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Sbtrkt and Jessie Ware are back together for this brief, but ethereal preview from what we can only hope is a 2014 album.

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Peep the production breakdown from !llmind to the left!

https://soundcloud.com/illmind/march-produced-by-llmind

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Tying someone’s shoes together is a classic playground prank. It works best when the person doesn;t know you’re doing it and the minute they trip to “step,” they fall over. Truly a hilarious classic.

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Peep the choral dichotomy on “Sea Legs”, where they trade blows on the Hook:

Trying not to walk crooked while this anchor’s dropped
But I been out on them choppy waves and it’s hard to say where this land begins and that water stops
I got sea legs

Each of their deliveries is a step above the last and the sheer fun of their duality is not lost in the competitive nature of their flows. #MatchMadeInHeaven

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Chum is one of the most content rich song pages on Rap Genius.

Peep the page and you’ll see (among other things) how “Chum” references Earl’s time in a Samoan boarding school and namely how reporters from Complex found an inside source and outed his whereabouts to the world.

Craven and these Complex fuck niggas done track me down
Just to be the guys that did it, like, “I like attention” Not the type where niggas trying to get a raise at my expense
Supposed to be grateful, right? Like, “Thanks so much, you made my life

It’s lyrical mastery when you can layer in a multitude of stories, some of them deeply personal and emotional and still embody that OF “i’m having a great fucking time” sound on every beat and every bar.

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Read Nadia’s letters from prison to Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek, below. Žižek is considered to be the “Elvis of cultural history” and Tolokonnikova’s letters will go down as a piece of cultural history in and of themselves.

http://news.rapgenius.com/Nadia-tolokonnikova-pussy-riot-nadia-tolokonnikovas-prison-letters-to-slavoj-zizek-lyrics

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This dude Ryan Hemsworth is a producer to watch. I can pretty much guarantee he’s gonna be collaborating with the big dogs next year. Him and Lofty305 put it down on “Against A Wall”. The production is so tight and Lofty complements the atmosphere.

https://soundcloud.com/ryanhemsworth/ryan-hemsworth-against-a-wall

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Man…i had the gnarliest day of listening to Yeezus like 10+ times through when i was writing the #9 Rock Genius Album of the year post. At the end of the day, i just couldn’t get over the ridiculous drums on Black Skinhead and Kanye’s genuine anger and fierceness. This is some real shit right here and a big reason why i respect Kanye as an artist so much.

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Can you tell that i love collabos? I really wanted to show Charli XCX love on the Rock Genius Albums of the Year list, but she just missed the cut and this is my way of doin it for this bomb ass track with Danny Brown. It’s the closing track off of Old and it’s much slower than the rest of the record. Danny is a boss and has a knack for working with artists of totally different styles than him. He’ll go far because of this quality.

https://soundcloud.com/foolsgoldrecs/danny-brown-float-on

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