ones who last!

This track by MyKey is one of my favorite songs of the year. From the second I first heard it.

Bakar is the man. Nod your head.

A lot of other stuff on here that’s great that I don’t feel like writing about, again. Damnit.

Have a good week!