The 2nd half of “Pusha Man/Paranoia”. I remember one morning at RG LA house, Chance showed us an unreleased video of this track and i was just blown away & at a loss for words. Dude is such an amazing singer as well as a rapper and i think this song is beautiful.

I know you scared, you should ask us if we scared, too
I know you scared, me too
I know you scared, you should ask us if we scared, too
If you was there, then we just knew you’d care, too

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Crazy shouts to Despot for MURDERING his bars on this track. Blood Orange’s Cupid Deluxe is a throwback album to the days of Prince and the Queens-based Despot really stands out on this cut:.

And i dont know
If this the edge of my seat or it’s the end of my rope
So whats it gonna be?
Either love or leave it alone
Asking me how i sleep at night
When you know that i dont..

So baller.

http://rock.rapgenius.com/Blood-orange-clipped-on-lyrics

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Yo..on the real…every time this song comes on at RG, everyone starts bouncing.

I highly recommend bumping this at like 7pm, end of day…you’re feelin sapped of energy and ma man Vic Mensa will lift your spirits in no time with this jam.

https://soundcloud.com/fuck-vic-mensa/yap-yap

My homie Alan Daniels took this photo while on tour with Vic

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Anything Phonte touches turns to gold. The dude is just a cut above right now. This marks the 2nd time he’s collab’d with RJD2, the first being the epic Rj+Little Brother track “Best Kept Secret”.

“Temperamental” opens up RJD2’s new albumMore Is Than Isn’t.

https://soundcloud.com/officialrjd2/temperamental-feat-phonte

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From the minute i bumped this record, this was my favorite jam. The hook is that signature El-P seemingly never-ending flow and you’re hanging on his every word:

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 (x3)

Mike takes a turn of the hook as well and just kills it. This record was so bomb as a whole!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GAIkESrQr0

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I said it once and i’ll say it again. “The most slept on collabo of the year.” Quadron is a favorite electro-soul group and they make such killer use of the velvety side of Kendrick’s voice.

https://soundcloud.com/helly-skillz/quadron-feat-kendrick-lamar

Peep the “Better Off” page on RG.

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This is the one right here. This is where i want hip-hop to go…crossing over with electronic and indie artists. This track is so bomb and i gotta give Danny maaaad props for his 2nd collabo with Purity Ring (BeliSpeak II is the first one.

https://soundcloud.com/foolsgoldrecs/danny-brown-25-bucks-feat

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How about that Solange “Stillness is the Move” Dirty Projectors cover over the “Xxplosive” beat?!!?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34STLHtu97A

Me, Maboo and Squanto were watching her set at FYF Fest in LA and this was a part of her i encore and i damn near flipped when she played it, as i had no knowledge of it’s existence up to that point. Swoon.

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That video tho! This one almost made my list too…i love them. Also CRUSHED to hear they’re leaving SF!!

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Fuck the system, i’m picking 11 songs! Mostly cause i forgot to include this jam and i distinctly remember last week when i saw QOTSA at Barclays Center turning to my friend during this song and saying “Top 5 songs of the year right here.”

The crazy thing about that show is i’ve never seen Josh Homme so tame before and he’s most vulnerable on this song. It’s the mellowest Queens of the Stone Age song i’ve ever heard and there’s so much pain, emotion and life in it. It’s Homme talking to the face he encountered when nearly dying on an operating table. Only to awaken from a coma, rehabilitate and write this album. Also, peep the interactive video experience for this song here.

http://rock.rapgenius.com/Queens-of-the-stone-age-the-vampyre-of-time-and-memory-lyrics

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