FRESH VID: DETROIT CYDI
DETROIT CYDI is a young and upcoming Michigan rap crew bringing a classic 90’s alternative hip-hop approach to contemporay beat production. With…
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GO TO: SHIGETO, TIME WHARP, DJEMBA DJEMBA, GONJA, FENS @ PHOENIX LANDING
In just a year of existence, local club night/label JASS has made an undeniable imprint on the Boston/Cambridge electronic dance scene. Strongly…
GO TO: (8/2) AESOP ROCK + ROB SONIC + DJ BIG WHIZ, EDISON, DARK...
Tonight at the Paradise – socially conscious verbal acrobat Aesop Rock is coming through with his buds Rob Sonic and DJ Big…
GO TO (7/30): DJ Premiere, Big Shug, Freddie Foxxx, 7L & Frank White @...
Historically speaking, DJ Premiere is the best producer of all time. It’s such a hard fact to counter, that everyone usually just…
FRESH VID: EDISON
Don’t know bout you, but were psyched for Aesop Rock’s upcoming show at the Paradise this Thursday. The west coast wordsmith is…
CHECK IT: DAK
Detroit native Dakim Saadiq, aka dak, has been swimming in the sticky swamp of the LA beat scene for several years now,…
FRESH VID: BLACK EL x DURKIN – DOJA
New video by the Boston’s hard working hip-hop duo Black El x Durkin. Fresh flow, prickly cool production, and classy B&W visuals…
CHECK IT: DEATH GRIPS
We don’t end up covering that much rap or hip-hop here at the Hassle, and it’s not that we aren’t into the…
CHECK IT: SIR FRODERICK
Some producers pride themselves on their lush, smooth beats, rich with instrumentation and tightly interlocking arrangements. Not SIR FRODERICK. In fact, he…
GO TO: 5/23(tonite) BANDITAS tour kick off w/ Cathy Cathodic, Bunny’s a Swine and...
Somerville’s BANDITAS throw a party tonight in Union Square as they blast out of town to show the rest of the country…
Listen To: Zebra Katz
When I first peeped the video for “I’ma Read” I really didn’t like it. Brooklyn MC Zebra Katz’s first single left a…
GO TO: TONIGHT (4/25) ScHoolboy Q @Middle East Downstairs
Do you like clever, swaggerful rhymes strewn over slick bass-heavy future beats? Love hip hop but disenchanted with those uninspired posers that…
