Long-time collaborators and friends, Aesop Rock and Blockhead have announced a new album. Garbology, recorded during the pandemic and at a tough time for Aes, is due next month, but we get to hear the first drop today.
Steel Tipped Dove – ‘Call Me When You’re Outside’
Backwoodz Studioz is pretty much invincible at this point. The house that billy woods built has done it again with another quality release, this time from Steel Tipped Dove, with help from wood himself, his Armand Hammer partner Elucid, Fatboi Sharif and more.
Guilty Simpson & Gensu Dean – ‘EGO’
After a run of recent singles, producer Gensu Dean and the iconic Guilty Simpson set loose their new album in full, and its damn good.
NEMS – ‘Highly Favorable’ (video)
NEMS revisits his Congo album from August by dropping visuals for one of the many standouts.
Blueprint – ‘Watch It Burn’ (video)
Blueprint returns with new music, continuing to flex his directorial skills with a video to match.
Mic Swift – ‘Flip the Mic’ feat. Wordsworth, Ras Kass & Reks
Producer Mic Swift assembles a formidable line-up of emcees on this dope new cut.
Planet Asia & Phil A – ‘No Exit Plans’ (stream) + ‘Operation Jet-Black’ (video)
We’re hyped about this upcoming Evidence produced album from Planet Asia, but in the meantime, Fresno’s finest is holding us down with a new EP alongside Phil A. Listen below, and keep scrolling for the latest video.
Czarface – ‘Today’s Special’
The mighty Czarface, aka Inspectah Deck, Esoteric and DJ 7L, are returning with a new EP named Good Guys, Bad Guys, on the way soon. Check the first drop here.
Bronze Nazareth & Roc Marciano – ‘Ekphrasis’ (stream) + ‘Crazy Horse’ (video)
Bronze Nazareth connects with Roc Marciano for a great new album, and a video for the latest single.
Atmosphere – ‘WORD?’ (stream) + ‘Barcade’ feat. MF DOOM & Aesop Rock (video)
Slug and Ant finally release the new album as a full package instead of a bunch of maxi-singles. There’s also a video for the MF DOOM and Aesop Rock featured “Barcade,” which, according to Slug himself, is possible the last verse DOOM may have ever recorded.